Caroline is not currently accepting new clients.

Welcome! My name is Caroline Wilson and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I was born and raised in WNC, and after some time in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest, I am so happy to have found my way back to Appalachia and Out of the Woods Therapy.

I have worked in the mental health field since 2013, supporting adults, children, and adolescents across a broad range of psychological, spiritual, and emotional needs. For many years I primarily worked with individuals who suffered attachment wounding; through this work, I realized that not only are our most profound wounds from individual, relational losses, but the suffering that incurs from surviving a world that demands so much of us. I have a special affinity for working with those who seek relief from the internalized messages of lack, failure, abandonment, and scarcity that oil the machine(s) of neoliberalism, late stage capitalism, white supremacy, and violences against our bodies (physical violences as well as the violences of desirability politics and state violence). In other words, in our work together, I will always consider the nuances of how you got where you are, the ways the world moves through and in you, just as you move through and in the world. 

My approach to our work together is rooted primarily in attachment-based, relational psychodynamic talk therapy. This means, foundationally, that we will talk in our sessions. (And, although I don’t want to hype myself up too much, we will laugh. Therapy can be deeply funny.) I am careful with my words and believe language, the somatic act of speaking and finding words together, has great potential for repair and regeneration. A psychodynamic, modern psychoanalytic approach means that I will consider both your inner and outer histories, and I will be curious about how you make meaning of your life and what you’ve experienced. Attachment-based and relational work means that I honor that psychotherapy sessions can be healing and transformational simply because they give the client a place to land each week, a place to be heard, listened to, be delighted in, to receive the clinician’s curiosity and care. I let you know what curiosities, feelings, and hopes are occurring for me in the session. 

In addition to this uncovering and exploring work, I also love supporting clients in developing skills, rituals, and routines to bring joy, rest, and pleasure to their lives, and often employ developmentally-appropriate psychoeducation and behavioral tools to support in such. 

Some of the areas I particularly enjoy working with clients in, in addition to attachment needs, are body-image and internalized fatphobia, religious, medical and institutional trauma, spiritual loss, anxiety, intrusive and disturbing thoughts, ambiguous grief, navigating dating and break-ups, exploring new aspects of one’s sexuality, and burnout. 

That being said, I believe that the therapeutic relationship can and should be for anyone who needs support with anything. So, if anything I have said here has resonated with you, I invite you to reach out.

Caroline is not currently accepting new clients.

caroline@outofthewoodstherapy.com

Caroline can accept private pay or most Aetna, Optum/United or BCBS insurance plans (and is a CPP provider for the NC BCBS state plan).

The private pay fee is $140 for 50-55 minute individual therapy sessions and $165 for couple/relational sessions.

If you would like to know more about using insurance or out-of-network benefits, please click here.