- Stress and anxiety
- Relationships and grief
- CBT and DBT methods
About Carrie
Carrie Bican is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with nine years of clinical experience. She works with young adults on common pressures of early adulthood, including stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, career shifts, and life transitions. She also addresses mood disorders, ADHD, addiction concerns, and parenting stress when those come up for young people navigating new responsibilities.
Carrie began her clinical work while completing a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marital and Family Therapy at California Lutheran University. Early roles included school-based counseling in Ventura County and work as a primary clinician in psychiatric settings. Those roles shaped her familiarity with family dynamics, adjustment struggles, and overlapping mental health concerns.
Her practice uses a person-centered frame that adapts to each person rather than following a fixed curriculum. She commonly draws on attachment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and dialectical behavior strategies to address patterns in relationships, emotion regulation, and unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness and existential perspectives also appear in her work when questions about meaning or life direction arise.
In sessions she helps people build coping skills, life skills, and insight. That practical focus can include managing sleep, navigating work or school stress, handling grief, and improving communication with important people. She describes therapy as a collaborative process shaped by the person's goals.
Carrie practices in California and conducts work in English. She does not take international clients. For people interested in starting, the usual first step is a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships. Online sessions can help identify how past relationship styles affect current friendships and romantic partnerships and guide changes in how someone connects with others.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In practical terms this means learning to notice unhelpful thinking, testing those thoughts, and practicing new behavior patterns to reduce anxiety, low mood, or worry about school and work.
Finding the right approach is part of the early work. The therapist will work collaboratively to see which combination of methods fits a person's goals, preferences, and everyday life. That selection can change over time as needs evolve.
Confirm current session formats before booking since specific options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time between work or school. It can also allow for sessions that focus on skills practice between in-person commitments. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and tools used in face-to-face therapy to an online setting so people can continue progress without rearranging major parts of their schedules.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, career changes, mood disorders, ADHD, addictions, and related life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is person-centered and flexible. She pulls from attachment work, CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and existential ideas to fit the person's goals.
How long has she been practicing?
Carrie has nine years of clinical experience, including school-based counseling and primary clinician work in psychiatric settings.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and practices in California.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or take international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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