"I have worked with adults, couples, adolescents and children for over 18 years. I offer a free telephone consultation as you explore what your needs are in finding a therapist and whether you feel I might be of help to you."

"Finding the right therapist can be a daunting process. I believe in trusting intuition when it comes to evaluating a match with a potential therapist. In my experience, a positive and trusting connection is the basis for creating growth and change. I work with adults and adolescents over 14 on a variety of issues, including achieving greater mood stability, identity issues, improved relationships and sexuality and recovery from trauma. I have experience working effectively with people who identify as trans or genderqueer, and those with diverse lifestyles. "

"It takes courage to work on one's challenges-- and I want to help you. Helping people overcome the struggles that make their lives harder and more complicated is rewarding for both of us. There are few things more awe-inspiring than helping someone succeed and feel better about themselves, their relationships, and their lives. Focusing on the concerns you consider most important, together we will work on either a short- or long-term basis, depending on your needs.."

"My approach consists of assisting people in identifying and exploring the stressors, issues, or losses that are causing pain, in order to begin to address them. I have a warm, direct communication style and will support you in developing a practice of self-care and self-reflection, while also implementing practical solutions, and coping skills. Building a healthy curiosity about your behavior, thoughts, and feelings will be encouraged in order to achieve a better understanding of the conscious and unconscious influences that perpetuate difficulties and conflicts. Deepening a self-understanding strengthens an ability to build healthier, more satisfying relationships with others and with yourself."

"I am present and relational in my work. I believe each person is innately their own expert and I am here to help that person tap into their own truths. I get to know a client from a place of non-judgement. I listen to what symptoms are troubling my clients and together we develop goals that build upon strengths that my client already has. I use the appropriate therapeutic interventions that fit my client's needs. I draw from elements of Cognitive Behavioral, DBT, Expressive arts, Psychodynamic, Client centered, Family systems and Humanistic styles in my work and EMDR."

"I use an interactive, supportive approach to help adults, teens, couples, and families work through anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and self-defeating patterns of behavior. In my work as a developmental psychologist over the past 25 years, I have dedicated my career to understanding and reversing the effects of early adaptive patterns that evolve into difficulties later in life. I enjoy helping people work through these difficulties, some of which can be extremely painful and debilitating. Without such help, this can be an impossible task. Lack of self-acceptance and expectation of rejection are always near the center of the problem."

"Are you wanting to get back on track or maybe find a more satisfying path in your life? Do you feel stuck or want to lift your depression? We can work together to understand the obstacles, as you develop new insights and a clearer path to your happiness. Emphasizing attunement to your needs, I would like to help you discover your potential for change and grow in ways that you feel authentically yourself. Through this process, couples as well as individuals can see improvements in their relationships. As a child therapist, I can also help in coparenting issues."

"Sometimes, the stress of daily life can exhaust our ability to cope. A child struggling in school, family conflicts, traumatic events, major life transitions, the loss of a loved one, friend, or pet, financial and/or medical issues, pregnancy and the birth of a child—all of these experiences can leave us feeling overwhelmed, helpless, and defeated. From experience and research, we know that stressful experiences--sudden or chronic--can lead to feelings of disconnection, sadness, anxiety, low self-esteem, and conflict within ourselves and with our friends and loved ones. "

"I work with clients with various medical conditions, including neurological disorders, physically disabling and aging-related conditions, and other impairments. Clients include Caregivers and LGBT persons with disabling conditions. For over 25 years I have helped adults with emotional and logistical concerns related to chronic medical and aging-related conditions, short and long term care planning, relationship and communication problems, depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. I hold an MS degree in Rehabilitation Counseling and am a Nationally Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and a California licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. Please see my website www.allangrill.com for more information."

"After many years as a psychologist I know one thing for certain: the foundation of therapy is a relationship built on trust, openness, and mutual respect. I see myself as a guide and partner in the change process. I have experience treating the full range of adult problems and have always worked with a culturally diverse population. I have particular interest in creativity, women's issues, and adult development throughout the life cycle. I have specialized training in addictions, codependence, and eating disorders. My therapeutic orientation is broadly psychodynamic, along with EMDR and mindfulness-based approaches."

