Divorce Therapists in Alameda, CA
Hi there, I'm Lindsay, a licensed marriage and family therapist. I specialize in treating individual adults with anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. I've helped people to cope more effectively with stress, low self-esteem, and phase of life challenges. I employ techniques from attachment-based, cognitive behavioral (CBT), family systems, humanistic, and psychodynamic modalities. I have helped many people learn how to set boundaries, speak about difficult issues, explore themselves, discuss life transitions, gain insight, end unproductive patterns, accept themselves, and discover how life experiences have impacted them.
Hi there, I'm Lindsay, a licensed marriage and family therapist. I specialize in treating individual adults with anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. I've helped people to cope more effectively with stress, low self-esteem, and phase of life challenges. I employ techniques from attachment-based, cognitive behavioral (CBT), family systems, humanistic, and psychodynamic modalities. I have helped many people learn how to set boundaries, speak about difficult issues, explore themselves, discuss life transitions, gain insight, end unproductive patterns, accept themselves, and discover how life experiences have impacted them.
I work with teens, adults, couples, and families navigating trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, or patterns that leave them feeling stuck. You may be seeking a safe space to better understand yourself, heal from past experiences, strengthen relationships, or develop healthier ways of coping. Our team provides compassionate, trauma-informed care tailored to your needs, helping you build insight, strengthen skills, and create meaningful, lasting change.
I work with teens, adults, couples, and families navigating trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, or patterns that leave them feeling stuck. You may be seeking a safe space to better understand yourself, heal from past experiences, strengthen relationships, or develop healthier ways of coping. Our team provides compassionate, trauma-informed care tailored to your needs, helping you build insight, strengthen skills, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Play therapy is effective in helping children and preteens adjust to life stressors such as divorce, death, trauma or chronic illness.
Whether experiencing distress due to current life circumstances or lingering hurts and difficulties, working with a supportive therapist can help. Each individual and family has its own unique story and set of strengths and struggles. My practice consists of working with children, families and adults. I have provided services in diverse settings including schools, youth and family service organizations and substance abuse programs. I have had the honor of working with people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. I believe in working collaboratively with clients and I strive to provide a welcoming environment that promotes healing, self-acceptance and learning new skills to cope.
Play therapy is effective in helping children and preteens adjust to life stressors such as divorce, death, trauma or chronic illness.
Whether experiencing distress due to current life circumstances or lingering hurts and difficulties, working with a supportive therapist can help. Each individual and family has its own unique story and set of strengths and struggles. My practice consists of working with children, families and adults. I have provided services in diverse settings including schools, youth and family service organizations and substance abuse programs. I have had the honor of working with people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. I believe in working collaboratively with clients and I strive to provide a welcoming environment that promotes healing, self-acceptance and learning new skills to cope.
When it comes to getting help for yourself or your family, finding a therapist you feel comfortable with is an important first step. I create a supportive and authentic environment where we can focus on your individual goals so you can move forward with your life. I take a practical and eclectic approach to therapy, incorporating family systems theory, evidenced based practices, and mindfulness practices into sessions, and work to help you feel better as quickly as possible.
When it comes to getting help for yourself or your family, finding a therapist you feel comfortable with is an important first step. I create a supportive and authentic environment where we can focus on your individual goals so you can move forward with your life. I take a practical and eclectic approach to therapy, incorporating family systems theory, evidenced based practices, and mindfulness practices into sessions, and work to help you feel better as quickly as possible.
If you are a thoughtful, capable person who is feeling stuck or burnt out, then you and I could be a good match.
My areas of focus include:
1. EMDR to support people who have experienced trauma
2. IFS (Internal Family Systems) to help people adapt to big life changes and transitions
3. Assertiveness and boundaries work with clients who are burnt out and exhausted
4. Couples work using The Gottman Method to help couples connect and communicate better so they can work better as a team.
My work aims to help my clients get to a place of peace, calm, confidence and feeling more in control of their destiny.
If you are a thoughtful, capable person who is feeling stuck or burnt out, then you and I could be a good match.
My areas of focus include:
1. EMDR to support people who have experienced trauma
2. IFS (Internal Family Systems) to help people adapt to big life changes and transitions
3. Assertiveness and boundaries work with clients who are burnt out and exhausted
4. Couples work using The Gottman Method to help couples connect and communicate better so they can work better as a team.
My work aims to help my clients get to a place of peace, calm, confidence and feeling more in control of their destiny.
