Carole Boes, LCSW

Carole Boes, LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), brings 35 years of clinical experience supporting people through complex life transitions and emotional challenges. She provides an affirming, compassionate environment that is particularly attentive to LGBT individuals as well as adults at different stages of life who are facing significant change. Her practice centers on trauma, relationship dynamics, grief, and mood disorders, with focused experience assisting survivors of sexual assault, people coping with workplace stress, and those navigating divorce, caregiving responsibilities, or shifting family structures.

Carole helps clients develop resilient coping strategies, process difficult experiences, and reconnect with their personal strengths. She addresses a wide range of concerns including post-traumatic stress, seasonal mood shifts, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, addictions, and codependency, and also works with parenting, blended family issues, and first responder challenges. Using a client-centered framework alongside evidence-informed techniques, she tailors care to each person’s goals and circumstances. Her practice emphasizes empathetic, individualized support that honors each person’s unique journey and fosters practical tools for sustained emotional growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Carole uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, non-judgmental space where a person’s values, priorities, and goals guide the work. This approach helps individuals explore feelings, strengthen self-understanding, and make decisions that feel authentic to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - is used to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns; it is often effective for anxiety, depression, mood shifts, and stress-related concerns. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method that helps people resolve ambivalence and build motivation for change, which can be useful for addictions, lifestyle changes, and adherence to treatment goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Carole collaborates with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and then adapts methods so the treatment fits the individual rather than the other way around.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to schedule care around work, family, or other responsibilities. These options increase accessibility for people managing caregiving duties, geographic limits, or busy schedules while preserving the ability to engage regularly with licensed professionals and therapists.