Emotionally Focused Therapists in Oakhurst, CA
Whether you’ve faced overwhelming life events or been impacted by repetitive, ongoing emotional struggles, trauma can live in the body and subconscious mind—shaping patterns of anxiety, disconnection, or emotional numbness that can be hard to understand. If you experience anxiety, depression, relational challenges, PTSD, or feel stuck in repetitive behaviors or thought spirals, these may be signs of unresolved trauma. Healing begins by bringing gentle awareness to these inner wounds and working with them in a safe, compassionate way.
Whether you’ve faced overwhelming life events or been impacted by repetitive, ongoing emotional struggles, trauma can live in the body and subconscious mind—shaping patterns of anxiety, disconnection, or emotional numbness that can be hard to understand. If you experience anxiety, depression, relational challenges, PTSD, or feel stuck in repetitive behaviors or thought spirals, these may be signs of unresolved trauma. Healing begins by bringing gentle awareness to these inner wounds and working with them in a safe, compassionate way.
Compass Family Counseling Services is your trusted partner on the journey to emotional well-being and stronger family bonds. Our expert team of compassionate counselors provides personalized and evidence-based therapy to navigate life's challenges, fostering resilience and harmony within your family. Discover a path to healing, growth, and connection with Compass Family Counseling Services – where understanding, support, and positive change come together." We offer a free phone consultation. We understand that mental health is complex. From everyday stress to more serious conditions, our team is here to provide personalized support.
Compass Family Counseling Services is your trusted partner on the journey to emotional well-being and stronger family bonds. Our expert team of compassionate counselors provides personalized and evidence-based therapy to navigate life's challenges, fostering resilience and harmony within your family. Discover a path to healing, growth, and connection with Compass Family Counseling Services – where understanding, support, and positive change come together." We offer a free phone consultation. We understand that mental health is complex. From everyday stress to more serious conditions, our team is here to provide personalized support.
Hi potential client. If you are experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties then please call for an appointment.
Hi potential client. If you are experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties then please call for an appointment.
I'm a registered associate therapist in California working with teens, adults, individuals, couples, and families via telehealth, statewide.
My clients are people who are done just surviving. Maybe you've been struggling for a while and haven't said it out loud yet. Maybe you're a parent watching your kid fall apart and you don't know where to start. Either way, you don't need to have it figured out before reaching out. That's what we're here for!
I'm a registered associate therapist in California working with teens, adults, individuals, couples, and families via telehealth, statewide.
My clients are people who are done just surviving. Maybe you've been struggling for a while and haven't said it out loud yet. Maybe you're a parent watching your kid fall apart and you don't know where to start. Either way, you don't need to have it figured out before reaching out. That's what we're here for!
As a bilingual therapist (English/Spanish), I offer a supportive space for those facing anxiety, any major life transitions, identity shifts, and relationship challenges. Using mindfulness, empathy, and a client-centered approach, I help individuals gain clarity, heal, and growth.
As a bilingual therapist (English/Spanish), I offer a supportive space for those facing anxiety, any major life transitions, identity shifts, and relationship challenges. Using mindfulness, empathy, and a client-centered approach, I help individuals gain clarity, heal, and growth.
I specialize in supporting individuals dealing with PTSD and trauma, and work with issues that include grief, anxiety, and depression. My approach is to empower clients to draw on their strengths, overcome challenges, and build stronger relationships as they work toward their best selves.
I specialize in supporting individuals dealing with PTSD and trauma, and work with issues that include grief, anxiety, and depression. My approach is to empower clients to draw on their strengths, overcome challenges, and build stronger relationships as they work toward their best selves.
My years of experience have allowed me to work with a diverse group of individuals without exhibiting any biases or prejudices, and I am able to provide the necessary services and support while working with clients. For example, as a Clinician, I honed my abilities in creativity and proficiency while providing a solid foundation of compassion and humility for servicing clients.
My years of experience have allowed me to work with a diverse group of individuals without exhibiting any biases or prejudices, and I am able to provide the necessary services and support while working with clients. For example, as a Clinician, I honed my abilities in creativity and proficiency while providing a solid foundation of compassion and humility for servicing clients.
Maybe you’ve spent years holding everything together while quietly feeling more and more disconnected from yourself, your relationships, or your sense of meaning and purpose. You may struggle with burnout, emotional isolation, relationship conflict, vulnerability, or the pressure to constantly perform while feeling unseen underneath it all. I work with couples, men, and thoughtful individuals seeking deeper connection, emotional honesty, and a more grounded way of living. My approach is relational, trauma-informed, and focused on helping clients reconnect with themselves, others, and what matters most.
Maybe you’ve spent years holding everything together while quietly feeling more and more disconnected from yourself, your relationships, or your sense of meaning and purpose. You may struggle with burnout, emotional isolation, relationship conflict, vulnerability, or the pressure to constantly perform while feeling unseen underneath it all. I work with couples, men, and thoughtful individuals seeking deeper connection, emotional honesty, and a more grounded way of living. My approach is relational, trauma-informed, and focused on helping clients reconnect with themselves, others, and what matters most.