Most of the people I work with are doing well by any outside measure—real accomplishments, careers that depend on them, people who count on them at home. The difficulty is usually quieter: trauma that is well-managed but still painful and unaddressed, anxiety that persists underneath a capable surface, a life transition that never fully resolved, or relationships where everyday competence doesn't seem to reach. If you've done therapy before and something useful happened but something essential didn't, that's usually where we start.
Most of the people I work with are doing well by any outside measure—real accomplishments, careers that depend on them, people who count on them at home. The difficulty is usually quieter: trauma that is well-managed but still painful and unaddressed, anxiety that persists underneath a capable surface, a life transition that never fully resolved, or relationships where everyday competence doesn't seem to reach. If you've done therapy before and something useful happened but something essential didn't, that's usually where we start.
My approach to therapy is collaborative and compassionate, focused on creating a safe space where you feel heard, respected, and understood. I support individuals navigating depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, and concerns around boundaries, self-worth, and stress. I’m mindful of how personal history, family dynamics, and culture shape each person’s experience, and I tailor therapy to your goals. Clients often describe my style as supportive and practical, offering insight and tools you can use outside of sessions to create meaningful change.
My approach to therapy is collaborative and compassionate, focused on creating a safe space where you feel heard, respected, and understood. I support individuals navigating depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, and concerns around boundaries, self-worth, and stress. I’m mindful of how personal history, family dynamics, and culture shape each person’s experience, and I tailor therapy to your goals. Clients often describe my style as supportive and practical, offering insight and tools you can use outside of sessions to create meaningful change.
You want to feel connected and secure in relationships and to be confident and empowered to achieve your aspirations. Something is holding you back. You feel lost, stuck, unsure of yourself. I focus on relationships, self-esteem, South Asian mental health, life transitions, and anxiety. Let’s change destructive patterns keeping you and your partner feeling sad, alone and stuck. Let’s stop the voice that nags: you “are not good enough” or “don’t deserve love”. Let’s transform self-doubt, anxiety and emptiness to passion, vitality and fulfillment. Let’s discover how you can feel present in your life, instead of hiding and faking it.
You want to feel connected and secure in relationships and to be confident and empowered to achieve your aspirations. Something is holding you back. You feel lost, stuck, unsure of yourself. I focus on relationships, self-esteem, South Asian mental health, life transitions, and anxiety. Let’s change destructive patterns keeping you and your partner feeling sad, alone and stuck. Let’s stop the voice that nags: you “are not good enough” or “don’t deserve love”. Let’s transform self-doubt, anxiety and emptiness to passion, vitality and fulfillment. Let’s discover how you can feel present in your life, instead of hiding and faking it.
I believe effective therapy is based on a good fit between the therapist and client that promotes safety and trust. I approach treatment through a psychodynamic lens to help people understand what brought them to this point. With this knowledge, a person can feel more empowered to make different choices to live the life they have envisioned. I am Jungian-informed, helping people to make sense of their dreams and find meaning in them.
I believe effective therapy is based on a good fit between the therapist and client that promotes safety and trust. I approach treatment through a psychodynamic lens to help people understand what brought them to this point. With this knowledge, a person can feel more empowered to make different choices to live the life they have envisioned. I am Jungian-informed, helping people to make sense of their dreams and find meaning in them.
My main goal in the therapeutic relationship is to provide a safe, non-judgmental, trusting environment where individuals can explore their feelings in their search for a more fulfilling life. I provide therapy personalized to your unique situation and needs, treating each person’s problems within the context of each circumstance. I will work towards developing a relationship with you where you can feel safe to express your thoughts and feelings and what is holding you back from living life more fully. I am not just a passive listener, I will give you feedback in a direct and honest way.
I also offer Custody & CoParenting Mediation
My main goal in the therapeutic relationship is to provide a safe, non-judgmental, trusting environment where individuals can explore their feelings in their search for a more fulfilling life. I provide therapy personalized to your unique situation and needs, treating each person’s problems within the context of each circumstance. I will work towards developing a relationship with you where you can feel safe to express your thoughts and feelings and what is holding you back from living life more fully. I am not just a passive listener, I will give you feedback in a direct and honest way.
I also offer Custody & CoParenting Mediation
I'll work with you to acknowledge your strengths, address impacts of culture and oppressive systems on mental health, and build skills rooted in your goals and values. I often work with adults experiencing anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, life transitions, depression, grief, insomnia, and trauma. I also work with family members of loved ones with mild cognitive changes or dementia. Amidst life's toughest moments, finding clarity, connection, and joy is still possible.
