What services does Carbajal Counseling & Consulting offer?

At Carbajal Counseling & Consulting, we provide evidence-based outpatient mental health services including anxiety therapy, depression therapy, EMDR therapy, child therapy, teen therapy, family therapy, and marriage counseling. Our goal is to help individuals, couples, and families across all ages find healing and strength.

Who can benefit from therapy at Carbajal Counseling?

We help people of all ages — children, teens, adults, couples, and families — who are facing emotional, behavioral, or relational challenges. Whether you're dealing with stress, life transitions, or deeper trauma, our team is here to support your emotional well-being.

What can I expect during my first therapy session?

In your first session, we will listen to your concerns, gather relevant history, discuss your goals, and begin creating a personalized treatment plan to support your mental health journey. We aim to make the first visit informative and comfortable.

How does anxiety therapy work at Carbajal Counseling?

Our anxiety therapy focuses on structured approaches that help you understand and address anxious thoughts and behaviors. We provide coping strategies, explore triggers, and tailor treatment to your specific needs so you can reduce worry and improve daily functioning.

Can Carbajal Counseling help with depression?

Yes, we offer compassionate support for depression that helps you understand how emotions and thoughts affect your mood, build coping skills, and work toward improved happiness and functioning.

What is EMDR therapy and how does it help?

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy that helps individuals process distressing memories and trauma. EMDR works by engaging both cognitive and emotional healing mechanisms, helping people integrate past experiences in a healthier way.

Do you offer therapy for children?

Yes, we provide child therapy that helps young clients express emotions, develop coping tools, and work through challenges like anxiety, behavioral issues, and school concerns in a safe, supportive environment.

What is teen therapy like?

Our teen therapy creates a nonjudgmental space for adolescents to explore stress, identity, peer relationships, and emotional challenges with support tailored to their developmental needs.

How can family therapy help my family?

Family therapy at our practice helps families improve communication, navigate conflict, support children's emotional needs, and rebuild connection. We work collaboratively with families to create healthier relational patterns.

Can therapy help with parent-child conflict?

Yes, family therapy is effective for reducing parent-child conflict by creating shared understanding, teaching communication skills, and involving children in ways that help them feel heard and supported.

Do you provide marriage counseling?

Yes, our marriage counseling services support couples in improving communication, resolving ongoing conflict, rebuilding trust, and strengthening intimacy within the relationship.

What kinds of mental health concerns do your therapists treat?

We treat a broad range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, behavioral struggles, grief and loss, relationship issues, and life transitions. Our therapists are trained to approach each concern with evidence-based strategies.

What makes your therapists qualified?

Our team includes licensed clinicians with diverse training and expertise in trauma, play therapy, EMDR, cognitive behavior therapy, family systems approaches, and more. We match clients with therapists whose strengths align with their needs.

Do you offer therapy in-person and online?

Yes, we provide both in-office therapy at our Kaysville, Syracuse, and Ogden locations and secure telehealth sessions so clients can receive care in the way that works best for them.

Is therapy confidential?

Yes, all therapy at Carbajal Counseling is private and confidential. We follow professional and legal standards to protect your privacy and create a safe space for healing.

How long does therapy typically take?

Duration varies based on personal goals and needs. Some people engage in short-term therapy to address specific issues, while others benefit from ongoing support as they work toward broader growth and resilience.

Can therapy help with trauma or past painful experiences?

Yes, trauma-informed approaches including EMDR and other evidence-based methods help clients process past distressing experiences and reduce their impact on present life and functioning.

How can play therapy help children at Carbajal Counseling?

We use play therapy to help children express and process complex emotions in a natural, nonverbal way. Through guided play, children can build emotional awareness and coping skills in a setting that feels safe and engaging.

How do I schedule an appointment?

You can schedule by calling our office at (801) 989-3488, emailing info@carbajalcounseling.com, or using the contact form on our website to begin your therapy journey.

Do you accept insurance and what are my options?

Rates and insurance acceptance vary by clinician and plan. We recommend contacting our office or your insurance provider to confirm coverage, out-of-network benefits, or self-pay options that suit your situation.

I have a great life and everything I need—my anxiety doesn’t warrant counseling.

If anxiety is compromising your quality of life—regardless of how many support systems you have in place—then you deserve to feel better. A counselor can help you to understand where your anxiety comes from and provide you with lifelong skills for managing its impact on you. There is no reason to suffer in silence; therapy can be a great resource for you.

I don’t understand how play therapy will help with my child’s anxiety.

Because children express themselves primarily through play, play therapy is a useful tool in helping children to understand, process, and verbalize their emotions. Your child’s therapist will incorporate play therapy into their anxiety treatment in a way that will not only help them to understand your child’s fears but will also give them an opportunity to model healthy coping behaviors for your child. This evidence-based approach has been highly successful at targeting mental health issues in younger populations. And we have seen our child clients who struggle with anxiety make great strides in counseling using this modality.

Why can’t I just take medication for my anxiety?

