Location
Offers online therapy
About
I am a practitioner committed to diversity and accessibility and offer a holistic therapeutic approach targeted to fit client needs. I am dedicated to trust-building and co-creation and enjoy worksheets/ post-session exercises that reinforce and assist integration. I enjoy working with clients with traditionally limited access to care. I also appreciate curiosity for self-awareness and commitment to growth.
I am especially versed in issues regarding somatic therapy techniques for increased trauma recovery and resiliency. I am passionate about the impact and potency of somatic experiencing to unfreeze stuck responses, to restore the defense response, and to promote a reregulation of stress.
I am passionate about offering quality service and care to people who are ready to embark on a journey toward sustainable growth and stable mental health. Feel free to reach out here or at www.carlacarreira.com for a free consult so we can connect and evaluate your needs and goals.

Carla Carreira
“Somatic Experiencing Practitioner & Sex & Intimacy Coach passionate about somatic-based therapies! www.carlacarreira.com”
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Call or Email Carla Carreira for a free 15 minute consultation now - (240) 226-2577
Finances
- Cost per Session: $60 - $125
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Venmo, Visa, Wire
Stripe & Venmo preferred over Paypal. Wire & ACH transfer ok. Payment plans available. Invoiced sessions due 24hrs before service.
Email me or call (240) 226-2577 with questions.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 3 Years
- Degree / Diploma: The Chicago School
- School: ongoing & concurrent grad programs in Spain, M.S. Sexology and PhD Psychology
Sexology MS program encompassing clinical/ medical, therapeutic, and educational education. Hybrid program, includes couples therapy.
Additional Credentials
- Degree: The Chicago School of Professional Psychology / M.A. Psychology
- Year graduated: 2015
- Membership: European Association for Somatic Experiencing and International Association of Trauma Professionals
- Member Since: 2020
Location
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Sex Therapy
- Relationship Issues
Issues
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Career Counseling
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues, Dance movement psychotherapy
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Peer Relationships
- Racial Identity
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Somatic sexological bodywork, Attachment trauma
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Mental Health
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Thinking Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Black and African American and Hispanic and Latino
I also speak:
Portuguese and Spanish
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Body Positivity
- Gay Allied
- Intersex Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Sex Worker Allied
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Transgender Allied
- Vegan Allied
- Veterans
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Expressive Arts
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Gestalt
- Gottman Method
- Humanistic
- Imago
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Jungian
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
- Relational
- Schema Therapy
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Theater Drama Therapy
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2022