Dr. Carole Matlen, CA Psychologist
California · 30 years in practice
Dr. Carole Matlen is a California psychologist with three decades of experience.
License and registration
- Psychologist, California
- 17461 · expires July 2027
- NPI
- 1295806826 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Carole
Dr. Carole Matlen is a California psychologist with three decades of experience. She brings years of clinical practice plus teaching and ministry work to her sessions.
Her approach is steady and accepting, aimed at helping people get through painful and confusing times. She helps people manage anxiety, depression, anger, and grief. She also supports those struggling with eating and body image issues, addictions, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns.
Relationship strains, separation and divorce, and parenting stresses are also frequent topics in her work.
Background and approach
Her approach mixes practical, present-focused techniques with deeper exploration of life meaning and attachment patterns. She uses Cognitive Behavioral ideas to name unhelpful thoughts and test them. She draws on client-centered methods to make space for each person’s experience and Attachment-Based perspectives to look at how early relationships shape current behavior.
Dr. Matlen describes therapy as a team effort. She focuses on building strengths and increasing self-confidence while addressing painful patterns.
Sessions aim to leave people with clearer choices and steps they can try between meetings. She maintains a calm, direct style that many people find grounding. People who want plain language and a combination of practical skills and reflective work may find her approach helpful.
Dr. Matlen sees clients across a wide range of life challenges and works to tailor care to each person.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Carole lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Carole names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Dr. Matlen commonly blends Existential Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Existential Therapy encourages people to look at life meaning, choices, and the experience of emptiness or loss, which can help when facing major life changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical skills to notice thoughts and feelings and act in line with personal values, often useful for anxiety, depression, and chronic stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and helps people change repeating interaction styles.Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work together. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try methods that suit the person. This collaborative process means techniques can shift as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth and a quieter space are possible. Phone sessions use less data and can be easier to schedule during a break. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while working with a licensed professional.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating and body image issues, and relationship strain among many other concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style combines practical, here-and-now techniques with reflective exploration of meaning and attachment. She focuses on building strengths and increasing self-confidence while addressing patterns that cause distress.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of clinical experience working in a range of settings, and she brings a background in teaching and ministry to her work.
What credentials and where is she located?
She is listed as CA Psychologist 17461 and practices in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are used?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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