LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Fremont, CA
I am particularly dedicated to supporting LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent clients.
I integrate talk-based therapies with mindfulness, creative expression, and somatic approaches. This combination allows us to address trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, behavioral issues, life transitions, and relationship difficulties in a comprehensive manner.
I am particularly dedicated to supporting LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent clients.
I integrate talk-based therapies with mindfulness, creative expression, and somatic approaches. This combination allows us to address trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, behavioral issues, life transitions, and relationship difficulties in a comprehensive manner.
Monica Velez, APCC, is a team member at Gentle Healing Space. She works with children, teens, and adults who feel overwhelmed, misunderstood, or stuck in unhelpful patterns. Children may struggle with big emotions, anxiety, or behavioral challenges. Teens often face identity stress, depression, or social pressures. Adults may carry unresolved trauma, perfectionism, or relationship difficulties rooted in early experiences. They want insight into their reactions, practical tools to manage emotions, and lasting change. Most of all, they want a safe space where they feel seen, understood, and supported.
Monica Velez, APCC, is a team member at Gentle Healing Space. She works with children, teens, and adults who feel overwhelmed, misunderstood, or stuck in unhelpful patterns. Children may struggle with big emotions, anxiety, or behavioral challenges. Teens often face identity stress, depression, or social pressures. Adults may carry unresolved trauma, perfectionism, or relationship difficulties rooted in early experiences. They want insight into their reactions, practical tools to manage emotions, and lasting change. Most of all, they want a safe space where they feel seen, understood, and supported.
You’re doing "everything right," yet you still feel like you’re falling behind. From the outside, you’re successful, but inside, the perfectionism and burnout are becoming impossible to ignore. You deserve to feel as capable as everyone else thinks you are.
I help high-achievers move past imposter syndrome and trauma using a mix of EMDR and person-centered therapy. We’ll use evidence-based tools to quiet the anxiety and process the "stuck" moments, often with a bit of much-needed humor along the way.
Let’s help you find a version of success that doesn't cost you your peace. Reach out for a brief, low-pressure consultation to
You’re doing "everything right," yet you still feel like you’re falling behind. From the outside, you’re successful, but inside, the perfectionism and burnout are becoming impossible to ignore. You deserve to feel as capable as everyone else thinks you are.
I help high-achievers move past imposter syndrome and trauma using a mix of EMDR and person-centered therapy. We’ll use evidence-based tools to quiet the anxiety and process the "stuck" moments, often with a bit of much-needed humor along the way.
Let’s help you find a version of success that doesn't cost you your peace. Reach out for a brief, low-pressure consultation to
Our early experiences create the internal maps we use to navigate life and love, but they can also leave us with blind spots that fuel anxiety, disconnection, and distress. I partner with individuals and couples to illuminate these hidden roots while providing the real-world tools needed for lasting change. Blending deep insight with practical emotional regulation and research-backed relationship repair strategies, I invite you to a healing journey, and empower you to author a more resilient, and fulfilling next chapter.
Our early experiences create the internal maps we use to navigate life and love, but they can also leave us with blind spots that fuel anxiety, disconnection, and distress. I partner with individuals and couples to illuminate these hidden roots while providing the real-world tools needed for lasting change. Blending deep insight with practical emotional regulation and research-backed relationship repair strategies, I invite you to a healing journey, and empower you to author a more resilient, and fulfilling next chapter.
Welcome! I provide a safe and relaxing place to heal and grow. I use my 28 years of experience to help people struggling to make sense of their lives and relationships. I help provide a therapeutic environment where you can unleash yourself in discussing your journey for help as you curve through difficulties, while dealing with Silicon Valley's brutal, impossible professional demands, growing as an individual, creating and recreating relationships, and many life-changing events. I provide therapy to deal with many issues, including conflicts, desires to make changes, self-explorations, training, and consultancy.
Welcome! I provide a safe and relaxing place to heal and grow. I use my 28 years of experience to help people struggling to make sense of their lives and relationships. I help provide a therapeutic environment where you can unleash yourself in discussing your journey for help as you curve through difficulties, while dealing with Silicon Valley's brutal, impossible professional demands, growing as an individual, creating and recreating relationships, and many life-changing events. I provide therapy to deal with many issues, including conflicts, desires to make changes, self-explorations, training, and consultancy.
