Female Therapists in Chico, CA
I know how challenging life can be, how difficult it is to reach out during tough times and let another person into your struggles, pain, and story. But letting safe people into your life is necessary for healing, because we are not meant to navigate this life alone. It takes time to heal, and it takes support and effort on the journey. But an environment with a compassionate and trained confidant, makes all the difference. You can create the life you are hoping for! Together, we will create a safe place to help you process your pain & create a more joy filled future.
I know how challenging life can be, how difficult it is to reach out during tough times and let another person into your struggles, pain, and story. But letting safe people into your life is necessary for healing, because we are not meant to navigate this life alone. It takes time to heal, and it takes support and effort on the journey. But an environment with a compassionate and trained confidant, makes all the difference. You can create the life you are hoping for! Together, we will create a safe place to help you process your pain & create a more joy filled future.
YOU DESERVE A GOOD LIFE, STARTING TODAY!
Whether you are facing difficulties balancing work & family, struggling with the impact of a plummeting economy, facing personal challenges, or only wish to enhance the quality of your life, seeking the support of an experienced counselor may be one of your best options.
As a caring professional, I can assist you in attaining important insights into those areas that seem to give you the most difficulty, improve your ability to successfully communicate with others, and to develop new ways in working through problems.
YOU DESERVE A GOOD LIFE, STARTING TODAY!
Whether you are facing difficulties balancing work & family, struggling with the impact of a plummeting economy, facing personal challenges, or only wish to enhance the quality of your life, seeking the support of an experienced counselor may be one of your best options.
As a caring professional, I can assist you in attaining important insights into those areas that seem to give you the most difficulty, improve your ability to successfully communicate with others, and to develop new ways in working through problems.
Are you feeling depressed, anxious, or insecure in your current situation? Do you struggle with feeling sad or blue, or with letting go of trauma from the past? Do you notice what is wrong more than right? Do your thoughts tend to loop and get stuck in your mind? Are you lonely, indecisive, questioning of your purpose and goals? Are you in a life transition, struggling with feelings that come up related to trauma, grief, relationship, social life? Are you longing for a safe and private place to unburden yourself of thoughts and feelings you've been carrying inside? Does life sometimes feel like too much to handle on your own?
Are you feeling depressed, anxious, or insecure in your current situation? Do you struggle with feeling sad or blue, or with letting go of trauma from the past? Do you notice what is wrong more than right? Do your thoughts tend to loop and get stuck in your mind? Are you lonely, indecisive, questioning of your purpose and goals? Are you in a life transition, struggling with feelings that come up related to trauma, grief, relationship, social life? Are you longing for a safe and private place to unburden yourself of thoughts and feelings you've been carrying inside? Does life sometimes feel like too much to handle on your own?
Holly Chrisope Rainey
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PPSC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chico, CA 95926
Finding a therapist can be a challenging endeavor. It takes true vulnerability and strength to take the first step to reach out to someone to share the most intimate parts of your life. As a therapist I strive to support you through your journey of navigating life challenges and obstacles. I place and emphasis on creating highly personalized and tailored therapeutic services to help you attain the personal growth and resiliency you desire.
Finding a therapist can be a challenging endeavor. It takes true vulnerability and strength to take the first step to reach out to someone to share the most intimate parts of your life. As a therapist I strive to support you through your journey of navigating life challenges and obstacles. I place and emphasis on creating highly personalized and tailored therapeutic services to help you attain the personal growth and resiliency you desire.
Provides expert opinion, diagnostic evaluation, and assessment by interpreting a compendium of neurophysiology's examinations and detailed information regarding biological inheritance, sociology-cultural background, and personality.
Provides expert opinion, diagnostic evaluation, and assessment by interpreting a compendium of neurophysiology's examinations and detailed information regarding biological inheritance, sociology-cultural background, and personality.
"It takes a village to raise a child". I have over 15 year experience working with children, teens, and families to enhance relationships, decrease behavior problems, and improve communication within family systems. I believe that all individuals and families have the capacity for change and growth, but sometimes need a little support. My passion is to help parents and children strengthen relationships and decrease negative behaviors.
