Carrie Bican

Carrie Bican welcomes people who are navigating difficult changes, holding to the belief that hardships are a detour rather than a dead end. She thanks individuals for their courage in reaching out and offers a compassionate, grounded approach to therapy.

She earned a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marital and Family Therapy from California Lutheran University and began working with high-need populations while attending school. Carrie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California; this credential indicates she is qualified to provide marriage and family therapy and is recorded under license CA LMFT 108224. Over the course of nine years she has served as a school-based counselor in the Ventura County school system and as a primary clinician in psychiatric settings, gaining experience with family dynamics, stress and anxiety, grief and loss, life phase transitions, work-related difficulties, motivation and self-esteem concerns, adjustment disorders, and persistent diagnoses such as depression.

Her practice is person-centered and integrative, allowing treatment to be tailored to each individual rather than following a one-size-fits-all curriculum. She frequently draws from Family Systems Theory, Solution-Focused methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment Theory, and mindfulness practices. Alongside therapeutic work, she helps clients build coping strategies, life skills, independent living skills, and greater self-awareness.

Carrie values Carl Jung’s idea that life and psychological growth are rarely linear, and she uses that perspective to explore different angles and strategies with clients. She honors those who consider her as a therapist and looks forward to the opportunity to work together.