Modalities

Welcome and congratulations on taking the first step towards improved emotional health and stronger relationships.

For some of you, this first step is sizable. Because the therapeutic relationship between client and therapist can be life changing, it is important to pick the therapist who is the right fit for you. We encourage you to ask for recommendations from people that you trust, review therapists’ websites, call a few therapists, and then choose the therapist that feels like the right fit for you or your family.

What does the “right fit” look like? We recommend that you look at three factors: When first meeting, does the therapist seem like someone with whom you or your child would feel comfortable and safe in talking about difficult subjects? Is this a therapist that has experience and training to address your specific needs? Do you feel that “click” that this is a therapist who can listen, understand, and help you find the right tools to address your issue while acting as a guide in your journey towards a healthier and happier version of you?

Because there are many, many therapists to choose from, you may feel overwhelmed. However, the fact that you are looking at this website means that you have already started your journey.

Again, congratulations! Now we encourage you to take the next step.

Our Approach

We tailor treatment to meet the unique needs of each client, and use evidenced-based modalities of therapy and therapeutic approaches such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic, Family Systems Therapy, Play Therapy, Parenting and Co-Parenting Coaching, Mindfulness, IEP Consultation & Support.

Child Therapy in San Rafael, CA

The job of parenting today seems to be increasingly nuanced and challenging. And as much as we try to protect our children from harm, there are many difficult and sometimes frightening circumstances facing school age children today. Those challenges may be in the classroom, the home, or the content on a screen. Whether you are raising child(ren) as a single person, couple, or blended family, there may be times when you need guidance in better understanding your child and their internal parts, and the disruptive behaviors, in building a deeper connection with your child, and in finding the right tools to heighten your child’s and your strengths, shift unhealthy thinking, and decrease and stop your child’s negative behavior, and most importantly bring more ease for your child, you, and your relationship.

How Child Therapy Works

We begin our therapeutic work with children by first meeting with you, the parent(s) as we believe that you have the most significant relationship with your child. Understanding your perspective of your child and the presenting problems is therefore crucial. By listening to your family story and learning about the experiences that may have contributed to or created the current situation, we can make clinical recommendations and outline the best treatment for your child and family. We support and guide children and their parents by finding the right tools to best help your child through individual therapy with your child, as well as family therapy, parent and child sessions, and parent coaching.

Working with children is especially rewarding for us. Your child has the benefit of a young, flexible brain that can more easily adopt new coping skills to shift negative thinking and behaviors than our older, adult brains. Children are naturally inquisitive and so “parts” language and having compassion and curiosity for their internal parts is an easy therapeutic fit. Counseling sessions with your child needs to include fun and laughter as well as growth and learning and practicing these new skills. We will play, act, draw, talk, plan, laugh, and cry. As the parent, you will play a significant role through supporting your child in therapy and at home, encouraging the therapeutic skills that your child is learning, and attending parent consults where we exchange information of what is and is not working. Because you are the most important person in your child’s life, often the best way to help your child is for you to learn new parenting techniques. By our coaching and guidance, you will gain a greater understanding of your child, your role and influences, and the best techniques to help you and your child in your parent-child relationship.

Issues Treated in Child Therapy

Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks
Child Behavioral Issues
Depression / Suicidal Thoughts
Family Conflict
Grief & Loss
Life Transitions
Managing Difficult Health Issues
Mental Illness
Neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD)
Parenting / Co-Parenting Concerns
Phobias & OCD
School-Related Difficulties
Self-Defeating Behaviors
Self Harm
Sexual / Gender Identity
Sleep Issues
Social Challenges
Trauma / PTSD

Therapy Services for Children

Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Family Systems Therapy
Play Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Mindfulness

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Adult Therapy in San Rafael, CA

The heart of our work is to help you know and trust your deepest feelings, bring new and healthy thinking towards past traumas, and learn skills to help you manage daily living that result in an emotionally authentic life. When you become more intimate and present with yourself, and better know the parts that make up you, you become more intimate and authentic with others. Individual therapy can be an opportunity to learn and grow, to reconnect with your deeper, truer self, and to make mindful changes to improve your life.

