Rewrite Your Story
Less Anxiety. Deeper Connection.
More Room to Create.
Relational and Trauma-Informed Therapy for Adults Seeking Lasting Change.
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Anxiety • Burnout • Perfectionism
Anxiety doesn't always look like panic. More often, it shows up as constant overthinking, difficulty slowing down, perfectionism, burnout, or feeling like you're carrying too much for too long. Over time, this way of living can leave you feeling exhausted, disconnected, or wondering why life feels harder than it should.
Therapy offers a place to slow down and understand what's beneath the stress rather than simply trying to push through it. Together, we'll explore the patterns that fuel anxiety, build greater self-awareness, and make room for a life that feels calmer, more intentional, and more fully your own.
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Relationships
Much of who we become is shaped in relationship—with our families, our partners, our friends, and the people who matter most to us. It's no surprise that these are often the places where we experience our deepest joy, our greatest hurt, and our strongest longing for change.
Whether you're navigating conflict, struggling to set boundaries, feeling disconnected from someone you love, or noticing familiar dynamics repeating themselves, therapy offers a place to slow down with those experiences rather than simply react to them. Together, we'll explore what has shaped the ways you connect with others, deepen your understanding of yourself, and help you cultivate more authentic, secure, and fulfilling connections.
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Working with Men
Many of the men I work with arrive feeling weighed down by responsibilities they've been managing alone for a long time. They often feel responsible for holding everything together while having little space to recognize their own needs or understand what's driving them. Over time, that weight can contribute to anxiety, burnout, emotional exhaustion, disconnection, or a sense that life has become smaller than they want it to be.
My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in genuine curiosity. Rather than assuming something is "wrong," therapy offers a place to slow down, better understand yourself, and explore the patterns that have shaped your life. Together, we'll build greater emotional awareness, strengthen relationships, and create a life that feels more authentic, connected, and sustainable.
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Creative Process
A creative life isn't only shaped by inspiration. It's shaped by doubt, persistence, curiosity, failure, and the tenacity to keep making work anyway.
Whether you're an artist or a creative professional, self-doubt, perfectionism, and burnout can gradually influence not only the work itself, but how you experience yourself beyond it.
Twenty-five years as a multidisciplinary artist have taught me that these experiences don't stay in the studio. They shape how we see ourselves and the lives we're trying to build. Together, we'll work to strengthen your creative identity, navigate periods of uncertainty, and build a creative practice that feels both meaningful and sustainable.
Hi, I’m Grace Carter
Location scouting with Bowie.
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor (Oregon) with twenty-five years of experience as a multidisciplinary artist. I help adults navigate anxiety, burnout, relationship challenges, questions of identity and self-worth—creating space for a life that feels more authentic, connected, and sustainable.
I bring a blend of clinical training and life as a working artist. As a performer, director, and creator, I learned how story, image, and the body carry emotion. As a therapist, I bring that same sensitivity to my work, grounded in trauma-informed care, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and somatic approaches. Together, these perspectives help clients understand long-standing patterns, regulate their nervous systems, and make choices that feel more aligned with who they are.
My style is relational, warm, collaborative, and intuitive. We move at your pace, paying attention to what's changing. When helpful, we'll incorporate gentle somatic awareness, metaphor, or brief writing to open places that conversation alone sometimes cannot.
What brought me here: Therapy changed my life. A therapist's steady presence helped me heal old wounds and rebuild trust in myself. That experience shapes how I show up—present, compassionate, and deeply respectful of the courage it takes to begin.
