Support That Meets You Where You Are
Carlene provides counseling for individuals, couples, adolescents, and families navigating anxiety, depression, grief and loss, life transitions, relationship challenges, communication difficulties, parenting concerns, and personal growth.
Her approach is warm, practical, and tailored to each client’s needs. Rather than using one rigid method, Carlene draws from evidence-based and person-centered approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness-based interventions, Person-Centered Therapy, and Gottman Method Couples Therapy.
Counseling may focus on understanding patterns, improving communication, building emotional regulation skills, processing difficult experiences, strengthening relationships, and helping clients move forward with more clarity and confidence.
A Counseling Approach Built Around the Person, Not Just the Problem
Carlene’s approach combines practical tools, emotional insight, and a supportive therapeutic relationship. Depending on your needs, counseling may include CBT, IFS, mindfulness-based support, Person-Centered Therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and trauma-informed care.
The goal is not to force every client into one method, but to understand what is happening, what keeps the pattern going, and what kind of support can help you move forward.
Therapy Methods That Support Real Change
CBT helps clients notice how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence each other. It can be especially useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions because it gives people practical tools to recognize unhelpful patterns and respond differently. The American Psychological Association describes CBT as a psychological treatment shown to be effective for a range of problems.
IFS looks at the mind as having different “parts,” including protective parts, wounded parts, and a core Self that can lead with more clarity and compassion. This can help clients understand why part of them wants change while another part feels afraid, guarded, angry, avoidant, or overwhelmed. The IFS Institute describes the model as viewing people as systems of protective and wounded inner parts guided by a core Self.
Mindfulness and body-based awareness can help clients slow down, notice what is happening internally, and respond instead of reacting automatically. This is especially relevant for anxiety, chronic stress, trauma responses, emotional reactivity, and feeling disconnected from the body.
Person-centered therapy is built around the idea that people are not problems to be fixed. They need a supportive space where they feel heard, respected, and understood. StatPearls describes person-centered therapy as a Rogerian approach where the client is seen as the expert in their own life and the therapist takes a supportive, non-directive role.
For couples, Carlene uses Gottman Method tools to help improve communication, manage conflict, rebuild trust, and strengthen emotional connection. The Gottman Institute describes the Gottman Method as built around research-based characteristics of healthy relationships, and its couples research highlights that many relationship conflicts are ongoing patterns rather than one-time problems to simply “solve.”
Counseling Sessions & Fees
Choose the session type that best fits your needs. A free consultation can help determine the right starting point.
Individual Session
50 minutes
$150
One-on-one support for anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, stress, life transitions, relationship challenges, and personal growth.
Sessions are tailored to your goals and may include CBT, IFS, mindfulness-based practices, EMDR-informed support, and other therapeutic approaches.
Couples Session
80 minutes
$200
Support for couples working through communication challenges, conflict, emotional disconnection, trust concerns, intimacy issues, parenting stress, life transitions, premarital concerns, and relationship repair.
Sessions are grounded in the Gottman Method to help strengthen connection and build healthier patterns.
Family Session
100 minutes
$250
Support for families navigating communication challenges, parent-child conflict, blended family adjustment, behavioral concerns, grief, divorce or separation, co-parenting stress, and major life transitions.
Sessions are tailored to help improve understanding, reduce conflict, and build healthier family patterns.