If you’re searching for therapy in California for anxiety, relationship challenges, or cultural and family stress, you may already feel overwhelmed or stuck. My ideal clients are high-functioning individuals who struggle internally with overthinking, people-pleasing, attachment patterns, and boundaries. Through online therapy in California, I help you understand these patterns and build healthier, more secure relationships.
If you’re searching for therapy in California for anxiety, relationship challenges, or cultural and family stress, you may already feel overwhelmed or stuck. My ideal clients are high-functioning individuals who struggle internally with overthinking, people-pleasing, attachment patterns, and boundaries. Through online therapy in California, I help you understand these patterns and build healthier, more secure relationships.
Do you feel depressed, anxious or emotionally stuck? Feeling lost or overwhelmed? Life is full of up and down, and a lot of us chose to hide true feeling and try to move on. However, like physical injury, emotional wound needs appropriate attention & treatment too. If you let me, I would appreciate this great opportunity to join you on your journey of feeling, healing and growing. As a licensed clinical social worker with 6 years’ experience in the field, I have worked passionately with individuals, families, adults, hospital patients and children to learn positive ways and skills to cope with many stressors in life.
Do you feel depressed, anxious or emotionally stuck? Feeling lost or overwhelmed? Life is full of up and down, and a lot of us chose to hide true feeling and try to move on. However, like physical injury, emotional wound needs appropriate attention & treatment too. If you let me, I would appreciate this great opportunity to join you on your journey of feeling, healing and growing. As a licensed clinical social worker with 6 years’ experience in the field, I have worked passionately with individuals, families, adults, hospital patients and children to learn positive ways and skills to cope with many stressors in life.
Are you struggling to keep your life balanced? Trying to make sense of the world today? You may be stressed out by the many competing demands on your time, energy and attention. You are exhausted but then have trouble sleeping because your swirling thoughts take over. You need help coping with your anxiety and managing your stress. Or perhaps it is difficult to see the point of getting out of bed in the morning. It may be all you can do to get through the day. It may be hard to find hope that things will get better than they are right now. I may be able to help you.
Are you struggling to keep your life balanced? Trying to make sense of the world today? You may be stressed out by the many competing demands on your time, energy and attention. You are exhausted but then have trouble sleeping because your swirling thoughts take over. You need help coping with your anxiety and managing your stress. Or perhaps it is difficult to see the point of getting out of bed in the morning. It may be all you can do to get through the day. It may be hard to find hope that things will get better than they are right now. I may be able to help you.
I am honored to support individuals as they navigate life’s complexities. It’s common to feel overwhelmed by struggles such as relationship strains, family conflicts, cultural adjustments, or life transitions. I believe every individual has the inner strength to create positive change. My goal is to provide a safe, empathetic, non-judgmental space where we can explore these challenges together and work toward meaningful solutions.
I am honored to support individuals as they navigate life’s complexities. It’s common to feel overwhelmed by struggles such as relationship strains, family conflicts, cultural adjustments, or life transitions. I believe every individual has the inner strength to create positive change. My goal is to provide a safe, empathetic, non-judgmental space where we can explore these challenges together and work toward meaningful solutions.
I provide psychotherapy for adults, couples as well as families. My work with adults has covered a broad spectrum - from people who are having problems with relationships or need help with stress management and coping skills, to people suffering from mood disorders. I specialize in women's issues and life transitions. I am certified in addiction and have worked with high functioning individuals with addiction (gaming, alcohol, nicotine, etc.). My treatment approach is eclectic and I use interventions based on CBT, IPT, ACT. My style is empathic, non-judgmental, interactive and collaborative.
I provide psychotherapy for adults, couples as well as families. My work with adults has covered a broad spectrum - from people who are having problems with relationships or need help with stress management and coping skills, to people suffering from mood disorders. I specialize in women's issues and life transitions. I am certified in addiction and have worked with high functioning individuals with addiction (gaming, alcohol, nicotine, etc.). My treatment approach is eclectic and I use interventions based on CBT, IPT, ACT. My style is empathic, non-judgmental, interactive and collaborative.
