
Annabelle Niebel Drda
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
2 Endorsed
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Let's Connect (831) 732-4009

As I see it, the primary role of a counselor is to serve as a mirror to help reveal what the client hasn't yet been able to see-especially those patterns of relating to self, others, and the environment that might be causing suffering. At the same time, the counselor is there to reflect, affirm, and strengthen the client's unique gifts and talents.One of the biggest impediments to healing, growth, and creativity is shame. To help clients move through this debilitating emotion, I use a combination of mindfulness, body awareness, and other healing modalities.
I specialize in mindfulness based psychotherapy, as well as somatic (body-based awareness) psychotherapy and Gestalt therapy. I work with clients on anxiety, depression, relationship issues, life transitions, grief, parenting, self-care, compulsion/addiction issues, identity/sexuality, PTSD, eating disorders, body image issues, self esteem and many other life challenges.
Call or Email Annabelle Niebel Drda now for a free 15 minute consultation - (831) 732-4009
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $150
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Venmo, Visa
Insurance
- Aetna
- Anthem
- Blue Cross
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Kaiser (Out-of-Network)
- Magellan
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- Medi-Cal
- Medicaid
- Optum
- Out of Network
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Annabelle Niebel Drda
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / 104340 Annabelle Niebel Drda
- In Practice for 15 Years
- Membership with CAMFT 2018
- Certificate from EMDR Consulting 2022
- Attended California Institute of Integral Studies, Graduated 2011
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Parenting
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Racial Identity
- School Issues
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
2 Endorsements
Client Focus
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Family ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Hispanic and Latino
I also speak
German
Religion
Buddhist
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Family ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American ,
Hispanic and Latino
I also speak
German
Religion
Buddhist
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Eclectic
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Experiential Therapy
- Expressive Arts
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Gestalt
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Jungian
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Sandplay
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused
Location
Nearby Areas
Call for a free consultation now - (831) 732-4009

Annabelle Niebel Drda
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT