"Are you looking for a space where you can keep it real and get support with achieving your goals? Good, because I believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to create their best life. Building your happiness can be a challenging task as we are often faced with various societal stressors. As a black woman, I am deeply aware of the societal stressors that hinder wellness. Without the proper support, obstacles in life can prevent you from being healthy and happy. My desire is to support adults from varied and diverse backgrounds with creating and or sustaining the life that they want for themselves."

"At times, we cannot do it alone. Reaching out for professional guidance is a courageous step .You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, health issues, life transitions, relationships and family issues, stress, loss or an inability to achieve your goals. Psychotherapy can help by strengthening your resilience, enabling you to move through difficult challenges and make strong choices. In the safety of my office I will partner with you to find the most effective approach to meet your specific needs and goals. After 28 years, I continue to be gratified by the positive changes I have witnessed in my clients."

"Bay Area Clinical Associates (BACA) is a physician-owned and operated organization committed to providing integrated, scientific, empathetic mental health treatment for kids, teens, young adults and their families. BACA is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of child & adolescent psychiatrists, licensed marriage & family therapists, and licensed clinical social workers. We work to take the "mystery" out of psychiatric care and have a relaxed, fun, caring environment at our clinics. Our mission is to revolutionize mental health services and offer sound, evidence-based care to all clients, regardless of socio-economic status."

"Anxiety sucks. It can keep us stuck in an exhausting inner battle of fear and panic. Perhaps you have had a panic attack and worry about having another one. Or maybe you find yourself frequently worrying about your relationship with your partner. Obsessive thoughts might be keeping you up at night and disrupting your ability to focus at work. And you might feel shame or embarrassment that you can't get your anxiety under control. It can feel like you are in a tug-of-war battle with your fears and worries. The more you try to fight and control your anxiety, the worse it gets. The good news is, it does not have to be this way."

"I work in a variety of ways depending on the needs of my clients incorporating knowledge and insight into a client's history as well as providing options to cope in the present. I really enjoy working with cultural issues around identity development and acculturation, supporting my clients around substance use and recovery, and supporting men who are managing partnerships and/or parenting. I have a special passion for working with individuals of mixed race and those who may be in interracial relationships. My style in treatment focuses on offering a supportive, non-judgmental approach, while always building and identifying strengths."

"Therapy should be both practical and authentically personal. I've found that most people seek therapy to solve a specific problem, and we usually start by focusing on this. However, I've also found that most people leave therapy citing their connection with their therapist as being the most transformative and important element of their treatment. I think these are complementary goals, and I hope to combine practical problem-solving with an authentic personal connection to help you find your happiest life."

"Therapy is neither magic nor science, but I believe that therapy has the potential to be magical and transformative. I offer a warm, supportive environment to help individuals explore deep trauma as well as ordinary issues that impact daily life and long-term goals. I strive to inspire creativity through nature, and incorporate creative arts into my practice. My specialties: LGBTQQ issues/identity, working through grief/loss, helping with political wounding, healing survivors of domestic violence/sexual assault, positive aging, body image, building long-term relationships, and life transitions. A veteran career counselor, I've over 7 years of experience providing career counseling and coaching."

"Want to see results in your psychotherapy? My twenty years in the field have informed my safe, supportive, solutions focused style using empirically proven techniques. I collaborate best with motivated Clients who are working through the following challenges: depression, anxiety, addiction, traumas, communication/relationship and workplace issues. I have an office in Oakland and San Francisco, and take most insurance and self pay Clients. Please call for a free telephonic consultation."

"I work from a relational, holistic perspective, where I support a person's journey toward wellness. I take into account a person's whole story, as I hold space for the dark parts to emerge and for the healing to occur. My approach is collaborative, as transformation takes place, and a sense of empowerment emerges."

