​​​TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT

Appointments are made directly with Carla based on her availability. To set up an appointment, please leave a message for Carla using the contact information on this page.  Email messages are responded to most quickly and are preferred.  When you write or call, please leave the following information:

  • Your name,
  • the name of your insurance company
  • ​a brief statement about what service you are inquiring about,
  • your email address and a phone number where it is okay to leave messages for you,
  • and the best time and method to reach you.


​Carla will return your message within one business day in most instances.​​

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"When you get to a place where your understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible."
Brene Brown
Approach to Therapy

​Carla has had a lifelong passion to serve and help others. She provides a nurturing space to walk alongside others as they share their story. She works to build a trusting relationship with each person to find true healing that will allow them the freedom to use their strengths and choose to create a full, meaningful, joy-filled life with a purpose.  She believes that so many suffer in isolation or in avoidance behaviors that get us stuck. Once you decide to reach out for help there is so much hope. People are wired for a mindset of love and connection to others. Helping people know that they are worthy and capable of striving for their highest potential is the most beautiful gift ever.

She has worked with children, adolescents, individuals, couples, and families that are struggling with any kind of life or dealing with various conditions and symptoms. She is very empathetic and provides a safe space to collaboratively help individualize a plan that will address the needs of the whole person. She uses a person-centered approach, trauma-focused, attachment history (attachment wounds), psychodynamic, Emotionally Focused Therapy for individuals, couples, and families, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Solution-Focused, family systems, Relational Life Therapy, mindfulness, and play therapy.
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     CONTACT INFORMATION:

Email:  Carla@Life-Growth.net

Phone:  800-689-0250, x. 8

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Carla Bidwell

Marriage and Family Therapist

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EDUCATION

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800-68​9-0250

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Carla received her BA in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. She received her master’s degree in Clinical Psychology Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. She is currently working toward licensure under the supervision of Dr. Carmen Morrison.

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