Carley Rothstein
Compassionate, practical support for life transitions
LCSW North Carolina
- Experience
- 8 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Carley
Carley Rothstein is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eight years of experience who transitioned into clinical practice after working as an Exceptional Children’s teacher, an academic tutor and behavioral interventionist, and an educational/developmental therapist for North Carolina’s infant-toddler program.
Background and approach
She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from Penn State World Campus. Her early work in schools and community programs informs a pragmatic, skills-focused approach to therapy.
Rothstein integrates client-centered care with evidence-informed tools to support people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, relationship and family concerns, grief, eating or sleeping difficulties, and life transitions. She has provided outpatient therapy across the lifespan, school-based psychotherapy, and behavioral health services in medical, group home, and assisted-living settings.
Her background includes work with foster care and adoption issues, autism spectrum presentations, complex trauma, and care needs related to aging and dementia. Outside of practice she is active in advocacy for the special needs community and spends time with family and pets.
She frames therapy as a collaborative process, helping clients build practical strategies and greater balance in daily life.
CBT and Collaborative Approaches for Online Care
Carley Rothstein uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop concrete strategies for changing behaviors and emotional responses; this approach is often applied to anxiety, depression, and stress-related challenges. She also employs a client-centered stance that emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and tailoring sessions to each person’s goals and values so that the work aligns with what matters most to the client. When appropriate, Rothstein draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness techniques for intense emotional states and relationship challenges.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. She will work with clients to assess needs, try different tools, and adjust methods over time so the combination of strategies fits the person’s goals and preferences. This flexibility helps ensure therapy stays relevant and practical for everyday life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through multiple formats: video calls for face-to-face sessions, phone sessions for audio-only meetings, and live chat or text-based messaging for brief check-ins or when written communication feels easier. These options support consistent access to care across schedules and locations while allowing clients to use the formats that best suit their routines and therapeutic needs.
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Experience
8+ years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English