
253 . 651 . 3752
Helping people bring structure and calm to chaos
Deanne Carter, LMHC
253 . 651 . 3752
Helping people bring structure and calm to chaos
Deanne Carter, LMHC


About Deanne
🌿 ABOUT DEANNE DIETZ
- a mission born from experience
Trauma Specialist • EMDR Practitioner • Psycho-Spiritual Guide
For over two decades, I’ve walked alongside people as they heal old wounds, release survival patterns, and reconnect with their true selves. My work blends deep clinical training with a grounded, intuitive, and soul-centered approach, helping clients create transformation that is emotional, somatic, relational, and spiritual.
I understand the healing journey from the inside out. I spent many of my own early years in traditional therapy, seeking answers and relief. Over time, I discovered that healing lives not only in the mind, but also in the body, the nervous system, and the deeper intelligence of the spirit. That discovery shaped the integrative work I offer today—trauma-informed, ethically grounded, clinically supported, and guided by the wisdom that lives within each person.
My goal is to help you reconnect with the clarity, confidence, and wholeness that may have been buried under years of coping or painful experiences. Together, we untangle the old imprints, update the nervous system, and create space for your authentic self and inner guidance to lead.
🌟 Professional Training & Approach
I integrate a wide range of trauma-healing, mind-body, and psycho-spiritual modalities, including:
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EMDR (Level 2) and multiple advanced EMDR specialties
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Brainspotting
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Somatic Experiencing & Somatic Resourcing
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NeuroAffective & Attachment Repair
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IADC – Induced After Death Communication
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Early Childhood Clearing (developmental trauma)
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Interpersonal Skills & Emotional Regulation Training
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Gottman Method Educator Training
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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
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Vibrational Health Institute — 1-year program
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Restorative Touch — 9-month training
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Integral Psychotherapy — 1-year practicum
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Bodywork & Psychotherapy integration
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Psycho-Spiritual Healing Modalities
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Gestalt & Bioenergetics
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Peak Performance Coaching
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Brain Health Training
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Transformational Coaching
This broad training allows me to tailor each session to what will be most effective for your specific nervous system, your story, your body, and your spiritual or intuitive needs. Clients describe the work as deep, clarifying, grounding, and life-changing—a blend of evidence-based healing and gentle spiritual alignment that helps them feel safe, supported, and empowered.
🔐 A Safe & Ethical Space
Your safety and wellbeing come first. I maintain clear professional boundaries and practice within a defined scope to ensure the highest quality of care. I do not work with individuals whose primary concern is chemical dependency, nor with couples experiencing active domestic violence. If your needs fall outside my scope, I’ll help connect you to the right support.
Integrity and transparency guide every step of this work.
✨ My Philosophy
Healing isn’t about fixing what’s wrong with you—it's about releasing what isn't you. Beneath the old patterns is a whole, wise, intuitive self waiting to lead. With trauma-informed tools, nervous-system repair, and soul-aligned guidance, you can shift from surviving to living with clarity, confidence, and ease.
You already carry the blueprint for healing—my role is to help you access it.



Be more self-confident
Be excited and self-motivated
Develop new pathways to achieve your goals
Magnify your ability to give and receive love
Feel clarity in your decisions
Find more direction and focus
Improve trust, communication and respect in your relationships
Increase your ability to manage problems
Recent Trainings
Evolutionary Relationships, Feb 2026
Love, Trauma, and Healing, Feb 2026
Healing Practices for Turbulent Times, Shamanic Healing Practices, Spiritual Empowerment, Healing Through Ceremony, Shamanic Soul Alignment and Manifestation, 2025-2026
Psychedelic Integration based on Neuro-Somatic Mindfulness (NSM),Dec 2025
Transforming Trauma Global Summit, Individual Healing, Post-Traumatic Growth, & Resilience Building, Healing Trauma in Relationships for Post-Traumatic Growth & Relational Resilience, Healing Collective, Ancestral & Systemic Trauma for Post-Traumatic Growth & Social Resilience 2024
Expanded States of Consciousness World Summit, Expanded States and Trauma Healing, Breathwork, Plant Medicine and Shamanism, Science of Expanded States of Consciousness, Meditation / Non-Duality, Expanded Integration, Flow, and Thrive States, 2024
Induced After Death Communication, June 2023
The Shamanic Training Circle, 60 hrs, Sept 2022-Sept 2023
The Soul Retreival Ceremony, Nov 2022
Telehealth: Legal and Ethical Considerations, March 27, 2020, Sept 4, 2020
Telehealth for Mental Health Professionals, 2 day, PESI, May 2020
Rewire the Anxious Brain: Using Neuroscience to end Anxiety, Panic, and Worry, Managing the Cortex, Medications in the Treatment of Anxiety, Exposure Strategies, Mindfulness and the Anxious Brain, Treating Comorbid Depression, Interventions for OCD and GAD, Catherine Pittman, PhD,March 2019
NeuroCoach Certification and NeuroLeader Certification, Optimind, November 2018
Brain Health Coaching Certification, Amen Clinic, September 2018, 50CE
Neuroendocrinology of Acute, Chronic and Complex PTSD, Ana Gomez/Uri Bergmann PhD, March 2015
Progress Notes/Recordkeeping, Francis Schopick, JD, MSW, LICSW, March 2015
The Use of EMDR With Complex Trauma & Dissociative Symptoms, Curt Rouznzoin, PhD, EMDR Institute, January 2015
Looking Through the Eyes: EMDR and Ego State Therapy Across the Dissociative Continuum, Sandra Paulsen, PhD, December 2014, Seattle WA
1st Summit of Complex Trauma, Dissociative Symptoms & EMDR Therapy, Sandra Paulsen, PhD; Carol Forgash, LCSW; Jim Knipe, PhD; Uri Bergmann, PhD, EMDR Institute, November 2014
EMDR in the Treatment of Complex Trauma, for Clients with Symptoms of Addictive & Compulsive Behaviors, Susan Brown, PhD, Olympia WA, May 2014
Integrating Neurobiology & EMDR: Part 3-4, Exploring the Thalamus and Neural Integration, Dean Dickerson, PhD, Olympia WA, March 2014
When There Are No Words: EMDR for Very Early Trauma and Neglect, Sandra Paulsen, Seattle WA, December 1-2, 2013,14 CE
Integrating Neurobiology & EMDR: Part 1-2, Brain Evolution and Adaptive Information Processing, Dean Dickerson, PhD, Olympia WA, November 2013
“I See You, I Feel You, I Know You: An EMDR Attachment-Focused Model to Heal the Parent-Child Bond”, Ana Gomez MC, LPC, Olympia WA May 2013,
Gottman Seven Principles Program Educator, The Gottman Institute, May 2013
Clinical Supervision I-III, Yvonne Owen, PhD, Cascadia Training, Seattle WA April 2013
Using the EMDR AIP Model for Treating Adult Clients with Complex PTSD, Jim Knipe, PhD, Seattle, WA, Feb 2012