I offer virtual psychotherapy for adult individuals (18 years+) who are seeking to reflect on their lives and desires, learn how their body communicates their needs, and practice responding to those needs with care and acceptance. 

• If you struggle with feeling seen and heard, you will be listened to and seen for who you are. 

• If depression and anxiety are familiar experiences to you, know that you are not alone and there is relief. 

• If you have felt like you’re “too much and too little” at the same time, there is space for you to be free and needy.

• If you don’t feel you belong in a relationship or community, open up to the possibility there is a place that you will uniquely fill in the hearts and minds of others.   

Specialties: 

Anxiety, depression, academic/life stress, grief & loss, trauma, alternative caregiving experiences (foster care, kinship care, adoption), mixed race identities, BIPOC/People of the Global Majority, LGBTQ+ identities, alternative romantic relationships, attachment-focused parenting, religious/spiritual abuse/trauma

Therapeutic modalities: 

EMDR trained, CBT and TF-CBT, Person-Centered, Strengths-Based, Solution-Focused, Attachment Theory, Somatic Mind-Body Awareness

Weekly virtual psychotherapy for individual adults. For information about my services as a therapist for transracially adopted persons (adolescents, adults, and families), please visit pactadopt.org) 

Providing requested or personalized trainings to meet the clinical needs of staff on a team or agency level. Consultation services can include collaborative needs assessments of organizational practices, staff culture, and desired outcomes to develop a training plan that supports clinical education in working with diverse populations. Teams/agencies can also choose from established clinical trainings owned by Carla Marie Training & Therapy, while adjustments can be made to cater to the specific agency processes and populations.  

Clinical Training Topics: 

• Attachment-Focused and Trauma-Informed Caregiving 

• Alternative Caregiving (Foster Care, Adoption, Kinship Care) 

• Grief & Loss

• Mixed Race Identities and Multicultural Intersectionality 

• Social Identities and the Impact of Microaggressions

• Supporting Culturally Diverse Individuals, Families, and Communities

• Transracial Adoption 

• BBS Pre-Licensure Courses - 

  • Child Abuse Assessment and Mandatory Reporting

  • Suicide Prevention 

  • Law and Ethics 

Understanding that people do their best when they feel heard, respected, and their ideas considered, establishing trust and safety on a team is important to set this tone and meet agency/group outcomes. Being an outside observer/consultant, I can help with impartial and collaborative recommendations to facilitate team-building activities and restorative, transparent communication that can strengthen and heal team cohesion and clarify shared vision and goals. 

Potential Projects: 

• Agency/Client Onboarding and Training Program Planning

• Relationship-Building and Values-Centered Team/Group Facilitation

• Staff/team facilitated conversations to address interpersonal challenges, culture change, sudden departures, organizational trauma