Codependency Therapists in Emerald Hills, CA
I work with intelligent motivated clients who are functioning relatively well in their lives but may feel stuck in certain areas. Whether it’s a relationship, career, health issue, life transition or some other emotional or mental roadblock that has you feeling like you’re not functioning at your best, we can get down to the root of it, get clear on direction, move through it and move forward.
Depending upon your needs and desires, we can also address health issues simultaneously. This is an additional optional opportunity to have another perspective in addition to other health professionals with whom you may be working.
I work with intelligent motivated clients who are functioning relatively well in their lives but may feel stuck in certain areas. Whether it’s a relationship, career, health issue, life transition or some other emotional or mental roadblock that has you feeling like you’re not functioning at your best, we can get down to the root of it, get clear on direction, move through it and move forward.
Depending upon your needs and desires, we can also address health issues simultaneously. This is an additional optional opportunity to have another perspective in addition to other health professionals with whom you may be working.
Do you feel truly fulfilled in your relationships? Or do you find yourself repeating the same relationship patterns over and over again and are ready to understand why? Whether you’re trying to live differently than what you have always known, heal from family dysfunction, or raise emotionally healthy children, you don’t have to do this alone. I specialize in helping individuals doing the deep work of healing generational trauma, setting healthy boundaries, and letting go of toxic family patterns. If you're navigating estrangement, reparenting yourself, or stepping into a new way of being, I’m here to support your journey.
Do you feel truly fulfilled in your relationships? Or do you find yourself repeating the same relationship patterns over and over again and are ready to understand why? Whether you’re trying to live differently than what you have always known, heal from family dysfunction, or raise emotionally healthy children, you don’t have to do this alone. I specialize in helping individuals doing the deep work of healing generational trauma, setting healthy boundaries, and letting go of toxic family patterns. If you're navigating estrangement, reparenting yourself, or stepping into a new way of being, I’m here to support your journey.
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Currently accepting only couples and families!
I help people struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, relational issues, and career challenges/changes. There is no need to stay awake at night with troubling thoughts, feel lonely even when in a relationship, and use distractions of substances, media, sex, or work. I invite you to take ownership of your life. I believe in a holistic approach to healing with the mind, heart, body, and spirit integrated. I use the Internal Family System (IFS), Trauma processing with CBT, and Emotional and Somatic Experiencing.
Currently accepting only couples and families!
I help people struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, relational issues, and career challenges/changes. There is no need to stay awake at night with troubling thoughts, feel lonely even when in a relationship, and use distractions of substances, media, sex, or work. I invite you to take ownership of your life. I believe in a holistic approach to healing with the mind, heart, body, and spirit integrated. I use the Internal Family System (IFS), Trauma processing with CBT, and Emotional and Somatic Experiencing.
My specialties include anxiety, codependency, coping skills, depression, grief, women's issues, stress, divorce, family conflict, job stress, parenting, sexual addiction, life transitions, peer relationships, racial identity, relationship issues, self-esteem, and LGBTQIA issues.
My goal is to provide a safe and judgment-free space for you to explore life's unique challenges we all face. I'll walk alongside you to guide and assist in managing life stressors impacting your journey. With my support, we will develop solutions, coping skills, and an understanding of emotions to improve your quality of life. It is essential to me you leave each session with more insight, self-awareness, and self-acceptance than before.
My specialties include anxiety, codependency, coping skills, depression, grief, women's issues, stress, divorce, family conflict, job stress, parenting, sexual addiction, life transitions, peer relationships, racial identity, relationship issues, self-esteem, and LGBTQIA issues.
My goal is to provide a safe and judgment-free space for you to explore life's unique challenges we all face. I'll walk alongside you to guide and assist in managing life stressors impacting your journey. With my support, we will develop solutions, coping skills, and an understanding of emotions to improve your quality of life. It is essential to me you leave each session with more insight, self-awareness, and self-acceptance than before.
I work with young adults and adults who often appear high-functioning on the outside but feel overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected internally. Many are navigating stress, life transitions, or past experiences that continue to show up in daily life. It can feel like getting stuck in overthinking, emotional burnout, or difficulty slowing down, even when things look “fine” from the outside. Together, we work to understand these patterns and find ways to feel more grounded, present, and intentional in your life.
I work with young adults and adults who often appear high-functioning on the outside but feel overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected internally. Many are navigating stress, life transitions, or past experiences that continue to show up in daily life. It can feel like getting stuck in overthinking, emotional burnout, or difficulty slowing down, even when things look “fine” from the outside. Together, we work to understand these patterns and find ways to feel more grounded, present, and intentional in your life.
