- Attachment work
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Carey
Carey Alvord is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 23 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. Carey also lists blended family issues among her focus areas and often helps people who are adjusting to new household roles.
She commonly sees biological, foster, adoptive, and relative parents who are interested in attachment-based parenting work. Carey also works with teens and adults who want to better understand how childhood loss and trauma shaped their attachment patterns. The goal in early sessions is to clarify what is most pressing and practical for day-to-day family life.
Carey blends attachment-based approaches with techniques drawn from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy. Sessions aim to be both structured and open, so conversations stay focused while feelings can be named and examined. She uses hands-on exercises and reflective discussion to help people notice repeated patterns in relationships.
Her background includes long experience with developmental trauma and parent-child relationships. Carey pays attention to how past experiences influence current responses to conflict, caregiving stress, and transitions in blended households. She works to help clients make small, useful changes they can keep practicing between sessions.
People considering work with Carey are invited to start by describing what they want to change in family life. She helps set clear short-term goals and practical steps for improving everyday routines, communication, and coping when stress rises.
How Carey combines approaches for online work
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns between caregivers and children. It looks at how early losses or disruptions affect current relationships and parenting. This approach helps people understand reactions and build clearer ways of relating.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for handling strong emotions, improving communication, and staying steady during conflict. Mindfulness practice supports noticing sensations and thoughts without getting swept away by them. Together these tools help with stress, anxiety, and parenting challenges.
Choosing the best approach is part of the process. Carey works collaboratively to identify practical goals and then uses techniques that match those goals. She checks in regularly and adjusts methods based on what is helping the client make small changes between sessions.
Confirm current session options before booking because formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, shorten travel time, and allow brief check-ins when needed. Some people find phone sessions require less bandwidth, while video sessions allow for face-to-face interaction; discuss options when scheduling to pick what will work best for everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
23+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family concerns does she address?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, parenting, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and related issues such as blended family adjustments and attachment concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines attachment-based work with practical techniques from DBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy to help people change everyday patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 23 years of professional experience working with parent-child relationships, developmental trauma, and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LMFT credential and practices in California.
Can sessions be done in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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