let’s walk together

ANNEMARIE CARZOLI, MA, LPC, SEP

(SHE/HER/HERS)

LICENSED Professional Counselor

I'm here to help you reconnect with what's been quietly waiting underneath: your needs, your longings, your clarity, and your ability to build the life you desire. I offer long-term, depth-oriented therapy for people who want more than short-term relief, and we take the time to build real trust before going into the harder places.

I'm a relational, body-centered therapist with a decade of experience. People often describe me as direct and honest, and warm at the same time. I'm personable, with an ease about me, and I take this work seriously without taking myself too seriously. I'm skilled at slowing things down enough to notice what's alive in the body and at making room for it to come forward at a pace you can trust. You'll be met by someone who is fully present.

I believe the body knows things before our words catch up. It's the tightening in your throat before you say what's true, and the softening in your chest when you finally do. Much of my work is helping people listen for these signals: what you feel, what you need, and what you've been longing for beneath the coping and managing. Little by little, you learn to speak it and live from it. Not the story you inherited or the one you built to get by, but what's true for you now.

MY PATH

My journey to becoming a somatic psychotherapist grew out of my own experiences with family addiction, deep loss, along with developmental, emotional, and physical trauma. I found my own healing through nature, education, movement, dance, meditation, and body-centered psychotherapy. I keep walking this path and it has taught me to meet life as it is and not shy away from who I am.

I now understand my story with compassion, and I see my darkest moments as some of my greatest teachers. I now understand my story with compassion, and I see my darkest moments as some of my greatest teachers. I feel honored to sit with people with their own darkest moments. I am moved to be a companion for others as they reconnect with their own story and discover their whole self.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

I hold a Master's Degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology from Naropa University, with a concentration in Body Psychotherapy and Dance/Movement Therapy. I'm a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) and am trained in EMDR Therapy and the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT), Level II. I've also received additional training in Compassionate Communication, Existential Psychotherapy, Relational Life Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI).

After earning my Master's, I completed the licensing process, including 2,000 hours of supervised clinical practice and a licensing exam. I worked as a primary therapist at an inpatient addiction center, facilitating group and individual therapy with people experiencing a wide range of addictions, diagnoses, and mental health challenges.

Before becoming a psychotherapist, I earned my Bachelor's Degree with a concentration in Outdoor Experiential Education. After graduating, I led adolescents on global adventure trips and worked alongside therapists leading wilderness programs for youth facing mental health and addiction challenges.

I work with adults and couples experiencing depression, anxiety, grief and loss, PTSD and other trauma-related concerns, and substance and behavioral addictions. I collaborate with people to understand and shift patterns that keep them stuck, so they can move beyond old limitations and fears and build more secure, satisfying relationships.

OUTSIDE THE OFFICE

I'm a wife, mother, friend, neighbor, and dog parent to Twig. I'm a lifelong learner, a meditator, and a connector at heart. My family is at the center of my life, and I'm happiest outdoors, whether I'm camping, climbing, hiking and mountain or gravel biking. I love to dance, catch live music, practice guitar, play board games, garden and I am a budding birder with the help of my husband.

I believe all things are connected. We are as much a part of this earth as any tree, river, or animal, and I believe it is all part of what makes us feel part of something greater. Time in nature, in my body, and in community keeps me grounded, and it shapes how I show up in the therapy room.

I look forward to the opportunity to meet you and support you in this way!