emotional wounds

power struggles

separation anxiety

trouble focusing

sibling rivalry

disruptive behavior

defiance & disrespect

Therapy offers a confidential, nonjudgmental space to focus on what matters most. It can help with managing anxiety, stress, and insecurities. If you're dealing with relationship stuff, self-doubt, or patterns you want to change, counseling can help with building healthy habits and finding balance. Perhaps you wish to explore family dynamics or work through past trauma.

Whether you're working through problems at work or home, with sleep and appetite issues, or a major life change, therapy is a space to explore experiences in depth and gain the insight and skills needed to move forward. Information about evidence-based therapy and our preferred modalities can be found back on our home page.

Let's Connect

Explore Our Specializations

Individual
Therapy

in Pleasant Hill and Alamo, CA

friends & family

OCD & PTSD

overwhelm

grief and loss

health conditions

addictions

self-esteem

Therapy offers a confidential, nonjudgmental space to focus on what matters most. It can help with managing anxiety, grief, and tough life transitions. Some come to address relationships or self-doubt. Others seek support with building healthy habits or finding balance. For those feeling overwhelmed by work, family, or life demands, therapy provides tools to regain balance. Perhaps you wish to explore behavior patterns or work through past trauma. Whether you're working through self-doubt, dysregulation, or a major life change, therapy is a space to explore your experiences in depth and gain the insight and skills needed to move forward.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is effective in helping to challenge unhelpful behaviors and replace them with healthier, more realistic ones. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is often used for help with intense emotions, focusing on emotional regulation, mindfulness, and interpersonal skills. For trauma survivors, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) helps reprocess traumatic memories, reducing their emotional charge and promoting healing. Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT) is particularly beneficial for children and teens who have experienced trauma, combining traditional CBT with trauma-sensitive approaches to help them process and cope with their experiences. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is often used to draw out insights that guide practical, goal-oriented solutions to current challenges. This approach emphasizes strengths and resources for effective strategies to move forward.

Mental Health: depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder, PTSD
Addiction: alcohol/drug concerns, gambling, compulsive behaviors
Relationships: marriage struggles, family conflicts, patterns overall
Stress: career pressures, overwhelm, stress management
Grief and Loss: coping with death, divorce, major life changes
Self-Esteem: low self-worth and building a positive self-image
Behavioral: anger management, emotional regulation, impulsivity
Personal growth: self-discovery, goals, healthy choices
Physical: chronic illness, pain management, health conditions

What We Work On:

Carl Jung

until you make the unconscious conscious,

it will direct your life and you will call it fate

In-Network With:

Our Preferred Evidence-Based Treatments

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an empirically supported treatment that helps change distressing thought patterns that contribute to anxiety and depression. Through CBT, you'll learn to identify and challenge negative thoughts, reframe irrational beliefs, and replace them with healthier, more realistic perspectives. CBT also focuses on breaking patterns of self-doubt and worry by learning how to re-evaluate situations and adopt more constructive thinking. These tools empower you to make lasting changes in how you think and respond.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness principles to help individuals manage emotions, navigate challenges, and improve relationships. It focuses on four key areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. By building these skills, DBT empowers individuals to replace destructive patterns with practical, lasting strategies that promote resilience, balance, and a greater sense of control in daily life.
TF-CBT helps by combining practical coping skills with gradual exposure to difficult memories. It starts by teaching relaxation techniques, emotional regulation, and ways to challenge unhelpful thoughts. Once a strong foundation is built, individuals slowly and safely process their trauma with the support of a therapist. This approach reduces fear and distress, strengthens personal resilience, and fosters healthier ways of thinking and relating to others.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a short-term, goal-oriented approach that emphasizes finding practical solutions. It focuses on what you want to achieve, guiding you to take clear steps toward your goals. By building on your strengths, SFBT encourages you to do more of what works and change what doesn't. This effective, time-efficient approach ensures rapid progress while fostering long-term results.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a proven, client-centered approach designed to help individuals overcome ambivalence and create lasting change. It focuses on exploring personal motivations and values, guiding clients to take actionable steps toward their goals. MI is highly effective in treating issues like addiction, unhealthy behaviors, and low motivation by strengthening confidence and commitment, empowering clients to drive their own positive transformations.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a proven approach that that helps couples break negative cycles and strengthen emotional bonds. In therapy, partners identify patterns of conflict and learn techniques like emotional validation and replacing reactive behaviors with empathetic responses. EFT targets underlying emotional triggers, promoting healthier attachment while deepening intimacy. It’s particularly effective for couples facing disconnection, insecurity, and trust issues, leading to genuine understanding and lasting change. This therapy is effective for emotional withdrawal, fear of abandonment, and attachment wounds, creating stronger, more secure relationships.