Counselor, Trainer, and Author founder of

Self-Actualization Therapy

and the

Individualized Healing Retreats

Carolyn Ball has been a leader in human growth and trans-formation for the past twenty-five years, since she first perceived mankind's innate tendency both to strive towards excellence and to fall back into past patterns. Born into a long lineage of educators, Ms. Ball's delight in sharing the process of transformation is evidenced in her warm, genuine, and wise teaching and counseling style, her books and her countless published articles and media interviews.

A counselor since 1987, Carolyn Ball founded several non-profit corporations dedicated to modeling and teaching a systems approach to wellness in business and in personal life. Any true systems approach will include modalities that involve the body, mind, emotions and spirit in the healing process. Through her educational programs, Carolyn champions the principle that when the needs of all of these components are acknowledged and addressed, a win-win result can always be implemented. This is true whether that entity is an organization or an individual.

Carolyn Ball lives and has a private practice in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where she is a Licensed Professional Counselor and corporate trainer. She has a column in two magazines and has been a guest a numerous radio and television programs. Her twenty years as a counselor for individuals and couples includes concentration on self-esteem, addictions, depression, anxiety, relationships, sexual abuse and quality and purpose of life. Modalities include Internal Family Systems parts work, Hakomi Therapy, EMDR, humanistic and cognitive-behavioral approaches, hypnosis, and other traditional therapies.

Carolyn has a Masters Degree in psychology from the University of Houston at Clear Lake, where she graduated with the highest honors. Her Bachelor of Arts Degree was in art education. She has also studied and taught extensively in Eastern traditions of body-mind-spirit approaches to life, and has studied and Sundanced in the Native American tradition.

Available for lectures, seminars, conference keynotes, retreats, and consulting, Carolyn Ball offers insight and systems that are inspirational and experiential. An emphasis is placed on identifying goals, producing measurable results, and creating lasting change.

Ms. Ball is the author of three books:  Claiming Your Self-Esteem: A Guide Out of Codependency, Addictions, and Other Useless Habits, which offers techniques for empowering your life. Blessing in Disguise reveals ways to find balance in life’s challenges, told through experiences with Native American elders. Meher Baba’s Next Wave presents fourteen inspiring stories about discovering God.