Therapists in Berkeley, CA
Charles I Flores
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, PhD, LPCC, LAADC-S, MAC, Q-SAP
2 Endorsed
Online Only
For over 30 years, I have assisted people with a variety of addictions, from the exogenous abuse of drugs and alcohol, to the ones that stem from the chemicals already inside the brain, such as sex and love addiction, abandonment patterns, sexual compulsions, gambling, internet, and workaholism. I am a Board-Certified Advanced Addiction Specialist, well versed in both abstinence and harm reduction strategies. Unlike most addiction professionals, I am also psychotherapist who also treats the anxiety, depression, and other psychological issues that often manifest after being uncovered through recovery.
For over 30 years, I have assisted people with a variety of addictions, from the exogenous abuse of drugs and alcohol, to the ones that stem from the chemicals already inside the brain, such as sex and love addiction, abandonment patterns, sexual compulsions, gambling, internet, and workaholism. I am a Board-Certified Advanced Addiction Specialist, well versed in both abstinence and harm reduction strategies. Unlike most addiction professionals, I am also psychotherapist who also treats the anxiety, depression, and other psychological issues that often manifest after being uncovered through recovery.
Art Practice: Psychotherapy for Children
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LMFT, LPCC
Berkeley, CA 94710
I work with children, adolescents, and families impacted by chronic conditions, in particular type 1 diabetes. Because managing chronic conditions creates added and continual stress as well as greater dependency on others, the ability to regulate emotions and improved interpersonal functioning can make life smoother. Helping a child better understand his or her strengths, and how to more effectively draw on them, can assist the child, and family members, in adjusting to life with illness. I believe that finding individual solutions and discovering new strengths in therapy can be fun and imaginative.
I work with children, adolescents, and families impacted by chronic conditions, in particular type 1 diabetes. Because managing chronic conditions creates added and continual stress as well as greater dependency on others, the ability to regulate emotions and improved interpersonal functioning can make life smoother. Helping a child better understand his or her strengths, and how to more effectively draw on them, can assist the child, and family members, in adjusting to life with illness. I believe that finding individual solutions and discovering new strengths in therapy can be fun and imaginative.
I am a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 26 years of experience in the mental health field. I have worked with clients in both outpatient and inpatient settings who are experiencing a wide range of emotional and psychological concerns, including varying levels of emotional distress. My approach is grounded in creating a supportive and collaborative therapeutic environment.
I am a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 26 years of experience in the mental health field. I have worked with clients in both outpatient and inpatient settings who are experiencing a wide range of emotional and psychological concerns, including varying levels of emotional distress. My approach is grounded in creating a supportive and collaborative therapeutic environment.
When you decide to look for a therapist, you may already be feeling overwhelmed by all that has led you to therapy in the first place. The process of finding a trusting, warm, and well-qualified therapist is indeed a challenging one; however, I try to make it as easy and seamless as possible for you. With over ten years of professional clinical experience with individuals of all ages, families, and couples, I feel confident that I can help you navigate your therapeutic experience with ease.
When you decide to look for a therapist, you may already be feeling overwhelmed by all that has led you to therapy in the first place. The process of finding a trusting, warm, and well-qualified therapist is indeed a challenging one; however, I try to make it as easy and seamless as possible for you. With over ten years of professional clinical experience with individuals of all ages, families, and couples, I feel confident that I can help you navigate your therapeutic experience with ease.
Your everyday choices reflect the meaning you are attempting to bring to your life. Take a moment to let that sink in...........Big or small, these choice were and are driven by conscious and unconscious hopes, desires, needs, dreams, etc. There are times, however, when you experience trauma, severe life stressors, or times of crisis that negatively impact your ability to make healthy choices that may result in loneliness, confusion, fear, anger, and sadness. Over time these choices produce repeated patterns that impact the quality of your lived experiences.
Your everyday choices reflect the meaning you are attempting to bring to your life. Take a moment to let that sink in...........Big or small, these choice were and are driven by conscious and unconscious hopes, desires, needs, dreams, etc. There are times, however, when you experience trauma, severe life stressors, or times of crisis that negatively impact your ability to make healthy choices that may result in loneliness, confusion, fear, anger, and sadness. Over time these choices produce repeated patterns that impact the quality of your lived experiences.
