About Carly
I’m licensed as a clinical social worker (LCSW), Certified Care Manager (CMC), and Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT200), and have been privileged to work in the field of aging for 20+ years. I hold a Masters in Social Work (MSW) from the University of Maryland-Baltimore (2004) and a Bachelors from the University of Missouri-Columbia (1999).
I’ve held various social work positions serving older people for a decade, and then opened my private practice in 2016. I help people grieve prior versions of themselves and others, integrate change and loss, heal from depression and anxiety, grow through trauma and disappointment, practice self-compassion and self-kindness, access their innate power, and live in the fullness of their being.
One of my early jobs was coordinating the research center of my mentor, the late Gene D. Cohen MD PhD, at the George Washington University Center on Aging, Health, and Humanities (http://cahh.gwu.edu), where we studied creativity and aging, and I first became inspired by the potential of aging people, which we all are, to grow and change at any age.
During my childhood my dad was a county nursing home administrator, and I spent my preschool years at the home befriending the residents. I am presently a parent, child, partner, singer-songwriter, dancer, community instigator, friend, and insatiable student in the school of life.
“I hear you singing on my supernatural radio...” --- the late Tom Petty (RIP)