- Focus on strengths
- Skill-based work
- Warm collaborative style
About Carly
Carly Basler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on work and wellbeing issues alongside trauma, grief, and parenting concerns. She writes in a warm, straightforward way and aims to help people feel heard and move toward practical change. Carly emphasizes simple, usable skills so clients can manage stress and emotion in day-to-day life.
She has five years of experience working with adolescents, young adults, and adults. Much of her background involves youth and families connected to the child welfare system and people who have faced significant trauma. That experience shaped her belief that most people can rebuild after hard experiences when given steady support and tools.
Carly uses approaches drawn from evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She helps people notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and practices skills for emotional regulation and coping. Sessions tend to focus on identifying strengths and building clear strategies that fit each person’s life.
Common concerns she addresses include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, grief, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, body image and eating issues, family of origin struggles, and questions about life purpose.
Sessions are offered in English from an Illinois practice. Carly describes her style as collaborative and nonjudgmental and works with clients to set realistic goals and track progress over time.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Many of her methods come from well-known, evidence-based approaches that focus on clear skills and thinking patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to help people manage strong feelings and improve relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Carly will talk with each person about goals and daily life, then choose or adapt techniques that fit their needs and preferences. This collaboration helps shape a plan that feels useful rather than one-size-fits-all.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists can use these sessions to practice skills in real situations and to check progress between visits, which many people find helpful for consistent change.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
5+ years
Credentials
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Carly help with?
She helps with trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stress, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue, along with related issues like attachment, caregiver stress, and family problems.
What is her approach to therapy?
Her style is warm and collaborative. She uses evidence-based techniques to teach practical skills for managing emotions and behavior.
What experience does she bring?
She has five years of clinical experience working with adolescents, young adults, and adults, including work with youth and families involved in the child welfare system.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds an LCSW credential - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.