You move between culturally different worlds and perhaps you don't feel like you completely fit in anywhere, that your identity is mixed or "in between." You long to say what you've never before dared to say. Perhaps you missed a warm, nurturing upbringing, and you were taught to focus on achievement at the expense of social and emotional needs. Is this a legacy you wish to accept for yourself or your children? As the American-born child of Filipino immigrants, these issues resonate deeply with me, and I can help if you feel stuck between opposing cultural values.
You move between culturally different worlds and perhaps you don't feel like you completely fit in anywhere, that your identity is mixed or "in between." You long to say what you've never before dared to say. Perhaps you missed a warm, nurturing upbringing, and you were taught to focus on achievement at the expense of social and emotional needs. Is this a legacy you wish to accept for yourself or your children? As the American-born child of Filipino immigrants, these issues resonate deeply with me, and I can help if you feel stuck between opposing cultural values.
I support clients to find, expand, and honor their voice in difficult circumstances. I work to assist clients who have been hurt and traumatized reclaim their feelings of safety and vitality. Whether you are ambivalent in a relationship, in pain due to trauma or hurt, struggling with a dilemma, unhappy about your own behavior, facing significant loss, or feeling stuck, together we can create a comfortable place for you to work.
I support clients to find, expand, and honor their voice in difficult circumstances. I work to assist clients who have been hurt and traumatized reclaim their feelings of safety and vitality. Whether you are ambivalent in a relationship, in pain due to trauma or hurt, struggling with a dilemma, unhappy about your own behavior, facing significant loss, or feeling stuck, together we can create a comfortable place for you to work.
Therapy is an opportunity. When familiar ways of being in the world no longer prove useful, therapy offers the possibility of discovering aspects of ourselves that can help us lead a richer, more fulfilling life. I offer both short-term treatment and long-term intensive treatment depending on your needs. Working to develop a safe relationship we can explore together how past events and patterns of relating to others contribute to difficulties with the goal of improving relationships and issues at work, and to help you achieve a more stable and fulfilling sense of who you are in the world.
Therapy is an opportunity. When familiar ways of being in the world no longer prove useful, therapy offers the possibility of discovering aspects of ourselves that can help us lead a richer, more fulfilling life. I offer both short-term treatment and long-term intensive treatment depending on your needs. Working to develop a safe relationship we can explore together how past events and patterns of relating to others contribute to difficulties with the goal of improving relationships and issues at work, and to help you achieve a more stable and fulfilling sense of who you are in the world.
I am relational & direct, collaborative & holistic in my approach, and understand that society, systems, power & culture - in addition to family, community & self - are essential & inseparable ingredients when exploring our histories, present experiences, narratives & beliefs. I encourage my clients’ natural resilience & support integration & sustainability. I believe that we all inherently have what we need. Through the intentional creation of a safe, dignifying, empathetic & courageous therapeutic environment, clients move towards understanding, satisfaction, healing & transformation.
I am relational & direct, collaborative & holistic in my approach, and understand that society, systems, power & culture - in addition to family, community & self - are essential & inseparable ingredients when exploring our histories, present experiences, narratives & beliefs. I encourage my clients’ natural resilience & support integration & sustainability. I believe that we all inherently have what we need. Through the intentional creation of a safe, dignifying, empathetic & courageous therapeutic environment, clients move towards understanding, satisfaction, healing & transformation.
Are you too stressed to even be in touch with yourself? Too worried and tense, having a hard time to relax? Are you avoiding people and their expectations (and judgments) because you're tired and feel you don't have much to give at the moment? Stress feels like having a super sensitive burglar alarm ringing loudly throughout the mind and body. It confuses our thoughts. We are unable to see facts or future clearly. Our creativity is blocked or showing up as destructive energy. The body is in fight (frustration and anger) or flight (anxiety and overload) or worse - feeling frozen (numb and depressed).
Are you too stressed to even be in touch with yourself? Too worried and tense, having a hard time to relax? Are you avoiding people and their expectations (and judgments) because you're tired and feel you don't have much to give at the moment? Stress feels like having a super sensitive burglar alarm ringing loudly throughout the mind and body. It confuses our thoughts. We are unable to see facts or future clearly. Our creativity is blocked or showing up as destructive energy. The body is in fight (frustration and anger) or flight (anxiety and overload) or worse - feeling frozen (numb and depressed).
