CARRIE ALLYSON DYER / / / / Therapist in training /
CARRIE ALLYSON DYER / / / / Therapist in training /
Welcome / Cloudwhale Collective is a place where therapy, creativity, and human experience intersect. It reflects my belief that healing rarely follows a straight path; it unfolds through stories, relationships, and the layered systems through which we come to understand ourselves.
I am currently completing a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Wake Forest University while training as an outpatient therapist. My work is grounded in trauma-informed and neurodivergence-affirming care, drawing from integrative approaches such as EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and experiential therapies.
Before entering the counseling profession, I spent more than two decades working in visual communication and creative education. That background continues to inform my clinical work, particularly in the development of visual therapeutic tools that help translate complex psychological experiences into accessible forms.
This portfolio documents the early stages of that journey, bringing together research, therapeutic frameworks, and creative systems designed to support understanding, reflection, and growth.
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CARRIE ALLYSON DYER / / / / Therapist in training /
My Process / You have done the masking. You have tried to quiet the parts of you that feel too much, too scattered, too tender, too tired. Maybe you're a parent trying to break the cycle, or a deeply feeling individual navigating the wreckage of childhood with no roadmap. Maybe you're exhausted by the noise in your mind, the spirals of shame, the sensitivity that everyone says is “too dramatic,” the rejection that burns longer than it should. Here, you don't have to explain why it hurts.
I am Carrie Allyson Dyer, a therapist-in-training who specializes in working with neurodiverse adults, trauma survivors, creatives, and those who grew up in emotionally immature homes. I work with people who feel like they're “too much” and “not enough” all at once. People who are smart, sensitive, often spiritual, and deeply, deeply alone.
My approach is integrative, soul-tending, and evidence-informed. I draw from Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and depth-oriented practices like Jungian psychology and Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT).
We won't rush your healing. We'll hold space for it, walk slowly through the garden of your soul, listen for what's been exiled, and gently reconnect the missing threads.
* You are not broken.*
I became a therapist because I know how it feels to long for a safe place to land, and to not find it for a long time.
Before I became a therapist-in-training, I was an artist and educator, someone who loved witnessing the moment people connect with their own voice, their own story. I’ve spent years walking with people through transformation, not from a pedestal but beside them. Now I bring that same lens to therapy, one that honors both the sacred mess and the quiet beauty of untangling.
I work with individuals navigating trauma, loneliness, rejection sensitivity, neurodivergence, spiritual longing, and haunting legacies. My clients are often the ones who carry too much: deeply feeling, fiercely thoughtful, often misunderstood souls who have never felt fully seen.
My style is relational, intuitive, and parts-aware. I believe healing happens when we slow down and listen deeply, not just to symptoms, but to the stories underneath them. Together, we create space for the full ecosystem of your inner world to emerge: the protectors, the pain, the power you forgot you had.
I work from an integrative, trauma-informed foundation, drawing from:
__. IFS (Internal Family Systems): to unblend and befriend inner parts as guides
__. EMDR: to process and release trauma that keeps looping
__. ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy): to move forward with awareness of values, not fear
__. EFIT (Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy): to reshape emotional bonds and find safety in connection
__. Jungian Psychology: to explore archetypes, dreams, and the symbolic roots of your story
__. Expressive & Creative Arts Approaches: to access emotions, memories, and insight through imagery, symbolism, and embodied creativity
I'm currently completing my clinical training as an Outpatient Intern Therapist, with a focus on trauma, ADHD, and integrative care. I hold over 19 years of experience in creative higher education. I am trained in EMDR and IFS integration including, parts work, legacy burdens, mindfulness, play therapy, and somatic modalities.
You don't have to fix yourself to be worthy of healing.
My role isn't to pathologize or to push, but to walk with you, at your pace, as you begin to remember what's been exiled and reclaim what's always been yours.
[ Let's work together ]
Therapy that meets you where you are, and honors where you've been.
I offer individual therapy for adults navigating trauma, neurodivergence, creative overwhelm, spiritual longing, and the quiet ache of feeling too much in a world that often feels too loud.
Together, we create a space where your inner experience is not pathologized, but listened to, where your sensitivity is not a flaw, but a form of knowing.
/ Individual Therapy Sessions
$30 [at Irenic Therapy - Intern]
/ Creative Arts &
Neurodivergent Coaching
$55 per session
/ Consultation [curriculum
&/or neurodivergence]
$90 per session
/ Group Expressive Arts Sessions
$250 per group session
/ Parts Work Illustrations
$80 per illustration
/ Therapeutic Illustrations
$80 per per illustration
/ Genogram Diagram [detailed]
$250 per family
I collaborate with therapists to design visual tools and therapeutic materials that help clients and clinicians see complex emotional and psychological concepts more clearly. Thoughtful visual design can transform abstract ideas into something tangible, something a person can point to, hold, and return to when words alone feel overwhelming.
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