When considering our experiences in the human tribe, the process of discovering or rediscovering our truest self can be a journey laden with challenges and difficulty. However, it is often when we believe that we have attempted everything we can or know how to do to make difficult transformations, to cease our suffering, and to change unhelpful patterns, that we may find ourselves poised for growth and evolution.

I believe that as a therapist, I can be a guide and a partner along the way to self-discovery and the deep exploration of behaviors, feelings, and thoughts that shape our existence. It is my belief that the purpose of psychotherapy is to discover or regain our sense of ourselves as whole and well; to reclaim our inherent resiliency to overcome and manage obstacles. 

 

My name is Carly Wielstein and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #117141, specializing in trauma. 

I graduated from California State University Fullerton with a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre and pursued a career as a dancer/singer/actress for over a decade. I then attended The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where I graduated with a M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy. I am currently ia doctoral candidate for a PhD. in Psychology, with a specialization in Trauma and Disaster Relief;; my area of research interest is sibling violence. 

I am an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University in the Graduate Department of Psychology and am also a guest lecturer at California State University Fullerton and California State University Sacramento. I am the Lead Certified Master Trainer and clincal supervisor for WisdomPath Way Institute, an institute specializing in reparative parenting and psychotherapy for trauma-informed children and families. Through WisdomPath Way I also work extensively within the foster care world, consulting for the Complex Care Committee for the state of California to  establish support and enhance resource families’ (foster families) capacity to care for higher level needs children through a reparative parenting model.

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Aside from working within the field of trauma, I treat issues including but not exclusive to: anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, grief, phase of life hurdles, as well as families struggling with issues of compliance and behavioral difficulties.

 

My two specialities are:

 1.)PTSD/Developmental and Complex Trauma 

2.) Working with actors and creative industry individuals         

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