EMDR Therapists in Mountain View, CA

"Are you in a major life transition? I specialize in working with individuals and couples who are interested in examining those aspects of your life that are not working and have you stressed out. I help my clients uncover their core issues rapidly, generate breakthroughs and offer you tools to achieve sustainable results.

I meet people where they are in their life journey. Work and play need to be in balance to make life rewarding. My favorite people to work with are looking to make life more exciting. I have a practical approach to getting past life's hurdles to what makes one happy. Life transitions can be difficult to navigate, so having guidance for the journey makes it easier. Finding motivators for my clients is my biggest goal, and results in people who are more fulfilled with all aspects of their lives.

As a well-known psychotherapist Joelle, Clinical Director/CEO/Founder of Joelle Rabow Maletis & Associates, Inc., offices in the Bay Area’s Silicon Valley, CA and Texas, we utilize reflective listening and builds rapport with our clients, incorporating CBT and DBT skills, somatic work, EMDR along with trauma informed and solution-focused therapy, to provide a structure that allows clients to make changes in their own lives. We focus on establishing collaborations, promoting self-growth while incorporating mindfulness training to achieve client results. Our passion's helping clients develop past trauma, through post traumatic growth!

Are you looking to improve your relationship with yourself and others in your life? If so, then perhaps I can help. I work with adults, couples, and families wanting healthier, stronger relationships, and an overall better life. I enjoy working with people who want to transform their lives and their relationships; those who are ready to release the past and live more fully in the present in order to create a better future. I work with people on issues of trauma, spirituality, and grief resulting from death, a lost relationship and/or lost opportunities. I also work with people with process and substance addictions and recovery.

Have you recently experienced or witnessed a traumatic event? Are you going through a break-up or some other type of loss? Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse? Your sleep problems, depression, anxiety, poor performance at work and relationship issues are often the result of current of past trauma. Many of my clients include those who have come from dysfunctional families where they experienced or witnessed abuse. For the past 19 years I have been helping clients to cope with and address traumatic experiences. I have extensive training and experience in the treatment of trauma.

In the TV show "Sex and City" there is a line: " in this city ( New York) everyone is looking for something, a job, an apartment, or a partner. " Underline this, you can feel the anxiety and the need for certainty, comfort and connection. These are human existial needs and I can help you with: stress, anxiety, depression that are related to work, personal/intimate relationship, relationship with children, and developmental trauma. I believe in therapy is to help people to return to normal life, work and develop more enjoyable things.

Hello! My name is Gianna Merriam, LCSW. My therapeutic approach is person-centered, trauma-informed, and strength-based. My areas of practice include working with children and families, individuals (all ages), and groups. I enjoy promoting use of self-compassion practices, functional communication and empathy to impact individual needs and relationships. Clients I typically work with can range from age 5-60. I have extensive experience working with school-aged children that receive IEP services; I am educated and able to support parents in navigating the school system as well as community based resources.

I'm not in the business of instigating change. I am in the delicate and complex work of empowering it. Because I believe you have the wisdom to bring about change. Because change is your work and your choice; my role is to set the stage, empty it, illuminate what stands in the way and explore with you the possibilities for change. Ultimately you decide.The fact that you're here already ensures it. My job is to notice your process, reflect and honor it. In this space, I have seen amazing change happen.

Do you want to have a healthier life and more satisfying relationships? Therapy consists of a direct and compassionate approach to help individuals, couples and families. You have found me on the Web through your own search, so you are presumably trying to find an affordable professional therapist who would suit your particular needs. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I can offer counseling and therapy. Caring professional support and understanding can provide relief and healing during stressful times.

At this time, I offer in-office and Telehealth sessions, depends on needs. I work with children and adults who need help with life transitions, relationships, trauma, divorce, grief, work/ study stress and other difficult life circumstances. My approach is based on empathy, unconditional positive regard, respect to all life paths, and deep belief in a healing power of a genuine human connection.

Are you unhappy? Do you feel less and less motivated and it's getting hard for you to be yourself fully? Are you anxious? Depressed? Angry? Do you feel misunderstood and blamed? Are you overwhelmed? Do you feel lost and you don't know what to do? My therapy services can help you. Using therapy tools that work, I will help you overcome the road blocks that are on the way to your true self and to your happiness. My therapy services are client centered, individualized and strength based. Most importantly, they are tailored to meet your values and cultural needs.

I can help with challenging relationships, retirement problems, post trauma and acute stress; also substance abuse issues, problem gambling, grief or loss, as well as problems with past childhood abuse and neglect, as well as facilitating better adjustment with general life transitions.

Welcome. By coming to this site, you have already taken an important step toward healthy living. Do you feel overwhelmed, stuck, stressed or anxious? Are you experiencing, sadness, loss or difficulty making decisions? I can help. I have been in private practice for nearly 30 years and have worked with many clients experiencing the same concerns as you. My style is direct, active and interactive; as well as respectful, supportive, warm and caring. I like to work with clients to set personal goals about what they would like to change in their lives and help them reach those goals.

I have worked with a variety of populations doing individual, couples, and group psychotherapy as well as psychological testing. My theoretical approach is based on a variety of methods, techniques and philosophies based upon both research and my clinical experience. I believe no one method of therapy can meet everyone's needs, so I employ a variety of behavioral, cognitive, interpersonal interventions, and problem solving strategies based upon your individual needs and goals. I take the approach that the most empathetic thing I can do for you is to help bring you closer to your personal goals.

Hello, you may be feeling sad, stressed, overwhelmed, or lonely... and looking for help with feeling happy, calm and connected within and with your relationships. Take a step... and let's talk about how we can bridge that gap.

It may not feel like it right now, but change is possible. Through therapy, you can become aware of the unconscious decisions you are making each day that are unknowingly shaping your life. You may find that the unhelpful decisions all center around patterns meant to keep you safe. Together, we can work on increasing your sense of security and recognizing which patterns are no longer working. I am trained in EMDR , Internal Family Systems Therapy, and Sensorimotor Therapy. These modalities can aid you in going deeper and effectively processing the patterns and traumas that are keeping you stuck.

Are you feeling stuck in life? Does stress at work, from life, from family, your partner or friends, feel overwhelming? I believe that we all deserver to live happy, healthy lives. I help adults and adolescents who are struggling with depression, trauma, anxiety, stress, anger, life transitions, or grief. Together we untangle what is holding you back and keeping you from being your best self. Whether you are feeling anxious, depressed, or at your wits' end there is help for you. Together, we will help you get unstuck and cope with your life’s challenges. Let's bring happiness back to your life!