I have created a unique approach to helping people change. My goal is to honor and respect your individuality and to empower you to access your internal resources and infinite potential for growth and healing. I use hypnosis, guided imagery, dream work, somatic awareness and meditation as well as psychodynamic, cognitive and behavioral approaches. I will teach you to use hypnosis to overcome anxiety and depression, stop smoking, change unwanted habits, control pain, improve performance, enhance self-esteem and deepen spirituality.
I have created a unique approach to helping people change. My goal is to honor and respect your individuality and to empower you to access your internal resources and infinite potential for growth and healing. I use hypnosis, guided imagery, dream work, somatic awareness and meditation as well as psychodynamic, cognitive and behavioral approaches. I will teach you to use hypnosis to overcome anxiety and depression, stop smoking, change unwanted habits, control pain, improve performance, enhance self-esteem and deepen spirituality.
I have been licensed as an MFT working somatically, for over 30 years. I'm interested in what isn't working in your present life that brings you to therapy, what is unresolved from past relationships that you'd like to clear up, and what comes up in our relationship as we get to know one another. These facets help us create a complex experience which can transform old stuck patterns. Through the lens of my somatic training, clients can include their felt experiences in their bodies as an additional resource for exploring and understanding themselves. I also use a feminist and social justice orientation.
I have been licensed as an MFT working somatically, for over 30 years. I'm interested in what isn't working in your present life that brings you to therapy, what is unresolved from past relationships that you'd like to clear up, and what comes up in our relationship as we get to know one another. These facets help us create a complex experience which can transform old stuck patterns. Through the lens of my somatic training, clients can include their felt experiences in their bodies as an additional resource for exploring and understanding themselves. I also use a feminist and social justice orientation.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, body image struggles, obsessive thoughts, or the lingering impact of trauma? These experiences can feel isolating, but you don’t have to navigate them alone. In our work together, we’ll gently uncover what’s beneath the surface, giving space to long-held emotions and creating a path toward healing. My goal is to help you process unresolved trauma and reconnect with a more grounded, integrated sense of self so that you can move forward with clarity and confidence.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, body image struggles, obsessive thoughts, or the lingering impact of trauma? These experiences can feel isolating, but you don’t have to navigate them alone. In our work together, we’ll gently uncover what’s beneath the surface, giving space to long-held emotions and creating a path toward healing. My goal is to help you process unresolved trauma and reconnect with a more grounded, integrated sense of self so that you can move forward with clarity and confidence.
East Bay Intimacy & Sex Therapy Center was created with the goal of making the practice of sex & intimacy therapy more relationship-focused & accessible, without the stigma & confusion that often accompanies misperceptions about couples & sex therapy. We offer attachment-based sex therapy & couples counseling. We believe that healthy relationships are at the core of how change & healing occur. Having a healthy sexual relationship to one's self or partner(s) is vital to overall wellbeing. We strive to support & promote lifelong change that will allow you to form sustainable, loving & equitable relationships, & an overall sense of health wellbeing.
East Bay Intimacy & Sex Therapy Center was created with the goal of making the practice of sex & intimacy therapy more relationship-focused & accessible, without the stigma & confusion that often accompanies misperceptions about couples & sex therapy. We offer attachment-based sex therapy & couples counseling. We believe that healthy relationships are at the core of how change & healing occur. Having a healthy sexual relationship to one's self or partner(s) is vital to overall wellbeing. We strive to support & promote lifelong change that will allow you to form sustainable, loving & equitable relationships, & an overall sense of health wellbeing.
Therapy is where we can bring our heavy hearts, our lostness, our hurt – and find a way through and forward. I provide depth-oriented psychotherapy that creates space for pain to heal and strengths to develop. Common issues include depression and anxiety, shame, anger, relationship/attachment patterns, loneliness and loss, body acceptance, childhood trauma, and grief work. I work well with clients who are interested in working at a deeper psychological level.
Therapy is where we can bring our heavy hearts, our lostness, our hurt – and find a way through and forward. I provide depth-oriented psychotherapy that creates space for pain to heal and strengths to develop. Common issues include depression and anxiety, shame, anger, relationship/attachment patterns, loneliness and loss, body acceptance, childhood trauma, and grief work. I work well with clients who are interested in working at a deeper psychological level.
Sexual healing is a journey back to wholeness—and to the full aliveness of your body and soul. I work with leaders, creatives, healers, and visionaries who want their inner erotic life to reflect the same depth, integrity, and passion they bring to their work and relationships.
