My approach combines Mindfulness, EFT Tapping and Coaching to shift how you feel mentally, emotionally and physically, here and now, in each session. Change does not have to take a long time. You should leave most sessions feeling better than you did when you came in. Deep emotional work, and deep transformation should not have to take years of therapy. I believe in the vast healing potential of the mind and body and take a holistictranspersonal view of wellness. Energy Psychology techniques - particularly EFT (Meridian Tapping) enable you quickly release emotional and even physical pain, as well as transform negative or self-limiting thoughts. Our basic foundation is Energy and when energy shifts, so does the body and the mind. When we address our deeper subconscious blocks, increase our self-awareness, and shift our energy, change happens instantly. Meridian Tapping techniques such as EFT are now considered evidence-based, highly effective approaches to resolving trauma, anxiety, stress and a number of other issues. Therapy should take place within a trusting, compassionate and safe relationship between therapist and client. Deep respect for your process, your feelings and your goals are necessary to make therapy a satisfying and life-changing experience.

We all go through periods in which we begin to feel and think differently. What we once assumed would always be true changes. Perhaps, we simply no longer feel like ourselves or are relationships no longer feel like how we remember them. A variety of things can initiate these changes. Our marriage may not be working. Someone may leave a relationship. We may lose our job. Our child may be making dangerous choices. Someone we love may be drinking too much... But no matter the circumstance, the key is in how you cope with these changes. For over two decades, I've been helping people just like you navigate these types of changes. My job as a licensed psychotherapist is to make sure you can talk about, work through, and overcome the issues that matter most, without judgment, all while feeling respected, heard, understood, and empowered to create the changes you seek. While clients often leave sessions feeling relieved, the most important part of our work together is the time you're not in session with me. If you have sessions with me once per week, how you are feeling and thinking the other 167 hours we're not together? The goal of our work together is for you to NOT be dependent on sessions with me as soon as possible. You can also ask me any questions and I'll share my thoughts with you. I'm not one of those therapists who "just sits and listens" ... I will offer you suggestions to navigate the challenges you are facing and you can decide if what I am saying is of value for your particular situation. I'll also teach you the skills you need to calm yourself down, whether you're angry, sad, or afraid. And we'll work together to get to the root of the problem so you can heal at the deepest level, as this is how to create real, positive, lasting change... My intention is that you walk away able to navigate change differently for the rest of your life! Last but not least... Please note that I only provide online counseling and therapy. Fortunately, my clients have been surprised by how well tele-therapy works... and how easy it is! After all, it's our working relationship that allows change and growth to occur, not the comfort of my office. Your privacy is always my highest priority, and I encourage you to visit my website or contact me today for more information about how I can help you realize and live the best life possible!

When we feel stuck in our situation, it can create feelings of hopelessness. In addition to the many problems that complicate our daily lives such as anxiety, panic attacks, depression, patients come to me with complex relationship issues including marital distress, divorce recovery, verbal & emotional abuse, loss of child, parent, or spouse. I approach therapy from a holistic perspective, to address the root problem, not just the symptoms. Like physical therapy, the goal is to get well and end treatment. I offer perspective on your experience, and provide clear, concise directions on meeting your treatment goals. I consider patterns in your behavior and biological explanations when I address your symptoms. I deliver evidence-based techniques, including CBT, to help you make changes and ultimately feel better. Regardless of the specific issue, all patients have something in common: the desire to feel better. We will work together on providing the best path to wellness. My patients come from a variety of backgrounds who have had complex mental health disorders and difficult life situations. My experience helping patients in a major group practice, providing them with a mental health perspective on their care, has allowed me to become an expert in rapid assessment and specialize in most forms of mental illness.

Has your addictive behavior gotten out of control? Has compulsive sexual behavior caused a crisis in your relationships? Or have you recently discovered that your partner sexual behavior was not once you thought it was and now your relationship is in free fall? If so I'm glad to connect with you and happy to help. As the founder and clinical director at Pathway Therapy Center, we specialize in helping individuals, partners, and couples dealing with sexual addiction and the impact that it causes Our approach involves three important components: helping you stop your addictive behavior, addressing underlying root issues and traumas, and empowering you to repair damage to relationships. I have received specialized training as a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist (CSAT) and as a supervisor we have a team of trained staff to help address the needs of couples and families. If you would like help getting life back on track or are finally ready to deal with what has been a long standing issue we'd love to connect with you and get you and your relationship on the path to recovery.

You might look like you’ve got it together—but inside, it’s chaos. Anxiety. obsessive compulsion (OCD) spirals. Overthinking everything. Burned out but still performing. You’ve read the books, done the podcasts, tried to out-think the problem. And here you are, scrolling therapist profiles, wondering if anything will actually work. Good news: it can. But it takes real work, not just good intentions. I don’t do vague nodding or “tell me more about that” loops that go nowhere. I’m an active, direct therapist who helps you name what’s actually going on—and then do something about it. I’m Level 1 trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), which means we’ll work with your internal patterns instead of fighting them. For couples, I use Relational Life Therapy (RLT) to cut through blame, shutdowns, and power struggles. You’ll both be heard—but I won’t let either of you hide. One of my specialties is men’s work—real conversations about emotion, strength, connection, and not repeating what your dad did. I also work extensively with queer men navigating identity, shame, sex, dating, and how to belong in spaces that weren’t built with you in mind. These are two distinct areas of focus, and I take each seriously. My approach is collaborative, grounded, and unapologetically honest. There’s room for humor. There’s room for contradiction. There’s room for all of you—and for the version of you that’s ready to live with less noise and more clarity. If you’re looking not just for insight but for real, actionable change—and you want a therapist who will support that and hold you accountable to the commitments you’ve made to yourself—we’ll probably work well together.