Though medication can be a quick fix for alleviating symptoms of anxiety, it doesn’t do anything to treat the core issue of the problem. A counselor, on the other hand, can give you tangible, lasting skills that will promote positive change in your life so that anxiety doesn’t create so many setbacks. Furthermore, we know from research that psychotherapy is more effective than medication when it comes to treatment for anxiety.

TEEN THERAPY

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IS THE STRESS OF THE WORLD ADDING TO YOUR TEEN’S ABILITY TO MANAGE LIFE?

Has your teen distanced themselves from you or others? Maybe conversations that used to flow easily now end in one-word answers, or a closed bedroom door has become the default. You might be noticing shifts in mood that feel bigger than typical teenage moodiness, more irritability, more time alone, less interest in things they used to care about.

Perhaps you’ve seen a change in their grades, their friend group, or their sleep, and you’re not sure whether it’s a normal part of growing up or something that needs more attention. It’s also possible your teen has told you directly that they’re struggling, with anxiety, sadness, or something they can’t quite name, and you want to make sure they have real support beyond what you’re able to offer at home.

Whatever brought you here, it’s disorienting to watch your teen pull away right when you want to help them most. We love helping teens build the tools and self-understanding they need through a therapeutic relationship built on trust, not judgment, and one that respects where they are in figuring out who they’re becoming.

THE PRESSURE TO HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT BEFORE THEY’RE READY

Adolescence has always been a stage of figuring out who you are apart from your parents, and that process is supposed to be a little messy. What’s changed is how much pressure gets layered on top of that normal developmental work. Today’s teens are often expected to excel academically, stand out in extracurriculars, maintain friendships, start thinking seriously about their future, and manage all of it while their brains and bodies are still very much under construction.

In a close-knit, family-oriented community like ours, there’s an added dimension to this pressure. Teens often sense a particular path is expected of them, in their faith, their choices, their plans after high school, and when their interests, beliefs, or identity start to diverge from that expected path, it can create real tension at home, even when everyone involved loves each other deeply. Parents, understandably, can feel frightened or unsure how to respond when a teen starts asserting independence in ways that feel unfamiliar.

On top of that, teens are navigating a level of social visibility no previous generation has dealt with. Friendships, comparisons, and conflicts that used to stay contained to the school hallway now follow them home on their phones. None of this means something is fundamentally wrong with your teen or your parenting. It usually means they’re carrying more than what shows on the surface, and they may not yet have the tools or the language to say so directly.

The good news is that this stage doesn’t have to be navigated alone, by your teen or by you. Therapy offers a space built specifically around what this age and stage actually needs.

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THERAPY GIVES YOUR TEEN A SPACE TO BE HEARD ON THEIR OWN TERMS

Unlike younger children, who often process their world through play, teens are typically ready to engage in more direct, conversation-based therapy, though it still needs to be approached differently than adult treatment. Teens are in a unique position developmentally: old enough to think abstractly and reflect on their own patterns, but still very much dependent on the family system around them.

Treatment usually begins with a parent intake session to understand your teen’s history, your concerns, and the context around what’s been happening at home and school. From there, your teen will have their own individual sessions, since building trust with a teenager depends on giving them a degree of privacy separate from their parents. We’ll periodically check in with you as the parent and may recommend family sessions when that would support your teen’s progress, but your teen’s individual sessions remain theirs.

Depending on what your teen is working through, treatment may draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address anxious or depressive thought patterns, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, or EMDR therapy when a specific past experience continues to affect them. According to the CDC’s most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey, roughly four in ten high school students report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, so if your teen is struggling, they are far from alone, and support is both available and effective.3

Some level of stress and moodiness is a normal part of being a teenager. What we watch for is when that stress starts interfering with school, friendships, sleep, or your teen’s sense of who they are. Therapy can’t erase the pressures your teen is growing up under, but it can give them somewhere steady to process those pressures and build real confidence in handling them.

Maybe you’re considering therapy for your teen, but you still have some questions…

My teen refuses to go to therapy.

This is common, and it doesn’t mean therapy is off the table. Many teens come around once they understand the space is theirs, not another adult telling them what to do. We’re happy to talk through ways to introduce the idea that feel less like a mandate and more like an invitation, and sometimes an initial consultation without pressure to commit further is the easiest way to start.

Will you tell me what my teen shares in our sessions?

We maintain a level of confidentiality with teen clients because trust is essential to the work, and teens are far less likely to open up if they believe everything will be reported back. That said, we’ll always loop you in on the general themes and progress of treatment, and we will break confidentiality if there’s a safety concern, which we’ll explain clearly at the start of treatment.

Isn't this just normal teenage moodiness?

It might be, and part of an initial session is helping sort that out. Some irritability and withdrawal is developmentally typical. When it’s persistent, intense, or paired with changes in sleep, grades, or friendships, it’s worth a professional opinion rather than waiting to see if it passes on its own.

HELP YOUR TEEN FIND THEIR FOOTING AGAIN

If your teen is struggling and you’re not sure how to reach them, teen therapy at Carbajal Counseling can offer the steady, respectful space they need to work through it.

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