Dr. Jennifer Maghsoudi Golden, Psy.D. is a compassionate therapist dedicated to helping adolescents, teens, and adults navigate their emotional journeys. Specializing in supporting individuals with ADHD, family dynamic issues, and communication challenges, she also offers a unique understanding for artists and professionals in the tech industry. Dr. Maghsoudi Golden fosters a safe and respectful space where clients can heal emotional wounds, let go of shame, and cultivate self-esteem. Through her guidance individuals can move toward their goals, embracing more presence, kindness, and freedom in their lives.
Dr. Jennifer Maghsoudi Golden, Psy.D. is a compassionate therapist dedicated to helping adolescents, teens, and adults navigate their emotional journeys. Specializing in supporting individuals with ADHD, family dynamic issues, and communication challenges, she also offers a unique understanding for artists and professionals in the tech industry. Dr. Maghsoudi Golden fosters a safe and respectful space where clients can heal emotional wounds, let go of shame, and cultivate self-esteem. Through her guidance individuals can move toward their goals, embracing more presence, kindness, and freedom in their lives.
Many of the clients I work worth identify as high-functioning on the outside, but internally exhausted, isolated, and stuck. Anyone can get caught in a rut and wrapped up in patterns we can’t see. We all have the innate capacity to heal and feel whole, but it’s difficult and frustrating to work on self-repair when you aren’t even sure what needs healing.
Many of the clients I work worth identify as high-functioning on the outside, but internally exhausted, isolated, and stuck. Anyone can get caught in a rut and wrapped up in patterns we can’t see. We all have the innate capacity to heal and feel whole, but it’s difficult and frustrating to work on self-repair when you aren’t even sure what needs healing.
Are feelings of codependency, addiction or preoccupation crippling your ability to live your life to the fullest?
Allow me to guide you through establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries, practicing self-care and self-love, re-framing experiences, cognitively breaking patterns and developing new habits and behaviors. Together we can practice mindfulness, self-acceptance, process unresolved childhood traumas and explore new ways of living authentically.
Are feelings of codependency, addiction or preoccupation crippling your ability to live your life to the fullest?
Allow me to guide you through establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries, practicing self-care and self-love, re-framing experiences, cognitively breaking patterns and developing new habits and behaviors. Together we can practice mindfulness, self-acceptance, process unresolved childhood traumas and explore new ways of living authentically.
Do you... Worry too much but can't help it? Criticize yourself and guiltily believe you're not as good as other people think you are? Struggle with familiar patterns in relationships but can't seem to change? Feel inexplicably blocked from reaching your potential? Believe your problems have roots in the past but don't want to be like Woody Allen, on a therapist's couch, talking about it forever? Yearn for solutions but doubt that true relief is possible? Want to start feeling better ASAP but feel daunted about finding a therapist who will be a good 'fit' for you? I can help.
Do you... Worry too much but can't help it? Criticize yourself and guiltily believe you're not as good as other people think you are? Struggle with familiar patterns in relationships but can't seem to change? Feel inexplicably blocked from reaching your potential? Believe your problems have roots in the past but don't want to be like Woody Allen, on a therapist's couch, talking about it forever? Yearn for solutions but doubt that true relief is possible? Want to start feeling better ASAP but feel daunted about finding a therapist who will be a good 'fit' for you? I can help.
Taking care of yourself includes taking time for your mental health. Therapy offers a safe space to do that. With the right therapist, therapy can also challenge you to examine the way you perceive the world. At its best, therapy is a path to more fulfilling relationships—with both yourself and others.
Taking care of yourself includes taking time for your mental health. Therapy offers a safe space to do that. With the right therapist, therapy can also challenge you to examine the way you perceive the world. At its best, therapy is a path to more fulfilling relationships—with both yourself and others.
I believe forming a strong therapeutic relationship is key for therapy to be successful. I believe that empowerment is an essential part of the therapeutic experience of every client. Our work together will explore your past, which will help you understand your feelings and why you think and respond in ways that may reduce your joy. Our work will also include present-moment awareness, and promote self-compassion and overall well-being. I am a psychodynamic, relational therapist who believes that healing happens through a process of deep diving to address what’s underneath your symptoms and suffering.
I believe forming a strong therapeutic relationship is key for therapy to be successful. I believe that empowerment is an essential part of the therapeutic experience of every client. Our work together will explore your past, which will help you understand your feelings and why you think and respond in ways that may reduce your joy. Our work will also include present-moment awareness, and promote self-compassion and overall well-being. I am a psychodynamic, relational therapist who believes that healing happens through a process of deep diving to address what’s underneath your symptoms and suffering.
