- Relationship problems
- Blended household issues
- Boundary skills
About Carrie
Carrie Wallace-Onifade is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois with 13 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, low self-esteem, career challenges, and major life changes. She also works with adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and related family topics.
Carrie listens for patterns that make everyday life harder. She helps people name what feels off and build practical steps to change it. Sessions focus on clear goals, problem solving, and improving communication. Carrie encourages clients to use their existing strengths when addressing setbacks.
Her background includes long-term clinical work in settings that involved family dynamics and relationship concerns. That experience informs how she notices repeated interactions and loyalties that can complicate blended households. She pays attention to how past family roles affect current decisions and relationships.
In sessions she breaks down big issues into manageable actions. Conversations often include role clarity, boundary-setting, and ways to reduce repeated conflict. For people juggling parenting roles, custody arrangements, or new partner dynamics, she helps map practical next steps.
People meet her to work on communication problems, commitment questions, recovery from infidelity, or the emotional costs of caregiving. She also addresses fertility and fatherhood issues when they come up. Her approach is straightforward, goal-oriented, and focused on what clients can try between sessions.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Evidence-based techniques in her work focus on clear, practical methods to change patterns. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches communication tactics and boundary-setting. This helps when repeated arguments or unclear roles cause stress in a blended household.Another helpful method is solution-focused problem solving. That approach breaks a problem into small, achievable steps and tracks progress. It is useful for career decisions, transitions, and settling new routines after household changes.
Finding the right approach is often collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods, and adjust as needed. Together they choose what feels most useful based on the person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. They can reduce travel time, allow quicker check-ins between work or caregiving responsibilities, and make scheduling more flexible. The original profile did not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. This helps ensure sessions match your daily routine and technical needs.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she focus on?
She focuses on relationship difficulties, family problems, self-esteem, career challenges, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include adoption and foster care, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and infidelity.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and goal-oriented, breaking big problems into steps and working on communication and boundary skills. Sessions emphasize concrete actions clients can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with relationship and family concerns. That background includes work with family dynamics and related stresses.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and practices from that state. The listing uses the credential LCSW as provided.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats does she offer?
The original profile did not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact fees depend on your situation.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That process starts the match and scheduling steps.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.