“Whether in the weekly counseling format or the two-day private intensive, Carista has a highly skillful way of listening, processing, and compassionately responding with incredible on target insights that immediately let you know she completely GETS it. She is warm, down to earth, funny, and ridiculously intelligent. There is no doubt you’re definitely in capable hands when you’re working with Carista. The quality of counseling that Carista offers is effective and efficient, meaning you get to work on specifics and leave her office feeling a genuine sense of achievement and fresh perspective.”
Testimonials
“If I could only have one healer in my life to guide me through the ups and downs of marriage, children, and career, all while weaving a spiritual tapestry that reflects your soul’s true purpose in this lifetime, it would have to be Carista”
“Simply put, Carista has changed my life! I was referred to Carista by a physician, who had enormous respect for her unique skills. From childhood through my mid 40’s, I had a difficult relationship with my narcissistic mother, and recognized that these patterns were keeping me from having a successful relationship with a partner. I had sought help from other counselors in the past who were kind, but never actually helpful. This was not the case with Carista. Her unique ability for insight is unmatched. She quickly identified the main root of what was holding me back and thru empathic conversations, wisely directed me to more productive choices. I have been on this amazing new path for three years now! Carista is what everyone would wish for in a counselor – trustworthy and compassionate. I wholeheartedly recommend her!”
“Carista has an amazing ability to get right to the core issues. Through her intuitive skills, extensive knowledge of interpersonal dynamics, as well as her deep understanding of the effects of developmental trauma, she delivers a powerful process for effectively dismantling the negative patterns and behaviors that are disrupting your life. We have worked with her as individuals, as well as a couple, and have found her sessions profoundly transformative – we always feel supported, safe, heard, and understood as she guides us through the process of awakening to our true nature, alone and together.”
“Carista insightful and caring approach taught me how to heal from the stress and trauma of sexual abuse, and a lifelong chronic illness. She helped me learn what authentic and secure love really looks and feels like in a relationship. For the first time in my life I can truly say – I feel safe, strong and happy within myself and my personal relationships. I highly recommend working with Carista for anyone who wants to be free of the past and feel truly confident they are worthy of a happy life.”
“With a beautiful blend of professionalism, deep insight, and compassion, Carista guided me through my darkness to see from the inside out the immense power of love.”
“My life has changed dramatically since doing intensives and weekly sessions with Carista. She is a brilliant spiritual healer with more patience and total understanding than I have ever known. She embodies love and light, and through this I have felt seen and witnessed in a way I have never felt before. She is a gift that I feel most grateful for.”
“Therapy can only take you so far, and the pursuit of spirituality often leads you into your head for answers. Carista instead integrates a personal journey through your heart and soul, skillfully navigating and healing all aspects of your true self along the way.”
“In families, we are often blind to how we show up to others. Learning to utilize the power of virtues in Carista’s True Self approach provided us with a common language to make simple and powerful changes in the way we speak and listen to each other. We are now being authentic in speaking our truths AND making a contribution to each other. And this work with the True Self Way and the “virtues technique” has transferred over, without any effort, to other key relationships too. Thank you!”
“Carista’s insight and intuition guided me through a difficult and traumatic period in my life with an unexpected feeling of grace. Her spiritual perceptions lit the way and allowed me to flower into my true essence. She is a loving and caring spirit guide as well as a dedicated counselor with brilliant perceptions. I couldn’t have made it without her”
“The True Self methodology captures ancient wisdom and translates it into a simple process for changing your life, as well as those around you.”
“Carista has been one of the vital forces in the transformation of my life both professionally, personally, and on all relationship levels. She came into my life as a couple’s coach – truly teaching us how to have a secure attachment – something I always doubted possible. She is so full of energy, vitality, and commitment to the work she does. She can hear you fully in a way that few humans can, and her knowledge and experience run so broad and so deep that she can go wherever you need the conversation to go. Carista was instrumental in opening my eyes to the power of the “feminine” and the importance of developing a balance in all sectors of my life, including the skills that were required.”
“Carista has worked with me in such a compassionate and wise way that I have felt safe to explore and gradually heal from the sudden death of my father in childhood, numerous adoption issues and an overall inability to thrive professionally. I brought all this baggage into my relationship and I am finally addressing it. This is very diligent inner work, but there is no one I would rather be doing this with. There is no substitute for the expertise and attention that Carista is bringing to my healing process. I recommend her without reservation.”
“As a couple, I know our regular in-depth conversations with Carista opened us up to our relationship being so much healthier, and the intimacy and play coming back into our lives when they were missing. Carista is a mentor for being straightforward, gentle and trusting.”
“Carista can teach you how to love, and be loved… and that wisdom became the enduring foundation of my newly happy life.”
“Working with Carista’s True Self Methodology was a wonderful gift to us…we were able to transform our couple’s conversations from adversarial to gentle and supportive, which was almost out of reach before…a great way to name what was missing in the way we were interacting and communicating and “get” what the other was needing and feeling. We are eternally grateful to Carista for all that she have given us and continues to give.”
“I know of few other spiritual guides with the same depth and breadth of wisdom and, more importantly, the embodiment of its love aspects than Carista.”