"Do you have neck pain, headaches, chronic abdominal pain or stress? Are you spending too much time in the car or in front of a screen, and find that you have tight muscles? I'm here to help! Together we can choose the healing modality that best suits your needs. We can work with a hands on healing modality such as Osteopathic Manual Medicine or Feldenkrais® Functional Integration, or Biofeedback. I'll partner with you to learn how you can make changes to reduce pain and increase your well-being. I'm here to help you learn new skills and enjoy the process of working together. "

"It feels like you have tried everything to move past your struggles, but nothing helps, and you have exhausted all options. The coping mechanisms that once worked have lost their effectiveness. You have realized that you have a habit of overextending yourself in the hopes of finding a place where you belong. Or you are recognizing patterns in your relationships that you want to examine. Therapy is a non-judgmental space in which you can overcome familiar patterns by being witnessed and heard, and provided with resources skills to improve your mental health. "

"Sometimes life feels too challenging and we need support to help sift through what is slowing us down from achieving a full, meaningful life. I will offer you a respectful, safe, collaborative environment in which to explore and move through difficult emotions, behaviors and reactions. My goal is to nurture you in rekindling your spirit, offering you the support you need in creating a life that matters to you."

"My name is Daniel Lesny, and I'm a therapist, supervisor, and Training Director at Center for Creative Growth. I see myself as a catalyst who helps you to be with, heal, and grow in the areas of life that are most important to you. For over 25 years, I have offered individual, couples, family, and group therapy, including our Center's acclaimed "Healing Your Past - Transforming Your Future" 20-session Intensive. Our Program helps you heal these painful legacies of growing up in a family where there was emotional, verbal, physical, or sexual abuse, neglect, abandonment, or addiction."

"Would you like to know yourself better and more deeply? To be able to move beyond painful and frustrating patterns in your your feelings, relationships, and work? Sometimes it's clear why we feel and act how we do: ecstatic about a new romance, upset about a professional disappointment, awash with grief following the loss of a loved one. Other times feelings and behaviors may surprise you—a nagging anxiety, a lingering sadness, memories of past experiences that you thought you'd left behind, a sense that your relationship with a partner could be deeper, that work could be more fulfilling even as you have success along the way."

"Healing takes courage and creativity. I feel honored to provide a safe place for you to explore the work within you. I see myself as a guide in the journey you are embarking. I bring compassion, acceptance, and tools to support your growth."

"I have been working for over 30 years helping a wide range of people create lasting, meaningful changes in their lives. My INDIVIDUAL THERAPY is personally tailored to each client. I use a solution focused approach for short-term issues and an in-depth model for longer term problems. In COUPLES THERAPY I work to create positive connections of closeness and depth, fostering intimacy and trust. In my DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ABUSE AND ANGER THERAPY my goal is to establish abuse free relationships based on trust, cooperation and mutual support. Through my THERAPY FOR HABIT CHANGE unwanted problematic patterns are transformed."

"Now accepting new clients! Do you feel frustrated about the relationship with your spouse or partner? Feeling like you are stuck in the same loop, arguing and losing connection? Does every discussion with your partner end up following the same unsatisfactory pattern, leaving you angry or frustrated? No one intentionally would like to be unhappy in their relationships. Practicing learned communication skills will resolve many conflicts and misunderstandings, take your relationship to a different comfort level, and will help you to become a better partner. "

"Are you feeling stuck on a past relationship or experience? Finding it hard to cultivate compassion for yourself? Yearning for more creativity in your life? Would you like to develop an openness to growth and problem-solving, or a fresh approach to parenting? If any of these concerns resonate with you, and/or you are looking for ways to manage your depression, anxiety, or responses to a traumatic experience, I may be able to work together with you to find answers and new ways of living."

"Are you struggling with parenting your child or teen? Do you find your child or teen having a hard time at school, with friend, or enjoying things they used to? Through the work of collaborative strength-based therapy I can help your struggles. Challenges arise for a multitude of reasons that you may know or not know. I can help you understand the root of these problems in therapy or with a psychological evaluations. Some common reasons why families come to treatment are for Autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression, issues related to divorce, emotional dysregulation, behavioral concerns, and giftedness."