Welcome to my practice. I’m glad you’re here. Being human isn’t easy, and you don't have to work through life's challenges alone. I work with clients to inspire your innate wisdom and restore a sense of wellness to your life. I seek to treat the entire person not just a narrow set of symptoms. This could mean finding hope in darkness, calm in a storm, perspective when lost in the woods, or a steady hand to help you up after you’ve fallen. If we work together, the therapy process will be unique as a truthful reflection of your unique self—including your personal history, strengths, challenges, goals, and present capacity.
Welcome to my practice. I’m glad you’re here. Being human isn’t easy, and you don't have to work through life's challenges alone. I work with clients to inspire your innate wisdom and restore a sense of wellness to your life. I seek to treat the entire person not just a narrow set of symptoms. This could mean finding hope in darkness, calm in a storm, perspective when lost in the woods, or a steady hand to help you up after you’ve fallen. If we work together, the therapy process will be unique as a truthful reflection of your unique self—including your personal history, strengths, challenges, goals, and present capacity.
Hello, I’m so glad you're exploring therapy. I frequently work with couples, parents and families. I also enjoy working with individual adolescents and adults, particularly around issues of identity formation, life transitions, difficult family or partner relationships, spirituality, grief, trauma and anxiety. I have experience working cross-culturally as well as working professionals facing leadership challenges. In my therapeutic work, I seek to blend a client-centered, attachment-focused approach with a psychodynamic perspective.
Hello, I’m so glad you're exploring therapy. I frequently work with couples, parents and families. I also enjoy working with individual adolescents and adults, particularly around issues of identity formation, life transitions, difficult family or partner relationships, spirituality, grief, trauma and anxiety. I have experience working cross-culturally as well as working professionals facing leadership challenges. In my therapeutic work, I seek to blend a client-centered, attachment-focused approach with a psychodynamic perspective.
Amy Harper is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist specializing in couples. Amy works to help couples in resolving martial conflict and crafting their ideal lives and marriages. Using the best of what Eastern Philosophy and Modern Psychology have to offer, Amy helps to cultivate insight and make the mental shifts necessary to ultimately transform your lives & marriages. Whether you have a partner that is on the same page as you, or you are ready to take the first steps solo and begin your healing journey, change is possible! It actually only takes ONE person to completely transform an entire family system.
Amy Harper is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist specializing in couples. Amy works to help couples in resolving martial conflict and crafting their ideal lives and marriages. Using the best of what Eastern Philosophy and Modern Psychology have to offer, Amy helps to cultivate insight and make the mental shifts necessary to ultimately transform your lives & marriages. Whether you have a partner that is on the same page as you, or you are ready to take the first steps solo and begin your healing journey, change is possible! It actually only takes ONE person to completely transform an entire family system.
Hello! I am excited to help my client create a safe and positive space to learn new skills and discuss their needs. I use positive, trauma-informed, strength-based practices to help clients find ways to accept themselves, feel safe, and manage their emotions. I use mindfulness and motivational techniques to assist clients in finding their desired life path. I help clients learn how to handle difficult emotions and memories, learn their emotions, how they would like to regulate them, and gain interpersonal skills. Clients will learn skills to manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and cope with stressful situations.
Hello! I am excited to help my client create a safe and positive space to learn new skills and discuss their needs. I use positive, trauma-informed, strength-based practices to help clients find ways to accept themselves, feel safe, and manage their emotions. I use mindfulness and motivational techniques to assist clients in finding their desired life path. I help clients learn how to handle difficult emotions and memories, learn their emotions, how they would like to regulate them, and gain interpersonal skills. Clients will learn skills to manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and cope with stressful situations.
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Sessions with me are focused, light-hearted, insightful and I will help you to directly and immediately gain insight and healing around the issues that cause you distress. Currently accepting short-term clients who are open and ready for immediate positive emotional, mental, or relational shifts. .
Sessions with me are focused, light-hearted, insightful and I will help you to directly and immediately gain insight and healing around the issues that cause you distress. Currently accepting short-term clients who are open and ready for immediate positive emotional, mental, or relational shifts. .
I have always wanted to serve the community. I began in education. I worked with children and their families. I was so fortunate to learn about how they rose above the difficult circumstances they encountered. I realized that my dream was to work with clients through their healing process. I applied to graduate school and obtained my masters degree in psychology. I felt and continue to feel that this is where I am meant to be. I have had the enormous honor of working with so many individuals. They have taught me so much about perseverance, hope, and strength.
I have always wanted to serve the community. I began in education. I worked with children and their families. I was so fortunate to learn about how they rose above the difficult circumstances they encountered. I realized that my dream was to work with clients through their healing process. I applied to graduate school and obtained my masters degree in psychology. I felt and continue to feel that this is where I am meant to be. I have had the enormous honor of working with so many individuals. They have taught me so much about perseverance, hope, and strength.
