Carla Dumas, LCPC

Carla Dumas is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 31 years of professional experience. She works with adults on common, everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strain, relationship problems, sleeping difficulties, anger, and mood concerns. Her practice also covers longer‑standing issues such as trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and ADHD.

Carla approaches work from the view that each person knows their own story best. She uses that knowledge alongside practical therapeutic tools to help people change patterns that cause frustration and conflict. Sessions focus on clear steps and on building strengths clients can use between appointments.

Her style blends Client‑Centered Therapy with structured methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution‑Focused Therapy. She also draws on Emotionally‑Focused and Trauma‑Focused approaches when emotions or past hurt are central to the problem. That mix lets her shift between talking things through and practicing new skills.

In a typical session Carla will listen for what matters most, help name patterns that fuel anger or anxiety, and introduce techniques to test different responses. She encourages small experiments clients can try at home and reviews how those went on return visits.

Carla has worked across many settings over three decades and brings that breadth to practical, goal‑oriented work. People who come to her often want clearer emotional control, less snapping in relationships, or better ways to handle big life changes.

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