Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Pronouns: he/him
I love working with young adults and teens. Being this age can be rough, hopeful, frustrating, encouraging, and it always comes with big emotions. It’s a critical time when you need to have someone supportive in your corner. A lot of people understand “issues” they’re struggling with but they don’t understand mental health very well. Learning strategies of how to take care of yourself and how to understand what you’re feeling can be helpful. There’s a lot of exploration going on – gender identity, social groups, substance use, screen addiction, dating, study habits. It can seem like the conversation is all about taking other people’s advice, but therapy is about learning to listen to your own advice.
Therapy is a setting and an opportunity to learn to create a space where we can explore, challenge, and resolve.
The Nuts & Bolts: What to Expect
What I try and do:
I am a licensed independent social worker (LICSW: LW60913237). My background includes extensive experience in community mental health providing therapy services to a wide range of adults from a variety of backgrounds.
Carlo offers individual counseling (not couples). He sees teens 15+ and young adults.
Important: If this is a crisis or you need immediate support, please call the Crisis Clinic at (206) 461-3222 or go to your nearest emergency room. Catalyst Counseling cannot provide emergency services.
Supervisor handbook here
Frequency metrics:
Please use this as a guide if you’re considering allowing a client to drop down to every other week or monthly. Similarly, if you have an every-other-week or monthly client and their acuity increases, they need to increase their frequency.
Unlock the front door. You need to flip the deadbolt to “vertical”.
Disarm the alarm using your code. The alarm panel is in the top drawer of the cabinet by the front door (the cabinet under the big mirror)
Turn on the lights and lamps.
Turn on the sound machine in the hallway (located on the decorative cabinet in the hallway). Also turn on the lamp on top of this cabinet.
Turn on the music (Spotify should be running on the iPad. Using the remote in the drawer with the alarm panel, turn on the sound bar and press play.)
If you like coffee, make coffee (if not done already)
Turn off the lights and lamps.
Close the windows (especially on the waiting room side — they are all alarmed)
Turn off the sound machine in the hallway (located on the decorative cabinet in the hallway). Also turn off the lamp on top of this cabinet.
Ignore the music and ipad – it will take care of itself.
Arm the alarm – just press “away” and leave.
SUPER IMPORTANT: Lock the front door. You need to flip the deadbolt to “horizontal”.
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