At Rapha CCC we know there is depression, anxiety, suicidal tendencies and it's all real. We want to help lessen the pain people are feeling and help them constructively. When people cannot hold a job, Let us help you understand do you work better for people or with people. People come to us when they are destructive not only in their own life, but also cause destruction in the lives of others. People tend to live in the past. They want to learn how to live in today and get over the past. Fear brings many people. 64% of first marriages end in divorce. Let's bring that number down by understanding one another.
At Rapha CCC we know there is depression, anxiety, suicidal tendencies and it's all real. We want to help lessen the pain people are feeling and help them constructively. When people cannot hold a job, Let us help you understand do you work better for people or with people. People come to us when they are destructive not only in their own life, but also cause destruction in the lives of others. People tend to live in the past. They want to learn how to live in today and get over the past. Fear brings many people. 64% of first marriages end in divorce. Let's bring that number down by understanding one another.
I live for a passion for helping people navigate life's toughest transitions. I believe therapy is a collaborative process, and I focus on creating a non-judgmental space where you can explore your thoughts freely. I practice and hope to model clear, honest, direct and respectful communication, but will also align my communication style to meet your comfort level. I strive to pay attention to your words, tone, and body language to understand your underlying emotions.
I live for a passion for helping people navigate life's toughest transitions. I believe therapy is a collaborative process, and I focus on creating a non-judgmental space where you can explore your thoughts freely. I practice and hope to model clear, honest, direct and respectful communication, but will also align my communication style to meet your comfort level. I strive to pay attention to your words, tone, and body language to understand your underlying emotions.
If you are looking for a clinician who can help you make sense of symptoms of anxiety, depression, or relationship conflict, I can help. If you want to find out more about how to benefit from the research available through the field of psychology, it can really help to talk to someone like myself, someone who has spent countless hours engrossed in and fascinated by psychology books and journal articles. Psychology has become a science, and the field of psychology can offer help in all kinds of circumstances. If you want or need to talk through something in a safe and welcoming space, I can be the clinician for you.
If you are looking for a clinician who can help you make sense of symptoms of anxiety, depression, or relationship conflict, I can help. If you want to find out more about how to benefit from the research available through the field of psychology, it can really help to talk to someone like myself, someone who has spent countless hours engrossed in and fascinated by psychology books and journal articles. Psychology has become a science, and the field of psychology can offer help in all kinds of circumstances. If you want or need to talk through something in a safe and welcoming space, I can be the clinician for you.
If no one has told you today, I am telling you now “I am happy you are here today.” Hello my name is Izamar Rodriguez but like to be called Izzy for short. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I truly believe that although life is tough, we have the capability to overcome obstacles and become the best versions of ourselves. I enjoy working with clients of all backgrounds, cultures and life experiences. My therapeutic approach is an integrative one. I utilize various therapy models and tailor them to meet your unique needs, as they say, “one size does not fit all.”
If no one has told you today, I am telling you now “I am happy you are here today.” Hello my name is Izamar Rodriguez but like to be called Izzy for short. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I truly believe that although life is tough, we have the capability to overcome obstacles and become the best versions of ourselves. I enjoy working with clients of all backgrounds, cultures and life experiences. My therapeutic approach is an integrative one. I utilize various therapy models and tailor them to meet your unique needs, as they say, “one size does not fit all.”
My name is Yasamin Shenasi. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Fresno, California however I see clients statewide via telehealth. I work with mainly adults who struggle with Trauma, LGBTQ+, Identity, Cultural concerns, and identity. My therapeutic approach is in-depth psychology using a blend of Jungian, Gestalt, and Rogerian. My approach to therapy varies based on the needs of each client I work with. I most frequently use trauma-focused therapy and depth therapy which includes Jungian, Rogerian, and Gestalt modalities.
My name is Yasamin Shenasi. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Fresno, California however I see clients statewide via telehealth. I work with mainly adults who struggle with Trauma, LGBTQ+, Identity, Cultural concerns, and identity. My therapeutic approach is in-depth psychology using a blend of Jungian, Gestalt, and Rogerian. My approach to therapy varies based on the needs of each client I work with. I most frequently use trauma-focused therapy and depth therapy which includes Jungian, Rogerian, and Gestalt modalities.
I approach therapy with warmth, compassionate curiosity, and honest reflection, always keeping the focus on the present moment. My work is shaped not only by my academic training but also by my lived experience, which allows me to meet people with authenticity and understanding. As a supportive and open-minded therapist, I see therapy as a collaborative journey. Together, we explore self-discovery, nurture personal awareness, and open space for more authentic connections with others. I believe the therapeutic relationship itself carries a unique power to transform our lives in real and meaningful ways.
I approach therapy with warmth, compassionate curiosity, and honest reflection, always keeping the focus on the present moment. My work is shaped not only by my academic training but also by my lived experience, which allows me to meet people with authenticity and understanding. As a supportive and open-minded therapist, I see therapy as a collaborative journey. Together, we explore self-discovery, nurture personal awareness, and open space for more authentic connections with others. I believe the therapeutic relationship itself carries a unique power to transform our lives in real and meaningful ways.
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Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.