How Individual Therapy Works

We begin our therapeutic work by listening and understanding your story and the experiences that may have contributed to or created the current situation. Together, we will define the agreed goals of therapy, explore behaviors and thinking/emotional patterns that are destructive, and create a strategy to find the best techniques to help you transform. Depending on your needs, counseling can be short or long term. We will listen to you free of judgement and compassionately challenge you when needed. Therapy will be a safe and supportive place where you can laugh, cry, know your internal parts more intimately and access your true Self.

Issues Treated in Individual Therapy for Adults

Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks
Caregiving Stress
Co-dependency
Creative Blocks
Depression / Suicidal Thoughts
Drug and Alcohol Concerns
Finding Purpose
Grief & Loss
Life Transitions
Managing Difficult Health Issues
Marital / Partner / Family Conflict
Men’s Issues
Mental Illness
Narcissistic Relationships
Neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD)
Open Relationships / Non-Monogamy
Parenting / Co-Parenting Concerns
Phobias & OCD
Pregnancy, Prenatal, & Postnatal Challenges
Professional Career Conflicts
Self-Defeating Behaviors
Self Harm
Sex positive / Kink Allied
Sexual / Gender Identity
Sexual / Intimacy Struggles
Sleep Issues
Social Challenges
Trauma / PTSD
Women’s Issues

Therapy Services for Adults

Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Family Systems Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Mindfulness

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Couples Therapy in San Rafael, CA

Relationships are co-creations. No one partner is solely responsible for the troubles in the relationship. Couples Therapy is not about blame; it’s about each person taking accountability for their contribution to the difficulties. Acknowledging our role in the co-creation is both vulnerable and freeing. Taking ownership opens the door for sharing needs and desires without the cloud of resentment obscuring empathetic listening and better understanding your own and your partner’s internal parts. Starting couples therapy is a powerful indicator of commitment, exploration, and a desire for change in our intimate partnerships. It also highlights the value each partner places on the relationship. Hope rises with this first step and with this hope we can face those moments when the walls between you two feel impenetrable or the trouble insurmountable.

Relationship Issues Treated in Couples Therapy

Bi-Cultural Relationships
Blended Families
Caregiving Stress
Communication Problems
Co-dependency
Conflict Resolution
Decreasing Attachment
Drug and Alcohol Concerns
Grief & Loss
Infidelity & Other Betrayals of Trust
Life Transitions
Managing Difficult Health Issues
Marital / Partner / Family Conflict
Mental Illness
Narcissistic Relationships
Negative Interaction Cycles
Parenting / Co-Parenting Concerns
Pregnancy, Prenatal, & Postnatal Challenges
Professional Relationship Challenges
Sexual / Intimacy Struggles; Relationships Between Adult Child and Parent
Relationships Between Adult Siblings
Trauma / PTSD

Therapy Services for Couples

Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Mindfulness
Parenting and Co-Parenting Support and Coaching

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How Couples Therapy Works

We begin our therapeutic work by focusing on slowing things down so that you and your partner can begin to explore your internal worlds with each other safely and we can see the patterns that are inhibiting connection. As a couple, you will be supported to identifying and speak from your different parts, accessing your true Self, and soothing vulnerable parts. Further, you with practice vulnerable and mindful communication, and learn to see each other as resources, rather than threats or challenges to each other. Together, we will identify the negative cycles underneath the surface conflicts and interpersonal injuries. These patterns usually shown themselves when an interaction threatens a tender part of ourselves. Once triggered we respond in instinctual ways, often without any preceding thought. Connection is rebuilt and strengthened when the negative cycle made up of vulnerable parts is seen with curiosity, becomes known, and compassion for yourself and your partner grows. Within that framework, we can begin unpacking each partner’s needs and desires and expanding the capacity for shared vulnerability.

Together, we will create a space where you and your partner can begin to explore your internal worlds with each other safely. You will both be supported to identify and speak from your different parts, accessing your true Self, and sooth vulnerable parts. Further, you will both receive support to practice courageous and mindful communication, and learn to see each other as resources, rather than threats or challenges to each other.

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Young Adult Therapy in San Rafael, CA

More and more, there is a recognition of the immense transition that happens in the late teens and twenties. It is a time of “feeling in between” – when the struggles of adolescence are fading and adult responsibility is beginning, all while the brain is reaching its full maturity. It is at this stage when we leave our family of origin, sometimes in fits and starts, and seek out our identity as adults deciding who we will love, what work will we do, and what will be our identity outside our childhood home and community.

