Caralee Crary, LPC
Pennsylvania · 20 years in practice
Caralee Crary is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 20 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Pennsylvania
- PC005050 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1417195694 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Caralee
Caralee Crary is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, and struggles with self-esteem and depression. Her work also addresses grief, trauma, addictions, and issues that affect sexual expression and identity.
Caralee blends approaches that pay attention to feelings and to practical choices. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at emotional patterns in relationships and Attachment-Based ideas to map how early connections shape current reactions.
Background and approach
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and take actions that match their values. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She helps clients build self-awareness and new skills.
Sessions involve talk, reflection, and practical strategies to handle everyday problems. Caralee aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can name painful experiences and practice different ways of responding. She offers feedback that is direct but respectful, and she works with each person to set achievable goals.
Her approach is meant to help clients make gradual, sustainable changes. Outside of therapy, she enjoys reading, gardening, music, yoga, walking, and films. Her life experience informs a practical, empathic approach to therapy that focuses on what matters most to each client.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Caralee lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
Approaches Caralee names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Using emotion-focused and action-oriented approaches online
Caralee commonly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and shift recurring emotional patterns in relationships and attachment-based ideas to understand how early bonds influence present behavior. These approaches focus on recognizing feelings, improving emotional connection, and changing interaction cycles.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients accept difficult inner experiences while committing to value-driven actions. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and when someone wants clearer direction in life. Together, these methods aim to balance feeling-centered work with practical steps clients can try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Caralee works with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. Clients can expect to discuss what helps and to try small experiments that fit their daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or when flexibility is needed to fit therapy into a busy schedule.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
Caralee works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma, addictions, and issues around self-esteem and life purpose. She also supports people facing challenges related to sexuality, attachment, infidelity, and parenting strain.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and direct. She mixes emotionally focused work with practical exercises to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors.
What is her background and experience?
She has 20 years of clinical experience and blends emotion-focused and attachment-informed approaches with acceptance and cognitive-behavioral methods. That mix helps address both feelings and daily choices.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Pennsylvania.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does scheduling and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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