Carla attended James Madison University and graduated with an MA and EdS in Counseling. She is an experienced in-home family counselor as well as a crisis counselor. 

She became the Director of Tennessee’s State-wide Emergency Crisis System for Children. She has additional training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT) and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Trauma (EMDR). 

She created Cypress Counseling group in 2011, where she works with individual adults and couples to help them find hope again, as well as consulting and supervising other counselors. 

She is trained in the Healing Our Core Issues Model and is a Developmental and Relational Trauma Therapist.

CLINICAL SPECIALTIES: Story Work, Women’s issues, Couples, Depression, Grief counseling, Anxiety/Stress Management, Trauma/PTSD work, Relationship/Boundary issues, Personal Growth, Spirituality issues and Work/Life Balance.