Carien Myburgh

Carien Myburgh is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who uses focused, practical therapy to help people move forward. She aims to help clients reduce worry, manage strong emotions, and find clearer ways to cope. Her style favors steady progress while slowing down when deeper hurts need gentle care.

She trained first in South Africa and later completed a Master’s degree in Counseling at Dallas Baptist University in 2012. She has practiced as an LPC for 13 years and works from the perspective that quicker, goal-directed change can free people from ongoing pain and self-blame.

In sessions she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. That means she helps people identify unhelpful thinking, try small experiments, and build steps that fit everyday life. She also uses short-term goal work when clients want practical ways to change patterns fast.

Carien has supported people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, trauma and abuse, and relationship concerns. She also works with issues like family of origin dynamics, fertility stress, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation or loneliness.

She offers therapy in English and Afrikaans and provides services only to people residing in Texas. To begin, prospective clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Practical approaches for online therapy and everyday life

Carien uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts that fuel anxiety or depression and then test new ways of thinking and acting. CBT focuses on changing patterns in thinking and behavior through small, practical exercises and clear steps that can be used between sessions.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which centers on what is working now and builds small, doable changes toward a preferred future. This approach is useful when someone wants fast, concrete tools to handle stress, relationship strain, or feelings of isolation and loneliness.

Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, daily routines, and what feels achievable. Together they will try methods and adjust plans based on what helps most in real life.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time so people can focus on progress. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and solution-focused techniques to remote sessions and tailor homework and exercises to each person’s situation.