“Carista has the rare ability to understand and validate her clients’ individual needs, perceptions and struggles and move them to a deeper place from which change can occur. Her intuitive abilities, combined with her grounded formal training and spiritual nature, help create an environment that encourages new ways of viewing old issues as well as transform new obstacles. I have great respect and appreciation for Carista.”
“Carista has changed my life – both figuratively and literally. Her wisdom shines like a bright, warm, and inviting light, which makes room for vulnerability, openness, and deep change. What I’ve learned from her is immeasurable. I have more love, health, wealth, and possibilities than ever before – and I’ve seen her have this same impact on dozens of other people I know. Many people have called her a Miracle Worker, because, well, she is one.”
“As a result of my association with Carista – I am happy to say that I have gotten married with the love of my life. I am blooming into a new woman and exploring new possibilities professionally. As a direct result of Carista’s guidance, encouragement, enthusiasm, deep listening, and insights, I have broadened my world and myself as a human being. I can – without reservation – recommend her to you! She is a wise counselor and skillful coach. Her integrity is matchless and best of all – she is a great woman.”
“I am forever grateful for the relationship I have shared with Carista over the years. With her wisdom and understanding, she has navigated me through a painful journey of life events to a place of ongoing resiliency, understanding, and healing. With her compassionate support, I have been able to uncover and define goals, and have a better understanding of my real self. I feel confident on my healing path. As a result of the trust and connection with her, a unique bond has formed between us, which I will always cherish.”
“Carista has supported me to heal childhood wounds, as I am mindfully rewiring my thoughts and actions into becoming a more emotionally confident adult. My perspectives on life have consistently improved in relationships with others, and most importantly, myself.”
“Carista has been an amazing resource for me as I travel on my healing journey. She has helped me develop the skills I need to regulate my nervous system and to navigate marriage and motherhood. My husband has developed a cognitive disorder, and for over a decade, she has been at my side helping me find and be my best Self, as I care for him, my son, and most of all — ME (which is so easy to forget as a woman). She’s an “A list” healer.”
“Before seeing Carista, we had worked with several marital counselors, and we often felt worse after the sessions. When I finally came to Carista, I was feeling very anxious about my marriage, my work and who I had become. I had a huge secret that I was hiding from my husband; I was using eating and spending to numb the pain and was very concerned about my health because I was losing more and more control, and unraveling.
Now, I am losing weight and feeling so much healthier, my business is thriving, and my marriage is healing. Without Carista, we likely would have had a messy and expensive divorce. Instead, my husband and I went to dinner this week to celebrate our 21st anniversary and we had a fun date, like the early days of our marriage. Carista taught me how to focus on caring about my husband’s feelings and to repair the damage I had done. And, my husband is working to do the same with me, which is what I have been longing for him to learn to do. The tools that Carista teaches are extraordinarily effective and create genuine healing for all involved. I use Carista’s practices in all of my relationships and have been able to heal rifts with co-workers that seemed unhealable.”
“I have truly benefited and enjoyed the counseling that Carista has imparted to me over the past several years. I have found that her quick and to the point manner has a positive resonance with me. As I love to tell her, she is “The Lady, The Myth, The Legend.”
“Carista’s work is extraordinary. I have the highest amount of gratitude in my heart for the healings I have experienced in her sessions.”
“We had steady progress with weekly counseling, then accelerated by an intensive with Carista. Working with Carista in this way was our golden ticket to breaking through decades of toxic communication behaviors. She gave us a powerful set of principles and tools that allowed us to discover our True Self individually, and together. This wisdom she has taught us about secure love has rapidly improved our relationship with our children, and extended family. We now have amazing simple practices to heal our branch of the family tree.”
“For me, a talk with Carista is a balm. It is not always an easy conversation but ALWAYS healing. We have gone years between calls — but her ability to recognize my moods, help me find my vulnerabilities, and appreciate my strengths….is as if we had met just last week. Her openness and willingness to share my burdens has carried me through some very difficult times. Her guidance has helped me reconnect with happiness after deep loss. Carista is an open, honest, strong, intelligent, empathetic, giving person. She helps me to stay centered and on the path to try to be by best self, too. Cannot recommend her highly enough”
“Carista was the only resource I had in a very challenging phase of my life who could see exactly what was going on and help me navigate it. Her enormous capacity to see and sense the complex situation, and guide me to a new awareness of myself and the external challenges was remarkable. I got access to a part of me that had been buried and now feel deeply resolved. Life’s not been the same since. So grateful to have Carista in my life as a confidante and advisor I trust without hesitation.”
“When you are ready to do the deep work and heal lifetimes of ancestral trauma, then working with Carista is your ticket to freedom. Not only does this work go deep and heal pockets of old wounds, it is practical enough to affect everyday moments of my life. I learned how to vastly improve my communicate skills, and create the most secure relationships possible even in the simplest interactions with co-workers, family, and friends. One session with Carista is like 3 sessions with many others because she concisely hones in on my distress with precision like an open heart surgeon. I now get through many difficult challenges smoothly, a testimony to the massive impact she has had on my life. This was the best money I ever spent on healing my self.”