
Carole Kaufman
Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW)
Ohio therapists accepting new clients
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About Carole
Carole is an experienced and highly effective independently licensed social worker whose ability to easily establish a warm and trusting relationship makes her uniquely qualified to treat the various mental health issues clients present.
Recently retired from both a private practice and the Cleveland Clinic, where she worked in inpatient geriatric and adult psychiatry, Carole is ready and eager to resume providing counseling services to clients in need.
Carole has specialized in maternal and child health and completed an intensive one year post graduate training in cognitive behavioral therapy. Additional treatment modalities include solution focused therapy, and psychodynamic therapy
Areas of interest are: adjustment disorders, anxiety, mood disorders , issues of aging, sudden onset of, and/or chronic illness, separation and loss, parental guidance, issues of the “sandwich generation”.
What Carole helps with
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
How Carole works
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Working with Carole changed my life. She is not only the best therapist but she is also the best human being. I know I would have reached "success" in my life if I am like her when I am her age.”
- “Very caring and patient. She definitely works on what you want and helps you focus on what’s important. She is easy to talk to and will remind you of your goals and help with weighing decisions.”
- “Very patient and kind, really listens to my needs.”
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- “Carole listens and helps so much. Great ideas of how to help and change things for the better. <br /> I enjoy my sessions with her and feel better after talking g with her.”
- “Wonderful therapist and human being, very patient”
- “Carol is amazing! She really takes her time and helps understand the issues that are bothering me and gives me skills to use to work. She’s helped me so much!”
- “She is a great therapist and has helped me a great deal through a very trying time in my life. Highly recommend.”
- “She is wonderful”
- “Carole is an empathetic person. She does not waste time on providing me with immediate after-session tools to reinforce the breakthroughs that I experienced during our session. I am so grateful to her.”
- “My therapist is very kind, patient, and understanding. There is no judgement from her, and it's extremely convenient to video chat.”
- “Carole is a true gem!”
- “She is empathetic, engaging, compassionate, very knowledgeable, patient, and flexible. I am feeling so much better about life thanks to her therapeutic counseling. Highly recommend her to anyone that needs help with caregiver stress, bereavement, and relationship dynamics at work and personal life.”
- “Carole is empathetic and kind with a good sense of humor. Meeting with her has helped me navigate grief after losing my father in addition to “ burn out” at work.”
- “Thank you for all that you do!”
- “She’s wonderfully empathetic, knowledgeable, open-minded, non-judgmental, and joyful!”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.