"It takes a village to raise a child". I have over 15 year experience working with children, teens, and families to enhance relationships, decrease behavior problems, and improve communication within family systems. I believe that all individuals and families have the capacity for change and growth, but sometimes need a little support. My passion is to help parents and children strengthen relationships and decrease negative behaviors.
I offer you a 'strength based' therapy. I use support, introspection, assessment, direction and referral as a way to bring change to your life. We all experience loss, doubt, changes in our life beyond our control. For some people 'Therapy' is a place to re-charge. For others is it a vital experience needed to explore core issues ( trauma ) and re-organize their sense of self and move forward. I believe I offer a safe place online for you to grow. Online Zoom sesions only. I enjoy working on issues of anxiety, depression, relationships and parenting. I am a survivor of the Camp Fire and feel qualified to work with other survivors.
I offer you a 'strength based' therapy. I use support, introspection, assessment, direction and referral as a way to bring change to your life. We all experience loss, doubt, changes in our life beyond our control. For some people 'Therapy' is a place to re-charge. For others is it a vital experience needed to explore core issues ( trauma ) and re-organize their sense of self and move forward. I believe I offer a safe place online for you to grow. Online Zoom sesions only. I enjoy working on issues of anxiety, depression, relationships and parenting. I am a survivor of the Camp Fire and feel qualified to work with other survivors.
With warmth, openness, compassion, and collaboration, I work to create a safe and supportive space to help individuals and families to overcome challenges, work through trauma, loss, and adversity, and manage difficult emotions, while uplifting their strengths and resilience. My areas of expertise include infant, early childhood, and perinatal mental health, complex trauma, issues related to parenting, disruptions in early attachment, and developmental/behavioral concerns.
With warmth, openness, compassion, and collaboration, I work to create a safe and supportive space to help individuals and families to overcome challenges, work through trauma, loss, and adversity, and manage difficult emotions, while uplifting their strengths and resilience. My areas of expertise include infant, early childhood, and perinatal mental health, complex trauma, issues related to parenting, disruptions in early attachment, and developmental/behavioral concerns.
Life can be very challenging at times and difficult to cope with. Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or bad about yourself? Are you wanting more joy and meaning in your life? I can help you to learn and use new knowledge and skills that will help you to feel better and more able to cope with the struggles we experience.
Life can be very challenging at times and difficult to cope with. Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or bad about yourself? Are you wanting more joy and meaning in your life? I can help you to learn and use new knowledge and skills that will help you to feel better and more able to cope with the struggles we experience.
Sandi John
Marriage & Family Therapist, MDiv, MSN, RN, LMFT
Verified Verified
Chico, CA 95926
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Hello! You may be reading this because you are in crisis. You or your family may be suffering the pain, darkness, and emptiness of loss, grief, depression, relationship turmoil or hurt, or mired in addiction. Perhaps your faith is in crisis or you have been rejected or abused. The challenges may seem too much to bear.
I have good news for you! You are not alone. You can feel better. You can overcome your pain. You can find new hope, strength, courage, and meaning.
Hello! You may be reading this because you are in crisis. You or your family may be suffering the pain, darkness, and emptiness of loss, grief, depression, relationship turmoil or hurt, or mired in addiction. Perhaps your faith is in crisis or you have been rejected or abused. The challenges may seem too much to bear.
I have good news for you! You are not alone. You can feel better. You can overcome your pain. You can find new hope, strength, courage, and meaning.
Hi, my name is Melissa Morales. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Sacramento, California. I have over 20 years of experience providing crisis intervention, counseling, and case management services in the hospital, Emergency Department & outpatient clinic behavioral health setting. I have extensive experience working with individuals, children & families in crisis and who have experienced trauma, loss and grief, and who regularly cope with a large variety of behavioral health needs.
Hi, my name is Melissa Morales. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Sacramento, California. I have over 20 years of experience providing crisis intervention, counseling, and case management services in the hospital, Emergency Department & outpatient clinic behavioral health setting. I have extensive experience working with individuals, children & families in crisis and who have experienced trauma, loss and grief, and who regularly cope with a large variety of behavioral health needs.
