Carvalho Consulting Company LLC

We’re a husband-and-wife team of licensed therapists combining leadership-level systems experience with real-world family insight. Our mission; provide practical support for complex decisions

Available to clients residing anywhere domestically or internationally.

Meet the team

Anthony

A marriage and family therapist with years of leadership and counseling expertise. As Executive Director at a Partial Hospitalization Program and Intensive Outpatient Program, Anthony specializes in supporting adolescents presenting with diverse presentations, including Reactive Attachment Disorder, school avoidance, and severe depression.

Jodie

A trauma-certified clinical social worker with lived experience as a foster parent, adoptive parent, and child therapist. In her therapy career, Jodie specializes in supporting clients in healing from trauma, using modalities like TF-CBT and EMDR.

Together, we’re launching “Life in Transition,” a collective designed to support individuals, families, and professionals navigating meaningful change.

(Disclaimer: Consulting is not therapy, and does not establish a therapist-client relationship).

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Life in Transition Collective: The Adoption and Foster Care Pathway

Support for adoptive and foster parents, with a trauma-informed lens, from those who have lived it

Life in Transition Collective:Clinicians in Transition

Offering clinical supervision to pre-licensed clinicians, or clinicians interested in stepping into private practice

FAQs

1. What is consulting and how is it different from therapy?

Consulting is educational, strategic, and supportive in nature. It provides guidance, tools, and informed discussion supporting you in navigating life transitions.

Consulting is not therapy. It does not involve mental health diagnosis, treatment, or psychotherapy. No clinical records are created, and consulting does not establish a therapist–client relationship.

If therapeutic services are needed, I am happy to help you find appropriate referrals.

Consulting for the Adoption and Foster Care Pathway may be a good fit for:

  • Individuals considering becoming foster or adoptive parents
  • Foster or adoptive parents navigating behavioral or attachment challenges
  • Families preparing for reunification or adoption finalization
  • Parents seeking trauma-informed parenting education
  • Professionals seeking case consultation related to foster/adoption dynamics

Consulting for the Clinicians in Transition Pathway may be a good fit for:

  • Pre-licensed clinicians who are seeking LCSW or LMFT supervision towards their licensure
  • Clinicians seeking guidance on ethical issues, especially those relating to parenting, adoption, foster care, Reactive-Attachment Disorder, and trauma
  • Clinicians seeking guidance in developing their own private practice

No. Consulting is separate from therapy and does not include diagnosis, treatment, or clinical intervention.

Even though we are licensed therapists, consulting services are not provided under our clinical licenses, and are not mental health treatment.

No. Consulting services are not reimbursable through insurance. Superbills or out-of-network claims cannot be submitted for consulting services.

Sessions are collaborative and structured around your specific goals. We may:

  • Clarify your concerns
  • Break down behavioral dynamics through a trauma-informed lens
  • Develop practical strategies and solutions
  • Discuss system navigation
  • Create action steps for your next phase

Sessions are typically 50-60 minutes in length.

The hourly rate is $150 per hour.

If you enroll in a structured program, the total program fee is determined at the start and agreed upon in advance.

Communication outside of sessions exceeding five minutes (including emails, phone calls, document review, or letter writing) is billed separately and prorated at the hourly rate.

Consulting services do not include court appearances, depositions, or expert testimony, as consulting services are not practiced under a clinical licensure.

If written feedback or document review is requested, it is billed separately at the hourly rate. Consulting services are not forensic in nature.

While I respect your privacy and make intentional effort to keep your information and the content of our sessions private, consulting does not carry the same legal confidentiality protections as psychotherapy. Consulting communications may not be protected under therapist–client privilege.

No. Consulting does not include psychological assessment or diagnosis. If a formal evaluation is needed, I can help guide you toward appropriate clinical providers.

Jodie and Anthony bring both professional and lived experience to this work:

Jodie:

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Experienced working within child welfare systems
  • Former foster parent
  • Adoptive parent
  • Owner of a thriving private practice since 2020

Anthony:

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
  • Executive Director of therapeutic programming
  • Experience working with attachment-related disorders
  • Adoptive parent
  • Owner of private practice and 4 years of leadership experience

We understand the emotional complexity, systemic frustration, and identity shifts that foster and adoptive families experience — from both sides of the table. We also understand the challenges faced by clinicians as they seek to grow their work and step into leadership roles.

This work is deeply personal and deeply informed.

You can reach out through the contact form to schedule an initial consultation. We will clarify your goals and determine whether consulting is the right fit for your needs.