Welcome.
I'm glad you found me.
Most people who find their way to me have already tried to white-knuckle it on their own. They're not fragile. They're exhausted.
I'm Dr. Carina Iati, a licensed clinical psychologist in Massachusetts. I've spent the last 20 years working with people navigating some of the hardest, most complicated stuff life throws at us: trauma that won't stay in the past, anxiety that's taken over a life, or experiences like psychosis that most people have never been taught how to talk about. I also work with people who are doing "fine" but want more than just getting through the day.
My work leans heavily on the body. I don't think the mind is the only place healing happens, so I don't treat it that way. Alongside my doctoral training, I'm a certified trauma-sensitive yoga practitioner (TCTSY-F) and personal trainer (NASM-CPT). If it ever feels right, movement, breath, and body-awareness are part of the toolkit, never a requirement.
I also don't believe therapy has to feel clinical to be effective. It's a collaboration. I bring my full self into the room, including humor and humanness, because even the hardest conversations sometimes have room for a laugh or an observation about how absurd life can be.
Therapy should flex to fit you, not the other way around. If you've never quite fit the boxes you've been handed, that's exactly what I make room for.
"To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another".
- Irvin D. Yalom, M.D
Existential Psychotherapy
Individual Therapy
* I do not presently offer couples or group services
Introductory phone call
We'll begin with a 15-minute phone call to discuss your hopes for therapy. I will ask you to tell me about what is bringing you to therapy, and we can discuss what our work together might look like. You will have an opportunity to share any concerns and ask questions. If we decide it is a good fit, we'll schedule a first appointment.
About therapy
I offer services virtually, allowing you to create a therapy space that is most comfortable for you. You might choose to bring a pet, a weighted blanket or a cup of tea to session. Any private, comfortable space can become our therapy office.
We will work together to decide what therapy will look like for you, guided by your goals for treatment. My experience with various treatment modalities will allow us to develop an approach unique to your needs. In my work I regularly use components of: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Interpersonal Process Therapy (IPT), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Sensorimotor Therapy and Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY).
Insurance
In-network with Aetna, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna and Point32Health (Tufts & Harvard Pilgrim plans). More plans coming soon!
Out-of-network rate- $200
*Massachusetts only
Professional Services
Beyond clinical practice, I offer consultation, training, and speaking for clinicians and organizations working at the intersection of trauma, recovery, and psychosis-spectrum care.
Whether you are an individual practitioner looking to deepen your skills or an organization seeking to build a more informed workforce, I welcome the opportunity to collaborate.
To learn more about consultation, training, or speaking engagements, please contact me at: dr.carina.iati@growth-of-another.com
Resources for Psychosis Spectrum Experience
These resources grew out of years of clinical practice, collaboration, and a deep commitment to making recovery-oriented approaches to psychosis-spectrum experiences more accessible. Whether you are a clinician, a peer specialist, a student, or someone navigating these experiences yourself, I hope you find something useful here.
Reframing Psychosis Spectrum Experiences is an innovative online course, the first of its kind to bridge clinical understanding and lived experience to transform how professionals engage with people who hear voices or experience psychosis. Through immersive simulations drawing from real-life voice hearing experiences, learners explore the full range of voice-hearing—positive, neutral, and distressing—and gain insight into the diversity of these experiences.
Written in collaboration with Certified Peer Specialist and voice hearer, Jeannie Bass. Learn more about her at www.jeanniebass.com
Reframing Psychosis Spectrum Experiences: A Collaborative Workbook for Hearing Voices bridges lived experience and clinical understanding to offer an innovative approach to working with voice-hearing and related experiences.
Designed for flexibility, it can be used with a clinician, peer specialist, family member, or trusted other, or independently as a reflective tool.
This concise, accessible guide for helping professionals without training in psychosis intervention is a quick reference for identifying and intervening with a person experiencing a first psychotic episode. It guides helping professionals in how to identify a possible psychotic episode, how to interact compassionately and effectively with the individual, and how to make appropriate referrals toward proper treatment.
Free of jargon and unfamiliar medical terminology, this how—to resource offers clear guidelines for detecting possible psychosis, advice on how to provide immediate care for the at—risk individual, and specific actions to take depending on the severity of the crisis.
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