Carey Alvord, LMFT

Carey Alvord is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 23 years of clinical experience. She focuses on attachment, developmental trauma, and the relationships between parents and children, supporting biological, foster, adoptive, and relative parents who are open to attachment-based parenting approaches. Carey also works with teens and adults seeking to understand how childhood loss and trauma have shaped their attachment patterns and relational responses.

Her work blends a warm, open stance with clear structure so clients can explore difficult feelings and memories without fear of judgment. She creates an environment that prioritizes emotional safety while encouraging honest reflection and new ways of relating. Carey integrates a range of therapeutic tools tailored to each family or individual, including attachment-based methods, mindfulness techniques, experiential exercises, and targeted interventions such as EMDR or Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy when appropriate. She has also developed an approach called REST and draws on therapies that emphasize developmental sequencing and interactive play when useful.

Carey aims to help clients move toward more fulfilling relationships and greater emotional ease. She collaborates with families and individuals to set practical goals, build coping skills, and foster stronger connections across generations.