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ACCEPTING CLIENTS! YOU ARE WORTHY OF FEELING BETTER!!! All of us have the potential to live with ease and joy, yet sometimes we get stuck in patterns that create behaviors that do not serve us. Often times these patterns keep us from aligning with our highest good. I have a strong belief that all people possess amazing interpersonal strengths that can be accessed to support them in reaching their goals. I am interested in assisting you with accessing your internal power. I specialize in assisting people to overcome old programming using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to build self-esteem, and enhance positive coping skills.
ACCEPTING CLIENTS! YOU ARE WORTHY OF FEELING BETTER!!! All of us have the potential to live with ease and joy, yet sometimes we get stuck in patterns that create behaviors that do not serve us. Often times these patterns keep us from aligning with our highest good. I have a strong belief that all people possess amazing interpersonal strengths that can be accessed to support them in reaching their goals. I am interested in assisting you with accessing your internal power. I specialize in assisting people to overcome old programming using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to build self-esteem, and enhance positive coping skills.
I specialize in depression, anxiety, and anger issues, identifying coping skills, building relationship skills, identifying client strengths, increasing self-care tools, building self-esteem, and teaching meditation skills, grounding, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques. I help to reduce trauma symptoms by helping clients to learn self-regulation skills.
I specialize in depression, anxiety, and anger issues, identifying coping skills, building relationship skills, identifying client strengths, increasing self-care tools, building self-esteem, and teaching meditation skills, grounding, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques. I help to reduce trauma symptoms by helping clients to learn self-regulation skills.
Heather Elizabeth Keag
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, AMFT
Verified Verified
Chico, CA 95926
Hi. My name is Heather Keag, and I am a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate, based in Chico, CA, offering individual therapy for youth and adults. I genuinely connect with & love developing a trusting therapeutic relationship with children, teenagers, and young adults. I proudly bring 20+ years of youth development work experience into my clinical practice. As a therapist, I have experience working with clients who are managing stressful life transitions, processing trauma, working through ongoing relationship issues, and seeking support for symptoms of anxiety & depression.
Hi. My name is Heather Keag, and I am a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate, based in Chico, CA, offering individual therapy for youth and adults. I genuinely connect with & love developing a trusting therapeutic relationship with children, teenagers, and young adults. I proudly bring 20+ years of youth development work experience into my clinical practice. As a therapist, I have experience working with clients who are managing stressful life transitions, processing trauma, working through ongoing relationship issues, and seeking support for symptoms of anxiety & depression.
The body carries the legacy of trauma and attachment dynamics in habits of movement, posture and nervous system regulation that can keep us stuck in the past. Therapeutic engagement doesn't have to be dysregulating and overwhelming. You shouldn't leave a therapy session feeling worse than you did when you showed up. Unfortunately, traditional talk therapies can inadvertently trigger your nervous system into survival mode. If we aren't tracking and recognizing what is happening underneath the words, therapy can feel excruciating, especially if there is a history of trauma at any stage of development.
The body carries the legacy of trauma and attachment dynamics in habits of movement, posture and nervous system regulation that can keep us stuck in the past. Therapeutic engagement doesn't have to be dysregulating and overwhelming. You shouldn't leave a therapy session feeling worse than you did when you showed up. Unfortunately, traditional talk therapies can inadvertently trigger your nervous system into survival mode. If we aren't tracking and recognizing what is happening underneath the words, therapy can feel excruciating, especially if there is a history of trauma at any stage of development.
A person enters therapy with a strong wish, whether conscious or unconscious, to overcome obstacles and free themselves from constraints that are holding them back. I find that each individual needs a slightly different approach to accomplish these goals, so I make technique adjustments for each case. I genuinely enjoy the experience of guiding my clients through this process and consider it a privilege to play such an important role in a person's life.
A person enters therapy with a strong wish, whether conscious or unconscious, to overcome obstacles and free themselves from constraints that are holding them back. I find that each individual needs a slightly different approach to accomplish these goals, so I make technique adjustments for each case. I genuinely enjoy the experience of guiding my clients through this process and consider it a privilege to play such an important role in a person's life.