I use integrated approaches, including person-centered, trauma-informed, attachment theory, and practical psychoanalysis, to support youths and adults in establishing their independence and confidence and to help couples improve communication and strengthen relationships. My specialties are the multicultural treatment of adolescents and adults with anxiety, grief and loss, and depression. I work with families on dynamics, parent-child relationships, and conflict resolution.

Throughout my career, I have worked as a therapist helping individuals, couples, families, and children in private practice, profit, and non-profit organizations for over 25 years. I have also worked with San Mateo County for 10 years with the Youth Mental Health department. There, I have helped youth and their families overcome depression, anxiety, trauma, and school-related issues. I developed a curriculum in mindfulness and compassion, coping skills, and ran a group for over 6 years. I have extensive experience supporting families with parenting challenges, women undergoing infertility, pre- and postpartum depression, depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, divorce, self-harm, and self-worth. I am certified in DBT, CBT, mindfulness, trauma, extensive training in EMDR, and ketamine assisted psychotherapy. I have supervised interns from a variety of schools, and I enjoy and value the process of mentoring them in their journeys. I am bi-cultural and bi-lingual in Spanish and have worked with many clients of different cultural backgrounds. In addition, I teach trauma-sensitive yoga and help people relate to their bodies in a healthier and kinder way.    In the process of serving clients, I allow the fullness of my heart and passion to enter the therapeutic relationship. In doing so, I have constantly been surprised that no matter how hard the challenges and situations are, the strengths and wisdom each client is able to draw from their own experience are incredible.

Hey there--thanks for checking out my profile and taking a courageous step toward greater well being. I believe that therapeutic change comes from the inside out, helping you to identify, understand, and manage your emotional experience. If you often find yourself feeling out of place or struggling inside—even though other people think you have it all together—I can help. I work with individual adults who are familiar with psychotherapy and want deeper, root-level healing for symptoms related to anxiety and relational trauma. This can include concerns around relationships, life transitions, overthinking, people-pleasing, self-doubt, self-limiting beliefs and thought patterns, boundaries, and self-criticism. My approach blends mindfulness and somatic inquiry with relationalpsychodynamic and Internal Family Systems therapy. With me, you’ll connect the dots between your upbringing and the strategies you took on to cope with it, and you’ll develop new ways of easing the tensions that keep you stuck. I’ve been in the field for 15 years and have a breadth of advanced training in clinical approaches within private practice. I provide group supervision at The Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley, CA, and I’m a Certified Level 3 IFS Therapist. My style is both active and spacious, with my focus on supporting you in slowing down, tuning into yourself, and guiding you toward the healing wisdom that thrives within you. I welcome motivated, self-reflective clients of any identity to my practice, with a particular affinity with those identifying as empathic, highly sensitive, creative, Black, andor multiracial. I also welcome therapists seeking individual or group consultation in IFS. Contact me for a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation if you’re ready to live with more ease and self-confidence.

My primary goal as a psychologist is to provide guidance and resources for people who are struggling. Someone can be having trouble with a small part of their life, or a specific problem, or they can be having a hard time dealing with life in general. Getting help can be the first step in making sense of life, and the first step towards living a healthier life. As a clinician, I want to help people develop practical skills to deal with life and problems, skills that are in line with the values that they want to live. There is no perfect solution, and no one-size-fits all treatment, so I borrow from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Existential-Humanistic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Gestalt therapy to help clients along that path, based on what they need. I find it important to look past pathology, and labels, to treat the person who is suffering. If I can understand the source of a person's pain, or multiple sources, whether it be childhood trauma, a struggle to find meaning in life, or even difficulty making friends, I can help potential clients find solutions Therapy is an exploratory process. I have a number of roadmaps, and my goal is to help folks find the one that works best for them to make sense of the world they are living in. If you want to feel better, if you want to live a healthier life, my goal is to help you reach those destinations.

Carl Jung said, "Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness." Life can be challenging at times. The pain, anger, sadness, loss, hopelessness or other negative feelings you are suffering now may seem intolerable, but it is NOT permanent. You CAN feel better! I am a bilingual bi-cultural (Mandarin, English) Marriage and Family Therapist, licensed in California. I am also a certified Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) therapist through ICEEFT. With a caring and non-judgmental approach, I honor each person's uniqueness and support one's "individuation," a process of developing authentic connections with one's self and others. My goal as a therapist is to support individuals navigating through challenges and attaining a fulfilling life. Together, we can ease your suffering, discover the root causes of your concerns, and implement positive changes to meet your individualized needs.

Do you want life to be better? I was trained at Yale and Columbia University. Currently, I am a clinical associate professor at Stanford University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (affiliate), as well as a professor at the California School of Professional Psychology. I'm licensed as a clinical psychologist in New York and California. While in New York, I served as an assistant professor at Columbia University. I bring more than 15 years of experience to my work as a psychologist. I focus on your strengths, not your failings, and work with you to achieve a happier and more meaningful life that draws upon your unique abilities.

The Codependency Clinic is specifically designed for codependency recovery. We treat Adults Facing Codependency, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families, and Adults Raised by Borderlines and Adults Raised by Narcissists. All of our therapists are trained in EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and The Pia Mellody Model. Our treatment plan is structured and individually specific. We offer individual therapy and intensive recovery retreats. Call or text me, I usually respond within an hour. "This therapy is markedly different than any type of therapy I've ever had before (P.H. San Francisco, CA)" "I feel so much happier [after this therapy]; I mean DEEP happiness. I don't feel alone, I feel proud of myself" (J.O. Oakland therapist & current client). "My life is immeasurably better now" (M.J. Sebastopol therapist & past client). Over 20% of our current clients are other therapists. Other therapists choose us because our treatment plans use state-of-the-art theories of psychology that make a difference in your life. We have room for you too. Check out our website!