My Story

Carola is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the state of New York with more than 20 years of clinical experience. As a lifelong learner, she remains committed to staying informed of the latest therapeutic approaches, research, and advancements in the field.

Carola brings compassion, insight and depth to her work, helping clients navigate the often complex and challenging terrain of relationships and life transitions.

Her work centers on relationships — beginning with the relationship to self. Through greater self-understanding and awareness, clients are able to deepen their connection to who they are and how they move through the world. Carola also specializes in helping couples strengthen emotional closeness, improve communication, and cultivate the kind of relationship they want to create together.

By supporting clients in gaining new perspectives within their relationships, she helps them begin to see themselves and their partners through a new lens.  Carola is passionate about working with individuals and couples to foster greater ease, emotional security, and connection. Developing awareness of the mind-body connection, emotions, behaviors, and thought patterns can become the foundation for meaningful transformation and an improved quality of life. 

Carola offers in-person and on-line therapy throughout the state of New York.

Fun Facts

Carola lived in the Pacific Northwest and California before establishing in Albany, NY. 

She loves being in nature, hiking, yoga, and spending time with family, and friends. 

Training and Experience

Specializes in couples therapy, individual therapy, and trauma informed therapy:

  • Psychodynamic Therapy 
  • Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy training which emphasizes attachment and how feelings influence behavior. 
  • Bader-Pearson’s level 2 Developmental Model training for couples, is a skills based and differentiated approach in working with couples. 
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) 
  • Grief Counselor

Extensive training and experience in:

Seeing couples and individuals who are struggling with: 

  • physical intimacy
  • infidelity
  • divorce
  • communicating effectively
  • mood-regulation
  • anxiety
  • depression 
  • PTSD

Carola is a life-long learner and continually stays up to date with best practices therapeutic modalities.  

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