Carrie Kinder

Carrie Kinder, LCSW, is a licensed clinician in Indiana with 15 years of practice supporting people through complex emotional and life transitions. Her work focuses on areas such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and addictions, and she attends to coping with life changes across the lifespan. She brings attention to mood and personality disorders alongside concerns like isolation, communication problems, and relationship dynamics.

Carrie uses a trauma-informed, evidence-aware orientation, drawing on methods such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. She aims to collaborate with each person to identify practical strategies that fit their circumstances and goals, while addressing barriers such as impulsivity, substance use, or caregiver strain.

Additional focus areas include autism and Asperger Syndrome, blended family issues, fertility and caregiver stress, hoarding, and financial or life-purpose worries. Carrie offers individualized attention to the intersecting concerns that shape an individual’s day-to-day functioning and priorities, attending to both immediate coping needs and longer-term planning.