Carol Gross, LCSW

Carol Gross is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, mood challenges, addiction, grief, and life changes. She names practical growth and noticing discomfort as the starting points for change. Carol writes plainly about pain and resilience and invites people to work through hard moments toward greater balance.

Her background blends social work and early experience as a computer systems analyst. That combination shaped a practical, problem-solving approach to therapy. She has long worked with mood disorders, ADHD, trauma, grief, hospice concerns, and related areas that affect daily functioning.

Carol often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which she has found useful personally and clinically. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior ideas, client-centered listening, and mindfulness practices. These methods are used to increase coping behaviors, focus, and flexibility in responding to distress.

In sessions she emphasizes noticing patterns of discomfort and choosing actions that match personal values. She may use simple exercises such as the ACT Matrix to help sort priorities and track changes. The work is described as collaborative and rooted in steady, practical steps rather than quick fixes.

Carol works from Utah and conducts therapy in English. Her approach aims to help people recognize what their pain is signaling, try new coping strategies, and build routines that support mood, relationships, and everyday functioning.

How Carol’s approaches work in online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match personal values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, chronic stress, and coping with health challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, mood disorders, and sleep or eating concerns. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus during difficult moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to see which methods fit their needs, goals, and daily life. That means trying different tools and tracking what helps, rather than committing to one single method up front.

The original biography did not specify session delivery formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. It also allows using worksheets, brief behavioral experiments, and mindfulness practices between sessions to support steady progress while managing health challenges.