Carrie is a warm, playful, and deeply authentic Mental Health Specialist who believes that healing happens in relationships where people feel safe enough to be fully themselves. She brings honesty, curiosity, and a grounding presence into the therapy space, creating an environment that feels both welcoming and real.

Carrie works with adolescents, young adults, and adults, with a particular heart for clients ages 12–30. She feels especially called to support LGBTQIA+ individuals, neurodivergent clients, and anyone navigating questions of identity, belonging, or self-worth. While these communities hold special meaning for her, Carrie welcomes clients of all backgrounds and identities.

As a trans woman, neurodivergent individual, and survivor, Carrie understands firsthand what it can feel like to grow up without access to safe community or spaces to live authentically. Raised in a rural environment where being fully herself didn’t feel possible, she learned early on how essential safety, connection, and chosen family are to healing. These lived experiences inform her clinical work, shaping her belief that therapy should feel like a place of refuge, a steady “home base” where clients can land, regroup, and grow.

Carrie’s style is relational, engaged, and gently playful. Clients often describe working with her as comfortable and organic, noting how easy it feels to build trust and connection. She values authenticity over pretense and strives to show up as a real human in the room, not a distant expert. Her sessions are collaborative and grounded, balancing skill-building with presence, reflection, and care.

She hopes clients leave sessions feeling seen, heard, and more rooted. Carrie wants clients to know that no matter what’s happening in their lives or in the world, there is a space where they are allowed to feel freely and take up room. She focuses on helping clients recognize and build upon their existing strengths while supporting them in living more authentic, self-aligned lives.

Carrie often thinks of her therapeutic approach through the lens of the song This Must Be the Place by Talking Heads. To her, therapy is about creating safety and a sense of home keeping feet on the ground while still holding hope for what’s ahead. It’s a space to rest, reflect, and imagine a future that feels more connected and possible.

Outside of sessions, Carrie finds joy and grounding in creative and playful outlets watching movies (especially horror), tabletop role-playing games, drag and performance art, cosplay, crafting, karaoke, video games, and baking. She’s also restored by time with friends, revisiting nostalgic shows and films, and listening to favorite songs on repeat.

Above all, Carrie believes everyone deserves a place where they can be themselves without explanation and she works to make the therapy space exactly that.