Caroline Czarnecki, MHC-LP
I’m Caroline, a mental health counselor with a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Northwestern University. I’ve worked with individuals, couples, and groups in private practice settings, supporting people through anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, grief, trauma, and major life transitions.
If you're feeling overwhelmed or disconnected from yourself, therapy can help you slow down, reflect, and begin to untangle what’s happening beneath the surface. My goal is to create a supportive environment rooted in trust, compassion, and genuine understanding.
In therapy, I take a collaborative, feedback-friendly approach—meaning I actually want to know how it’s going. Your experience in the room matters, and I regularly check in to make sure therapy is feeling helpful, productive, and like something we’re building together.
Clinically, I integrate approaches from psychodynamic theory, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices and Gestalt techniques to help you shift patterns that no longer serve you. Together, we’ll explore how past experiences shape your present while providing you with the tools to work towards more self-awareness, self-trust and sustainable change.
I specialize in helping clients navigate anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, low self-esteem, and emotional dysregulation. If you tend to overanalyze, people-please, or struggle to set boundaries, you’re not alone and we’ll work on that at your pace.
Outside the therapy room, I love traveling, finding new restaurants, exploring art exhibitions, and reading.
