Carrie Holland-Lee, LCPC

Carrie Holland-Lee is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Maryland with 11 years of experience. She meets people where they are and helps them sort through stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, and low self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions and offers steady support as they work toward change.

She centers sessions on the client's perspective and strengths. Carrie believes each person is the expert in their own story and uses that as the starting point for therapy. Her style is direct but warm, aiming to build confidence and motivation while addressing the issues that brought someone in.

Clinically, Carrie uses client-centered techniques and elements of cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice patterns and try different strategies. She helps with trauma and abuse recovery, intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, parenting strain, and career transitions. She also addresses topics like LGBT issues, self-love, and prejudice and discrimination.

Carrie has additional experience with non-traditional relationship topics such as kink and BDSM, polyamory and non-monogamous relationships, blended family concerns, and infidelity. She assists people navigating communication problems and blended family dynamics with straightforward guidance and practical tools.

Sessions are offered in English in Maryland. Carrie emphasizes collaboration and small, achievable goals so progress feels manageable. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on her availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's lead. It emphasizes the person's own goals and strengths and is useful for building motivation and self-esteem.

Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It often includes straightforward exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or change relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Carrie treats the choice of methods as collaborative and will work with clients to decide which ideas to try based on their goals, pace, and preferences. Together they set concrete goals and check progress over time.

The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into busy schedules and making it simpler to keep consistent appointments. Online work can also make short check-ins or focused skill practice easier to plan around work or family commitments. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current online and in-person options before booking so sessions match your needs and routine.