Carmen is a Licensed Psychologist at Matone Counseling Charlotte. She received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from South Carolina State University and earned her master’s and doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology from The University of Florida. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Child and Family Therapy Clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Carmen has assessed and treated a variety of clinical disorders across the lifespan; however, she is most enthusiastic about her work with children, adolescents, and their families. Carmen takes a client-centered, values-based approach to treatment and is well-versed in a variety of treatment modalities including, but not limited to, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Carmen uses these and other empirically-supported strategies to address concerns regarding anxiety, depression, anger and behavior management, executive dysfunction, and interpersonal discord.

Carmen is passionate about her work as a psychologist and is genuinely invested into her clients, their families, and the larger communities in which they exist. She believes that therapy is a collaborative process as evidenced by the value that she places on encouraging clients to be an active and integral element of their therapeutic journey.