Carla Rodgers, LMHC

Carla Rodgers brings more than 20 years of clinical experience to her work with individuals and families in Indiana. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor, she combines broad mental health training with specialized experience addressing substance use concerns. Her practice focuses on stress and anxiety, relationship and family challenges, parenting concerns, and anger management, with additional attention to attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, autism spectrum concerns, and a range of mood and behavioral difficulties.

Carla approaches each client with respect for their knowledge of their own story and a focus on building strengths to navigate difficult circumstances. She creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and emotions can be explored and problem solving can begin. Taking the first step toward therapy often requires courage, and she affirms clients for beginning that process. Carla works collaboratively to identify goals and practical strategies that fit each client’s life and priorities.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Carla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to the needs of each client. She often focuses on attachment-informed work that explores patterns of connection and abandonment, helping clients understand how early relationships shape current reactions and bonds. She also employs family- and parenting-focused interventions that support communication, boundary setting, and problem solving within relationships to reduce conflict and improve dynamics. In addition, Carla uses skills-based strategies for managing stress, anxiety, and anger that teach practical tools for coping and emotional regulation.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Carla partners with clients to identify their goals, preferences, and strengths, and together they select techniques that fit the client’s circumstances and values. This collaborative planning helps ensure therapy stays relevant and effective for each person.

Online therapy with Carla is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These options make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations, and they support ongoing work even when in-person sessions are not possible.