Carolyn Mullas, LCPC, LPC

Carolyn Mullas is a licensed counselor with LCPC and LPC credentials and 20 years of clinical experience. She practices in Michigan and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD symptoms like focus and concentration. Carolyn speaks English and approaches each person as the expert on their own life.

Her work emphasizes practical steps and steady support. She helps clients notice strengths they already have and use those strengths to meet daily challenges. Sessions move at a person’s pace, with attention to small, doable changes that make life feel more manageable.

Carolyn also addresses related concerns such as communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation. She has experience with adoption and foster care issues and with veteran and armed forces concerns. These topics are woven into treatment when they relate to a person’s goals.

Over two decades she has worked in a variety of settings and with a range of mood and anxiety disorders, including panic and disruptive mood symptoms. That background informs how she helps people sort through symptoms and daily stressors. Her style is straightforward and focused on what will help now.

To begin, she encourages a first step of reaching out and describing current struggles. From there she supports people in setting clear goals and tracking small changes over time.

Practical approaches for managing anxiety and focus online

Carolyn uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. One common approach focuses on skills training for managing anxiety and panic - teaching simple breathing and grounding strategies, along with ways to change unhelpful thinking patterns, to reduce intense moments. Another approach addresses attention and organization challenges often seen with ADHD symptoms - working on routines, breaking tasks into smaller steps, and trying concrete strategies to support memory and focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, and then recommend techniques to try. This is a collaborative process that can shift as needs change.

For practical matters, confirm the available session formats before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and provide continuity when schedules change. Some formats also allow for shorter check-ins or audio-only options when video is not convenient, which can help sessions fit into work breaks or other obligations.