Carla McGehee, LPC

Carla McGehee earned her degree from Dallas Baptist University in May 2014 and completed an internship as an intake specialist at Texoma Community Center, previously known as the MHMR of Grayson County in Sherman, Texas. She became a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas in November 2017 - license number TX LPC 71823 - and continued at Texoma Community Center for an additional four and a half years serving as a mental health counselor. In May 2020 she joined Tidemark Therapy, contributing further clinical experience and expanding her work with diverse client needs.

McGehee has worked with people facing depression, anxiety, loss, trauma, chronic pain, and difficulty with emotional regulation. Her practice addresses both long-term diagnoses and short-term adjustment challenges, helping clients move through transitions and redefine their futures after loss. She emphasizes that attempts at meaningful change often involve loss, and she supports clients in mourning what must be let go so they can build new routines and perspectives.

For clients struggling with emotional control and negative coping behaviors, McGehee applies concepts from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to make thinking patterns and coping skills more concrete and usable. She also incorporates a client’s spiritual beliefs when the client gives permission, using those beliefs as a source of encouragement and support. Sessions typically last 45 minutes, proceed at the client’s pace, and are flexible to address new issues that arise. Goals are defined collaboratively, feedback is invited, and McGehee aims for clients to leave sessions feeling hopeful rather than overwhelmed.