Carol Chase

Welcome. I am happy you are here to meet me and learn something about me. I would be honored to share in your journey. I have a passion for mental health therapy because of my lifelong commitment to helping people and because I too have had my own challenges and problems to work through in therapy. I am here to listen, to ask questions, and to share with you your process toward achieving your goals and personal happiness.

I have been a teacher, am a massage therapist, and a mental health therapist. Mind, body and spirit.

My experience has stretched from a county mental health agency to private practice, to the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, to Telehealth therapy and Military One Source as I have served those who have sacrificed for our country.

My life experience has prepared me to work with people in their most difficult times and to share in their growth and their meaning/purpose in life.

As your therapist, my first focus is our therapeutic alliance and a client centered approach. You, your needs, and your goals are what drive our work together.

I use evidenced based modalities that treat anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationships. EMDR and Exposure therapy are effective ways to heal trauma. Mindfulness is a personal modality to gain calm. focus and make wise decisions.

Most importantly, our talk therapy allows me to listen , and learn about you while we exchange ideas toward your growth and success in life. I am not a quiet therapist; I am engaged. It is my hope and my purpose to develop a relationship with you based on honesty, openmindedness and trust .iguì

Our first session? This is assuming we had a brief consultation where I learned something of your background and what you are looking for in therapy.

We will meet in a video session. My experience with telehealth has been as effective as meeting face to face.

I will be asking questions that will give me specifics about you and your main reasons for coming to meet with me. But I want you to ask questions too. For example, what do you want to know about me and about therapy with me. Our purpose in the first session is to talk as openly as possible and to set a plan for our work together. This is where we create a treatment plan using a form as a guide. At the next session we will complete the treatment plan. Besides the specific goals and modalities, it is imperative for us to gain some comfort with each other. For you to explain what you have been holding in for some time. I am here for you. We will set a new appointment and discuss briefly what you want to accomplish during the next appointment and what helped you or didn't in the first session