Carisa Givens

Carisa Givens is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing stress, grief, family challenges, and career strain. She speaks English and Spanish and brings 12 years of counseling experience to sessions.

Her style is warm and interactive. She aims to treat each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings to manage mood, improve communication, and navigate life transitions.

Carisa blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. She adapts the approach to the concerns someone brings, whether that is anxiety, depression, caregiving stress, or hospice and end-of-life counseling questions. She prefers clear goals and straightforward tools rather than jargon-filled explanations.

She also supports people with relationship and intimacy-related issues, blended family concerns, parenting strain, codependency, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. Work-related stress, compassion fatigue, and navigating grief are frequent focuses of her practice.

In sessions she will listen closely, help clarify what matters most, and suggest techniques to try between visits. People can expect practical communication strategies, behavioral experiments, and mindfulness practices that fit daily life. Carisa encourages a collaborative pace so the work moves at a level that feels manageable.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values. This can help with grief, caregiving stress, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, behaviors, and mood and offers concrete experiments to try between sessions to reduce anxiety or improve sleep. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the therapist follows the client's lead and helps clarify what matters most.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick or blend methods that fit the person's goals, needs, and preferences. That process often begins with a few visits to see what feels most useful and then adjusts over time.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, shorten commute time, and allow for brief check-ins when schedules are tight. They also permit use of worksheets, guided mindfulness, and behavioral homework between meetings to reinforce progress.