Stef Bell
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT (they, them)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
2 Endorsed
Berkeley, CA 94704
Let's Connect (510) 240-5906
My ideology is inspired by the juxtaposition of American narratives, originating from the Deep South and Urban Midwest. Growing up in a Pro-Black, Christian Baptist home I learned how gender, sexuality, and white supremacy can greatly affect our culture, happiness and well-being. Early exposure to the mental healthcare system taught me that oppression can be as multi-layered and intersectional as the oppressed, and diagnosis will continue to be an act of oppression if it ignores cultural context, societal phobias, and systemic oppression. For a great number, our mental health is a representation of how we survive our social climate.
Creativity and art making can be so healing and life-changing. With use in therapy, creativity can be used as a form of resistance, thus enabling us to live creatively. Art adapts to every conceivable problem and lends to transformative, insightful, and experience-heightening powers to people in need. Of course, you have the agency to decide.
The work is collaborative and based on the richness of intersectionality, values, strengths, authenticity and wellness in a world that wants otherwise. I aim to help clients re-author their lives and create new possibilities for themselves, and develop a critical consciousness, shifting from oppression to liberation.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $100
- Couple Sessions $250
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Cash, Check, Discover, Mastercard, Venmo, Visa
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Stef Bell
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Expired Prelicense by State of California / AMFT109868 Supervised by Susan Wilde, Psy.D. (California / PSY 19673) Stef Bell
- In Practice for 6 Years
- Attended California Institute of Integral Studies, Graduated 2018
Feel free to ask about qualifications and training experience. Email or (510) 240-5906
Stef Bell
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Racial Identity
- LGBTQ+
- Emotional Disturbance
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Child
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Drug Abuse
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- Life Transitions
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma and PTSD
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (510) 240-5906
Stef Bell
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Body Positivity ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Open Relationships Non-Monogamy ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Sex-Positive, Kink Allied ,
Transgender Allied ,
Veterans
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Religion
Other Spiritual or Religious Affiliations
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Body Positivity ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Open Relationships Non-Monogamy ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Sex-Positive, Kink Allied ,
Transgender Allied ,
Veterans
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Religion
Other Spiritual or Religious Affiliations
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Expressive Arts
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Integrative
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- NTU Psychotherapy
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Relational
- Sandplay
- Schema-Focused Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (510) 240-5906
Stef Bell
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
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Stef Bell
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2024