Sometimes the young adult can feel overwhelmed with choices and reach for the security of what is known - the home. This can lead her/him to delay creating a healthy independent adult life. Sometimes the young adult can launch but still feel disappointment that the promises of adulthood are still somehow out of reach. These are struggles that we can help you with. The heart of our work is to help you know and trust your deepest feelings, have curiosity and compassion for your internal parts and accessing your true Self, bring new and healthy thinking towards past traumas, and learn skills to help you manage daily living that result in an emotionally authentic life. When you become more intimate and present with yourself, you become more intimate and authentic with others. Individual therapy for the young adult can be an opportunity to learn and grow, to reconnect with your deeper, truer self, and to make mindful changes to improve your life.

How Individual Therapy Works

We begin our therapeutic work by listening to and understanding your story and the experiences that may have contributed to or created the current situation. Together, we will define the agreed goals of therapy, explore behaviors and thinking/emotional patterns that are destructive, and create a strategy to find the best techniques to help you transform. Depending on your needs, counseling can be short or long term. We will listen to you free of judgement and compassionately challenge you when needed. Therapy will be a safe and supportive place where you can laugh, cry and grow into your better self.

Issues Treated in Individual Therapy for Young Adults

Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks
Co-dependency
Creative Blocks
Depression / Suicidal Thoughts
Drug & Alcohol Concerns
Finding Purpose
Family Conflict
Grief & Loss
Life Transitions
Intimacy & Relationship Struggles
Managing Difficult Health Issues
Men’s Issues
Mental Illness
Open Relationships / Non-Monogamy
Narcissistic Relationships
Neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD)
Phobias & OCD
Professional Career Conflicts
School-Related Difficulties
Self-Defeating Behaviors
Self Harm
Sex positive / Kink Allied
Sexual / Gender Identity
Sexual / Intimacy Struggles
Sleep Issues
Social Challenges
Trauma / PTSD
Women’s Issues

Therapy Services for Young Adults

Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Family Systems Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Mindfulness

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Teen Therapy in San Rafael, CA

As adults, we all know that the transitions that happen in adolescence are never without some complications. The teen brain is rapidly growing, allowing for more complex thought as well as more complex emotions. Adolescents are faced with shifting social norms, values, family stressors, school pressures, peer influences, responsibilities, and hormones. Truly, this can be an exciting time of growth as well as a frustrating and overwhelming time for both the teenager and the parent(s). These teen years have the potential to be a rich and fulfilling period, and can also be very difficult with higher rates of anxiety, depression, destructive behavior, and suicidal thoughts. Whether you are raising your teen as a single person, couple, or blended family, there may be times when you need guidance in better understanding your teen and their internal parts and the disruptive behaviors, in building a deeper connection with your teenager, and in finding the right tools to heighten your teen’s and your strengths, shift unhealthy thinking, and decrease and stop your child’s negative behavior, and most importantly bring more ease for your child, you, and your relationship.

Growing up today in our affluent area, your teenager has the added pressure to achieve, be “perfect” and avoid failure in a world of 24-hour social media where it can seem to teens that the world is always watching and that they are somehow coming up short. Some adolescents respond to this pressure with constant worry that they must be the best at everything or they are “nothing”. Other teens respond by giving up, with the idea that it is better not to try at all, than to try and fail. Your adolescent needs to know that the happy and healthy version of her/him is the goal and not some unrealistic, social-media driven sense of perfection.

How Teen Therapy Works

We begin our therapeutic work with teens by first meeting with you, the parent(s), as we believe that you have a significant and special relationship with your child and your perspective of your teenager and the presenting problems is important to understand. By listening to your family story and the significant experiences that may have contributed or created the current situation we can make clinical recommendations and outline the best treatment for your teenager and family.

Additionally, it is important that your teen feels that we are the right therapist for her/him. When a teen is unsure, we encourage her/him to meet with another therapist or two to help with that decision. Some teenagers are eager to begin counseling while others are reluctant. However, when given a choice of therapist, we find that teenagers are more agreeable to the idea of therapy. Our role is to support and guide teens and their parents by finding the right skills to best help your teenager through individual therapy with her/him, as well as family therapy, parent and teen sessions, and parent coaching.

