Ms. Carly Corso, LSW, MSW

Telehealth

Education

School:
Aurora University

Degree:
MSW

Additional Certificates:

  • Personality Disorders Certificate Course: Advanced Diagnosis, Treatment & Management

Ms. Corso holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSW) from Illinois State University and a Master of Science in Social Work (MSW), with an Advanced Clinical Practice Concentration, from Aurora University. She is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) and a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP). Ms. Corso has completed extensive training in the areas of advanced diagnosis, treatment, and management of personality disorders as well as the applied neuroscience for treating anxiety, panic, and worry. 

 

Over the past eight years, Ms. Corso has gained experience working across a variety of treatment settings including community mental health, inpatient psychiatric/ chemical dependency units, partial hospitalization/intensive outpatient facilities, eating disorder treatment, DBT-Based Group Therapy, and Residential Senior Living. She is experienced in utilizing techniques from Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Attachment Theory, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Integrative Psychotherapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Neuroscience-Informed Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Positive Psychotherapy, Biofeedback Therapy, and Somatic Experiencing. 

 

Ms. Corso uses a strengths-based approach in efforts to focus on what is working for an individual at the time they enter therapy. Moreover, to ask the question of “What happened to you, and how did you survive?” versus “What is wrong with you?”-In using this approach, it allows Ms. Corso to hone in on the innate wisdom of an individual’s efforts to persevere, despite adverse life experiences. She aims to create a healthy alliance between the mind and body to increase the strengths that exist within each client, discover adaptive skills of managing current stressors, and create intrinsically motivating strategies for sustainable life change.

Issues Treated

Addiction
ADHD
Alcohol Use
Alzheimer's
Anger Management
Antisocial Personality
Anxiety
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality
Child or Adolescent
Chronic Illness
Chronic Pain
Codependency
Coping Skills
Depression
Developmental Disorders
Divorce
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Drug Abuse
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
Emotional Disturbance
Family Conflict
Grief
Life Transitions
Men's Issues
Narcissistic Personality
Obsessive-Compulsive
Oppositional Defiance
Peer Relationships
Relationship Issues
School Issues
Self-Harming
Self Esteem
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Addiction
Sleep or Insomnia
Sports Performance
Stress
Substance Use
Suicidal Ideation
Trauma and PTSD
Women's Issues
Elderly Persons Disorder
Impulse Control Disorders
Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
Psychosis
Thinking Disorders
Bisexual
Gay
Lesbian

Specialties

Addiction and Substance Abuse
Anxiety and Panic
Somatic Symptom disorders

Session Types

Telehealth
Family Therapy
Individual Therapy
Couples Counseling

Age Specialties

Elders (65+)
Adults
Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)

Types of Therapy

Individuals
Couples
Group
Family
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Attachment-based
Coaching
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Compassion Focused
Culturally Sensitive
Dialectical (DBT)
Emotionally Focused
Existential
Exposure Response Prevention
Expressive Arts
Family / Marital
Gestalt
Humanistic
Integrative
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Interpersonal
Jungian
Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing
Neuro-Linguistic
Neurofeedback
Person-Centered
Positive Psychology
Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic
Rational Emotive Behavior (RBT)
Somatic
Strength-Based
Transpersonal
Trauma-Focused