Caroline Schnarrs, LCSW

Caroline Schnarrs is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a long record of supporting people through difficult life transitions. She has held a clinical social work license for 15 years and has worked in the helping professions for more than two decades, serving individuals and families in Utah and previously in Michigan. Her experience includes working with people facing homelessness, mental health challenges, addictions, family conflict, and other significant life events.

Caroline brings a warm, collaborative approach to counseling and places strong value on the therapeutic relationship. She treats clients with dignity and respect and views it as an honor when someone chooses to share their story. Her clinical practice blends client-centered strategies, cognitive-behavioral techniques, solution-focused methods, and motivational interviewing to tailor treatment to each person’s needs. (LCSW stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.)

She works from the perspective that the ways people think about themselves shape how they interact with the world, and that shifting perspective can create new possibilities even in difficult situations. Change is rarely simple, but Caroline believes clients already possess many of the tools and motivation needed to move toward their goals. She welcomes the opportunity to encourage, support, and empower people as they take steps toward positive change.

Approaches That Guide Online Sessions

Caroline Schnarrs uses therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work and focus on practical, client-centered change. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, empathetic stance where the therapist follows the client's lead to build understanding and self-direction - it helps when someone needs a supportive space to explore identity, relationships, or life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop new strategies for managing mood, anxiety, and stress. CBT is often used for issues like anxiety, depression, and coping with change because it offers skills that can be practiced between sessions.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying goals and small, achievable steps toward them. This approach is useful when clients want targeted, forward-looking change and prefer brief, action-oriented work.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Caroline will work with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, and she adapts the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy with Caroline is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility to fit therapy into daily life. These options make it easier to attend sessions around work, caregiving, or physical limitations, and they help maintain continuity of care when schedules or locations change.