Deanne Carter, LMHC
Transformation, Healing, Expansion

Family Support

Parenting/Children   Couples Counseling


Parenting/Children
Feeling run down and afraid you are out of options with your kids?
Don’t know why your child is moody or failing in school?

  

I offer a multi-level approach to problem-solving while taking into consideration your own unique values and beliefs. I have had the honor of witnessing many successes and I share what has worked for others, as well as, take into consideration your own unique values and beliefs.

Whether it’s helping family members understand and support someone with ADD/ADHD, or clarifying family rules and routines to support the counseling, change is more likely to occur naturally when the whole system is involved. I provide coaching and skill building for parents, as well as, individual support for kids and teens. I collaborate with schools, physicians, and other professionals to provide an effective support plan.

You will develop personalized tools that reduce the overall stress of the family. Then you will have more energy to focus on the longer term changes that will maintain the new ways of being….Many families report major changes in 6-10 visits.

I can help! Email me or call to get started.

“Deanne is one of the most talented counselors I’ve ever known.”
         - grandfather, husband, painter

“My family and children are very grateful and appreciative for all you have done for us.”
         -father of adopted children

“I feel so much better and I have some techniques on how to not be so reactive and controlling with my kids and my husband!”
         - mother of two young boys

Couples Counseling
Is your relationship with your partner not what it used to be?
Would you like to magnify your ability to give and receive love?
Perhaps you feel more like you are cohabitating than in an intimate relationship.

INCREASE
Self-worth / Honesty
Motivation
Personal responsibility
Effective communication
Respect and compassion
DECREASE
Power struggles
Defiance / Entitlement
Disrespect / Lying
Sibling Rivalry
Negative attention getting behaviors

People often come to couples counseling with lots of fear and anger. It is difficult, at that time, to see how it can get better. We will work step by step to improve trust, communication, respect, and personal responsibility.

As much as our mind may distract us and focus on what the other has done or is not doing, it is by honoring who you are, magnifying your ability to give and receive love, and making a conscious choice to focus on solutions rather than deficits that a relationship heals.

I provide neutral, yet intentional guidance to challenge you (address barriers such as guilt and shame, create healthier personal boundaries, build communication skills, regain passion and compassion for each other). By understanding your own beliefs and actions that contribute to your dissatisfaction, you empower yourself to obtain the relationship you want.

If you are ready to build skills and regain passion
for each other, contact me to get started.
253.651.3752 or email me