I'll work with you to acknowledge your strengths, address impacts of culture and oppressive systems on mental health, and build skills rooted in your goals and values. I often work with adults experiencing anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, life transitions, depression, grief, insomnia, and trauma. I also work with family members of loved ones with mild cognitive changes or dementia. Amidst life's toughest moments, finding clarity, connection, and joy is still possible.
Are you wanting to have deeper connections with others? Are you feeling “lost” in knowing who you are or what you want? Maybe there is a life transition that feels overwhelming, and you don’t know how to take that first step. Is this keeping you from accessing freedom, joy, and authenticity? With a focus on poly, queer and trans individuals, relationships and families, I can help guide you from a place of “stuckness” to one where you feel intentional and in control of your life and circumstances.
Are you wanting to have deeper connections with others? Are you feeling “lost” in knowing who you are or what you want? Maybe there is a life transition that feels overwhelming, and you don’t know how to take that first step. Is this keeping you from accessing freedom, joy, and authenticity? With a focus on poly, queer and trans individuals, relationships and families, I can help guide you from a place of “stuckness” to one where you feel intentional and in control of your life and circumstances.
My approach emphasizes respect, transparency, authenticity, and collaboration. I believe that most problems exert their influence on people by blinding them to their own strengths, resources and potential solutions. Problems can saturate people's lives in complex and expansive ways. As a curious outsider with training and experience, I work with clients to debunk dysfunctional assumptions, and to challenge problem-inspired patterns. It's an honor to witness and support clients, as they practice living more consistently with their articulated values and goals, progressing towards more preferred ways of being.
My approach emphasizes respect, transparency, authenticity, and collaboration. I believe that most problems exert their influence on people by blinding them to their own strengths, resources and potential solutions. Problems can saturate people's lives in complex and expansive ways. As a curious outsider with training and experience, I work with clients to debunk dysfunctional assumptions, and to challenge problem-inspired patterns. It's an honor to witness and support clients, as they practice living more consistently with their articulated values and goals, progressing towards more preferred ways of being.
While I enjoy working with people of all ages, I have a special passion for supporting families in times of transition and have extensive experience helping families navigate divorce.
I’m a licensed clinical social worker who works with children, adolescents, families, and individual adults to help them live more fulfilling, balanced lives. Through open, collaborative conversations, we’ll explore the assumptions, patterns, and habits that may be holding you back—and work together to create new possibilities. You are the expert on your own life, and I bring expertise in helping people move through emotional challenges, unhelpful behaviors, and relationship roadblocks so lasting change can take root.
While I enjoy working with people of all ages, I have a special passion for supporting families in times of transition and have extensive experience helping families navigate divorce.
I’m a licensed clinical social worker who works with children, adolescents, families, and individual adults to help them live more fulfilling, balanced lives. Through open, collaborative conversations, we’ll explore the assumptions, patterns, and habits that may be holding you back—and work together to create new possibilities. You are the expert on your own life, and I bring expertise in helping people move through emotional challenges, unhelpful behaviors, and relationship roadblocks so lasting change can take root.
I look forward to addressing your individual needs. I specialize in treating adolescent issues of all types with a specific focus on depression and mood disorders. I also offer services for people suffering from addiction, in all its forms. I work with adolescence, adults and couples, and of course with the entire family when indicated. I am considered a technical eclectic, which means I use whatever theoretical approach I feel will work best for your situation. We will also draw from film, literature, culture and spirituality in our sessions so that we can make use of your unique personal interests.
I look forward to addressing your individual needs. I specialize in treating adolescent issues of all types with a specific focus on depression and mood disorders. I also offer services for people suffering from addiction, in all its forms. I work with adolescence, adults and couples, and of course with the entire family when indicated. I am considered a technical eclectic, which means I use whatever theoretical approach I feel will work best for your situation. We will also draw from film, literature, culture and spirituality in our sessions so that we can make use of your unique personal interests.
Clarity, confidence, and connection are the key pillars that support a fulfilling life, but they can be compromised in times of stress or transition. The foundations of the past, once familiar and secure, are shaken. Anxieties encroach. Relationships are lost. Yet, I believe that despite the pain and difficulty of these phases, there is immense potential for positive change and personal growth. Helping you discover that potential is what I love most about my work.
Clarity, confidence, and connection are the key pillars that support a fulfilling life, but they can be compromised in times of stress or transition. The foundations of the past, once familiar and secure, are shaken. Anxieties encroach. Relationships are lost. Yet, I believe that despite the pain and difficulty of these phases, there is immense potential for positive change and personal growth. Helping you discover that potential is what I love most about my work.
