Carly Foster, MSW, LCSW

Carly Foster, MSW, LCSW is a licensed social worker with over 8 years of experience in the mental health and social services field. Carly is a graduate of Elizabethtown College and earned her Master of Social Work from Widener University School of Social Work. She has practiced in inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient settings, working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Education & Certification

• M.S.W., Widener University School of Social Work
• B.S.W., Elizabethtown College
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• Certificate in Trauma-Informed Practice
• Over 8 years in inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient settings

Areas of Specialization

Carly provides individual, couples, and family therapy for clients of all ages, from children and adolescents through adults and seniors. She specializes in family issues, maternal mental health, women's issues, and transgender issues, and also treats anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, stress management, grief and loss, relationship issues, identity issues, infertility, trauma, and PTSD. She works regularly with clients in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Carly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), narrative therapy, and the family systems model. She takes a strengths-based perspective with every client, wanting to learn about their strengths alongside their struggles. Carly is a strong advocate for trauma-informed care and supports clients through an empathetic, nurturing approach that promotes emotional healing.

She became a social worker to help others through life's most vulnerable and pivotal moments. Her first sessions focus on understanding the why behind what brought a client to counseling so the two can set feasible, realistic goals together.

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