Carolina Family and Maternal Counseling

09/22/2025

Meet Riley!

CFMC is excited to introduce you to our newest intern, Riley Littlejohn. Riley is a Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern who enjoys working with children, adolescents, adult women, and families.

Riley is especially interested in working with those experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She enjoys supporting individuals and families through managing stressors and finding peace and stability. In addition, Riley has specific training in perinatal mental health through Postpartum Support International and looks forward to growing in her skills serving women walking through fertility, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

Riley offers reduced fee services with posted rates of $60 for 90 minute intake appointments and $40 for 55 minute sessions. Riley is able to offer further reduced rates and pro bono services upon request.

Reach out for your free consultation with Riley today!

06/11/2025

WE ARE HIRING!

Carolina Family and Maternal Counseling is hiring a full time Play Therapist. We are a private pay practice in Matthews, NC.

We are a small, supportive team that works collaboratively and enjoys working together. Get to know us by exploring our website at carolinafamilyandmaternalcounseling.com and if you think you could be a good fit, email me your resume at info@carolinafamilyandmaternalcounseling.com to learn more.

02/14/2025

Great explanation of maternal rage from PSI.

Maternal Rage is characterized by triggers highlighting violated expectations and unmet needs leading to feeling on edge, to the point where anger explodes outward or is suppressed inward. When the anger is expressed outward, the mother can feel shame and guilt, but the anger also acts as a catalyst for change. When the anger is suppressed inward, the mother feels increased resentment, more feelings of being on edge, and there is no outward signal that they need more support.

Maternal rage is more common than we think! You are not alone, and help is available.
🔷 Connect with Nicole McNelis, M.Ed, NCC, LPC, PMH-C, our presented on Maternal Rage at 2024 PSI Conference: https://loom.ly/7Rcbzmg
🔷 Read Mom Rage: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood by Minna Dubin. Buy it on Amazon: https://loom.ly/dZCSmBs
🔷 Call or text the Postpartum Support International HelpLine at 800-944-4773. You never need a diagnosis to ask for help.
🔷 Call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-852-6262
🔷 In a crisis situation, call or text the National Su***de & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
🔷 Visit postpartum.net for additional programs and resources.
🔷 Download the Connect by PSI App in the App Store or Google Play Store

01/28/2025

Meet our newest team member, Jackie Quartuccio!

Jackie is a talented therapist with a heart for women, couples, and families. Jackie has special training and interest in working with individuals and families through issues related to family growth, whether perinatal mental health, birth-related support, perinatal loss, and/or adoption. She is also experienced and capable at supporting adults serving as kinship placements or foster parents. Additionally, Jackie is trained and experienced in working with women through depression, anxiety, life transitions, difficult decisions, and hard or traumatic events. She holds a certificate in Violence Against Women and Children and is comfortable supporting women who have experienced traumatic events due to abuse and violence in interpersonal relationships, including emotional and psychological abuse.

In addition to seeing clients, Jackie is serving as Clinical Lead at our practice, taking on some responsibilities of our entire clinical team.

We warmly welcome her and hope you will consider her for any of your mental health referrals!

Jackie is available to support anyone living in North Carolina, in-person at our Matthews, NC offices or virtually.

10/04/2024

Have you been considering counseling for yourself or your child?

Working with a graduate clinician* is the perfect way to dip your toe into counseling without a lot of financial investment!

Our graduate clinician, April Damon, has experience working with children, teens, young adults, and adult women in a variety of settings and is eager to put her skills to work in the therapy room. In addition to her experience, she has specific training in perinatal mental health and perinatal loss.

Wanna see if April could be right for you? Set up a free consultation today by emailing info@carolinafamilyandmaternalcounseling.com.

*Graduate clinicians are clinical interns in the final year of their masters level programs. They are supervised and their clinical work is directly planned with and supported by our founder and co-owner, Casey Jones LCSW, PMH-C. By working with a graduate clinician you get low cost and the added value of an experienced clinician being involved in your treatment.

08/30/2024

Now open!

Our team has three great new offerings this fall and we’d love to have you or your daughter join us!

Check out our new middle school girls’ group designed to support your middle schooler in the transition back to school.

Do you have a high school senior? Check out our new program designed to support her through this year of big changes and big demands. You won’t find a better deal, providing group and individual support, mental health counseling and academic coaching, as well as a parent workshop!

And moms, we know fall is a time of transition and we welcome you to come and reset with us.

Check out all of our offerings and register here: carolinafamilyandmaternalcounseling.com/about-us

08/19/2024

Great news! CFMC has added two new graduate level clinicians to our team

Meet April Damon and Deborah Revels.

These women are passionate, warm, and eager to begin providing support to children, adolescents, and adult women. Learn more at carolinafamilyandmaternalcounseling.com/about-us.

Services provided by graduate clinicians are provided for $40 p/session or less. If you or someone you know would benefit from low cost or pro bono clinical support, reach out now! We offer free consultations and April or Deborah would be happy to connect to see if they could be a good fit

Interested? Wanna learn more? Email us at info@carolinafamilyandmaternalcounseling.com.

04/27/2024

Had a chance to represent and share about at the Small Business Big Village event in Charlotte, NC. What a wonderful time meeting perinatal professionals and sharing about the resources and important work of two nonprofits near and dear to our hearts. 💗

04/24/2024

As the Postpartum Support International-NC prepares for Maternal Mental Health week (the first week of May) we want to remind ourselves that at one point, we also didn’t know what was happening to us, and that may have felt scary, overwhelming, and isolating.

How different would life have been for us if we knew someone else was experiencing what we were going through?

Our stories have the power to save lives.

Share you story on the form and help shine a light for someone who needs to hear your words today. We will share parts of the stories submitted throughout maternal mental health week on our social media platforms.

https://forms.gle/i4qqAaygKDRK3m5c8

03/15/2024

🗺️ Charlotte!

Join Carolina Family and Maternal Counseling, The Queen’s Collective Birthing, Milked Lactation Services, LLC, and Raising Resilience next Friday evening (March 22) from 6-9pm!

Join us to socialize, network, and learn more about the role of doulas in protecting the physical and mental health of birthing people through the Bloom Documentary Panel Discussion.

03/15/2024

We are partnering with .resilience and to host a panel party connected to the screening of this documentary. If you’re local to the greater Charlotte area, sign up and join us for the panel party in Charlotte, NC.

03/06/2024

Meet Laura!

Laura is a LMFTA with experience working with children ages 5+, teens, adults, couples, and families. She particularly enjoys working with women and mothers, as well as couples and she has specialized training in perinatal mental health and Gottman Method Couples Therapy.

Laura completed her internship with us prior to employment and is well loved by her clients, several of whom she retained as clients after her internship. She builds rapport easily and utilizes a person-centered approach to meet the individual needs of each of her clients.

Laura offers free consultations and has immediate availability. Learn more about Laura at carolinafamilyandmaternalcounseling.com/meet-laura or email her directly at laura@carolinafamilyandmaternalcounseling.com.