Carrie Ryberg, LCPC

Carrie Ryberg is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 14 years of experience. She works with adults, adolescents, and couples facing divorce, grief, deployment and other life transitions. Carrie brings practical support when life feels overwhelming and helps people find steadiness during change.

She draws on straightforward, goal-focused conversations to address stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Sessions often focus on what is happening now, and on small steps people can take between meetings. Carrie also offers support for relationship strain, parenting concerns, addictions, and issues related to military life and deployment transitions.

Carrie uses a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Mindfulness methods are used to help with grounding and managing intense emotions. For trauma-related work she includes trauma-focused strategies and EMDR when appropriate.

The work in sessions tends to be practical and collaborative. She helps people set short-term goals and tries to keep progress measurable. Conversations can include coaching elements to support life adjustments and skill-building for coping and communication.

Clients can expect calm, direct interaction and a focus on usable tools. Carrie blends experience with a down-to-earth style that aims to help people regain hope and move forward after difficult events.

How Carrie’s Approaches Work Online

Carrie commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and EMDR along with mindfulness practices to address symptoms and life challenges. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying new behaviors to change mood and reactions, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is used for processing traumatic memories and reducing the intensity of difficult reactions during daily life. Mindfulness therapy teaches attention and breathing exercises to reduce overwhelm and improve emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carrie will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. That plan is revisited and adjusted as progress is made, so the process is collaborative rather than fixed.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce time spent traveling, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also make it simpler to continue work during moves or life transitions. Licensed professionals and therapists adapt techniques like CBT, EMDR, and mindfulness for virtual sessions so the focus stays on practical skills and steady progress.