Carol Gross, LCSW

Carol Gross is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, mood challenges, addiction, and grief. She uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions and focuses on what people want to change in their everyday lives. Carol speaks English and practices in Utah as an LCSW.

Carol began her career working with systems and data, then moved into behavioral health and social work. That path shaped a direct, problem-solving approach to therapy. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, dialectical behavior ideas, and a client-centered stance to guide sessions. These approaches support skills for stress, coping with life changes, and emotional regulation.

She helps people notice their suffering and use that awareness to choose values-based action. Sessions emphasize small, doable steps - mindfulness practice, behavior changes, and practical tools for daily life. Carol often uses the ACT Matrix as a simple way to sort thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Her background includes long experience with trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, ADHD, autism spectrum concerns, chronic illness and caregiving stress. She also works with relationship struggles, intimacy issues, eating and sleep problems, and career or parenting stress. The focus is on building skills that fit a person's real routine.

Carol describes growth as something that happens through working with pain rather than avoiding it. She supports clients in recognizing what matters to them, practicing new behaviors, and increasing psychological flexibility so they can move toward a more meaningful life.

How ACT, CBT, and Mindfulness work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match what matters to a person. It helps with anxiety, depression, and being stuck by teaching practical steps to move toward values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns and improve mood and behavior. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity, improve focus, and support stress management.

Finding the best approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to see which methods fit a person’s goals and daily life. Sessions may mix ACT, CBT, and mindfulness tools so clients learn the skills that feel most useful to them.

Please confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions happen during a break at work or between appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and mindfulness practices to work well in a remote setting and help clients apply skills in everyday routines.