Carlen Milner

I earned my Master of Social Work degree and have experience providing mental health services across outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, substance use treatment, and correctional settings.

I work with adults navigating relationship challenges, attachment patterns, anxiety, stress, life transitions, family dynamics, and difficulties with boundaries and communication. I especially enjoy helping clients better understand the patterns that show up in their relationships—whether they are dating, single, navigating a breakup or friendship loss, experiencing family conflict, or simply wanting to build healthier connections.

My goal is to help clients gain insight into themselves and their relationships, strengthen their confidence, communicate more effectively, and create healthier patterns moving forward. I believe greater self-awareness can lead to meaningful changes in how we relate to ourselves and others.

I believe therapy is most effective when it feels like a collaborative partnership. My approach is warm, supportive, and practical, while also creating space for honest conversations about the patterns that may be keeping you stuck.

I have a particular interest in attachment and relationship patterns and helping clients understand how past experiences, family dynamics, beliefs, and emotional responses can influence their current relationships. Together, we may explore communication patterns, boundaries, emotional triggers, conflict, trust, self-worth, and the ways you connect with others.

I draw from evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), attachment-focused interventions, mindfulness, and strengths-based techniques. My goal is to help you develop greater self-awareness while also giving you practical tools you can use outside of therapy to build healthier relationships and navigate challenges with greater confidence.

Our first session is an opportunity for us to get to know one another and better understand what is bringing you to therapy. We’ll talk about your current concerns, important relationships and experiences, patterns you may have noticed, and what you would like to change or better understand.

If relationships are a primary concern, we may begin exploring recurring patterns in dating, friendships, family relationships, communication, boundaries, attachment, or how you respond during conflict and emotional situations.

You do not need to have everything figured out before coming to therapy. We’ll work together to identify your goals and determine what would be most helpful to focus on. My goal is for you to leave the first session feeling heard, supported, and with a clearer sense of where we can begin.