Somatic Therapists in Milpitas, CA
I use a holistic and somatic approach to help you understand the underlying cause of your problems and transform them.
I'm a 1st generation, Vietnamese American holistic trauma therapist. My specialties include trauma, anxiety, depression, relational issues, and working with AANHPI/BIPOC issues such as family conflict, intergenerational trauma, and cultural identity work. By incorporating all these aspects, we can find the root of the problem to create the life you want.
I use a holistic and somatic approach to help you understand the underlying cause of your problems and transform them.
I'm a 1st generation, Vietnamese American holistic trauma therapist. My specialties include trauma, anxiety, depression, relational issues, and working with AANHPI/BIPOC issues such as family conflict, intergenerational trauma, and cultural identity work. By incorporating all these aspects, we can find the root of the problem to create the life you want.
I specialize in effective couples therapy. I work with adult individuals, and men with issues in the area of sexuality and intimacy. In working with couples I focus on self-responsibility, communication (listening when listening is hard, self revealing instead of finger-pointing), expectations, self-awareness, and remaining intimate through difficulty. Throughout the whole process I integrate a focus on kindness without abandoning or avoiding the truth. I also specialize in assisting and supporting both men and women with building the skill and ability to feel and share their feelings effectively in intimate relationships.
I specialize in effective couples therapy. I work with adult individuals, and men with issues in the area of sexuality and intimacy. In working with couples I focus on self-responsibility, communication (listening when listening is hard, self revealing instead of finger-pointing), expectations, self-awareness, and remaining intimate through difficulty. Throughout the whole process I integrate a focus on kindness without abandoning or avoiding the truth. I also specialize in assisting and supporting both men and women with building the skill and ability to feel and share their feelings effectively in intimate relationships.
My integrative approach draws from evidence-based and experiential modalities, including:
• Psychodynamic and Attachment-based therapy
• Somatic and Systemic interventions
• CBT, ACT, and EMDR
• Parts Work and Constellations
• Eco-therapy and Equine-assisted therapy
I believe that every wound, trauma, and life transition holds the potential for transformation. In our work together, we’ll navigate your inner landscape to release anxiety, depression, and limiting patterns, restoring your vitality and uncovering new possibilities. As you grow and change, your relationships and the world around you naturally shift as well.
My integrative approach draws from evidence-based and experiential modalities, including:
• Psychodynamic and Attachment-based therapy
• Somatic and Systemic interventions
• CBT, ACT, and EMDR
• Parts Work and Constellations
• Eco-therapy and Equine-assisted therapy
I believe that every wound, trauma, and life transition holds the potential for transformation. In our work together, we’ll navigate your inner landscape to release anxiety, depression, and limiting patterns, restoring your vitality and uncovering new possibilities. As you grow and change, your relationships and the world around you naturally shift as well.
I often use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered supportive therapy, brain spotting, EFT tapping, and somatic therapies to address challenging thoughts and feelings that may be expressed as emotional or physical distress.
Hi, my name is Dr. Garofalo! I specialize in nervous system and identity rebirth. I have been helping clients for over 15 years and I am committed to providing warm and empowering support for individuals seeking to become the best, most fulfilled versions of themselves. I specialize in helping people navigating relational issues (including narcissistic abuse), trauma, anxiety, depression, anger management, bipolar, and psychotic disorders, but I have experience working with many different types of people. If you are looking to better understand yourself, develop coping skills, and create meaningful connections, I am here to help.
I often use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered supportive therapy, brain spotting, EFT tapping, and somatic therapies to address challenging thoughts and feelings that may be expressed as emotional or physical distress.
Hi, my name is Dr. Garofalo! I specialize in nervous system and identity rebirth. I have been helping clients for over 15 years and I am committed to providing warm and empowering support for individuals seeking to become the best, most fulfilled versions of themselves. I specialize in helping people navigating relational issues (including narcissistic abuse), trauma, anxiety, depression, anger management, bipolar, and psychotic disorders, but I have experience working with many different types of people. If you are looking to better understand yourself, develop coping skills, and create meaningful connections, I am here to help.