We find working with teenagers especially exciting as we love the passion that they often bring to their sessions. This is a time of discovery, creating a self-identity, and greater independence. Adolescents are naturally drawn to better understand all their internal parts and know their true Self. The steps for both parent and child that need to occur for a 12-year-old in middle school to become a 20-year-old functioning adult can seem insurmountable. And yet, these steps do indeed happen, sometimes with just a few trip-ups along the way, and sometimes with challenges that require therapeutic support and techniques to make the journey into adulthood successful.

As your teen’s psychotherapist, we are another trusted adult advisor for your child who can offer feedback, guidance, and effective techniques to help with the challenges she/he face. At times your teen will need to play, at times your teen will need to talk and be heard, and at times your teen will need to be challenged. There can be laughter, tears, frustration, and growth. And, although your teen’s job in maturing is to differentiate from you, you are still a very important influence for your teen. As the parent, you will play a significant role in counseling through supporting your teenager during sessions and at home, encouraging the coping skills that your child is learning, and attending parent consults where we can exchange information of what is and is not working. The job of parenting a teenager can be difficult and sometimes the best way to help your child is to learn new parenting skills. With our guidance and coaching, you will gain a greater understanding of your child, your role and influences, and the best techniques to help you and your teenager in your ever shifting parent-teen relationship.

Issues Treated in Teen Therapy

Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks
Child Behavioral Issues
Co-dependency
Depression / Suicidal Thoughts
Drug & Alcohol Concerns
Family Conflict
Finding Purpose
Grief & Loss
Life Transitions
Managing Difficult Health Issues
Mental Illness
Neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD)
Parenting / Co-Parenting Concerns
Phobias & OCD
School-Related Difficulties
Self-Defeating Behaviors
Self Harm
Sexual / Gender Identity
Sexual / Intimacy Struggles
Sleep Issues
Social Challenges
Trauma / PTSD

Therapy Services for Teens

Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Family Systems Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Mindfulness

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AMFT

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LMFT

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AMFT

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We tailor treatment to meet the unique needs of each client, and use evidenced-based modalities of therapy such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Psychodynamic Therapy.

Our Approach

We tailor treatment to meet the unique needs of each client, and use evidenced-based modalities of therapy such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Psychodynamic Therapy.

Child Counseling in San Rafael, CA

The job of parenting today seems to be increasingly nuanced and challenging. And as much as we try to protect our children from harm, there are many difficult and sometimes frightening circumstances facing school age children today. Those challenges may be in the classroom, the home, or the content on a screen. Whether you are raising child(ren) as a single person, couple, or blended family, there may be times when you need guidance in better understanding your child and the disruptive behaviors, in building a deeper connection with your child, and in finding the right techniques to heighten your child’s and your strengths, shift unhealthy thinking, and decrease and stop your child’s negative behavior.

How Child Therapy Works

We begin our therapeutic work with children by first meeting with you, the parent(s) as we believe that you have the most significant relationship with your child. Understanding your perspective of your child and the presenting problems is therefore crucial. By listening to your family story and learning about the experiences that may have contributed to or created the current situation, we can make clinical recommendations and outline the best treatment for your child and family. We support and guide children and their parents by finding the right tools to best help your child through individual therapy with your child, as well as family therapy, parent and child sessions, and parent coaching.

Working with children is especially rewarding for us. Your child has the benefit of a young, flexible brain that can more easily adopt new coping skills to shift negative thinking and behaviors than our older, adult brains. Counseling sessions with your child needs to include fun and laughter as well as growth and learning and practicing these new skills. We will play, act, draw, talk, plan, laugh, and cry. As the parent, you will play a significant role through supporting your child in therapy and at home, encouraging the therapeutic skills that your child is learning, and attending parent consults where we exchange information of what is and is not working. Because you are the most important person in your child’s life, often the best way to help your child is for you to learn new parenting techniques. By our coaching and guidance, you will gain a greater understanding of your child, your role and influences, and the best techniques to help you and your child in your parent-child relationship.