You may appear capable and put-together on the outside, yet still find yourself over-functioning in relationships—saying yes when you mean no, carrying emotional responsibility for others, or replaying interactions long after they happen. Many of my clients have already done therapy or personal growth work and understand their patterns, but still feel stuck repeating them. Therapy with me moves beyond insight alone. Together we work with both your mind and nervous system to shift these deeper patterns so you can trust your internal signals, set clearer boundaries, and respond to life from a steadier place.
You may appear capable and put-together on the outside, yet still find yourself over-functioning in relationships—saying yes when you mean no, carrying emotional responsibility for others, or replaying interactions long after they happen. Many of my clients have already done therapy or personal growth work and understand their patterns, but still feel stuck repeating them. Therapy with me moves beyond insight alone. Together we work with both your mind and nervous system to shift these deeper patterns so you can trust your internal signals, set clearer boundaries, and respond to life from a steadier place.
Whether it is your first time in therapy or you are returning, uncertainty is normal. Life is challenging. I acknowledge you for taking the first step in starting therapy, and my priority is to help you achieve meaningful and lasting growth by providing a safe and supportive space to explore what that looks like.
Whether it is your first time in therapy or you are returning, uncertainty is normal. Life is challenging. I acknowledge you for taking the first step in starting therapy, and my priority is to help you achieve meaningful and lasting growth by providing a safe and supportive space to explore what that looks like.
Seeking counsel within your circle of family and friends can be difficult; sometimes, we feel alone, unheard, or misunderstood. My goal is to offer you a safe environment where you can be heard, and we can address the issues that you face together. Our session will be your safe place, a place where you can work toward hope and healing.
Seeking counsel within your circle of family and friends can be difficult; sometimes, we feel alone, unheard, or misunderstood. My goal is to offer you a safe environment where you can be heard, and we can address the issues that you face together. Our session will be your safe place, a place where you can work toward hope and healing.
My name is Cathy Angi Brownell, I am a licensed marriage & family therapist with over 25 years of practice. I am accustomed to working with people who experience anxiety, depression, panic, co-dependency, low self-worth, trauma, or post-traumatic stress. I am practical and supportive and I teach skills that clients can easily begin using. I use a number of theoretical approaches depending on each situation. They might include, cognitive behavioral (CBT), person-centered, family systems, mindfulness-based, solution-focused, trauma-focused, supportive, experiential, or expressive art.
My name is Cathy Angi Brownell, I am a licensed marriage & family therapist with over 25 years of practice. I am accustomed to working with people who experience anxiety, depression, panic, co-dependency, low self-worth, trauma, or post-traumatic stress. I am practical and supportive and I teach skills that clients can easily begin using. I use a number of theoretical approaches depending on each situation. They might include, cognitive behavioral (CBT), person-centered, family systems, mindfulness-based, solution-focused, trauma-focused, supportive, experiential, or expressive art.
Would you like to feel more connected to your true-self, and be yourself more with others within relationship? Let's collaborate in a process where we explore, uncover, and understand your experience. Through the process of looking with curiosity at what your patterns and feelings are trying to tell you, we can help find the real YOU that is trying to live more fully. I will hold your therapy with a calm, engaging, and dynamic presence, offering a combination of insight, empathy, and tools that can support you to move through the tough parts of life and relationship.
Would you like to feel more connected to your true-self, and be yourself more with others within relationship? Let's collaborate in a process where we explore, uncover, and understand your experience. Through the process of looking with curiosity at what your patterns and feelings are trying to tell you, we can help find the real YOU that is trying to live more fully. I will hold your therapy with a calm, engaging, and dynamic presence, offering a combination of insight, empathy, and tools that can support you to move through the tough parts of life and relationship.
I specialize in supporting women and couples through miscarriage, stillbirth, fertility challenges, postpartum struggles, and the identity shifts of parenthood — alongside anxiety, codependency, family trauma, and body image.
You may be grieving the loss of your baby or a future you imagined, struggling to recognize yourself in early parenthood, or feeling pressure to experience this time differently than you do. It can feel heavy, lonely, and hard to know where to begin. Let's start together right here.
My approach is warm and collaborative — there is room for everything weighing on your heart and mind. Together we will witness, acknowledge, and integrate your experiences into the larger story of who you are.
This work is personal to me. My own experiences with pregnancy loss and postpartum mental health inform the care I bring to this space.
I specialize in supporting women and couples through miscarriage, stillbirth, fertility challenges, postpartum struggles, and the identity shifts of parenthood — alongside anxiety, codependency, family trauma, and body image.
You may be grieving the loss of your baby or a future you imagined, struggling to recognize yourself in early parenthood, or feeling pressure to experience this time differently than you do. It can feel heavy, lonely, and hard to know where to begin. Let's start together right here.
