Caroline Schnarrs
Experienced LCSW blending practical therapy approaches
LCSW Utah
- Experience
- 23 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Caroline
Caroline Schnarrs is an LCSW with 23 years of experience in the helping professions and two decades of direct clinical work. Based in Utah, she has supported people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addiction, depression, relationship and family challenges, grief, and a wide range of life transitions.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with individuals and families in difficult circumstances, and she brings a long history of practical experience to each client interaction. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and respectful, emphasizing the therapeutic relationship as a foundation for change.
Caroline integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with client-centered principles, solution-focused techniques, motivational interviewing, and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when appropriate. She aims to help clients reframe thinking patterns, build coping skills, and identify actionable steps toward meaningful goals.
Caroline values dignity and resilience, and she encourages clients to view change as attainable even when it feels challenging.
She practices in Utah, communicates in English, and draws on years of varied clinical settings to support people working through issues such as chronic pain and illness, caregiver stress, communication problems, intimacy concerns, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and feelings of isolation and emptiness.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care
Caroline commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and teaching practical coping skills to address issues like anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration to help clients explore values and build self-directed change. She also incorporates elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotion regulation skills or distress tolerance are needed, offering concrete techniques to manage intense feelings and improve interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and then tailor methods that feel most helpful. That means approaches can be blended or adjusted over time to better suit how a client responds and what progress looks like in real life.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access care from home or other convenient locations, help maintain continuity when life is busy, and allow follow-up and skill practice between live sessions.
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Experience
23+ years
Licensed
Utah
Languages
English