I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in supporting teens and young adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, ADHD, and life transitions. I believe therapy should be collaborative, empowering, and a space where you feel truly seen.
I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in supporting teens and young adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, ADHD, and life transitions. I believe therapy should be collaborative, empowering, and a space where you feel truly seen.
I approach therapy as a shared journey, walking beside you as we make sense of where you've been and where you'd like to go. Life can be profoundly challenging, and none of us are immune to its heartbreaks—but healing happens in safe, compassionate connection.
My work is grounded in the understanding that the body and mind have an inherent capacity to heal when given the right support. Whether you're processing past trauma, navigating anxiety or depression, or feeling stuck in patterns that no longer serve you, I offer a grounded and compassionate presence for the full complexity of who you are—and who you're becoming
I approach therapy as a shared journey, walking beside you as we make sense of where you've been and where you'd like to go. Life can be profoundly challenging, and none of us are immune to its heartbreaks—but healing happens in safe, compassionate connection.
My work is grounded in the understanding that the body and mind have an inherent capacity to heal when given the right support. Whether you're processing past trauma, navigating anxiety or depression, or feeling stuck in patterns that no longer serve you, I offer a grounded and compassionate presence for the full complexity of who you are—and who you're becoming
I use an approach that combines Object Relations, Somatic, and Internal Family Systems.
I work broadly with adults who are feeling stuck and overwhelmed. In order to resolve these blocks, I work with clients to resolve various kinds of trauma including attachment, family of origin, sexual assault, domestic violence, immigration, or religion.
I use an approach that combines Object Relations, Somatic, and Internal Family Systems.
I work broadly with adults who are feeling stuck and overwhelmed. In order to resolve these blocks, I work with clients to resolve various kinds of trauma including attachment, family of origin, sexual assault, domestic violence, immigration, or religion.
These are object relations, attachment-based and psychodynamic psychotherapy, somatic, mindfulness and psychoanalysis work.
I'm here with you. Few things are more painful than feeling disconnected from yourself or the person you love. If you've tried everything to reconnect with yourself and others, only to end up stuck in the same old patterns, you're far from alone ... and help is available! When stress and anxiety leave you short of breath and constantly bracing for the worst, or old wounds from loss or trauma linger and make it difficult to feel safe or believe there's a light at the end of the tunnel, you can end up feeling heartbroken, hopeless, and exhausted. But the fact that you are reading this now means there is hope. I'm here to help.
These are object relations, attachment-based and psychodynamic psychotherapy, somatic, mindfulness and psychoanalysis work.
I'm here with you. Few things are more painful than feeling disconnected from yourself or the person you love. If you've tried everything to reconnect with yourself and others, only to end up stuck in the same old patterns, you're far from alone ... and help is available! When stress and anxiety leave you short of breath and constantly bracing for the worst, or old wounds from loss or trauma linger and make it difficult to feel safe or believe there's a light at the end of the tunnel, you can end up feeling heartbroken, hopeless, and exhausted. But the fact that you are reading this now means there is hope. I'm here to help.
My approach integrates somatic awareness, mindful curiosity, and family systems to support lasting growth.
You don’t understand why your family causes you so many sleepless nights. You need someone to talk to but feel shame bringing up family issues or you don’t know where to start. You try to please everyone but you end up being the unhappy one. You cut off toxic family relationships but this leaves you feeling guilt, loneliness, and resentment. To prove yourself, you work hard and sometimes overcompensate. Past unresolved issues consume your energy, make you question yourself, and become hesitant to try a new relationship. You don’t want to be your parents but you don’t know how not to. You doubt if you can live a different life.
My approach integrates somatic awareness, mindful curiosity, and family systems to support lasting growth.
