Caroline Fulton, Psy.D., EdS, MEd, NCSP 
Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Fulton’s approach to therapy is compassionate, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based care. She uses an integrative framework that draws from client-centered, psychodynamic, interpersonal process, family systems, behavioral, and third-wave cognitive behavioral approaches.

 

Dr. Fulton believes meaningful change begins with safety and acceptance. Her goal is to create a space where clients feel heard, understood, and comfortable expressing their questions and needs. From this foundational alliance, she works with clients to develop shared goals and understanding, explore patterns, increase insight, and build self-compassion. She helps clients to know themselves better and to live in accordance with their values.

 

Areas of Specialty:

 

Anxiety: When worry gets too big or happens too often, it can disrupt daily life and relationships. Dr. Fulton uses evidence-based interventions to reduce anxiety and the distress it causes. Dr. Fulton has specialized training in Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) (https://www.spacetreatment.net), as well as experience treating social anxiety, generalized anxiety, appearance-related anxiety and body image concerns, and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).

 

Health, Illness, and Pain: Living in a body that feels different, uncomfortable, or unwell can be physically and emotionally challenging. Dr. Fulton brings experience working closely with medical teams to support those navigating illness, pain, and making health changes. She has specialized experience in diabetes, functional symptoms, body image, obesity, and medical trauma. She also supports parents caring for children with chronic or acute medical needs and those experiencing associated grief.

 

Parenting Stress and Relational Conflict: Parenting can be a great source of joy, as well as one of stress, anger, confusion, grief, and shame. Dr. Fulton partners with parents to weather the challenges and hard feelings that parenting brings. She is skilled in helping parents navigate behavioral challenges, tensions between parents and their children, and managing differences in parenting styles.

 

Psychological Assessment: Psychological assessments clarify how individuals think, feel, learn, interact, problem-solve, and manage in day-to-day life. They can provide useful information for understanding challenges, identifying diagnoses, and guide interventions in therapy, school, or work.

 

Assessments begin with reviewing goals and gathering history, and continue with answering questions, completing activities and forms, and seeking input from people who know the individual well. They conclude with a feedback session that includes reviewing results, discussing reactions, and making a collaborative plan for next steps. As a licensed and experienced school psychologist (RI, MA, IL) Dr. Fulton is skilled in helping families navigate supports within the educational system.