I’m Grecia Alfaro Ruiz, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). I support adults and older adolescents who are navigating difficult experiences such as trauma (both past and present), grief and loss, anxiety, panic symptoms, and ongoing stress related to school, work, relationships, or family expectations. Others who seek my support may be exploring questions around identity, self-esteem, or trying to better understand patterns in their relationships. At the core of this work, many clients are looking for a space where they can slow down, feel heard without judgment, and begin to make sense of their experiences.
I’m Grecia Alfaro Ruiz, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). I support adults and older adolescents who are navigating difficult experiences such as trauma (both past and present), grief and loss, anxiety, panic symptoms, and ongoing stress related to school, work, relationships, or family expectations. Others who seek my support may be exploring questions around identity, self-esteem, or trying to better understand patterns in their relationships. At the core of this work, many clients are looking for a space where they can slow down, feel heard without judgment, and begin to make sense of their experiences.
I believe we all yearn to be understood and my work with you is built on this as a cornerstone. I foster an environment that is rooted in non-judgmental listening and empathic understanding of your past, present and future. I offer psychodynamic, relational treatment, informed by evidence-based psychological theories and models. Therapy will be individually-tailored to your specific needs and struggles. In addition to my private practice, I have years of experiences working at a community-based mental health clinic, as a staff psychologist and clinical supervisor to psychological interns, trainees, and unlicensed clinicians.
I believe we all yearn to be understood and my work with you is built on this as a cornerstone. I foster an environment that is rooted in non-judgmental listening and empathic understanding of your past, present and future. I offer psychodynamic, relational treatment, informed by evidence-based psychological theories and models. Therapy will be individually-tailored to your specific needs and struggles. In addition to my private practice, I have years of experiences working at a community-based mental health clinic, as a staff psychologist and clinical supervisor to psychological interns, trainees, and unlicensed clinicians.
Soren Kierkegaard, A Danish Philosopher, once said, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Therapy is a journey of self-discovery. Therapy allows us the time and space to look inwards and explore our feelings, thoughts and behaviors to find some answers for ourselves. It is our time to tell our story so that we can make connections and find meaning in what we are feeling. We all grow and develop in the context of our experiences and relationships, and only when we understand the impact those experiences have had on our being, can we find the inner strength to move forwards with our lives.
Soren Kierkegaard, A Danish Philosopher, once said, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Therapy is a journey of self-discovery. Therapy allows us the time and space to look inwards and explore our feelings, thoughts and behaviors to find some answers for ourselves. It is our time to tell our story so that we can make connections and find meaning in what we are feeling. We all grow and develop in the context of our experiences and relationships, and only when we understand the impact those experiences have had on our being, can we find the inner strength to move forwards with our lives.
Life can feel overwhelming. Sometimes we're not even sure what's wrong, just that something needs to change. Having a space to slow down, make sense of things, and find a way forward can make all the difference.
Life can feel overwhelming. Sometimes we're not even sure what's wrong, just that something needs to change. Having a space to slow down, make sense of things, and find a way forward can make all the difference.
Very often we find ourselves having the same arguments all the time in our personal relationships. Sometimes we get hurt like we have never been before and we can’t understand why it hurts so much. Old patterns and unresolved issues can keep us stuck in the same place at times. Never having learned healthy ways of communicating, we do not know how to get the results we want. So many of us go through these challenges at various stages of our lives, with work, personal and professional relationships and raising children. Some of these challenges can seem overwhelming and can drag us down.
Very often we find ourselves having the same arguments all the time in our personal relationships. Sometimes we get hurt like we have never been before and we can’t understand why it hurts so much. Old patterns and unresolved issues can keep us stuck in the same place at times. Never having learned healthy ways of communicating, we do not know how to get the results we want. So many of us go through these challenges at various stages of our lives, with work, personal and professional relationships and raising children. Some of these challenges can seem overwhelming and can drag us down.
I work with adolescents and adults who struggle with depression, anxiety, psychosis, trauma, sleep problems, grief, LGBTQ issues, relationship issues, self-esteem, bipolar disorder I and II, loneliness, and addiction (both behavioral and chemical).
I completed my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, with a Neuropsychology Certificate Program, at Palo Alto University. I also did my postdoctoral residency at Kaiser Permanente's Chemical Dependency Recovery Program (now Addiction Medicine Recovery Services) in Antioch. Additionally, I earned my Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Palo Alto University.
