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Kyle Carpenter

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Kyle Carpenter, LPC

Idaho

LPC counselor - anger and anxiety support

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Key details

  • CredentialsLPC
  • LicenseLPC, Idaho / LPC-10098
  • NPI1013770312
  • Experience3 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationIdaho

About

  • ACT and CBT
  • Mindfulness skills
  • Addiction focus

About Kyle

Kyle Carpenter is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in Idaho with three years of clinical experience. He works with adults and teens who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from themselves. Common concerns he addresses include anxiety, trauma, mood struggles, addiction, relationship problems, and anger.

Kyle focuses on helping clients notice the patterns that keep them stuck. He uses straight talk and practical exercises to help people shift unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions emphasize present-moment awareness and making choices that align with what matters to each person.

He combines skill-based work and reflective conversation. That can mean learning tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to manage thinking, practicing mindfulness to reduce reactivity, or using emotion-focused methods to clarify difficult feelings. The work moves between skills practice and talking through the experiences that produced those patterns.

Kyle also attends to issues that often sit alongside anger, such as grief, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, and co-occurring addiction. He names both resilience and the real weight of these struggles, and expects steady effort rather than quick fixes.

Sessions are aimed at helping people regain balance, reduce impulsive responses, and make clearer choices. He asks clients to try small behavioral changes between meetings. Over time those shifts are intended to reduce reactivity and open up more steady days.

How sessions work

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting pushed around by them. Online ACT sessions often include values clarification and small behavioral experiments to test new ways of acting despite difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thinking and teaches concrete skills for managing anxiety, anger, and low mood. In remote sessions that can mean practicing thought records and behavioral experiments between meetings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for people who react strongly in the moment; online DBT-style work breaks skills down into short, practiceable steps.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss what fits best with each person's goals, symptoms, and preferences and will adapt methods as they learn what helps. That collaborative decision happens in the first few sessions and can change over time based on results and comfort.

Confirm the exact session options before you book because formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives - for example, a shorter check-in can fit into a work break, phone-only sessions need less bandwidth, and video sessions allow face-to-face interaction when helpful. These practical benefits help people keep momentum and practice skills between sessions without rearranging their whole routine.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

3+ years

Listed in

Idaho

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does he help with?

He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, addiction, relationship and family concerns, grief, ADHD, and related issues.

What is his therapeutic style?

He blends practical skills and reflective conversation, using approaches that include ACT, CBT, DBT, and emotion-focused work.

How much experience does he have?

Kyle has three years of professional experience as an LPC in clinical work.

Where is he based and what credential does he hold?

He is based in Idaho and holds the LPC credential (Licensed Professional Counselor).

Can I work with him if I live outside the United States?

Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.

How are costs handled?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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