Carolyn Westgate, LCPC

Carolyn Westgate, LCPC, brings more than two decades of clinical experience to her work with individuals and families. She emphasizes an empathic, nonjudgmental, and accepting approach, creating an environment where clients can explore difficult issues and work toward meaningful change. Her credential, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), denotes advanced training and state licensure to provide professional counseling services.

Carolyn individualizes treatment by drawing from a range of evidence-informed methods, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Rational Emotive approaches. This flexibility allows her to tailor plans to each person - addressing concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship challenges, parenting and blended-family issues, grief, ADHD, and other life transitions.

She also attends to intersecting issues like codependency, caregiver stress, first responder challenges, veteran and armed forces issues, postpartum depression, and co-occurring mood or substance concerns. Carolyn approaches each case with a willingness to continue learning and to seek the best resources available so clients receive thoughtful, up-to-date care.

If a client and Carolyn determine they are not the right fit, she commits to helping identify a therapist who better matches the person's needs. Entering therapy requires courage, and Carolyn listens with respect and compassion as clients navigate the therapeutic process and work toward their goals.