Ariel Carter, LCPC

My priority is helping clients understand both their areas of strength and aspects where they have room to grow, and help them to develop their innate capacities to find more calm and fulfillment in their lives. I have a great respect and curiosity for how people’s early family experiences affect how they move through the world, as well as how those patterns transcend generations.

My training is largely psychodynamic and depth-oriented. This means behaviors and patterns have meaning, and often relate to our early life experiences. There’s almost always more to a story than we can see by ourselves and therapy offers a chance to understand current patterns and try out new, more effective ones.

Therapy is a collaborative process, where you and I work together to figure out what kind of support will benefit you most, and we work together towards what you want for yourself. Useful therapy looks a lot of different ways for a lot of different people. My priority as a clinician is finding and then doing what works.