I work with adolescents and adults who struggle with depression, anxiety, psychosis, trauma, sleep problems, grief, LGBTQ issues, relationship issues, self-esteem, bipolar disorder I and II, loneliness, and addiction (both behavioral and chemical).
I completed my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, with a Neuropsychology Certificate Program, at Palo Alto University. I also did my postdoctoral residency at Kaiser Permanente's Chemical Dependency Recovery Program (now Addiction Medicine Recovery Services) in Antioch. Additionally, I earned my Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Palo Alto University.
Welcome to my practice. I have over 30 years of experience providing therapy to individuals and couples from very diverse backgrounds with regards to ethnicity, religion, age, country of origin, and sexual orientation. The therapy I do tends to be short-term, "here-and-now" focused, goal oriented, and skills based. I believe my clients want to change their behaviors, and not just "talk" about what's going wrong. My therapeutic style is collaborative, non-judgmental, warm and compassionate. I'm not a "one size fits all" therapist because every client is unique. I offer a Good Faith Estimate at the client's request.
Welcome to my practice. I have over 30 years of experience providing therapy to individuals and couples from very diverse backgrounds with regards to ethnicity, religion, age, country of origin, and sexual orientation. The therapy I do tends to be short-term, "here-and-now" focused, goal oriented, and skills based. I believe my clients want to change their behaviors, and not just "talk" about what's going wrong. My therapeutic style is collaborative, non-judgmental, warm and compassionate. I'm not a "one size fits all" therapist because every client is unique. I offer a Good Faith Estimate at the client's request.
Cecilia Ding
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, EFT, EMDR, IFS, SexEd, Somatic
6 Endorsed
Online Only
You are successful on the outside yet struggling on the inside. You've spent years achieving, caregiving, adapting, or taking responsibility for others. The coping strategies that once helped you thrive may now leave you feeling exhausted, disconnected, anxious, lonely, or unsure of what you truly want. You may be navigating a relationship challenge, life transition, burnout, grief, trauma, or questions of identity and purpose. You want relief, and also feel more connected—to yourself, your relationships, and the life you're creating. I can help you adapt, heal and thrive even as the world is changing in so many ways.
You are successful on the outside yet struggling on the inside. You've spent years achieving, caregiving, adapting, or taking responsibility for others. The coping strategies that once helped you thrive may now leave you feeling exhausted, disconnected, anxious, lonely, or unsure of what you truly want. You may be navigating a relationship challenge, life transition, burnout, grief, trauma, or questions of identity and purpose. You want relief, and also feel more connected—to yourself, your relationships, and the life you're creating. I can help you adapt, heal and thrive even as the world is changing in so many ways.
You may be feeling stuck in your relationships, overwhelmed by a major life transition, or carrying the lasting impact of childhood trauma. I work with teens, adults, couples, and families who want to better understand themselves, strengthen their connections, and create meaningful change. I also enjoy supporting people during pregnancy and postpartum, high-achieving individuals under chronic stress, neurodivergent clients, and diverse relationship forms . Therapy is tailored to your unique experiences, values, and culture, and is available in both English and Mandarin.
You may be feeling stuck in your relationships, overwhelmed by a major life transition, or carrying the lasting impact of childhood trauma. I work with teens, adults, couples, and families who want to better understand themselves, strengthen their connections, and create meaningful change. I also enjoy supporting people during pregnancy and postpartum, high-achieving individuals under chronic stress, neurodivergent clients, and diverse relationship forms . Therapy is tailored to your unique experiences, values, and culture, and is available in both English and Mandarin.
Feeling out of control over what you care about the most can make you feel like your world is crumbling around you. Feelings of worry, fear, confusion, anger, and sadness can make your relationships, parenting, work, or your education seem impossible and feel like a heavy burden. My passion is helping people realize or remember that they are capable, strong, worthy, and significant. I look to understand your pain and concern, and I want to tell you that you CAN overcome these obstacles that come your way in life. Having peace of mind is a mind frame.
Feeling out of control over what you care about the most can make you feel like your world is crumbling around you. Feelings of worry, fear, confusion, anger, and sadness can make your relationships, parenting, work, or your education seem impossible and feel like a heavy burden. My passion is helping people realize or remember that they are capable, strong, worthy, and significant. I look to understand your pain and concern, and I want to tell you that you CAN overcome these obstacles that come your way in life. Having peace of mind is a mind frame.
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