Issues Treated in Child Therapy

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD), Non-Verbal, and other learning difficulties
Anxiety/Worry/Panic Attacks
Depression/Sadness
Grief/Loss
Impulse Control Issues
Managing Difficult Health Issues
Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) Spectrum
Phobias and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Sexual Identity
School-Related Difficulties
Sleep Issues
Social Challenges
Transitions - Divorce, Moving, New Family Structure, etc.
Trauma

Therapy Services for Children

Behavioral Treatment Plans
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Family Systems Therapy
IEP Consultation and Support
Mindfulness
Parenting and Co-Parenting Support and Coaching
Play Therapy
School Observation and Consultation with Teachers

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Teen Counseling in San Rafael, CA

As adults, we all know that the transitions that happen in adolescence are never without some complications. The teen brain is rapidly growing, allowing for more complex thought as well as more complex emotions. Adolescents are faced with shifting social norms, values, family stressors, school pressures, peer influences, responsibilities, and hormones. Truly, this can be an exciting time of growth as well as a frustrating and overwhelming time for both the teenager and the parent(s). These teen years have the potential to be a rich and fulfilling period, and can also be very difficult with higher rates of anxiety, depression, destructive behavior, and suicidal thoughts. Whether you are raising your teen as a single person, couple, or blended family, there may be times when you need guidance in better understanding your child and the disruptive behaviors, in building a deeper connection with your teenager, and in finding the right tools to heighten your teen’s and your strengths, shift unhealthy thinking, and decrease and stop your child’s negative behavior.

Growing up today in our affluent area, your teenager has the added pressure to achieve, be “perfect” and avoid failure in a world of 24-hour social media where it can seem to teens that the world is always watching and that they are somehow coming up short. Some adolescents respond to this pressure with constant worry that they must be the best at everything or they are “nothing”. Other teens respond by giving up, with the idea that it is better not to try at all, than to try and fail. Your adolescent needs to know that the happy and healthy version of her/him is the goal and not some unrealistic, social-media driven sense of perfection.

How Teen Therapy Works

We begin our therapeutic work with teens by first meeting with you, the parent(s), as we believe that you have a significant and special relationship with your child and your perspective of your teenager and the presenting problems is important to understand. By listening to your family story and the significant experiences that may have contributed or created the current situation we can make clinical recommendations and outline the best treatment for your teenager and family.

Additionally, it is important that your teen feels that we are the right therapist for her/him. When a teen is unsure, we encourage her/him to meet with another therapist or two to help with that decision. Some teenagers are eager to begin counseling while others are reluctant. However, when given a choice of therapist, we find that teenagers are more agreeable to the idea of therapy. Our role is to support and guide teens and their parents by finding the right skills to best help your teenager through individual therapy with her/him, as well as family therapy, parent and teen sessions, and parent coaching.

We find working with teenagers especially exciting as we love the passion that they often bring to their sessions. This is a time of discovery, creating a self-identity, and greater independence. The steps for both parent and child that need to occur for a 12-year-old in middle school to become a 20-year-old functioning adult can seem insurmountable. And yet, these steps do indeed happen, sometimes with just a few trip-ups along the way, and sometimes with challenges that require therapeutic support and techniques to make the journey into adulthood successful.

As your teen’s psychotherapist, we are another trusted adult advisor for your child who can offer feedback, guidance, and effective techniques to help with the challenges she/he face. At times your teen will need to play, at times your teen will need to talk and be heard, and at times your teen will need to be challenged. There can be laughter, tears, frustration, and growth. And, although your teen’s job in maturing is to differentiate from you, you are still a very important influence for your teen. As the parent, you will play a significant role in counseling through supporting your teenager during sessions and at home, encouraging the coping skills that your child is learning, and attending parent consults where we can exchange information of what is and is not working. The job of parenting a teenager can be difficult and sometimes the best way to help your child is to learn new parenting skills. With our guidance and coaching, you will gain a greater understanding of your child, your role and influences, and the best techniques to help you and your teenager in your ever shifting parent-teen relationship.

Issues Treated in Teen Therapy

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD), Non-Verbal, and other Learning Disorders
Anxiety/Worry/Panic Attacks
Depression/Suicidal Thoughts
Drug and Alcohol Concerns
Grief/Loss
Impulse Control Issues
Managing Difficult Health Issues
Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) Spectrum
Phobias and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
School-related Difficulties
Self Harm
Sexual Identity
Sleep Issues
Social Challenges
Transitions - Divorce, Moving, New Family Structure, College Preparation
Trauma

Therapy Services for Teens

Behavioral Treatment Plans
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Family Systems Therapy
IEP Consultation and Support
Mindfulness
Parenting and Co-Parenting Support and Coaching

Contact Us

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Young Adult Counseling in San Rafael, CA

More and more, there is a recognition of the immense transition that happens in the late teens and twenties. It is a time of “feeling in between” – when the struggles of adolescence are fading and adult responsibility is beginning, all while the brain is reaching its full maturity. It is at this stage when we leave our family of origin, sometimes in fits and starts, and seek out our identity as adults deciding who we will love, what work will we do, and what will be our identity outside our childhood home and community.

