About Carol
Carol Baumgardner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people handle stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. She emphasizes strengths and practical steps. Carol encourages clients to take small, courageous steps toward a more satisfying life.
She approaches work in a straightforward, respectful way. Sessions focus on what the person brings and on building useful skills. Carol believes the client is the expert on their own story and acts as a guide and partner in change.
How Carol works
Her methods draw from several evidence-based approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports values-based choices and coping with difficult feelings.
Attachment-based and trauma-focused work address relationship patterns and past hurts. Carol has practiced for 27 years in Kentucky as an LCSW. Her experience includes helping people with attachment issues, codependency, caregiver stress, dissociation, and problems with control or commitment.
She also works with concerns like guilt, shame, loneliness, and recovering from separation. In sessions, Carol listens closely and helps people find concrete tools that fit their life. She aims to empower clients so they can use their own strengths.
People looking for steady, empathetic support often find this approach practical and hopeful.
Carol lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Carol works with
The areas below are the ones Carol selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 27 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Carol frequently uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. ACT helps when avoidance, worry, or low motivation get in the way of daily life. She also draws on trauma-focused therapy to help people process and reduce the long-term impact of painful experiences. That work concentrates on understanding how past events affect current reactions and building strategies to feel safer and more present.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. This collaborative process may change over time as goals shift or progress is made.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to meet with a licensed professional from different locations as long as state licensing allows. The focus remains on practical strategies, coping skills, and steady support that fit everyday life.
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A practical next step
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