Cancer Therapists in Oakland, CA
With more than 15 years of experience, specializing in helping individuals and couples navigate challenges, foster deeper connections, and heal from trauma. Whether you’re struggling with emotional wounds, relationship challenges, or a desire for greater authenticity, I provide a compassionate and insightful space for exploration and growth.
I offer a holistic approach that embraces the mind, body, and deeper aspects of self. My work is particularly helpful for those seeking to heal attachment wounds, process life-altering experiences, or cultivate more fulfilling connections.
With more than 15 years of experience, specializing in helping individuals and couples navigate challenges, foster deeper connections, and heal from trauma. Whether you’re struggling with emotional wounds, relationship challenges, or a desire for greater authenticity, I provide a compassionate and insightful space for exploration and growth.
I offer a holistic approach that embraces the mind, body, and deeper aspects of self. My work is particularly helpful for those seeking to heal attachment wounds, process life-altering experiences, or cultivate more fulfilling connections.
Are you a lesbian couple in the process of deciding to become parents? Are you an individual seeking support while you and your partner are thinking about beginning a family? There are unique decisions that you may be currently facing such as, pregnancy or adoption, which partner will become pregnant, and how will both partners feel involved as parents. It is important for you to have a safe space to explore these questions. There are feelings that accompany the decisions that you are making, and partners may feel differently. This sometimes challenges the connection between you.
Are you a lesbian couple in the process of deciding to become parents? Are you an individual seeking support while you and your partner are thinking about beginning a family? There are unique decisions that you may be currently facing such as, pregnancy or adoption, which partner will become pregnant, and how will both partners feel involved as parents. It is important for you to have a safe space to explore these questions. There are feelings that accompany the decisions that you are making, and partners may feel differently. This sometimes challenges the connection between you.
My specialty is compassionate, effective, therapy. I can help with anxiety, depression, trauma or PTSD, as well as more subtle problems - such a feeling that "something is wrong" or that "I could be happier, but don't know how." I'll help you ease your problems and grow your strengths. I am a gifted and creative therapist, and you will find therapy with me to be a safe and nonjudgmental space. See my website for testimonials and then call (510) 771-7760 for a free, confidential, consultation.
My specialty is compassionate, effective, therapy. I can help with anxiety, depression, trauma or PTSD, as well as more subtle problems - such a feeling that "something is wrong" or that "I could be happier, but don't know how." I'll help you ease your problems and grow your strengths. I am a gifted and creative therapist, and you will find therapy with me to be a safe and nonjudgmental space. See my website for testimonials and then call (510) 771-7760 for a free, confidential, consultation.
Seeking therapy can be a meaningful step when life feels heavier than usual or when emotional challenges begin to feel isolating. Therapy offers a space to slow down, feel understood, and feel less alone while working through difficult experiences. I provide a warm, reflective, and collaborative environment that supports both emotional insight and practical change.
Seeking therapy can be a meaningful step when life feels heavier than usual or when emotional challenges begin to feel isolating. Therapy offers a space to slow down, feel understood, and feel less alone while working through difficult experiences. I provide a warm, reflective, and collaborative environment that supports both emotional insight and practical change.
Hello! This is Mark Hayman-Martinez, RN LMFT. I am both a Registered Nurse and a Psychotherapist who has been in the helping professions since 1992. I consider myself warm and personable. Because of my training and experience, I prioritize safety and stability before pushing for change. For most acute anxieties and depression issues, I usually work in a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy mode at first. Are you using your self-talk to coach yourself or to beat yourself down? It has appeared to me that many people benefit from some focused and goal-oriented work, with more short term follow ups as circumstance call for.
Hello! This is Mark Hayman-Martinez, RN LMFT. I am both a Registered Nurse and a Psychotherapist who has been in the helping professions since 1992. I consider myself warm and personable. Because of my training and experience, I prioritize safety and stability before pushing for change. For most acute anxieties and depression issues, I usually work in a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy mode at first. Are you using your self-talk to coach yourself or to beat yourself down? It has appeared to me that many people benefit from some focused and goal-oriented work, with more short term follow ups as circumstance call for.
Are you experiencing a loss, going through a life transition, feeling the impact of everyday stress, or just needing a space for someone to hold your feelings? Or have you experienced a trauma, and in need of support working through it? Do you want to be able to share (unedited) your experience with someone who will help you navigate through it? I am a Certified Grief Counseling Specialist and EMDR trained by the EMDR Institute.
