https://www.aligned-counseling.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/4e6ae8cf-7a9c-4ac4-b4cc-82cfa8a7c79f/Karlie+Colleen+Photography+-+Aligned+Counseling-76.jpg Blog - Hi, I’m so glad you’re here! I’m Carlie, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and this is the blog for Aligned Counseling & Consulting. Here we have free tips & tricks, resources, and tools to help you improve your mental health. 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My office is located Downtown Phoenix. If you prefer to stay in your cozy clothes, avoid a drive or make a therapy appointment happen on your lunch break-I got you! Telehealth appointments are super convenient and easy to provide. Or if you wanna bounce back and forth from in person to virtual over time, you’re allowed to do that too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/1665782928169-WUNGWE34YG7IGWBMUJ5C/MadelinePhoto41.jpg Therapy - EMDR for Trauma & Anxiety EMDR is my favorite approach to counseling. Instead of utilizing talk therapy and coping skills to address symptoms, EMDR provides an alternative to address core issues at hand. EMDR works to desensitize disturbance from trauma by reprocessing memories with a evidenced based protocol. Won’t lie, when I first learned about EMDR, it sounded a little “woo woo” to me, but I’ve experienced healing from it first hand and now it’s my go-to with clients! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/3c3e57c5-e4da-48a9-ab63-116f7e6171ee/DESERTMINISESSIONS87.jpg Therapy - Relationship Counseling Eventually stress evolves from our minds to our relationships. It might present in isolation, arguments or ongoing cycles of miscommunication. Whether it’s with your partner, friend, family or coworkers, tense relationships are exhausting. Let’s explore your relationships and gain more insight into your patterns. Learning about attachment styles, implementing boundaries and gaining clarity on your values can be a game changer for your relationships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/1665782884127-K4U4OV63JQYNGB7SQ2X4/MadelinePhoto13.jpg Therapy - Career Consulting We spend the majority of our time at work. 40 hours a week is a lot of hours. If your job is a place that holds more stress than progress, this will wear on you over time. Finding a career that is fulfilling and aligns with your values is worthy of your time and efforts. Yes, it doesn’t happen overnight. But identifying a destination and creating a roadmap to get there provides relief in knowing your current spot is temporary. https://www.aligned-counseling.com/home daily 1.0 2026-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/8033165e-afc1-41ad-97c8-b43fa9881a8a/AlignedCounseling2025_0194.jpg Home - Hi, I’m Carlie A therapist, wife, mama, and hype girl I believe all humans have an intrinsic longing for healing. We desire to resolve what feels fractured and do better for the future. Therapy and self-development work was a huge part of my journey. I knew I wanted to share the tools and more importantly the hope that healing is possible. This work is bigger than myself. My “why” is to become a better wife and mama for my baby girl. I built Aligned Counseling and found like-minded therapists to come along side me to help those around us. If our inner world is safer, so is our family and our community. https://www.aligned-counseling.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-09-03 https://www.aligned-counseling.com/instagram daily 0.75 2026-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/c8445fce-1d10-4e1e-b68e-2032641e2dd6/Screen+Shot+2026-04-19+at+12.33.43+PM.png Instagram Landing Page - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.aligned-counseling.com/404-page daily 0.75 2022-12-27 https://www.aligned-counseling.com/supervision daily 0.75 2024-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/1665782884100-OA4A2O71EDLJHJZQZXGF/MadelinePhoto5.jpg Supervision - Clinical Supervision If you are looking for feedback and guidance in your counseling practice, I am an approved Clinical Supervisor with the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health. Regardless of how long we have been therapists, we are always growing and refining our practice. Having a safe space to staff your clients will help you feel more confident as a clinician and provide quality care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/1665782928149-BFMZ9GXEFRA4NCGTYQUJ/MadelinePhoto30.jpg Supervision - EMDR Consultation I drank the EMDR Kool-Aid and not only do I want to help clients find healing with it, I want to help clinicians feel more confident using it. If you’ve attended EMDR basic training, you know there are countless moments of pause that arise as you begin to use EMDR with your clients. Did I choose the right target? Is this client ready for EMDR? Should I use a cognitive interweave? I feel stuck. Is this dissociation? Did the client actually clear the memory? We can go on and on… If you want to staff a specific case, or work toward becoming EMDR certified, schedule a consultation. I’m an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and eager to help! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/1665782884127-K4U4OV63JQYNGB7SQ2X4/MadelinePhoto13.jpg Supervision - Career with Aligned Finding a place to work as a therapist is an essential decision and dictates so much of your experience as a clinician. How many clients you see a week, the environment of the workspace, the compensation, and the flexibility it provides sets the stage for your lifestyle. If you think Aligned is a good fit for you, let’s connect! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/6d3cec81-fbc3-4486-bf4c-d230f174fc35/unsplash-image-GnvurwJsKaY.jpg Supervision - Internship Site Are you a student looking for an internship? The most stressful part of grad school for me was finding an internship site. There are so many factors to consider including the supervisor’s credentials, the area of specialty the site provides, the location and especially the flexibility to align with your school and work schedule. I’d love to help you find the right spot for your goals, whether that is at Aligned or somewhere else! