- Stress and anxiety
- Guilt and shame
- Communication skills
About Carla
Carla Ferguson is an Alabama Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Carla also helps people dealing with communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety.
She focuses on helping people make sense of strong feelings and past events. Sessions include practical conversation about patterns, choices, and next steps. Carla pays attention to how beliefs, family, and faith can affect guilt and shame so those feelings become clearer and more manageable.
Her work often involves examining how relationships and self-talk keep problems going. She guides people through improving communication and setting clearer boundaries. When trauma or loss is present, she helps clients pace their processing to avoid overwhelm.
Carla integrates evidence-based techniques alongside reflective discussion. She uses straightforward tools to build coping skills and reduce intense emotions. The goal is to help clients notice what changes help them feel steadier and more confident in daily life.
People who want practical steps and straight talk about painful feelings may find her style helpful. She will discuss whether a faith-based perspective or a secular approach fits the client’s needs. Sessions are conducted in English and structured around each person’s concerns and goals.
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions work
Carla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear, practical work. Cognitive techniques help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test them against experience; this can reduce anxiety and the repetitive thinking that fuels guilt and shame. Skills-based approaches teach step-by-step ways to manage strong emotions, build coping tools, and improve day-to-day functioning.She also draws on trauma-informed practices that prioritize safety and pacing when processing painful memories. That means working at a speed a person can tolerate and using grounding methods to reduce overwhelm during sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Carla discusses goals, preferences, and past experiences with clients and together they decide which techniques to try. The first sessions often involve assessing what feels most useful and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking, as the profile does not list formats explicitly. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, avoid travel, and have shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow sessions to occur from places with quieter surroundings or when on a break from work, depending on the format offered.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Additional focus areas include communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, self-love, and social anxiety.
How does she approach feelings of guilt and shame?
She helps people name the thoughts and beliefs tied to guilt and shame and practices skills to reduce their intensity. The work often blends practical tools with reflective discussion about values and relationships.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 12 years of experience providing therapy for adults across a range of concerns including trauma, anxiety, and depression. That experience informs a focus on manageable strategies and processing difficult events at a steady pace.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in Alabama.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?
Session cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That process starts the intake and scheduling steps.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.