Carol Pendleton, MA, LMFT, LMHC, CMHS

Adult, Couple, and Family Therapist

As an adult, couple, and family therapist, I enjoy working with adults individually or in couple’s therapy to help them work towards their life goals. I also enjoy working with children, teenagers, and their families to help them increase experiences of connection and trust. I primarily work from family systems, trauma focused, and strength-based perspectives.

I work closely with parents, offering functional behavior analyses, parenting strategies, and ongoing parenting support to assist in developing advanced parenting skills to address their children’s behaviors. I provide children therapy within the family context.

I offer school advocacy services to help families access educational support and services such as IEP’s and 504 Plans and to address bullying issues. I also help children who struggle with symptoms of ADHD to develop and strengthen executive functioning skills.

I provide couple’s therapy primarily by helping couples understand and shift their relational patterns to increase individual responsibility and relational connection. As a Gottman Bringing Baby Home Educator, I enjoy working with couples as they transition to parenthood through birth, adoption, or by the creation of blended families.  Additionally, I work with separated/divorced couples to develop effective co-parenting relationships.

 Education

2012    MA, Applied Psychology in Couple and Family Therapy

Antioch University, Seattle

Professional Credentials

• Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (License #LC60510763)
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (License #LH60672449)
• AAMFT Approved Supervisor
• AAMFT Clinical Fellow
• Certified Somatic Transformation Practitioner
• Lifespan Integration Therapist (Level 3)
• Emotion Focused Couples Therapist
• Child Mental Health Specialist
• Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator
• Certified Prepare-Enrich Couple’s Counselor
• Gottman Bringing Baby Home Educator
• Perinatal Mental Health Specialist
• Affiliate Faculty, Antioch University, Seattle

Specialties

I completed advanced clinical training in Bowen Family Systems Couples Therapy, Gottman Method Couples therapy, Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I completed an intensive certification program in Somatic Transformation Therapy, which explores and treats the physiological and psychological effects of complex traumatic experiences.

Finances

• In-network provider with Regence, Premera, Kaiser PPO, Cigna, First Choice
• Out of network insurance rate: $150 per hour
• Statements provided upon request for out of network insurance reimbursement
• Sliding Fee Scale available based on need

Location and Availability

• Most sessions are conducted via Teleconference
• Office Hours: Weekdays by appointment
  • Some evening appointments available