CARMELA CARLYLE, MA Clinical Psychology

ABOUT

Carmela Carlyle, an Integrative Psychotherapist and Educator, is dedicated to supporting women navigate life transitions by honoring their wholeness, worth, intuition, boundaries, self-love and joy. She guides clients to release that which no longer serves them to create spaciousness for a new life chapter by safely exploring the shadow work of examining outdated beliefs and values adopted for former survival. Her compassionate and insightful approach emphasizes embodied practices, creative expression and practical tools to enhance connection with your entire self. With more than 30 years of private practice counseling experience in Northern California and Mexico, she offers in-depth expertise in; recovery from familial and partner narcissistic abuse, codependency, self-abandonment, anxiety, post-traumatic stress responses, family estrangement, grief, divorce, career challenges, menopausal renaissance and strategies to manage nervous system overload. Carmela teaches our Silver Awakening Signature Course "Transformative Tools: A Guided Series in Release, Spaciousness, and Manifestation.” She has also taught and counseled in university, medical, organizational, science, conference, and wellness settings. A longtime advocate for women, she taught “Women & Aging,” a feminist graduate psychology course and she was Director of Personal & Professional Development for U.C. Berkeley staff and led management training programs across the entire U.C. system. She has presented nationally on adult life transitions, managing change, eldercare, stress management and vicarious trauma interventions. Carmela is a certified Yoga Therapy Teacher and Expressive Arts Therapist, she has over twenty years offering guided Crystal Bowl Sound Frequency Healings, and advanced training in Contemporary Neuropsychology. Her mastery spans clinical and complementary modalities bringing a multi-disciplinary, creative and soulful approach to therapeutic care. Due to her diverse skillset, Carmela’s sessions are 75 minutes to allow additional time for optional practices, such as; affirmations, guided meditation, creating an inner sanctuary/safe space, crystal bowl sound healing, breath work, intuitive Goddess card readings, neuropsychology re-directs, and journaling assignments.