Therapists in Folsom, CA

Sherry is a licensed clinician who has over twenty years experience with children. Serving with a background in education and children’s programming leadership, Sherry has a passion for providing a trustworthy child-friendly space for effective healing work. Lasting effects in child therapy often include parent partnership and this service is integrated into weekly sessions to mentor each child’s long-term goals.

I work with adults of all ages experiencing anxiety, depression, stress associated with trauma, grief/loss, relationship problems, and life transitions related to aging and older adulthood. My belief is that when people move towards approaching their painful experiences with compassion and curiosity it allows space for making meaningful changes in their lives. In our work together, you will be provided with a supportive environment that honors safety and acceptance. Collaboratively, we will explore healthy strategies for dealing with stress that are consistent with your goals and values.

Are you interested in being the best version of yourself? Allow me to come along in your journey. Our work together will involve understanding why you engage in certain behaviors, learning coping skills, and discovering the courage you never knew you had. You will be able to gain confidence and develop more meaningful relationships. This will allow you to achieve the life you thought was possible but didn't know how to achieve.

At Pacific Counseling and Trauma Center (PCTC), we are a group of passionate, and dedicated professionals that have answered the call to treat those suffering from trauma and anxiety. After her own traumatic life experience, Founder Lisa Larson discovered a powerful trauma treatment called Brainspotting. Through her own radical healing with it, she realized that the talk therapy she had been using with her clients for the last 20 years was not allowing for the deepest amount of healing possible. She made it her mission to create a center with the best possible trauma focused clinicians and treatments available.

I believe that therapy is a collaborative process. Each person comes in with their own unique life story, strengths, barriers, and goals. It is my role to create a nonjudgmental and safe environment to explore what will be helpful for each person. My practice focuses on helping people develop a more mindful and compassionate way of living, and increase a healthier connection with oneself and others. Areas of focus include eating disorders or disordered eating/exercise, anxiety & stress, general women's issues, life transitions, relationship struggles, depression, prenatal & postpartum problems, grief & loss, aging, and trauma.

I am a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist with over 10 years of clinical experience. I specialize in providing therapy to teens, couples and individuals. I am also certified to provide services to veterans and their families. I believe in utilizing a variety of theoretical approaches in therapy to best meet the client's needs. Some of these therapies include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused and Expressive Arts. I work with a wide variety of individuals including those suffering from anxiety, depression, bi-polar, trauma, low self-esteem and more.

You are reading this because you, or someone you care for, has been struggling to get through the day. What used to work is now much less effective. Yesterday you felt fine - today anxiety stopped you cold in your tracks. You find yourself pulling away from people you love and activities you enjoy. You are worried about what might be wrong, and maybe feeling lost and unsure of what to do next. I can help you find the way back to you, often without medication.

It can be hard to reach out for help and support. Let's face it. In this world today, it is more important than ever to pay attention to our emotional health - for ourselves and for our families. Life demands and experiences can overwhelm and lead us to feel stuck or powerless. We may be feeling anxious or depressed. Our relationships may suffer, and we can feel alone. I understand that this is how you might feel right now. Regardless of what got you here today, positive change is possible.

As an experienced therapist, I appreciate the energy it takes to confront problems. I take my role seriously in facilitating healing. From short-term crisis management to longer-term psychotherapy, I strive to help you identify what interferes with your personal aspirations. I care about my clients and do my best to minimize any unpleasant symptoms you are experiencing while we work on strategies that move you towards a more satisfying life. I am authentic, non-judgmental, and direct in my approach. If you are feeling emotionally overwhelmed, stuck, anxious, or have tried to make things better without lasting success, I can help.

I focus on working with adults, couples, and families, but my specialty is in working with couples. My approach to couples therapy is to work with my clients to identify the core issues that prevent them from having fulfilling, connected relationships rather than giving them short-term solutions. Identifying the underlying issues in the relationship that go beyond the "symptoms" expressed through fighting or distance is critical in effective couple's work. I believe that a therapist should be a good fit for a client, and when working with couples that both of you feel like I'm the right therapist.