Sexual healing is a journey back to wholeness—and to the full aliveness of your body and soul. I work with leaders, creatives, healers, and visionaries who want their inner erotic life to reflect the same depth, integrity, and passion they bring to their work and relationships.
I bring to my private practice 42 years of experience and training in couple dynamics, attachment, sexuality and family systems. When couples first contact me, they have often been struggling with strained, stuck and reactive relationship patterns for a long time. They have hurt one another by attempting various ineffective solutions such as fighting-to-win, resentful compliance, disengagement, dulled sexual desire, infidelities, freezing in hopelessness. These are all an attempt to manage the anxiety and discomfort often inherent in long-term relationship challenges. Naturally, there is discouragement and worry.
I bring to my private practice 42 years of experience and training in couple dynamics, attachment, sexuality and family systems. When couples first contact me, they have often been struggling with strained, stuck and reactive relationship patterns for a long time. They have hurt one another by attempting various ineffective solutions such as fighting-to-win, resentful compliance, disengagement, dulled sexual desire, infidelities, freezing in hopelessness. These are all an attempt to manage the anxiety and discomfort often inherent in long-term relationship challenges. Naturally, there is discouragement and worry.
For all of its rewards, parenting is also incredibly challenging. Do you find yourself thinking . . . I dread putting her to bed every night because I know it will be a struggle. I can't go to the grocery store because he always has a meltdown at checkout. We'll never to able to go out to eat as a family. Why does he only eat yellow foods?! You're not alone. Many parents struggle with how to address their child's challenging behaviors. My goal is to teach you how to use behavioral strategies to turn chaos into calm.
For all of its rewards, parenting is also incredibly challenging. Do you find yourself thinking . . . I dread putting her to bed every night because I know it will be a struggle. I can't go to the grocery store because he always has a meltdown at checkout. We'll never to able to go out to eat as a family. Why does he only eat yellow foods?! You're not alone. Many parents struggle with how to address their child's challenging behaviors. My goal is to teach you how to use behavioral strategies to turn chaos into calm.
Do you find yourself lying awake at night, your mind racing with thoughts about who you’re supposed to be? Maybe you’re questioning your path, wondering if you’re living up to expectations from family, culture, or society, and you're feeling like you’ve lost touch with your own voice. The pressure to “have it all figured out” can leave you anxious, restless, and unsure of your next steps.
Do you find yourself lying awake at night, your mind racing with thoughts about who you’re supposed to be? Maybe you’re questioning your path, wondering if you’re living up to expectations from family, culture, or society, and you're feeling like you’ve lost touch with your own voice. The pressure to “have it all figured out” can leave you anxious, restless, and unsure of your next steps.
Feeling stuck in an unfulfilling job or relationship, or unsure how to move forward? Life's pace and complexity can leave anyone feeling unmoored, especially when you start to see how the ways you relate to yourself and others might be getting in the way of the deeper connections you want. I bring extensive clinical training, lived experience, and ongoing personal therapy to my work, allowing me to navigate uncertainty alongside you with both skill and humanity. My approach is highly individualized, drawing on your strengths and the most effective methods for your unique challenges, while offering a steady, attuned presence.
Feeling stuck in an unfulfilling job or relationship, or unsure how to move forward? Life's pace and complexity can leave anyone feeling unmoored, especially when you start to see how the ways you relate to yourself and others might be getting in the way of the deeper connections you want. I bring extensive clinical training, lived experience, and ongoing personal therapy to my work, allowing me to navigate uncertainty alongside you with both skill and humanity. My approach is highly individualized, drawing on your strengths and the most effective methods for your unique challenges, while offering a steady, attuned presence.
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Number of Therapists in Berkeley, CA
2,000+
Average cost per session
$200
Therapists in Berkeley, CA who prioritize treating:
| 92% | Anxiety |
| 85% | Depression |
| 83% | Relationship Issues |
| 74% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 73% | Self Esteem |
| 71% | Grief |
| 63% | Stress |
Average years in practice
13 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 76% | Aetna |
| 53% | Cigna and Evernorth |
| 47% | Optum |
How Therapists in Berkeley, CA see their clients
| 64% | In Person and Online | |
| 36% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 75% | Female | |
| 22% | Male | |
| 3% | Non-Binary |