You don’t understand why your family causes you so many sleepless nights. You need someone to talk to but feel shame bringing up family issues or you don’t know where to start. You try to please everyone but you end up being the unhappy one. You cut off toxic family relationships but this leaves you feeling guilt, loneliness, and resentment. To prove yourself, you work hard and sometimes overcompensate. Past unresolved issues consume your energy, make you question yourself, and become hesitant to try a new relationship. You don’t want to be your parents but you don’t know how not to. You doubt if you can live a different life.
(Watch a brief introductory video on my website!) I'll work with you to overcome limiting patterns and discover new, more fulfilling ways to be in the world. Along the way you may discover deeply held beliefs and emotional responses that shape your experience, and choose to let go of what no longer serves you, while giving greater expression to your authentic self. I offer a warm and welcoming therapeutic environment where you can safely explore your concerns. I specialize in helping individuals and couples find relief from anxiety and other distressing emotions, heal trauma, improve self-esteem, improve communication, and experience greater relationship satisfaction.
(Watch a brief introductory video on my website!) I'll work with you to overcome limiting patterns and discover new, more fulfilling ways to be in the world. Along the way you may discover deeply held beliefs and emotional responses that shape your experience, and choose to let go of what no longer serves you, while giving greater expression to your authentic self. I offer a warm and welcoming therapeutic environment where you can safely explore your concerns. I specialize in helping individuals and couples find relief from anxiety and other distressing emotions, heal trauma, improve self-esteem, improve communication, and experience greater relationship satisfaction.
As a resilient survivor of decades of trauma, I am passionate about serving children, adolescence, adults, and their families to promote healing from physical, emotional, sexual, intergenerational, and racial traumas. With 19 years serving populations with varying neurodiversities (ADHD, ASD, developmental delays), mental health struggles, and marginalized communities with complex traumas (e.g., substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual trauma, oppression), I am dedicated to empowering others to access their most authentic selves and journeying alongside people as they create a purposeful life that is meaningful for them.
As a resilient survivor of decades of trauma, I am passionate about serving children, adolescence, adults, and their families to promote healing from physical, emotional, sexual, intergenerational, and racial traumas. With 19 years serving populations with varying neurodiversities (ADHD, ASD, developmental delays), mental health struggles, and marginalized communities with complex traumas (e.g., substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual trauma, oppression), I am dedicated to empowering others to access their most authentic selves and journeying alongside people as they create a purposeful life that is meaningful for them.
Together, we explore the emotional, somatic, and unconscious layers keeping you stuck, so you can heal at the root.
Our work goes beyond coping skills—we’ll explore the deeper patterns that block you, so you can make lasting change. I offer a grounded, compassionate space to help you heal, grow, and live with greater authenticity and purpose.
Together, we explore the emotional, somatic, and unconscious layers keeping you stuck, so you can heal at the root.
Our work goes beyond coping skills—we’ll explore the deeper patterns that block you, so you can make lasting change. I offer a grounded, compassionate space to help you heal, grow, and live with greater authenticity and purpose.
Are you feeling stuck in your marriage, family relationships, or personal growth? Even the strongest among us can feel lost, unsure, ambivalent, or unhappy at times. I can help you understand and manage whatever life throws at you, and how to do it successfully. I believe you have the strength not to just survive, but to truly THRIVE.
Are you feeling stuck in your marriage, family relationships, or personal growth? Even the strongest among us can feel lost, unsure, ambivalent, or unhappy at times. I can help you understand and manage whatever life throws at you, and how to do it successfully. I believe you have the strength not to just survive, but to truly THRIVE.
I take an existential approach, and am trained in Somatic Experiencing, Brain Spotting, EMDR, and IFS as well as several talk therapy approaches.
I know it can feel overwhelming choosing a therapist. You're struggling to be understood already....you don't know who to trust or even what the difference might be from one to another. I've been where you are, thumbing through thumbnail after thumbnail of therapist photos....where do you start? Who do you trust? I decided when I got into this business to focus on the relationship, not the strategy. Every client has different needs and each deserves a therapist who understands them and their unique situation.
