Therapist in Edmonds, Washington Carolena Salazar, Therapist

Carrie Salazar helps children, teens, and adults across Washington navigate emotional, behavioral, and life challenges with compassionate, affirming, and evidence-based mental health care. At LifeStance Health, they provide individual therapy for clients experiencing anxiety, ADHD, trauma, and a wide range of additional mental health concerns. Carrie creates a supportive therapeutic environment where clients feel safe exploring their experiences, building emotional resilience, and developing healthier coping strategies that support long-term well-being. Carrie is especially passionate about working with LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, neurodivergent clients, and those navigating complex family systems or stressful transitions. Their work also includes support with parental custody concerns and disability paperwork, helping clients and families manage emotionally challenging systems with clarity, advocacy, and practical guidance. Carrie understands how social pressures, identity development, and life stressors can affect mental health and self-esteem, and they strive to create a space where clients feel respected, understood, and empowered.

Using a client-centered and trauma-informed approach, Carrie integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness techniques, and parenting skills strategies to help clients strengthen emotional regulation, communication, and self-awareness. They work with children, adolescents, adults, and families facing concerns related to depression, PTSD/trauma, school avoidance, and additional emotional or behavioral challenges. Carrie also has experience supporting members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals with developmental disabilities, and military or veteran populations. Carrie believes therapy should be collaborative, accessible, and tailored to each individual’s lived experience. Their approach emphasizes authenticity, emotional safety, and practical skill-building while honoring the unique strengths each client brings into treatment. Outside of their clinical work, Carrie enjoys gaming, spending time with animals, and engaging in activities that encourage creativity and connection. These interests help support their grounded and approachable therapeutic style.