Precious Wilkerson-Carr
LCSW
Louisiana
Compassionate LCSW focused on practical change
Continue with PreciousAt a glance
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Louisiana / 9538
- NPI
- 1780057679
- Experience
- 19 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Louisiana
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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- Goal oriented
- Trauma informed
- Skill building
About Precious
Precious Wilkerson-Carr is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Louisiana. She brings 19 years of experience as a psychotherapist and supervisor. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her approach is down-to-earth and direct, aimed at practical improvements in day-to-day life.
She offers a welcoming, nonjudgmental space and listens first to understand each person's situation. Sessions emphasize collaboration - setting goals together and trying approaches that fit the client. She often uses cognitive behavioral ideas but adapts methods to what the client needs, including Motivational Interviewing and other trauma-informed approaches.
In therapy she helps people develop coping skills, improve communication, and manage anger or mood swings. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, adoption and foster-care related concerns, caregiving burden, and issues around identity and self-esteem. Practical tools and short-term strategies are part of the work as well as deeper trauma processing when needed.
She explains techniques, offers encouragement, and helps clients make step-by-step plans toward clearer goals. Her style is respectful and energetic while remaining focused on what will change daily routines for the better. People who want a collaborative, goal-oriented therapist may find this style helpful.
To begin, she asks about current challenges and together you map a plan that fits your life and timing. The emphasis is on usable skills, steady progress, and building resilience over time.
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How these approaches work online
Motivational Interviewing helps people find personal reasons to change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to boost motivation for steps like reducing addictive behaviors or starting a new habit. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on identifying values and taking action that matches those values while learning to notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest methods to try. Together you can adjust the plan over time if something does not fit or if priorities shift.
Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make fitting sessions into busy lives easier - for example shorter check-ins during a lunch break, sessions without commuting, or meeting from a quieter place when that helps focus. Licensed professionals can use these methods effectively over distance, applying the same practical exercises and goal-setting used in person. -
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesGriefParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueAdditional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationFamily problemsForgivenessIsolation / lonelinessMen's issuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issuesTherapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Motivational InterviewingTrauma-Focused TherapyExperience
19+ years
Listed in
Louisiana
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, parenting strain, addictions, grief, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and direct. She listens first, then helps set practical goals and teaches tools you can use between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She has 19 years of experience as a psychotherapist and supervisor, working with adults on mood, trauma, relationship, and adjustment concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a LCSW licensed in Louisiana.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; confirm current session options with the platform or therapist before booking.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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