- CBT methods
- Mindfulness practice
- Client-centered care
About Caryn
Caryn Vandergriff is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Georgia with four years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing mood disorders, substance use, trauma, ADHD, and related struggles including guilt and shame. Her practice aims to help people untangle painful thoughts and make changes that feel workable in daily life.
She uses client-centered methods to ground sessions in what matters most to each person. That means listening first and shaping goals together. She also draws from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify thinking patterns, and from mindfulness to practice noticing emotions without immediately reacting.
Caryn often helps people dealing with addiction, depression, bipolar conditions, and trauma-related reactions. She also addresses topics like dissociation, co-occurring conditions, communication problems, emptiness, and issues connected to gender identity and kink culture. Forgiveness, family conflict, and first responder stress are additional areas she supports.
In a typical session she focuses on concrete strategies and small experiments you can try between meetings. She may use motivational interviewing to clarify what you want to change and narrative work to look at the stories you tell about yourself. Sessions move at a practical pace and aim to connect insight with doable steps.
Her approach is respectful of identity and background. People who want to start are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session through the listed online options.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building goals around what matters to the person. In practice this looks like therapists asking about priorities and shaping sessions to follow the client's concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thinking patterns and behaviors with practical exercises and short experiments to change unhelpful habits. Mindfulness Therapy encourages noticing sensations and thoughts with less reactivity, often using brief attention practices to reduce automatic responses.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review needs, goals, and preferences together and pick methods that fit those aims. That collaborative process means trying something, checking how it lands, and adjusting as needed rather than committing to a fixed plan up front.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when schedules demand, or avoid travel time. Many people find that working with a licensed professional remotely helps maintain consistency while applying CBT exercises, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing between sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with addictions, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD. Additional focus areas include guilt and shame, dissociation, and communication problems.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and narrative work to help examine beliefs and the stories that keep those feelings alive.
What is her clinical experience background?
She has four years of experience working with mood disorders, trauma, addiction, and co-occurring challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and she practices in Georgia.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How do session costs and billing work?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.