Therapists in Salem, OR

I am a bilingual professional counseling associate who specializes in working with adolescents, adults, and families. I received my master's in Mental health counseling from Corban University. I also attended Western Oregon University, which is where I received my bachelor's degree while majoring in Criminal Justice and minoring in Spanish. I have experience working for Marion County in the Children's Behavioral Health Department and in Private practice.

Greetings neighbors. I am a person-centered therapist. I believe you are the expert of your life, and it’s my job to help you identify and overcome obstacles in life that are keeping you from experiencing true happiness and joy. I work with individuals, couples, and families who are facing difficult challenges in their lives, by being supportive, affirming, and helping identify unwanted and disruptive behaviors and thinking patterns.

Hello! I believe strongly that different things work for different people at different times. I will collaborate with you in the direction to take to achieve goals for therapy.

As humans, our hearts and minds are impacted by our relationships, our families, past experiences, and the world we live in. When we are suffering, healing and hope are found in those same places. As a Social Worker, I can walk alongside you in a therapeutic relationship to explore how past and current experiences are impacting you, discovering ways of healing and change that are unique to you. I come to this work from an attachment perspective, informed by interpersonal neurobiology, creating an emphasis on how relationships are experienced in body, brain, and mind. My approach is centered on you, the client, and strengths based to

You should be so proud of yourself. You finally did it! You overcame your fear and are thinking about reaching out to a therapist. You have made the first step and should give yourself some love for that. Wait...self-love is hard for you? The bully in your head tells you that you will be laughed at, judged, maybe even told you are utterly hopeless. Do you also struggle with self-worth, anxiety or depression? What about your relationship with your body? Are you obese, an emotional eater, or binge eater? Do you always put others before yourself? Now this is sounding familiar, I think we should chat!

Retired. I am sorry to have to inform you, but I have elected to close my practice and retire. I have not been accepting new or returning clients for sometime, but do apologize to former clients that I am no longer available. If you need to contact me, send me an email. I wish you the very best. Dr. Carl V. Peterson.

Please note: I am no longer with Stimson Counseling, Inc. Email is the best way to reach me. I know how difficult it can be to open up and share the struggles and pain of our story. Yet, it is through this opening up and connection with a compassionate, trusted professional that we can heal, learn new skills, and find resolution. I will walk alongside you on this journey, supporting you as you process life’s challenging emotions, make new meaning and develop more useful coping skills. My approach is relational, incorporating person-centered, CBT, solution-focused and systems therapy methods.

The damn is ready to break - the tears are right behind your eyes! What happens if it breaks? You don’t know that you can put it back together let alone rebuild it completely. Nobody understands how hard it is to keep going. Life has just been so hard since it happened. The bad dreams only make it worse, you can’t remember the last time you got a good night's sleep. The constant anxiety and feeling on edge is just a cruel bonus. You’re afraid, embarrassed and stressed. Somehow, you pull yourself together...again. But every time you do you feel even more crushed and drained. As if you, the real you, is eroding.