I take an existential approach, and am trained in Somatic Experiencing, Brain Spotting, EMDR, and IFS as well as several talk therapy approaches.
I know it can feel overwhelming choosing a therapist. You're struggling to be understood already....you don't know who to trust or even what the difference might be from one to another. I've been where you are, thumbing through thumbnail after thumbnail of therapist photos....where do you start? Who do you trust? I decided when I got into this business to focus on the relationship, not the strategy. Every client has different needs and each deserves a therapist who understands them and their unique situation.
These are object relations, attachment-based and psychodynamic psychotherapy, somatic, mindfulness and psychoanalysis work.
I'm here with you. Few things are more painful than feeling disconnected from yourself or the person you love. If you've tried everything to reconnect with yourself and others, only to end up stuck in the same old patterns, you're far from alone ... and help is available! When stress and anxiety leave you short of breath and constantly bracing for the worst, or old wounds from loss or trauma linger and make it difficult to feel safe or believe there's a light at the end of the tunnel, you can end up feeling heartbroken, hopeless, and exhausted. But the fact that you are reading this now means there is hope. I'm here to help.
These are object relations, attachment-based and psychodynamic psychotherapy, somatic, mindfulness and psychoanalysis work.
I'm here with you. Few things are more painful than feeling disconnected from yourself or the person you love. If you've tried everything to reconnect with yourself and others, only to end up stuck in the same old patterns, you're far from alone ... and help is available! When stress and anxiety leave you short of breath and constantly bracing for the worst, or old wounds from loss or trauma linger and make it difficult to feel safe or believe there's a light at the end of the tunnel, you can end up feeling heartbroken, hopeless, and exhausted. But the fact that you are reading this now means there is hope. I'm here to help.
My name is Wilene Chang, and I am a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT) based in San Jose, California, and working with clients in-person or via telehealth. I work with young adults and the elderly population, specializing in anxiety, stress, life concerns, using Client-Centered Therapy and the Humanistic Approach, allowing clients to make progress and trusting in me to support their concerns. I have found that my style and approach are a good fit for most adults of various backgrounds, who may be dealing with challenges of life transitions and social pressures.
My name is Wilene Chang, and I am a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT) based in San Jose, California, and working with clients in-person or via telehealth. I work with young adults and the elderly population, specializing in anxiety, stress, life concerns, using Client-Centered Therapy and the Humanistic Approach, allowing clients to make progress and trusting in me to support their concerns. I have found that my style and approach are a good fit for most adults of various backgrounds, who may be dealing with challenges of life transitions and social pressures.
Hi! I'm Brionna Morse, LMFT. I have expertise working with adolescents, teens, and their families. I combine CBT, play/art therapy, as well as somatics and breathwork to rewire the nervous system. My approach is based on the client. I can easily tell what is needed to help you move forward, and have a tool belt of skills that will take you there!
Hi! I'm Brionna Morse, LMFT. I have expertise working with adolescents, teens, and their families. I combine CBT, play/art therapy, as well as somatics and breathwork to rewire the nervous system. My approach is based on the client. I can easily tell what is needed to help you move forward, and have a tool belt of skills that will take you there!
Fengmei Li
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
1 Endorsed
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Waitlist for new clients
Trauma may manifest in your life as all kinds of disruptions, such as anxiety, depression, burnout, nightmares, family conflicts, or relationship struggles. Yet, I see them as how your pain has found its own way to show up in this particular form. I approach this work with a trauma lens, yet it doesn’t mean that I will be searching for your “brokenness”. I see trauma as an inherent aspect of the human condition, and that we are all continuously healing from traumas, whether “big” or “small”, personal or collective.