Sometimes the young adult can feel overwhelmed with choices and reach for the security of what is known - the home. This can lead her/him to delay creating a healthy independent adult life. Sometimes the young adult can launch but still feel disappointment that the promises of adulthood are still somehow out of reach. These are struggles that we can help you with. The heart of our work is to help you know and trust your deepest feelings, bring new and healthy thinking towards past traumas, and learn skills to help you manage daily living that result in an emotionally authentic life. When you become more intimate and present with yourself, you become more intimate and authentic with others. Individual therapy for the young adult can be an opportunity to learn and grow, to reconnect with your deeper, truer self, and to make mindful changes to improve your life.

How Individual Therapy Works

We begin our therapeutic work by listening to and understanding your story and the experiences that may have contributed to or created the current situation. Together, we will define the agreed goals of therapy, explore behaviors and thinking/emotional patterns that are destructive, and create a strategy to find the best techniques to help you transform. Depending on your needs, counseling can be short or long term. We will listen to you free of judgement and compassionately challenge you when needed. Therapy will be a safe and supportive place where you can laugh, cry and grow into your better self.

Issues Treated in Individual Therapy for Young Adults

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD), Non-Verbal, and other Learning Disorders
Anxiety/Worry/Panic Attacks
Depression/Suicidal Thoughts
Drug and Alcohol Concerns
Grief/Loss
Impulse Control Issues
Intimacy and Relationships
Managing Difficult Health Issues
Mental Illness
Phobias and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Professional Career Conflicts
Self Harm
Social Challenges
Sleep Issues
Sexual Identity
Stress
Transitions - College, Leaving Home, Career Building, etc.
Trauma

Therapy Services for Young Adults

Behavioral Treatment Plans
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Family Systems Therapy
Mindfulness

Contact Us

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Adult Counseling in San Rafael, CA

The heart of our work is to help you know and trust your deepest feelings, bring new and healthy thinking towards past traumas, and learn skills to help you manage daily living that result in an emotionally authentic life. When you become more intimate and present with yourself, you become more intimate and authentic with others. Individual therapy can be an opportunity to learn and grow, to reconnect with your deeper, truer self, and to make mindful changes to improve your life.

How Individual Therapy Works

We begin our therapeutic work by listening and understanding your story and the experiences that may have contributed to or created the current situation. Together, we will define the agreed goals of therapy, explore behaviors and thinking/emotional patterns that are destructive, and create a strategy to find the best techniques to help you transform. Depending on your needs, counseling can be short or long term. We will listen to you free of judgement and compassionately challenge you when needed. Therapy will be a safe and supportive place where you can laugh, cry, and grow into your better self.

Issues Treated in Individual Therapy for Adults

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD), Non-Verbal, and other Learning Disorders
Anxiety/Worry/Panic Attacks
Depression/Suicidal Thoughts
Drug and Alcohol Concerns
Grief/Loss
Impulse Control Issues
Intimacy and Relationships
Managing Difficult Health Issues/Caregiver Challenges
Mental Illness
Parenting/Co-Parenting Concerns
Phobias and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Professional Career Conflicts
Self Harm
Social Challenges
Sleep Issues
Sexual Identity
Stress
Transitions - Divorce, Moving, New Family Structure, Career, etc.
Trauma

Therapy Services for Adults

Behavioral Treatment Plans
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Family Systems Therapy
Mindfulness
Parenting and Co-Parenting Support and Coaching

Contact Us

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Couples Counseling in San Rafael, CA

Your relationship with your spouse or significant partner may be the strongest bond that you will develop in your lifetime. When you experience a loss of connection or trust with your partner, everything else can suffer. You may feel lonely, depressed, or angry. You might bring less than your “best self” to your daily interactions. In therapy we will look at your situation together, define the agreed goals of therapy, explore behaviors and thinking/emotional patterns that are destructive to your relationship, and create a strategy to find the best techniques to improve this important relationship. We will focus on what is working in the relationship currently and what worked in the past, building on those strengths as well as fostering positive communication that diffuses reactivity, builds responsibility, and deepens intimacy.