Vivian Smith Carter, LMFT

Vivian Smith Carter, LMFT Mental Health Services, Consultation, Training Solution focused counseling for individuals facing life transitions, addiction and or living with trauma.

Marriage and Family Therapist with over 30 years experience working with individuals, families and groups in private and public settings. Available for wellness and management training and career guidance. Protecting your privacy and mental health is important so take time to choose a therapist. Please contact me to discuss the process of therapy, my methods, beliefs, financial arrangements or other areas of concern. Insurance and Employee Assistance Benefits Accepted for Payment

05/26/2026
05/26/2026

Yep, that's me!

05/18/2026

Bestselling author Kennedy Ryan showed her antidepressant publicly — and the response from Black women said everything.
Kennedy Ryan — bestselling author known for writing complex, tender portrayals of Black womanhood — shared a photo holding her antidepressant and told the truth about her depression diagnosis. She tried two therapists before finding the right one. She takes daily medication. And she says that the combination helped her survive one of the darkest seasons of her life and walk through doors she couldn't previously feel or see.
She writes about Black women with extraordinary grace. She's extending that same grace to herself.
The response in the comments was immediate: Black women saying medication changed their lives. Black women saying they take theirs every day and feel no shame. Black women who had been hiding depression under achievement, caregiving, and the relentless expectation to simply be strong — finally seeing someone reflect their reality back with honesty.
High-functioning is not the same as okay. Depression does not check your résumé before arriving. Getting help — therapy, medication, both — is not weakness. It's how you stay. And staying means you can still do everything you were put here to do.
The pill doesn't make you less. It keeps you here to be more.

Connection with people is a healing balm!
05/12/2026

Connection with people is a healing balm!

Safe Space Social is a monthly fellowship group hosted by Alabama Wellness and Recovery Services for individuals in reentry. This group provides a supportive environment where participants can come together, share experiences, discuss meaningful topics, build healthy connections, and simply catch up with one another. Our goal is to create a safe, welcoming space that encourages growth, support, accountability, and community.

We’re looking forward to this Friday’s meeting and another opportunity to fellowship together.

05/06/2026

🥹🐾❤️‍🩹

Re-directing your mindset can help...SOMETIMES...
04/15/2026

Re-directing your mindset can help...SOMETIMES...

04/08/2026

For educators and youth-serving professionals.

Let that resonate...
01/09/2026

Let that resonate...

➡️ Every time you let someone’s rage steer your response, you train them to use it again.

Break the cycle.

Stay grounded.

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