Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Cara works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Years in practice
- 33
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Cara
Cara Tuley is an Ohio LPCC with 33 years of counseling experience. She approaches therapy with warmth and practical care, helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Her style is straightforward and nonjudgmental, which can help someone who is feeling overwhelmed take a first step toward change.
She uses a mix of methods to fit each person's needs, drawing on cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thinking and build different routines.
Background and approach
Cara also incorporates acceptance and mindfulness practices to reduce struggle with difficult feelings. Dialectical skills are used when the goal is greater emotional balance and better coping under stress. Sessions focus on clear steps and real-life practice.
People can expect to look at patterns that keep problems going, try new ways of responding, and track small wins between meetings. The approach is collaborative, with goals set together and adjusted as progress is made. Cara has worked with clients across Ohio and internationally using online formats as well as in-person work in the past.
She brings particular attention to issues such as parenting strain, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, grief, and self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with sleep problems, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her long experience informs a calm, steady presence in sessions.
She aims to make therapy practical and doable, helping people build skills they can use when life gets hard.
What Cara works with
Everything Cara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Cara's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- 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
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Cara lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven online therapy that builds practical skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting controlled by them, then move toward the life they value. It is useful for anxiety, stress, anger, and coping with change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions, and offers clear techniques to break unhelpful cycles and build new habits for mood and sleep. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness, which can ease emotional intensity.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to choose whether ACT, CBT, mindfulness, or a blend fits a person's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different rhythms of life. Video is good for focused sessions that feel like face-to-face work. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a quick check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options help people keep therapy consistent even with busy schedules or travel.
Questions people ask about Cara
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Cara works with a wide range of concerns including anger, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, parenting strain, and self-esteem.
What is the therapist's usual style in sessions?
Sessions are practical and collaborative, using clear steps and skill practice. The approach combines problem-solving with acceptance and mindfulness strategies to manage difficult feelings.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
The therapist brings 33 years of counseling experience to her work, drawing on that background to offer steady guidance and practical tools.
Where is this therapist licensed and based?
She holds an Ohio LPCC and practices from Ohio while offering services to people in other states and internationally.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.