Carissa Alt-Frankard

Carissa Alt-Frankard is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin who helps people through life transitions and hard moments. She has 11 years of clinical experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, depression, and attention concerns. Carissa often works with people facing relationship strain, family problems, or difficulties at work.

She focuses on building self-love and stronger communication skills. Many clients come for support with body image, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, or changes that follow becoming a parent. Carissa also supports young adults who feel isolated, overwhelmed by social anxiety, or pressured at work.

Carissa uses a compassionate, person-centered stance in sessions. She aims to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk honestly and figure out realistic next steps. Sessions combine practical skills with gentler reflection to help people cope day to day.

Her work draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and on mindfulness practices to reduce anxiety. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help clients set short-term goals and try small changes that matter.

People who reach out can expect a straightforward approach and a focus on real-life problems. Carissa encourages curiosity about patterns, gradual skill building, and restoring a sense of purpose and self-worth as clients move forward.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. In practice this means sessions start with the client's concerns and move at their pace, which can help when navigating relationship strain, parenting questions, or identity issues.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change them. CBT is useful for managing anxiety, depression, and work-related stress by breaking problems into small, manageable steps.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. This can help with stress, social anxiety, and body image concerns by offering tools to calm down and notice habits without judgment.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean trying a few techniques and adjusting as needed so sessions feel useful and relevant.

For practical matters, confirm which online session formats are offered before booking, as the profile does not list formats explicitly. Online care can make it easier to schedule appointments, reduce travel time, and fit short check-ins into a busy day. It also lets people use skills learned in sessions in their everyday routines without waiting for an in-person visit.