About
Dr. Caroline Carter is a California-licensed clinical psychologist (PsyD) in private practice in South Pasadena, specializing in therapy for transgender and gender-nonbinary children, teens, and adults. She previously served as an affiliate therapist at the Los Angeles Gender Center (2011-2020) and has worked with the TGNB community for over a decade. She is co-developer and facilitator of Gender Camps, summer day programs for TGNB youth, a group facilitator with Transforming Family, and a clinical trainer on gender diversity for clinicians, educators, and organizations. She is the author of the children's picture book 'Every Body is a Rainbow.'
Services
- Transgender and Gender Nonbinary (TGNB) Youth
- LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy
- Child Psychology
- Gender Dysphoria
- Anxiety
- Body image
- Depression
- Gender confirmation procedures
- Life transitions
- Parenting
- Peer relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self-esteem
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Pain management
- Codependency
- Religious/spiritual identity
- Attachment-based therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Culturally sensitive therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Pediatric hypnosis/hypnotherapy
- Integrative therapy
- Interpersonal therapy
- Play therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Relational therapy
- Sandplay therapy
- Group therapy (Yalomian approach)
- Clinical Psychology
- LGBTQ Affirmative Psychology
State licenses
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California · License #PSY30377 · Psychologist Active
In the field
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 15 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Identity, license number PSY30377, education, years in practice (15), specialties, issues treated, modalities, populations, session formats, listing photo (psychologytoday.com)
provider website (about page)
- Bio, pronouns (she/her), self-disclosed demographics, education detail, LA Gender Center affiliation (2011-2020), populations served (drcarolinecarter.com)
provider website (home page)
- Practice tagline 'Childhood Gender Specialist', core specialties (drcarolinecarter.com)
provider website (books page)
- Author of children's book 'Every Body is a Rainbow', publisher Rainbow Kids Press (drcarolinecarter.com)
provider website (contact page)
- Email address and Instagram handle (drcarolinecarter.com)
provider website (therapy page)
- Office location description near South Pasadena Library (drcarolinecarter.com)
Gender Camps program website
- Professional headshot photo; role as co-developer of Gender Camps (gendercamps.com)
WebMD directory profile
- 0 patient ratings; conflicting address (301 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena) and conflicting education (Chicago School of Professional Psychology) and years experience (12) (doctor.webmd.com)
WebMD specialty directory listing
- South Pasadena, CA location confirmation (doctor.webmd.com)
continuing-education provider (Illuminate Education)
- Affiliate therapist at LA Gender Center 2011-2020; clinical trainer webinar August 2021 (illuminateded.com)
TherapyFinder directory
- Generic listing confirming South Pasadena location and offering of video appointments (therapyfinder.com)
- Social profile handle @drcarolinecarter, bio referencing Gender Camps and book authorship (instagram.com)
- Social profile matching name and PsyD credential (full content not retrievable due to LinkedIn blocking automated access) (linkedin.com)
NPPES registry
- No NPI record found matching this provider's license/address/phone; other same-name CA providers in registry are distinct individuals (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
practice website (unrelated same-surname practice)
- Carter Psychotherapy Collective is a separate, unrelated South Pasadena practice run by Allison Carter, LCSW, not this provider (carterpsychotherapycollective.com)