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Carley Pool Verified by Lit Path

Clinical Therapist

Houston, Texas. In-person sessions listed. License TX 87417.

About

Carley is a dedicated therapist with over five years of experience specializing in betrayal trauma recovery and helping adult children of sex addicts. She holds a strong educational background in psychology and counseling, with advanced training in sex addiction, couples therapy, EMDR, and trauma work.

Originally working in hospital settings, she discovered her passion for guiding individuals and couples through healing and growth. She is married to her American partner since 2020 and shares her home with her cats.

Specialties

  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Enmeshment
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Infidelity
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Sex/Pornography

Services offered

Couples

In person and online, $180 average fee

Couples work through betrayal trauma process, starting with full disclosure moving into family of origin trauma work, I help clients understand why they respond the way they do and how to rearrange their relational dynamic.

Ages
Adult (21-64)
Approach
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Narrative, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotion Focused Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Humanistic Therapy

Group

In person and online, $180 average fee

We offer closed groups to address couples recovery, and individual recovery of betrayal trauma and also sex addiction recovery.

Ages
Adult (21-64)
Approach
Narrative, Emotion Focused Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Somatic Experiencing, Humanistic Therapy

Individual

In person and online, $180 average fee

I help clients identify the 'thing' that might be keeping them stuck, and together we create goals that would not only be helpful for the individual but helpful in their environment as a whole.

Ages
Adult (21-64)
Approach
Humanistic Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotion Focused Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Humanistic Therapy

Education and certification

  • BA PsychologyUniversity of Johannesburg, 2014
  • Honors clinical psychologyRhodes University, 2015
  • MA Professional CounselingHouston Graduate school of theology, 2020
  • CSATIITAP, Sex/Pornography, 2025

Fees and payment

Accepts
Credit Card, FSA / HSA
Insurance
Out of Network

Listing last updated October 22, 2025. Back to the directory

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Guiding Light

For individuals in recovery for compulsive behavior(s).

Program focus Compulsive behavior recovery
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Resilient Travelers

Partners and spouses carrying the impact of someone else's compulsive behavior.

Program focus Betrayal trauma and partner support
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Growing Hope

Anyone seeking general mental health therapy for needs unrelated to compulsive behavior.

Program focus General mental health care
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