Location
During this period of COVID-19, I provide the option of video or phone sessions.
Ayala Kalisher currently has a waitlist for new clients.
About
You are likely here because you are in discomfort or experiencing longing for things to be different. This human experience can be messy and vast. I won't claim to be an expert on you or your lived experience but I will meet you from a place of compassion and explore the terrain with you as we find your path through. Themes people come to explore with me include: •Attachment trauma and CPTSD • Challenges with connection and in relationships (friendships, romantic relationships or familial) • Self-exploration and empowerment • Issues around sex and sexuality including but not limited to shame, pain, confusion or disconnection
• Desire to have a more fulfilling relationship to your body and sexuality • Healing from past traumas, especially around sexual assault • Psychedelic integration • Wanting a somatic (body based therapy) approach to self exploration and healing. • Navigating ENM dynamics • I work with individuals, couples, and relationships of all configurations.
If you choose for us to work together in-person, I can include somatic and touch work informed by my training in Relational Somatic Healing and Hakomi. Touch can be a very powerful way of healing when combined with talk therapy. Touch, while completely optional, can be especially effective while treating developmental trauma and preverbal attachment wounds.
Ayala Kalisher
“You are capable of so much on your own but at this moment you know that you need some help. And this is a great place to begin therapy. ”
Call or Email Ayala Kalisher for a free 15 minute consultation now - (707) 708-4573
Finances
- Session Fee: $190 per session
- Couples Session Fee: $240 per session
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, Visa
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 5 Years
- License: California / 131731
- School: Sonoma State University
- Year Graduated: 2019
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: CIIS Sex Therapy Certification
- Certificate Date: 2021
- Certificate: MDMA Assisted Therapy for PTSD- Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
- Certificate Date: 2022
Endorsements
"Ayala is a skillful and empathic therapist. I am confident that Ayala has the capacity to support people of diverse identies and backgrounds."
"Ayala Kalisher is a highly skilled and attuned therapist that specializes in issues pertaining to sexuality and relationship to self and others. You can be assured she will welcome all of you with empathy and compassion."
"Ayala brings her whole self to her work as a therapist. Her knowledge, intuition, and caring nature make her an excellent therapist. She is a great guide to those looking for a path through challenging times. "
"Ayala is a bright soul with great depth. She offers insight and is a therapist with life and creativity."
"Ayala's nurturing presence and positive energy make her such a valuable resource for all the clients she serves. She is a kind, dedicated and highly skilled clinician that I would recommend to anyone. "
"Ayala is a deeply empathic and intuitive clinician. You will be in warm and skillful hands and I cannot recommend her highly enough!"
"Ayala is incredibly warm, intuitive and insightful. She helps people feel truly seen and heard. I highly recommend her."
"Ayala is a caring, compassionate, and skilled therapist. She provides a space for clients to strengthen their relationships with themselves and others. I would recommend her. "
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA, MAed
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA, LMFT, LPCC
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Location
Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Sexual Abuse
- Relationship Issues
Issues
- Anxiety
- Codependency
- Depression
- Family Conflict
- Infidelity
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Peer Relationships
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Addiction
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Women's Issues
Mental Health
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Mood Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Age
- Adults
- Teen
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Body Positivity
- Gay 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
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Culturally Sensitive
- Emotionally Focused
- Experiential Therapy
- Family / Marital
- Feminist
- Hakomi
- Humanistic
- Person-Centered
- Psychobiological Approach Couple Therapy
- Relational
- Somatic
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
Last Modified: 9 Mar 2023
(707) 708-4573