Caroline Carter, Clinical Psychologist in South Pasadena, CA — therapist at ThriveTalk

Caroline Carter

Clinical Psychologist

15 yrs experience

Updated August 18, 2026 How we verify

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

  • 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)

provider website (books page)

provider website (contact page)

provider website (therapy page)

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

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)

Instagram

  • Social profile handle @drcarolinecarter, bio referencing Gender Camps and book authorship (instagram.com)

LinkedIn

  • 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)

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