Carla McGehee

Carla McGehee is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who completed a counseling degree at Dallas Baptist University in May 2014. She began her clinical training as an intake specialist at Texoma Community Center and went on to serve there as a mental health counselor for more than four years. She earned her Texas LPC credential in November 2017, license number 71823, and later joined Tidemark Therapy as a counselor in May 2020. She is now moving into an independent practice phase.

Her clinical work spans a broad range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, chronic pain, emotional control, and addictions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to break down abstract concepts into practical skills. She also uses trauma-focused approaches and narrative techniques when appropriate. Carla attends to the losses that can accompany real change and supports people as they reimagine life after important endings.

Sessions typically run about 45 minutes and are paced to the individual. Goals are defined collaboratively and clients are encouraged to offer feedback during the process. She avoids probing areas that are not necessary to reach treatment goals and aims to help people leave sessions with a sense of hope and direction.