Grace Carpenter, MS, LMHC

Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Works with Individuals, Marriage & Couples, and Teletherapy
WA License #LH61000765

My approach to counseling

My approach focuses on the experience of emotion. I attend to how emotions come up in unhelpful ways and work with you to facilitate change and growth through emotional exploration and experiencing. I seek to create a safe space in which you can feel comfortable exploring emotions and different parts of yourself in a new way.

I have experience in working with

Perinatal/Postpartum depression and anxiety
Pregnancy/Infant loss (miscarriage, stillbirth)
Birth trauma
Infertility
Adjustment to parenthood
NICU and special needs parenting
Foster and adoptive parenting

I am currently accepting new couples. I recognize that the path toward parenthood often runs counter to expectations in difficult and painful ways. I specialize in concerns related to perinatal depression & anxiety, pregnancy & infant loss, birth trauma, infertility, NICU stays & special needs parenting, and adjusting to parenthood, including foster and adoptive parents. I have experience walking alongside clients as they face some of the biggest challenges of their lives and helping them find their way.

Education

MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Portland State University
BA Psychology, Seattle Pacific University

Professional Experience

Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Samaritan Center of Puget Sound, 2019 to present
Extern Counselor, MEND Seattle 2018-2019
Extern Counselor, Samaritan Center of Puget Sound, 2016-2018

Insurance Accepted

Blue Cross / Blue Shield Plans, Kaiser (Not All Plans), Premera (Lifewise), and Regence

Writing by this therapist

Therapist Corner #2: Postpartum Rage

Make an Appointment

Samaritan Center uses an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system developed by Valant for client intake and subsequent health records management. To set up your account and schedule your appointment, follow these steps, as directed by your therapist and prompted by Valant:

1. To begin the process, first contact the therapist by email or phone (listed on this page above) to schedule an initial conversation about fit.
2. When prompted by an email from Valant, set up your patient portal account using a validation code provided by your therapist.
3. Fill out your demographic/insurance information in Valant. Let your therapist know when this is complete.
4. When prompted by an email from Valant, complete our eSignature intake packet.

NOTE: All the above steps must be completed before your first session with your therapist.

Having trouble? Read Valant's detailed instructions for setting up and using your patient portal.
For additional assistance, email patientportalhelp@samaritanps.org.
Existing client? After your patient portal is set up, you can log in here.
First telehealth session? Read Valant's detailed instructions for Teletherapy.