Carol Mayfield, LCSW

Carol Mayfield is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina with 36 years of experience. She focuses on common life stresses such as depression, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, grief, and changes at work or home. She also supports people dealing with self-esteem, career questions, compassion fatigue, and concerns related to LGBT identity.

In sessions she uses clear, practical tools rather than jargon. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness work, and a client-centered approach. Conversations include identifying values, testing small behavior changes, and learning skills to manage strong emotions.

Carol describes her approach as affirming of different religious views and of people across sexual orientations. She works with clients who want a non-religious or religion-accepting therapeutic stance. The focus is on helpful actions and steady supports rather than labels or blame.

Clients can expect straightforward coaching on coping strategies, pacing for change, and ways to reduce stress day to day. Sessions often include practice exercises between meetings and simple tracking of what helps.

Career and life-transition concerns are treated as practical problems to work through. For grief or addiction-related struggles she focuses on building resilience, improving routines, and strengthening motivation for change.

How her approaches translate to online work