Carrie Ryberg , LCPC

Carrie Ryberg is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 14 years of experience working with adults, adolescents, and couples facing a wide range of life challenges. She supports people navigating divorce, death and loss, financial strain, relationship difficulties, traumatic events, abuse, and the particular stresses that come with deployment and other transitions in military life.

As a former military spouse, she brings lived understanding of how military service affects individuals and family systems, and she draws on that perspective when helping clients build practical coping strategies. Over her career she has worked with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, work-related concerns, and significant life changes, offering steady support and skills to manage symptoms and move toward recovery.

Her approach centers on collaboration and empowerment - helping clients identify strengths, set achievable goals, and practice tools that foster hope, healing, and enrichment. She integrates evidence-informed techniques tailored to each person’s needs and collaborates with clients to find the most useful path forward.

Therapeutic Approaches Delivered Online

Carrie commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and mindfulness-based techniques in her work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety and to improve daily functioning. EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that helps process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact, often used for post-traumatic stress and other trauma-related difficulties. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and acceptance skills that can ease stress, improve emotional regulation, and support coping with life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and she works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. This means exploring options together and adjusting strategies as progress is made.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility and accessibility - sessions can take place as video calls, phone appointments, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it possible to receive consistent care around work and family schedules, while allowing therapists and clients to focus on practical, goal-oriented progress from different locations.