Trauma may manifest in your life as all kinds of disruptions, such as anxiety, depression, burnout, nightmares, family conflicts, or relationship struggles. Yet, I see them as how your pain has found its own way to show up in this particular form. I approach this work with a trauma lens, yet it doesn’t mean that I will be searching for your “brokenness”. I see trauma as an inherent aspect of the human condition, and that we are all continuously healing from traumas, whether “big” or “small”, personal or collective.
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When we get stuck we start to see life as black and white, yet life lived fully is a picture full of colors waiting to be explored! As a therapist, I am passionate about helping individuals see beyond the all or nothing perspective to embrace the rich colors that life offers. My goal is to guide individuals in rediscovering the vibrancy of life, offering a safe environment filled with unconditional empathy and care. Drawing from the transformative power of art and talk therapy, I aim to facilitate healing and growth, modeling for my client authentic curiousity and compassionate acceptance for the journey to healing.
When we get stuck we start to see life as black and white, yet life lived fully is a picture full of colors waiting to be explored! As a therapist, I am passionate about helping individuals see beyond the all or nothing perspective to embrace the rich colors that life offers. My goal is to guide individuals in rediscovering the vibrancy of life, offering a safe environment filled with unconditional empathy and care. Drawing from the transformative power of art and talk therapy, I aim to facilitate healing and growth, modeling for my client authentic curiousity and compassionate acceptance for the journey to healing.
These include polyvagal-informed trauma healing modalities ( Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor, and EMDR), Gestalt, IFS, CBT/DBT, mindfulness, and humanistic therapy.
Do you identify as a highly sensitive, high-achieving person struggling to live authentically? Maybe you’ve tried therapy but it didn’t make deep, sustainable change. You vented, felt heard, but the same patterns persisted. My work goes deeper—into the emotional and nervous system roots of perfectionism, depression, cultural misfit, and complex (personal or intergenerational) trauma—so that change becomes lasting and embodied. I support: 1) Individuals healing from depression, impostor syndrome, and complex trauma; 2) Adult children transforming intergenerational family dynamics; 3) Tech professionals navigating mental health leave.
These include polyvagal-informed trauma healing modalities ( Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor, and EMDR), Gestalt, IFS, CBT/DBT, mindfulness, and humanistic therapy.
Do you identify as a highly sensitive, high-achieving person struggling to live authentically? Maybe you’ve tried therapy but it didn’t make deep, sustainable change. You vented, felt heard, but the same patterns persisted. My work goes deeper—into the emotional and nervous system roots of perfectionism, depression, cultural misfit, and complex (personal or intergenerational) trauma—so that change becomes lasting and embodied. I support: 1) Individuals healing from depression, impostor syndrome, and complex trauma; 2) Adult children transforming intergenerational family dynamics; 3) Tech professionals navigating mental health leave.
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Somatic Therapists
How does somatic therapy work?
Somatic therapy is a form of treatment that focuses on how the body and mind are interconnected. In this approach, physical symptoms are addressed because they may in fact signal emotional distress. Somatic therapists combine mindfulness, talk therapy, breathwork, yoga, dance, and physical manipulations of the body to help patients become more attuned to what their body is telling them.
Is EMDR a somatic therapy?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a form of somatic therapy, as it incorporates mental and physical principles. EMDR involves remembering a traumatic experience while allowing one’s eyes to track a side-to-side visual stimulus from a therapist. This lateral eye movement is believed to diminish the painful power of the memory so that it can be discussed with a therapist.
Is somatic therapy evidence-based?
Somatic therapy has been researched and studied, and some forms of somatic therapy are found to be effective in treating a wide range of conditions. Because somatic therapy encompasses many techniques, some, such as EMDR and meditation, have been studied more than others.
What is somatic trauma therapy?
Somatic trauma therapy is based on the idea that when people experience trauma, they can become stuck in the “freeze” part of a “fight, flight, or freeze” response. In this state, trauma can manifest itself both mentally and physically—through tension in the muscles, anxiety, and stress. Popular forms of somatic trauma therapy include EMDR, sensorimotor therapy, and somatic experiencing.