My approach is warm and collaborative — there is room for everything weighing on your heart and mind. Together we will witness, acknowledge, and integrate your experiences into the larger story of who you are.
This work is personal to me. My own experiences with pregnancy loss and postpartum mental health inform the care I bring to this space.
Did you grow up being the strong one—the mature one—the one who kept the peace? Maybe you learned early to prioritize everyone else’s emotions while quietly setting your own aside. Now, as an adult, you may struggle with people-pleasing, perfectionism, relationship challenges, or a lingering sense that you don’t quite know who you are outside of what others need from you. If you're an adult child of emotionally immature caregivers, healing from narcissistic abuse, navigating the impact of trauma, going through a major life transition, or looking to rediscover your identity and love yourself wholeheartedly, I'm here to support you.
Did you grow up being the strong one—the mature one—the one who kept the peace? Maybe you learned early to prioritize everyone else’s emotions while quietly setting your own aside. Now, as an adult, you may struggle with people-pleasing, perfectionism, relationship challenges, or a lingering sense that you don’t quite know who you are outside of what others need from you. If you're an adult child of emotionally immature caregivers, healing from narcissistic abuse, navigating the impact of trauma, going through a major life transition, or looking to rediscover your identity and love yourself wholeheartedly, I'm here to support you.
I work with clients who are struggling with burnout, stress, depression, trauma, and codependency related to their relationships, work, or family.
You wake up tense before the day even starts, yearning to burrow beneath the covers and block it all out. You suck it up to perform impeccably all day, no one suspecting the inner emptiness. Doomscrolling in the car after work, you dread going inside. You’re wired but tired, gifted but stuck, wondering how you got here. You’ve built a successful life, but stress, past trauma, perfectionism, and over-functioning are taking a toll. For the high achiever, corporate leader, burnt-out executive, or anyone with the quiet thought 'this can’t be it', you’ve come to the right place. You have a great life – I help you actually live it.
I work with clients who are struggling with burnout, stress, depression, trauma, and codependency related to their relationships, work, or family.
You wake up tense before the day even starts, yearning to burrow beneath the covers and block it all out. You suck it up to perform impeccably all day, no one suspecting the inner emptiness. Doomscrolling in the car after work, you dread going inside. You’re wired but tired, gifted but stuck, wondering how you got here. You’ve built a successful life, but stress, past trauma, perfectionism, and over-functioning are taking a toll. For the high achiever, corporate leader, burnt-out executive, or anyone with the quiet thought 'this can’t be it', you’ve come to the right place. You have a great life – I help you actually live it.
Generally, my history of working with clients at a deep level gives me insight into those things that are difficult for them to see. Since I work with groups, I am able to identify the patterns that are preventing growth and I’m also informed of the effects of family history and trauma
Generally, my history of working with clients at a deep level gives me insight into those things that are difficult for them to see. Since I work with groups, I am able to identify the patterns that are preventing growth and I’m also informed of the effects of family history and trauma
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Codependency Therapists
What therapy types help with codependency problems?
Both couples and family therapy and cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) can help with the relationship difficulties referred to as codependency. Such problems typically include inappropriate feelings of responsibility for a loved one’s destructive behavior, irrational patterns of thinking about such behavior, and family interaction patterns in which the needs of one troubled member override the needs of others in a household.
What happens in therapy for codependency?
Spouses and family members learn and practice how to interact and support each other in a healthy way without sacrificing their own needs or well-being. They learn the limits of their responsibility for their loved ones and correct faulty patterns of thinking and feeling that underlie codependent behavior. Individuals may be encouraged to nurture an array of social relationships and to cultivate their own talents and interests so that they develop a healthy sense of self outside the family.
How does therapy help a person or couple overcome codependency?
Therapy helps people establish healthy ways of being in a relationship. Spouses and family members learn how to nurture and support one another without sacrificing their own needs or allowing the needs of one person to dominate the dynamic. Individuals learn how to say no and set boundaries, and how to maintain their own identity and self-esteem. Therapy helps people understand that they are not responsible for the feelings and actions of others. It also helps individuals deal with the turbulence that can come from living with a person suffering from such conditions as substance abuse and mental illness.
What is the goal of therapy for codependency?
One goal of therapy for codependency is to alleviate feelings of responsibility for and correct irrational patterns of thinking about loved ones whose behavioral problems override the needs of others in a household. Therapy helps people establish healthy boundaries of behavior and speak up for their own needs in a relationship. In addition, people learn how to maintain a healthy relationship, one in which both parties give and receive equally and are able to retain their own identity.