Carina Hartley (she/her/hers)

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

• LGBTQ Issues
• PTSD
• Body Image Issues
• Codependency

• LGBTQ Issues

  I work primarily with LGBTQ folks. I have a special place in my heart for supporting bisexual women and femmes who are navigating difficult relationship stuff, feeling disconnected from community, and exploring their identity. I have experience supporting people with: coming out, transition, gender identity, relationships, building community, and processing the ongoing impacts of oppression and religious upbringings. I offer letters for gender affirming care as well.

• PTSD

  Trauma impacts our thinking patterns, relationship to self and our bodies, how we show up in the world, and our relationships with others. Together we will gently tend to this with consent, compassion, care, and safety. I primarily use IFS and somatic therapy when working with trauma. We learn how to create more safety within the body, process traumatic experiences, build self empathy, and increase your tolerance around difficult emotions.

• Body Image Issues

  Stuck in the cycle of trying to change, fix or control your body? Exhausted from patterns of dieting, an inner critic, and difficulty feeling comfortable as you are? Maybe you're in recovery from an eating disorder and are hoping to continue the work on healing your relationship to your body and food. I use a liberation-based approach and health at every size framework to address body image issues, relationship to food, and beauty standards.

• Codependency

  If you struggle to set boundaries, navigate relationships, feel authentic, and advocate for yourself - you're not alone. I love working with folks who want to learn more communication skills and feel more confident in how they show up in their relationships. Together we can work through codependent/people pleasing patterns that are impacting your self-esteem and how you relate others.