About Carrie
Carrie Vine is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Illinois with eight years of professional experience supporting people through addiction, trauma, and LGBT-related concerns. She blends practical, evidence-informed strategies with a harm reduction perspective when addressing substance misuse and related challenges.
Background and approach
Carrie emphasizes nonjudgmental care and practical, step-by-step progress to help clients build skills that fit into everyday life. Trained at Southern Illinois University with degrees in Music, Social Work, and a Master of Social Work, she is also pursuing a Master of Public Health and gerontology coursework.
Carrie primarily integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, valued for its straightforward tools and clear connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and has incorporated Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques to support values-driven action. Her practice includes work related to HIV and to non-monogamous relationship structures such as polyamory.
She offers online sessions that accommodate different communication preferences and focuses on practical goals to foster meaningful connections and well-being. Carrie frames therapy as collaborative, helping clients identify manageable steps toward the changes they want to make.
Evidence-Informed Approaches and Flexible Online Care
Carrie primarily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a structured approach that helps people identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns to reduce distress and improve coping skills. This method is well suited to addressing problems like substance misuse, anxiety, and patterns that sustain difficult emotions.She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques, which focus on clarifying personal values and taking committed action even when difficult feelings are present. ACT can be helpful for people working on long-term lifestyle changes and building meaning amid challenging circumstances.
Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative work she offers. Carrie works with clients to explore which methods match their goals, learning preferences, and life context, and she adjusts recommendations as needs evolve.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options allow clients to engage in ongoing therapy without geographic constraints and make it easier to maintain consistent progress while balancing other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- HIV / AIDS
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English