Hello and welcome to my page. With over 15 years of experience, I work with children (ages 3-18) and families facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, adjustment-related stress, chronic illness, relationship challenges and behavioral problems. My therapeutic approach largely depends on the age and needs of the child, teen, or family. Mindful Self Compassion, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), play and art therapy, as well as attachment-based and relational work are modalities I use often. I also offer psychological evaluations to help clarify diagnoses, identify intellectual abilities (learning disorder, ADHD, giftedness), and/or identify underlying personality and motivations.

I can help your teen eliminate their negative behaviors and express themselves in a way that communicates love and respect so you and your family can be closer and live a more fulfilling life. Ultimately you will be confident that your teen is making healthy decisions. Specializing in the reduction of depression, anxiety, defiance, aggression and/or anger.

I have a heart for clients of all ages and I believe it is never too early or too late to take any step in a positive direction. I have a passion for people with a history of trauma, abuse and/or addiction and I enjoy adolescents and adults alike. I believe that the one hour you devote to yourself during the therapy process will have a positive effect on the remaining 167 hours you will live during the week.

Being a parent is one of the most challenging, yet rewarding roles we enter into with little to no training or education, other than what we have observed growing up. Often as parents we feel pressure that we should know how to handle any challenges we encounter along the way and be successful in each moment. This is a huge expectation we put on ourselves as parents and absolutely not realistic! Being a teen growing up in this complex world also comes with its own pressures and challenges that are new and overwhelming at times. Having "the right tools for the job" is necessary. We have all had a challenging year with Covid as well!

Picking a therapist? It's confusing and scary to open up to someone new. If you have felt invisible, not seen, not heard, undervalued or dismissed. I can help. If you have known grief, trauma or unfulfilling relationships. I can help. If you've felt "you are not enough". I can help you learn how to speak "I am enough as I am". I treat people who live roller coaster lives, had parents who neglected and abused them, are lonely/disconnected, strive for perfectionism in everything. I can help you learn how to: trust again, feel your emotions, accept your past, love & forgive yourself.

I work with individuals, couples, and young adults. By listening with the heart and enhancing emotional communications I can help you find your way through difficult life transitions, relationship issues, parent-child difficulties, trauma, or symptoms of anxiety and depression. Everyone has the power and wisdom within to create a life of joy and success. I provide a caring, comfortable and supportive setting to make it possible for you to connect deeply with the strength of spirit that lies within you to uncover your unique power.

My clients often come to me because they feel discouraged about resolving the challenges they are facing. Though troubling, depression, anxiety, conflict are often an invitation for us to take the time to focus inward, understand core issues underlying the symptoms, and learn more about our true needs. With this new awareness we may consciously choose new actions that help us develop a more fulfilling future. Through our work clients tell me they enjoy greater self esteem, more confidence that they can create what they want in their lives, and happier, healthier relationships with loved ones.

Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? What pattern is holding you back from living your best life? Bad relationships, food, shopping, gambling, anger, depression, anxiety, alcohol, drugs, exercise, sex, parenting, codependency, holding grudges, living in the past, insomnia, joyless, sad, tired, unfulfilled, stressed out, or no self care. I am invested in your highest healing. I help empower you to reclaim a rich and fulfilling life and I reconcile abusive, repetitive cycles and develop self-love, express creative capacity, and authentic spiritual direction.

Life is about relationships: relationships with ourselves, our work, our family, our friends. Yet self-negating messages, unresolved family issues, shame and anxiety can run our minds ragged, blocking our ability to be present in our own lives. My individualized approach will help you identify negative patterns of thought, identify and express feelings, improve habits, and change areas of your life where you feel stuck. Together, we will work to identify your values, the things that really matter in your life, and identify the action steps that will move you closer to your goals.