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/8b920c9f-271f-4f39-b7fb-2d5c2b56faeb/carlie_desert_by+alexandra+loraine+photography.jpg Supervision - Counseling Career Consulting Real life. I have found navigating the counseling world to be overwhelming and quite honestly, lonely. There is so much they didn’t teach us in graduate school that is needed in the field. Information isn’t easy to find and I’ve had to search hard to find authentic, trustworthy, and helpful humans along the way. If you need help processing decisions, reviewing contracts, navigating compensation, board rules, and overall expectations, I’m here for you. I’m committed to helping therapists find their voice in this space. You aren’t alone. I’ve got you. https://www.aligned-counseling.com/team daily 0.75 2026-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/287a8a01-3e25-423e-9ffd-da4c73db3d76/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-260_websize.jpg Meet the Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/a2c77104-e3b8-4e18-8a13-f21128248eba/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-30_websize.jpg Meet the Team - Carlie Deadman,LPC-S I’m Carlie, the owner and visionary of Aligned. I have a passion for providing excellent mental health care AND empowering therapists to do this together. There are only so many hours in a day and we can help more people with more therapists. I’m thrilled to see our team growing and I can’t wait for you to meet these humans! I provide individual therapy to clients and supervision to therapists on my team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/215ef11e-0c4e-407e-8c77-ea572ae75220/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-116_websize.jpg Meet the Team - Cassidy Pavelich, LPC Cassidy is endlessly curious about people: why we feel what we feel, where our patterns come from, and why we can know something logically and still have such a hard time changing it. She brings that curiosity into therapy, helping clients understand themselves more deeply without judgment or the pressure to have everything figured out. Rather than only focusing on managing symptoms, she helps clients explore the experiences, relationships, beliefs, and patterns that may still be shaping how they move through the world. She especially loves utilizing EMDR to help clients go beyond insight and work through the places where understanding something hasn’t necessarily been enough to change it. Therapy with Cassidy feels human. There’s room for hard conversations, humor, honesty, and the occasional “wait…that actually explains a lot.” Her goal is for clients to leave therapy not only feeling better, but knowing themselves better and feeling more intentional about who they want to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/01e7bded-93a5-4e38-82cc-3e9b6d167a07/Untitled+%284+x+6+in%29.png Meet the Team - Elijah Garcia, LPC Elijah is a compassionate professional with experience supporting children, adolescents, families, adults, athletes, and couples through a wide range of life experiences and challenges. She provides a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental space for individuals to navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, motherhood and parenting, depression, relationships, and the everyday challenges of life. Elijah takes a person-centered approach, recognizing that each individual has a unique story, strengths, needs, and vision for their life. Through an empathetic and responsive lens, Elijah meets each person where they are and honors their unique therapeutic process as she strives to build genuine, trusting relationships that allow clients to feel heard, understood, and empowered as they move toward meaningful growth and lasting change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/0aae8e40-61b5-475c-af4c-ca19d2b14f52/Katrina_Bray_Headshot.jpg Meet the Team - Katrina Bray, LAC Katrina believes therapy is a collaborative process grounded in curiosity, compassion, and genuine connection. She strives to create a warm and accepting space where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered to explore their experiences and recognize their own strengths. Her approach draws primarily from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with a particular passion for helping clients navigate anxiety and develop healthier patterns of thinking and self-talk. She helps clients build a personal toolbox of skills to foster self-compassion, greater confidence, and a more harmonious sense of self. At the heart of her work is the belief that everyone deserves to have a loving relationship with themselves. She is passionate about helping clients recognize their worth, embrace their strengths, and create meaningful, lasting change in their lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/1489ecaf-99bb-4300-b353-63bd25b17231/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-172_websize.jpg Meet the Team - Natalie DenBoer, LAC Natalie is passionate about helping children and adolescents navigate big emotions, major life transitions, and develop healthy relationships with themselves and others. Most of her work focus is on helping clients put words to their experiences and giving them practice tools to manage life’s ups and downs. She also works closely with their families, guiding parents/caretakers to facilitating conversations so everyone feels more understood and connected at home. Natalie’s approach is warm, collaborative, and fun! She likes to bring in elements of play such as games, role playing, art, etc. in a way that is engaging and facilitates growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/7b1af1db-c8c8-4517-ad15-57550fd79e6d/unnamed.jpg Meet the Team - Bekah Kleinman Bekah is a Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern and a mom of four who has learned that life rarely goes exactly according to plan! Before becoming a counselor, Bekah worked in television news, earned degrees in journalism and psychology, and spent nearly two decades raising her family. These experiences have shaped her belief that everyone has a story, and sometimes we just need a safe place to tell it. Bekah enjoys working with adolescents and young adults as they navigate anxiety, relationships, identity, trauma, and the many changes that come with growing up. Her approach is warm, compassionate, and collaborative. She believes counseling should feel like a place where you can show up as your whole, imperfect self, feel genuinely heard, and figure out what comes next - one step at a time. https://www.aligned-counseling.com/groups daily 0.75 2025-09-25 https://www.aligned-counseling.com/igcassidy daily 0.75 2026-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/fea55db5-119e-48d8-a9d5-83417da6a9cc/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-114.jpg Instagram Landing Page Cassidy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.aligned-counseling.com/igamanda daily 0.75 2026-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/0a914cd5-ede3-4e01-8f8c-6a52f780637a/Amanda+2.png Instagram Landing Page Amanda - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.aligned-counseling.com/career daily 0.75 2026-09-03 https://www.aligned-counseling.com/about-carlie daily 0.75 2026-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/1061c788-6a49-452c-8054-7fe3c7362947/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-55_websize.jpg Carlie - Hi, I’m Carlie I’m so glad you’re here Call me a sucker for happy endings, but I love helping people find healing & excel in life. Growing up an athlete, I learned young to push through discomfort for the wins. I found fulfillment taking underclassmen under my wing and teaching them tricks to gain confidence. In college, I mentored students who frequently shared about their family trauma, high anxiety and lack of direction in life. I knew I should be a therapist when I started reading books on how to heal from trauma instead of studying for my bio exam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/3039d77c-6edb-4d24-abaf-383aef96b1e4/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-28_websize.jpg Carlie - Let’s connect! Reach out online here Licensed to help clients located in Arizona Follow me on Instagram for therapy content & fun! https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/fe2c0cfb-f8d9-4119-a8b1-191c6fa4d637/playlist.m3u8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/136d0a50-2890-4507-a983-e539cc7dc60e/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-52_websize.jpg Carlie Carlie https://www.aligned-counseling.com/about-cassidy daily 0.75 2026-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/d8ee2783-e9cb-439e-a283-034536eb0063/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-114.jpg Cassidy Pavelich - Hi, I’m Cassidy I deeply believe we aren’t meant to navigate the hard things alone! I’m passionate about providing a space where you feel safe enough to be yourself. I love supporting humans who might be navigating low self-esteem, identity questions, major life changes, trauma, or the pressure to be everything for everyone. If you’ve spent a lot of time putting yourself last or wondering who you’re “supposed” to be, then you’re in the right place. I specialize in using EMDR therapy to help you move beyond just coping and actually heal the patterns that keep you stuck. I bring a down-to-earth and nonjudgmental approach to therapy & I would love to chat more about what support could look like for you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/be17b232-ab2b-41d2-aff5-a5c6acefc9c9/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-124.jpg Cassidy Pavelich - Let’s connect! Reach out online here Licensed to help clients located in Arizona Follow me on Instagram for therapy content & fun! https://video.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/90289f8f-ad05-4ec8-8b7f-2cd6c2b7542d/playlist.m3u8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/bbccfa62-4c5a-4846-8902-da52a1eeb780/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-130.jpg Cassidy Pavelich Cassidy Pavelich https://www.aligned-counseling.com/about-natalie daily 0.75 2026-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/dac26cb2-8551-411d-b0f2-1601b8a669fd/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-166_websize.jpg Natalie DenBoer - Hi, I’m Natalie Maybe you're deep in the season of motherhood — giving everything you have and still feeling like it's not enough. Maybe the patience you thought you had runs out faster than you expected. Maybe you used to know who you were, and lately you're not so sure. If any of that sounds familiar, you're not alone — and you're in the right place. I’m so glad we’re connecting! I'm Natalie, and I specialize in supporting mothers and professionals who care for children and are struggling to keep their heads above water. The women I work with are caring, devoted, and deeply tired. They're often the last ones on their own list — if they're on it at all. My job is to help change that. In our work together, we'll slow down long enough to figure out what you actually need and strengthen your sense of self. We'll talk about the mental load, the identity shifts that come with being a caretaker, the relationship strain, the loss of self — all of it. This is a space where you don't have to perform or hold it together. You can just be as you are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6349d4626b23972a27b4332f/03204e47-9984-4733-855f-814750e920a7/Lestina+Creative-+Aligned+Counseling+March+2026+EDITED-147_websize.jpg Natalie DenBoer - Let’s connect! Reach out online here. Offering virtual therapy throughout Arizona & Wisconsin. In-person sessions available in Wisconsin. 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