Carly Gelb

Carly Gelb is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people move past barriers that keep them from living fully. She listens without judgment and helps clients find practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, depression, substance use concerns, and relationship struggles. Carly uses simple tools like journaling and guided meditation to support change.

Carly draws on eight years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns. She emphasizes a client-centered style that keeps the person in charge of the session. That means goals and pace are set together rather than imposed.

Her approach mixes skills-based work and reflective practices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques help identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help people notice their experience and choose actions that match their values.

Carly also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion regulation and Motivational Interviewing when people are weighing changes around substance use or other behaviors. In sessions she might offer worksheets, art-based activities, or short meditations to try between meetings.

She works with issues that include trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy and attachment struggles, eating and sleep concerns, parenting stress, career transitions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Carly practices in Illinois and holds an Illinois LCSW.

People who prefer a straightforward, empathetic clinician who offers concrete tools may find her style helpful. To begin, follow the matching and scheduling steps on the site so you can choose a time that fits your life.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then choose actions that match what matters. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where values and action matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world behavior changes; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating issues. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional steadiness, which can help with stress, impulsive behaviors, and compassion fatigue.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels doable, then try techniques and adjust as needed. That collaborative process helps match strategies to a person's situation rather than offering a one-size-fits-all plan.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy can fit around work, school, or caregiving. Licensed professionals can use worksheets, guided meditations, and journaling exercises in virtual sessions just as they do in person, making it practical to try skills between meetings.