Carolyn Presnall, LCSW, LPC

Carolyn Presnall is a seasoned mental health professional with 42 years of experience working across private practice, residential programs, hospitals, and educational settings. She is licensed as a clinical social worker (LCSW) and as a professional counselor (LPC), credentials that reflect advanced training in assessment, treatment planning, and psychotherapy. Over the course of her career she has treated people of all ages - children, adolescents, adults, and older adults - and has supported families through a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

Carolyn has received specialized training in trauma treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, PTSD interventions, play therapy, solution-focused methods, and client-centered therapy. She has extensive experience directing programs - including a residential treatment program for severely emotionally disturbed children and serving as Director of Psychiatry for a major children’s medical center - as well as years working with adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities to help them access community resources.

In private practice she has focused on relationship and stress issues, parenting support for difficult-to-manage children and adolescents, and geriatric concerns, including five years working with older adults facing early onset dementia or Alzheimer’s who are co-diagnosed with anxiety and depression. She has taught parenting classes for many years and brings warmth, a grounded sense of humor, and a style rooted in compassion, empathy, kindness, and practical understanding. Carolyn welcomes outreach from individuals and families seeking support and is available to work with clients in Texas.