Carolyn (Lyn) Beyer, LPC

Carolyn “Lyn” Beyer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin with more than 23 years of clinical experience. She has supported people dealing with depression, anxiety, childhood neglect and abuse, post-traumatic stress, grief, and a wide range of life transitions. As a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, she brings focused training in helping individuals recover from distressing or prolonged traumatic experiences. Trauma is described as the psychological, emotional, and sometimes physical response to an event or sequence of events that is deeply distressing or disruptive to daily life - for some that may be a single sudden loss, for others the cumulative impact of long-term harm.

Her therapeutic work is grounded in the belief that each person is the expert on their own life and that meaningful progress arises from a collaborative partnership. In sessions she aims to guide, support, and occasionally challenge clients while honoring their perspective and goals. Her practice draws on client-centered and humanistic foundations and incorporates evidence-informed approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness-based techniques, emotionally-focused therapy, narrative therapy, and trauma-focused methods when appropriate.

Outside of clinical practice she identifies as a mother, grandmother, yoga enthusiast, hiker, friend, sister, and a retired director who remains active in therapy work even as she has moved into semi-retirement. She is known for an honest, compassionate, and disciplined approach and emphasizes the central role of the therapeutic relationship in producing lasting change. She values being invited into a client’s journey and often references the sentiment "Today I Chose Courage over Comfort" by Brené Brown as a guiding principle. She also connected with the platform while shifting into semi-retirement to continue offering therapeutic support.