Carla Archuletta, MA, LPC/MHSP-S, FT, NCC is a licensed professional counselor, educator, speaker, and Fellow in Thanatology specializing in grief, trauma, serious illness, dementia, and end-of-life care. As an instructor and curriculum developer for the University of Vermont’s professional certificate programs, she is committed to preparing professionals and community members to support others through some of life’s most meaningful transitions with knowledge, compassion, and confidence.
Carla maintains a private counseling practice in Tennessee while also teaching, speaking, developing professional education programs, and providing EMDR consultation to clinicians across the country. Her clinical work focuses on EMDR therapy, grief and trauma treatment, and compassionate support for individuals navigating serious illness, caregiving, medical challenges, and complex life transitions. She is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist, EMDRIA Consultant-in-Training, and EMDR Basic Training Facilitator with Connect EMDR, where she contributes to EMDR education, consultation, and clinician training.
Her professional experience spans hospice, oncology, dementia care, bereavement, and trauma-informed mental health. She is a trained end-of-life doula, a Certified Dementia Practitioner, and serves as the lead curriculum developer and instructor for UVM’s End-of-Life Dementia Care Professional Certificate. She also teaches in UVM’s End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate and Grief & Bereavement Specialist Professional Certificate, where she enjoys helping learners develop the knowledge, confidence, and presence to support individuals and families through life’s most difficult transitions.
Carla is a frequent speaker on grief, trauma, dementia, caregiving, end-of-life care, and the thoughtful integration of EMDR across these areas of practice. She is the co-author of Health-Medical Challenges and Grief: Group EMDR Therapy for Patients and Caregivers in EMDR Group Therapy: Emerging Principles and Protocols to Treat Trauma and Beyond (Springer).
Whether counseling clients, mentoring clinicians, facilitating EMDR trainings, developing curriculum, or teaching students, Carla’s work is grounded in the belief that every person deserves to be seen with dignity, compassion, and humanity throughout illness, caregiving, dying, grief, and bereavement.
For more information, visit CarlaArchuletta.com or learn more about her work with Connect EMDR.