AEDP Psychiatrists in Santa Clara County, CA
Holistic mind and body treatment using psychiatric medication and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP). I specialize in management of mood disorders, anxiety, and ADHD. Visit www.drxia.org for more info.
Holistic mind and body treatment using psychiatric medication and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP). I specialize in management of mood disorders, anxiety, and ADHD. Visit www.drxia.org for more info.
Taylor Barragan
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, LMFT, PMH-C
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Online Only
Effective Psychiatry & Therapy for ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression: Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, struggling to manage ADHD, or stuck in patterns of depression? I work with individuals who want more than just symptom relief—they want to understand the deeper roots of their emotions and experiences. I provide a safe, non-judgmental space to explore these issues, and I don’t just listen—I offer honest, direct feedback that helps you make meaningful progress. Together, we will uncover insights that lead to lasting change, using evidence-based research and personalized treatment.
Effective Psychiatry & Therapy for ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression: Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, struggling to manage ADHD, or stuck in patterns of depression? I work with individuals who want more than just symptom relief—they want to understand the deeper roots of their emotions and experiences. I provide a safe, non-judgmental space to explore these issues, and I don’t just listen—I offer honest, direct feedback that helps you make meaningful progress. Together, we will uncover insights that lead to lasting change, using evidence-based research and personalized treatment.
Online Psychiatrists
Robert L. Okin, MD, Psychiatrist. People come to see me when they are stuck in their lives or struggling with problems in relationships, careers, and other areas. They often feel depressed and anxious. I am acutely aware of how difficult is for many people to take the leap of asking for help: self-doubt, worries that they don’t deserve help, anxiety about having to face their problems, uncertainty about the quality of the provider – all tend to slow people down in seeking help even when they have suffered for a long time. Many people often don’t exactly know why they have such pain in their lives.
Robert L. Okin, MD, Psychiatrist. People come to see me when they are stuck in their lives or struggling with problems in relationships, careers, and other areas. They often feel depressed and anxious. I am acutely aware of how difficult is for many people to take the leap of asking for help: self-doubt, worries that they don’t deserve help, anxiety about having to face their problems, uncertainty about the quality of the provider – all tend to slow people down in seeking help even when they have suffered for a long time. Many people often don’t exactly know why they have such pain in their lives.
Kimberly Dow is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) who helps treat mood disorders at our Burlingame clinic. She practices general psychiatry and is able to help patients with a variety of cases. However, her specialties include working with mood disorders, including anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorders, and ADHD. She is passionate about understanding her patients on a personal level, and seeks to educate and empower them to help them make informed decisions about available treatment options.
Kimberly Dow is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) who helps treat mood disorders at our Burlingame clinic. She practices general psychiatry and is able to help patients with a variety of cases. However, her specialties include working with mood disorders, including anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorders, and ADHD. She is passionate about understanding her patients on a personal level, and seeks to educate and empower them to help them make informed decisions about available treatment options.
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AEDP Psychiatrists
Who is AEDP therapy for?
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) is for adults who have experienced emotional pain in the past that, because it has not been adequately addressed and processed, interferes with current functioning. The problems might manifest in a number of different ways, from excessive anger to relationship difficulties to PTSD to eating disorders, poor self-esteem, and depression. They may also be accompanied by physiological symptoms. AEDP helps people accept and digest challenging emotional experiences.
Why do people need AEDP?
People need AEDP as a way to manage distressing emotions—including anger, shame, and guilt—that in some way hamper the ability to function and form satisfying relationships in the present. The therapist-client relationship is believed to provide corrective emotional and relational experiences that facilitate positive changes in brain function, forge pathways for processing traumatic experiences, and allow resolution of emotional pain.
What happens in AEDP therapy?
Once individuals have established a strong bond with the AEDP therapist and the therapist has established a safe and secure environment, clients are encouraged to explore their most painful emotional experiences. They may be asked to pay attention to disquieting body sensations as well as to psychological discomfort. Individuals learn how to process emotions, rather than avoid them. Through the strength of the therapist-client bond, each session is intended to provide a powerful positive experience for individuals, enabling growth.
What problems does AEDP treat?
AEDP is intended to treat the unprocessed emotional pain caused by earlier distressing experiences, which commonly includes behavioral avoidance of current situations and experiences for fear that they will reactivate painful feelings. Emotional pain and avoidant behavior play a role in a wide array of mental health conditions, which is why AEDP is applied to the treatment of a range of disorders including depression, anxiety, PTSD, relationship difficulties, and eating disorders.