Sharman Carpenter Counseling
Independent Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor
& Maggie Mae – Therapy Dog IN TRAINING
- Currently accepting new clients
Our lives are like the tides, highs & lows, rising
& falling, but always changing. Counselors are
guides that help us reflect on our past so we can
better navigate the turbulent tides of our lives.
My approach to counseling is personalized and
collaborative, and is based in Relational-Cultural
Theory which takes into account the effects of
abuse, discrimination and marginalization on
mental health. I believe that all humans have the
tendency to grow, heal, and develop their full
potential. I work to gain an accurate, accepting,
understanding of each client’s reality so that the
therapeutic relationship provides a safe,
nonjudgmental environment to explore his or her
thoughts and feelings about difficult life issues,
with the goal of resolving issues, gaining self-
acceptance and building relationships.
I mostly work with clients with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and/or who have issues related to life
transitions, loss of loved ones, relationship challenges, codependency, low self-esteem, life/work
balance, career uncertainty, parenting, sexual orientation, discrimination, and trauma including
abuse, rape and near death experiences.
I am also trained in Animal Assisted Therapy and my dog, Maggie Mae is in training to become
a therapy dog. With your permission, Maggie Mae can be present during your therapy.
I look forward to working with you.
Appointment types
- In-person
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Regence
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Premera
- United Healthcare
- Providence
- UMR
- Optum EAP programs
Mental Health Specialties
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Trauma and PTSD
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Career Counseling
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Women’s Issues
Client Focus
Age
- Adolescents (16+)
- Adults
- Elders (65+)
Treatment Approach
Treatment Orientation
- Adlerian
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Relational
- Sandplay
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Group