"My therapy practice is rooted in a collaborative, non-pathologizing, strengths-based orientation. I listen in a way that is about understanding and seeing you as more than problems or struggles, offering transparency, gentle honesty, compassion, and respect for your self-determination and process. I work with you to create space to name problems or beliefs that may be unnamed; together we can examine how these forces are at work in your life, as well as in your relationships to yourself and others. I offer stability and clarity as you grapple with what is going on your life."

"Are you ready for change and personal growth? Would like to explore and experience more fulfilling relationships? People seek therapy for many reasons, often it is when they are confronted by a challenging life circumstance or interested in resolving familiar issues or breaking destructive patterns. Whatever your reason for wanting therapy at this time, chances are you would like to feel happier more of the time."

"Just because therapy is serious, even profound, doesn't mean that it has to be grim. Understanding and the change it permits are liberating and exciting."

" My professional training and experience has afforded me the opportunity to work with individuals of all ages, ranging from toddler through older adulthood. My style is strength-based, collaborative, and entirely guided by my client’s unique characteristics and presenting challenges. My practice is focused on working together to develop strategies, coping skills, new perspectives, and supportive therapy for youth and women dealing with challenges related to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, rejection, anger/aggression, interpersonal conflict, social or academic pressures, self-image and identity, life transitions, and trauma."

"In addition to adult individuals and couples, I work quite well with difficult adolescents and pre-teens, and can tolerate a high degree of intensity in therapy sessions. I am uniquely capable of providing a containing and non-judgmental space, and am particularly interested in working with issues that arise as a result of counter-culture lifestyles. I bring a social justice perspective to my work, meaning that I take the entirety of my clients' environment as equally important and formative as their early childhood relationships and mental processes."

"After twenty years of helping clients my counseling approach is to look for the Health within you regardless of what you are currently experiencing. Once you get a sense of this inner Health you can use it to overcome the obstacles that are preventing you from enjoying your life or your relationships. I help you focus on areas of difficulty with kind acceptance. Anxiety, depression and unhappiness transform into greater contentment. You begin to experience yourself as bigger than the problem."

" Hardships may come and go, but sometimes they can consume us in our minds, physical bodies, leaving us feeling overly stressed, anxious or empty as way we navigate through life. Whether it was a specific incident, relationship dynamic, or something deeply rooted, when that experience takes over we may consciously or unconsciously move with intention to compensate that part that reminds us of the hardship, trauma, or unpleasant memory. "

"I've been in private practice for over 30 years. I treat individuals and couples. My specialties include stressful life transitions, issues of difference, aging, and parents of young adults failing to launch. Additionally, I work with childhood trauma, anxiety, and depression. I use the past as it relates to and interferes with the present. I am interactive, compassionate and have a good sense of humor. I act as a guide in helping clients get to know themselves and learn how to be their best selves. I also teach and supervise at The Psychotherapy Institute and Women's Therapy Center."

"I am honored to offer creative, compassionate, and culturally-aware support for children, teens, adults, couples, and elders. As my client I will work with you to address your unique needs in a way that feels safe and authentic for you. I am trained to integrate the use of an array of expressive arts practices to deepen the therapeutic process. I offer sliding scale services, and free phone consultations."

"Are you stuck somewhere? Did you hit a wall? Do you want to heal an old wound? Break a habit? Obtain more access to yourself? Come as you are. Do you want to adjust to your new family configuration? Welcome a new baby? Absorb a loss? Overcome a challenge? Be more present in the moment? Explore your role as a parent? Redefine yourself in a relationship? Come as you are. Together we can move through pain and achieve a deeper understanding of your relationship with yourself, ease conflicts, cope with challenges, and open room for more joy in your life."

"Do you have a trauma, a significant loss, a relationship or a childhood memory, that seems to invade every part of your day, and you just can not seem to get past it? We all experience life events that change us, and therapy can help the healing process so you incorporate your pain into your life in a positive way. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) & Somatic Experiencing (SE) are very effective tools to help process areas in your life or in your body you are feeling stuck. You can regenerate your self, and experience life in a new way."