Carla Harper, LPC

Carla Harper is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Connecticut who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and midlife transitions. She also supports people coping with mood disorders, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and concerns around self-esteem and career direction. Carla writes plainly and aims to make therapy practical and approachable for busy lives.

Carla uses a relational style in sessions. She focuses on building a strong working connection and on helping people develop skills they can use every day. Sessions often include clear, short-term goals and steps clients can try between meetings.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centered techniques. She blends these methods to help clients notice unhelpful thinking, identify practical changes, and feel heard as they work toward goals.

Carla has nine years of counseling experience. Her background includes working with adolescents who have experienced trauma and with people navigating family disruption, divorce, and social challenges. She also has experience related to autism spectrum concerns and blended family issues.

People describe her work as rooted in straightforward skill-building and steady support. She encourages mindfulness and self-reflection alongside hands-on coping tools. Those seeking help are invited to consider what they want to change and to try small, workable steps toward that change.

How her approaches translate to online work

Carla draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in ways that adapt well to remote conversations. CBT helps people spot and test unhelpful thoughts and then try new behaviors; online sessions can support that by guiding short experiments and homework between meetings. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on identifying small, practical changes and building on strengths, which fits teletherapy well because it focuses on steady progress and clear steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then try methods that match those needs. The work is collaborative and can be adjusted as the client learns what helps them most.

The original biography does not name specific session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine, reduce travel time, and let people check in from different locations. It also supports shorter coaching-style check-ins or longer sessions for deeper work, depending on what is arranged with the therapist.