I work with individuals, couples and adolescents and their families on a wide array of issues including anxiety, depression, improving relationships, life transitions, self compassion, grief and loss, and women's issues.
Therapy can be both a rewarding and rejuvenating process. My style is one of partnering with compassion and respect. Together we can improve your relationships, wellbeing and hopefullness. By compassionately looking at your life, we can uncover patterns that are inhibiting your life goals.
I work with individuals, couples and adolescents and their families on a wide array of issues including anxiety, depression, improving relationships, life transitions, self compassion, grief and loss, and women's issues.
Therapy can be both a rewarding and rejuvenating process. My style is one of partnering with compassion and respect. Together we can improve your relationships, wellbeing and hopefullness. By compassionately looking at your life, we can uncover patterns that are inhibiting your life goals.
Many of the individuals and couples I see are living with histories of complex trauma or personal experiences of loss and hardship. Desiring not only relief from the psychological adversities they've faced, but new opportunities for their lives, they come eager for a change in both their relationship with themselves and with others. As we embark on an intimate journey of sharing together, they often find a new sense of home within themselves, with others and the world at large, and in the process, develop not only a deeper understanding of their psychological lives but more self-compassion, resilience and capacity for ease and joy.
Many of the individuals and couples I see are living with histories of complex trauma or personal experiences of loss and hardship. Desiring not only relief from the psychological adversities they've faced, but new opportunities for their lives, they come eager for a change in both their relationship with themselves and with others. As we embark on an intimate journey of sharing together, they often find a new sense of home within themselves, with others and the world at large, and in the process, develop not only a deeper understanding of their psychological lives but more self-compassion, resilience and capacity for ease and joy.
I'm not the stereotypical therapist who will listen to you and then reply with "Uhmm hmm. And how does that make you feel?" I prefer to be real, interactive and engage in a conversation with you. My hope is that collaboratively we can generate creative solutions to the issues that brought you in to my office. I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families. I believe that people are more than the sum of their problems and I approach my relationship with you from this perspective.
I'm not the stereotypical therapist who will listen to you and then reply with "Uhmm hmm. And how does that make you feel?" I prefer to be real, interactive and engage in a conversation with you. My hope is that collaboratively we can generate creative solutions to the issues that brought you in to my office. I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families. I believe that people are more than the sum of their problems and I approach my relationship with you from this perspective.
Jenna Robinson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, PTR
Alameda, CA 94501
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Are you looking to heal from trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, experiences with abuse and family violence? Or years of navigating systemic oppression? Are you motivated to develop into your most joyful and resilient self? Let me help you metabolize pain into triumph. I’ve been helping individuals, families and groups transcend trauma, abuse and grief for over 10 years in California and Hawai’i. I have a liberatory and integrative approach that is authentic, collaborative, warm, creative and joyful.
Are you looking to heal from trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, experiences with abuse and family violence? Or years of navigating systemic oppression? Are you motivated to develop into your most joyful and resilient self? Let me help you metabolize pain into triumph. I’ve been helping individuals, families and groups transcend trauma, abuse and grief for over 10 years in California and Hawai’i. I have a liberatory and integrative approach that is authentic, collaborative, warm, creative and joyful.
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Divorce Therapists
How does therapy for people affected by a divorce work?
Individuals may feel a number of emotions following a divorce, such as shock, guilt, grief, anger, and fear. Therapists offer a non-judgmental space for individuals to talk about what they’ve experienced and process their emotions. Therapists will help clients develop coping strategies. They can also help a client rebuild their sense of self and self-worth and talk about what a happier future might look like.
What’s the most common type of therapy following a divorce?
There are several types of therapy that may be useful for divorce, including cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, solution-focused brief, and mindfulness-based therapies. Many therapy types are talk-therapy based, which is typically the most popular option for individuals dealing with divorce. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a widely-used talk therapy, however, there’s no specific therapy type that’s designed to help people with divorce, and different types will work depending on the person.
When should an individual seek help due to a divorce?
When the feelings of a divorced individual, or an individual going through the process of divorce, begin to disrupt healthy daily functioning, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If a person finds that they are not performing at work due to problems with anxiety or motivation, if they’re no longer seeing friends due to feelings of shame, or if they’re not properly taking care of themselves as a result of depression, speaking to a professional could help.
How do you encourage someone to go to therapy due to a divorce?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the individual while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Sharing how the individual appears to be suffering, and what effects it has on them or on their children, should be done with compassion and empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.