About Carlos
Carlos Camarena is a licensed social worker with 30 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and phobias. He listens closely and focuses on practical steps people can take to feel safer and more in control. His approach is straightforward and patient-centered.
He began his helping work in 1980 as a case manager for people with severe physical disabilities. He earned a Master of Social Work in 1991 and then worked for a county mental health program serving people with serious mental illness and homelessness.
Background and approach
Those years gave him wide exposure to conditions such as PTSD, thought disorders, and chronic depression. Carlos describes himself as a generalist who draws on what works for each person. He emphasizes respect, listening, and clear problem-solving.
Sessions tend to focus on immediate concerns, practical coping skills, and plans that fit daily life. He uses methods from client-centered care and cognitive behavioral approaches, along with solution-focused and trauma-informed ideas. Carlos helps people learn new ways to handle anxiety, sleep problems, relationship stress, and addiction-related concerns.
He aims to reduce distress and strengthen everyday coping. People who reach out can expect a calm, direct style and a focus on what they want to change. Carlos tailors techniques to each person’s situation and moves at a pace that feels manageable.
He works from Kansas and offers sessions in English to people in other places as well.
How Carlos Uses Practical Approaches Online
Client-centered therapy means the session centers on what matters to the person. The therapist listens deeply, reflects concerns, and helps people set goals that feel right for them. This approach is useful for anxiety, relationship stress, and self-esteem work.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking patterns and to develop new behaviors. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, phobias, and sleep issues.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, try methods that fit their goals, and adjust the plan over time. This collaborative process helps pick approaches that feel useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face to face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, quick coping strategies, or support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
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