Casey Unger, LPC

Casey Unger is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 30 years of experience in mental health. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, self-esteem struggles, depression, addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and other life challenges. Casey draws on long experience in public mental health, inpatient care, crisis intervention, assessments, and anger management.

She primarily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot and change negative thought patterns that drive their actions. Casey also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to help set practical, short-term steps toward clearer goals. Her description of CBT is straightforward: identify unhelpful schemas, trace how they formed, and practice new ways of thinking that reduce distress.

Casey says she tends to connect with people who feel marginalized, bullied, or like they have been thrown away. She notes she has often been able to reach people others have struggled with. In the first session she asks questions to learn who the person is, what shaped their beliefs, and to map a path forward.

She describes herself as analytical and pattern-oriented, able to recognize themes and practical solutions in a client's story. Casey reports surviving personal trauma and a disaster, and says that experience influences how she relates to others who have gone through sudden upheaval.

Casey makes phone and video sessions as personal as face-to-face work. She only offers individual counseling, not couples work, and cannot accept CVS/Aetna EAP clients because of a conflict of interest. If scheduled times do not fit, she requests a message to arrange alternatives.

How her approaches translate to online work