Adoption Therapists in Exeter, CA

I am currently only accepting new clients via telehealth. My goal is to walk alongside you on your journey and provide the support you need on the journey. There is no judgement based on diagnosis or background. I have spent most of my clinician career working with those with severe mental illness diagnosis or requiring residential mental health treatment. For those transitioning from that setting it is hard to find a clinician and one of my goals is to be able to walk alongside those in transition from residential or intensive mental health treatment as they re-integrate back home.

McDermott Counseling offers a modern, collaborative approach to therapy. Voted best Psychotherapy practice in Visalia 3 years in a row, we work with clients suffering from relationship concerns, family issues, trauma, conflict, depression, anxiety, sexuality, gender, blended families, anger management, and much more. We specialize in individual, couples, and family therapy as well as child and adolescent therapy. We work to provide you excellent service, a welcoming environment and solutions to your unique situation. We offer evening and weekend appointments and can often get you an appointment within the week.

Dr. Deanna Mercado is a Clinical Psychologist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I’m a first-generation Latina with passion to serve communities across the Central Valley. My passion and research include the focus of Latino and immigrant studies. My research includes the publication titled “The Lived Experiences of First Generation Mexican American Women in America”. I am a bilingual clinician with over 14 years’ experience In the field of behavioral health, trained in the traditions of depth Psychology. I strive to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for healing and transformation.

I believe it takes courage to seek help and personal growth, which is why I meet you where you are, emotionally, in order to work collaboratively with you. My goal is to provide guidance, support, and feedback in a safe therapeutic space to ultimately help you heal and strengthen your resilience. I help my clients identify areas they would like to develop and learn new coping skills in order to enhance strengths and abilities which can help them achieve a greater degree of happiness and contentment in their lives.

No matter your age, life can be unpredictable and can take you down difficult emotional journeys. For children and teens expressing emotions verbally can be even harder due to their developmental level. Situations like divorce, moving, a death in the family, school problems, friend issues and etc. often lead to negative behavioral changes or withdrawing. This is often due to their inability to express themselves properly. My role as a therapist is to create a comfortable and safe place for my clients to process their emotions and explore their inner self in a way that will help promote healing.

If you have recognized you feel depressed, anxious, angry, or generally not yourself, I can help! I like to approach each client as an individual while utilizing an integrative approach in an effort to create a non-judgmental environment where my clients can feel safe to work through therapy in an individually tailored way. Everyone carries their own background and experience with them so the flexibility of my approach allows the individual needs and communication style of each client to be addressed. My hope is to get to know you and your individual needs so we can develop an effective plan to address your concerns.

It is my belief that we generally want to feel safe, secure and connected to ourselves, our families/friends and our communities. Obstacles to doing so can include circumstances outside of our control and also the results of our own learned patterns and behaviors. Therapy is an integral part of healing past trauma, validating one's thoughts/feelings/emotions, identifying dysfunctional patterns of engagement and learning new skills to cope. Through work with a therapist, it is possible to shape a life and relationships that include confidence, calm and presence that is so often missed in the busyness of society today.

My personal goal as a therapist is to empower my clients to live the lives they value. My therapeutic approach encourages awareness of how our thoughts affect our feelings, helps people see how their past impacts their present and future, and assists families in becoming more connected.

I specialize in working with adolescents, females from 18-70, individuals with anxiety, and individuals with trauma. Some of my personal and professional experience has been on foster care/ adoption , infertility, divorce/relationship issues, processing life changes, and how to improve communication and advocating for self.

Every individual, couple, parent or family comes with their own individual needs. My goal as a therapist is to journey with my client towards healing from our pain, feeling empowered as a person and living with healthy boundaries. My approach towards this is to develop awareness into how thoughts affect feelings and lead to actions, develop healthy coping skills and address how past experiences can influence present situations.

Thank you for taking a moment to view my profile. I am currently accepting new clients and I will return all calls promptly. I offer a grounded and authentic approach to therapy. I'm a therapist that supports and engages you instead of sitting back analzying you. My specialities include over 25 years working with couples, child and adult survivors of sexual trauma, domestic violence, adolescents, young adults and parenting teens and all issues around adoption and foster care. I have experience working with individuals who have problems with pornography addiction, sexual addiction and Alpha Males. I work with PTSD and trauma from the military. .

We all go through issues in life when we may need help. I have extensive experience working with those who suffer from depression, anxiety, aging and end of life issues, chronic pain and adoption issues to name a few. Together we will devise a treatment plan to meet your needs and help achieve your goals.

Hello! I am an LMFT and lecturer in psychology at CSUB. In my systems-based work with clients, I look for root causes of emotional reactivity and maladaptive behaviors that interfere with healthy functioning. Sometimes things out of our control happen to us, and our psyches become traumatized. Or relationships are full of tension and strife, and it just seems like it shouldn’t have to be that way. I will assist you in remembering how capable you are and help you discover new ways of communicating effectively so you may move toward the changes you seek.

It takes courage to seek help during challenging times and the task of choosing the "right" therapist can be overwhelming! I have 20+ years of experience. Clients appreciate my humor and direct approach. From the initial phone call, my goal is to create a strong, healthy therapist/client relationship, which is a necessary foundation for change. I work with clients of ALL ages and backgrounds. I specialize in divorced families, couples, parenting issues, play therapy, relationship concerns, mood disorders, addictions, adjustment issues, and life coaching. I can help...and if I can’t, I will find you someone who can!

My ideal client is someone who is questioning and wondering what they are supposed to do at this time in their life. Do you feel like something is missing, that your life is not the way you want it to be? I can help you find your way into a whole new world. Every issue is fundamentally spiritual and will persist until you discover what is going on. Let's free you up from the restrictions in your thinking and behavior that erode your happiness.