About Carly
Carly Montroy helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, low self-esteem, depression, anger, and big life changes. She supports people coping with bipolar symptoms, family concerns, and feelings of isolation. Carly is a licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - practicing in New York with seven years of experience.
Carly keeps sessions straightforward and directed by the person in the room. She treats each person as the expert on their life and looks for strengths that can be used to meet goals.
Background and approach
Therapy is practical and conversational, with attention to what clients want to change now. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot patterns that make moods or reactions worse and to try small, manageable experiments to test new ways of responding. Mindfulness strategies are offered to help with stress and anxious moments by teaching simple attention and breathing practices.
Narrative ideas help people rewrite the stories that keep them stuck and find different meanings in hard events. Carly also draws on client-centered and motivational approaches to keep the work collaborative. She asks what matters most and supports realistic steps toward those priorities.
Sessions focus on what will make daily life feel better and more manageable. Carly works with people navigating autism-related concerns, communication or family problems, intellectual disability, post-traumatic stress, and mood disorders. She aims for clear, gentle pacing so progress can fit into busy lives.
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy places the person and their goals at the center of each session. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is said, and follows the client's lead to build trust and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and testing small changes to shift mood and reactions. These methods suit worries, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and coping with life transitions.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit best. Sessions are adjusted over time so the work stays practical and relevant to daily life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when not on camera works better, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules and let people pick the format that helps them engage most effectively.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English