/ CARRIE ALLYSON DYER / THERAPIST-IN-TRAINING / VISUAL TOOLS FOR THERAPISTS / TRAUMA-INFORMED + NEURODIVERGENT-AFFIRMING DESIGN /
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Visual Tools

Visual tools for therapy, psychoeducation,
and the inner landscape of healing




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/ I Work With Therapists /

I work with therapists to create visual aids and therapeutic materials for clients and clinicians to visualize concepts, organize inner experience, and make complex emotional processes more tangible.

Some therapeutic ideas are powerful but difficult to explain through words alone. A well-designed visual can help someone slow down, locate themselves, and understand what they are feeling in a more grounded way.

My work lives at the intersection of design, psychology, and meaning-making. I create materials that are calm, clear, emotionally attuned, and visually intentional, especially for therapists working with trauma, ADHD, neurodivergence, parts work, emotional regulation, and reflective inner mapping.

Thoughtful design can turn abstract insight into something a person can see, hold, return to, and use.

/ Visual structure can become a form of support. /

Visualize What Feels Hard To Name

What I Create

I design visual tools that help therapists translate complex concepts into something approachable, usable, and resonant for clients.

This can include client worksheets, psychoeducational diagrams, therapy handouts, workshop visuals, reflection pages, parts maps, grounding tools, emotional regulation guides, and ADHD-friendly resources that support clarity without overwhelm.

I am especially interested in creating materials that feel both clinically useful and aesthetically thoughtful, resources that support the therapeutic process while also honoring the emotional experience of the person using them.

These tools can be used in session, between sessions, in groups, in workshops, or as part of a therapist’s broader client resource library.




My Approach

Before becoming a therapist-in-training, I spent years as an artist, designer, and educator. That background shapes how I approach therapeutic materials: with close attention to pacing, clarity, visual hierarchy, emotional tone, and accessibility.

I bring a trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming lens to the design process, creating materials that support reflection rather than overload, and that help clients feel oriented rather than lost inside abstract language.

My visual language is often minimal, symbolic, layered, and systems-aware. I’m drawn to resources that help make room for complexity without making people feel more overwhelmed by it.

Sometimes healing begins when a person can finally see what they have been carrying.

Whether the goal is a worksheet, a conceptual map, a workbook spread, a psychoeducational handout, or a workshop toolkit, I love creating materials that help therapists communicate with greater clarity, beauty, and depth.

Inner Worlds / Clearer Maps

Who I Work With

I collaborate with therapists, counselors, coaches, group facilitators, and wellness practitioners who want visually thoughtful materials for clients, workshops, or psychoeducational offerings.

My work is especially aligned with clinicians supporting trauma survivors, neurodivergent clients, highly sensitive people, and individuals navigating complex inner worlds.

What I Create

Client worksheets
Hope Box pages
Parts maps
Grounding tools
Emotional regulation visuals
Executive function and ADHD maps
Workshop handouts
Psychoeducational materials

How I Can Help

I can help translate therapeutic ideas into visuals that are easier to teach, easier to remember, and easier for clients to return to outside the therapy room.

Whether you need a single handout or a fuller visual system, I’m interested in creating materials that support both clinical clarity and human depth.

Let’s Make Something Useful + Beautiful

I welcome collaborations with therapists and clinicians who want
visual materials that feel grounded, clear, and deeply human.

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