Being a human is hard, for most of us. But that doesn’t mean that with the right tools we can’t get through the challenges and have a more peaceful existence on this planet. I treat anxiety and depression, mood, thought, and compulsion disorders, attention and impulsivity issues, PTSD and other traumatic exposure disorders including sexual assault, and disordered eating. As a social worker I have years of experience working with individuals on the Autism spectrum, foster and former foster youth, and family systems.
Being a human is hard, for most of us. But that doesn’t mean that with the right tools we can’t get through the challenges and have a more peaceful existence on this planet. I treat anxiety and depression, mood, thought, and compulsion disorders, attention and impulsivity issues, PTSD and other traumatic exposure disorders including sexual assault, and disordered eating. As a social worker I have years of experience working with individuals on the Autism spectrum, foster and former foster youth, and family systems.
I'm an out-of-network provider offering superbills. Pain without meaning is chaos. Where does it hurt and what does that pain need to say? What needs to be different? Do you feel stuck in a painful past of childhood trauma, sadness, anger, overwhelm, heartbreak, or grief? Is it all too much and you just need to talk to start? We may not figure out every 'why'; it's about not being alone with that pain and changing your relationship with it. My hope is you emerge empowered, connected, brave, and clear about who you are and what you need. How can I help while we're on this weird, little wet rock?
I'm an out-of-network provider offering superbills. Pain without meaning is chaos. Where does it hurt and what does that pain need to say? What needs to be different? Do you feel stuck in a painful past of childhood trauma, sadness, anger, overwhelm, heartbreak, or grief? Is it all too much and you just need to talk to start? We may not figure out every 'why'; it's about not being alone with that pain and changing your relationship with it. My hope is you emerge empowered, connected, brave, and clear about who you are and what you need. How can I help while we're on this weird, little wet rock?
Are you exhausted and overwhelmed? Do you long for better connection with others? Are you filled with worry, regret or unresolvable grief? Do you struggle to be content and to care for yourself? I am a relational psychotherapist in my third decade of private practice. I have a deeply compassionate presence and you will come to feel seen, safe and understood in our work together. You will experience increasing empathy for yourself and your needs. You will shift unhealthy patterns with relationships, food, alcohol, substances and actions through lifestyle-based interventions and by making inner shifts leading to behavioral changes.
Are you exhausted and overwhelmed? Do you long for better connection with others? Are you filled with worry, regret or unresolvable grief? Do you struggle to be content and to care for yourself? I am a relational psychotherapist in my third decade of private practice. I have a deeply compassionate presence and you will come to feel seen, safe and understood in our work together. You will experience increasing empathy for yourself and your needs. You will shift unhealthy patterns with relationships, food, alcohol, substances and actions through lifestyle-based interventions and by making inner shifts leading to behavioral changes.
Welcome! As a therapist who specializes in trauma recovery as well as inner journey work and nervous system recovery, I am experienced in helping my clients find their joy and express their most authentic selves, from deep healing to a more coaching style of transformational guidance. Using mindfulness, radical compassion, somatic awareness, internal family systems theory, and EMDR, I have witnessed incredible transformation in the lives of my clients. I’m truly honored to do this work. As a person with my own complex trauma history, I've experienced the challenges of learning regulation in my nervous system again. It's worth it!
Welcome! As a therapist who specializes in trauma recovery as well as inner journey work and nervous system recovery, I am experienced in helping my clients find their joy and express their most authentic selves, from deep healing to a more coaching style of transformational guidance. Using mindfulness, radical compassion, somatic awareness, internal family systems theory, and EMDR, I have witnessed incredible transformation in the lives of my clients. I’m truly honored to do this work. As a person with my own complex trauma history, I've experienced the challenges of learning regulation in my nervous system again. It's worth it!
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Female Therapists
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, this is not an important factor, as there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or ingrained beliefs about how people of different genders think and behave. Exploring the roots of such preferences and considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender truly matters to them.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist, either because they believe that a woman will be able to relate to their specific challenges (for example, sexism in the workplace) or because they imagine feeling more comfortable disclosing sensitive information to a woman. Such beliefs may not turn out to be accurate, however, and adhering too rigidly to a gender preference can at times hinder a client from finding the best therapeutic match.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists—both men and women—may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.