Are you experiencing a loss, going through a life transition, feeling the impact of everyday stress, or just needing a space for someone to hold your feelings? Or have you experienced a trauma, and in need of support working through it? Do you want to be able to share (unedited) your experience with someone who will help you navigate through it? I am a Certified Grief Counseling Specialist and EMDR trained by the EMDR Institute.
I have special interest in working with individuals and families living with Medical Conditions, including Infertility, Cancer, Diabetes and Heart Disease.
I work with Individuals and Couples who are interested in healing and growth. My practice is influenced by a variety of treatment modalities that I have trained in extensively. My style is warm and interactive with a big dose of common sense. I am deeply commited to helping people live values driven lives and to getting out of their own way to live more fully and joyfully.
I have special interest in working with individuals and families living with Medical Conditions, including Infertility, Cancer, Diabetes and Heart Disease.
I work with Individuals and Couples who are interested in healing and growth. My practice is influenced by a variety of treatment modalities that I have trained in extensively. My style is warm and interactive with a big dose of common sense. I am deeply commited to helping people live values driven lives and to getting out of their own way to live more fully and joyfully.
I'm not a spring chicken :) I've been a hospice volunteer, cancer 'survivor' (always an ongoing process), freelance journalist, animal lover and groomer, deep woods hiker, and more.
If you yearn to focus on you and your needs, welcome! In this world of AI we can experience IRL Walk/Talk therapy in the Oakland hills on Ohlone lands. Whether on the land or online, we'll start with the understanding that while you want to change, also there is nothing “wrong” with you; where you are now makes sense. We’ll work on enhancing what is helping you, support what is your true nature, and with self-compassion process past hurts, while developing new insights and skills. I bring training in EMDR, Somatic and IFS informed EMDR, eco-therapy principles, and more, to honor who you’ve been and supporting who you’re becoming.
I'm not a spring chicken :) I've been a hospice volunteer, cancer 'survivor' (always an ongoing process), freelance journalist, animal lover and groomer, deep woods hiker, and more.
If you yearn to focus on you and your needs, welcome! In this world of AI we can experience IRL Walk/Talk therapy in the Oakland hills on Ohlone lands. Whether on the land or online, we'll start with the understanding that while you want to change, also there is nothing “wrong” with you; where you are now makes sense. We’ll work on enhancing what is helping you, support what is your true nature, and with self-compassion process past hurts, while developing new insights and skills. I bring training in EMDR, Somatic and IFS informed EMDR, eco-therapy principles, and more, to honor who you’ve been and supporting who you’re becoming.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Welcome! I work with people across many areas, but those who seek me out tend to be queer/LGBTQIAA2+, neurodivergent in some way, trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming, chronically or acutely ill, disabled, fat-identified and/or working on an empowered relationship with their body, polyamorous, kinky, sex workers, and non-traditional family structures. I'll be with you every step of the way as you move from shame to self-compassion, and work through the expression of anger, sadness, and grief around what you've lost, or what you never got to have.
Welcome! I work with people across many areas, but those who seek me out tend to be queer/LGBTQIAA2+, neurodivergent in some way, trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming, chronically or acutely ill, disabled, fat-identified and/or working on an empowered relationship with their body, polyamorous, kinky, sex workers, and non-traditional family structures. I'll be with you every step of the way as you move from shame to self-compassion, and work through the expression of anger, sadness, and grief around what you've lost, or what you never got to have.
I am a somatic therapist who focuses on relational, attachment and childhood trauma issues. I work with individuals and couples to address relationship ambivalence, anxiety, major life transition, depression, stuckness, poor communication and conflict, among other issues. I help with building awareness of one's thoughts, feelings and physical sensations to develop greater insight and uncover new choices.
I am a somatic therapist who focuses on relational, attachment and childhood trauma issues. I work with individuals and couples to address relationship ambivalence, anxiety, major life transition, depression, stuckness, poor communication and conflict, among other issues. I help with building awareness of one's thoughts, feelings and physical sensations to develop greater insight and uncover new choices.
I am also passionate about supporting clients through the emotions and life changes that accompany cancer diagnosis, treatment and healing.
If you're looking for a therapist, there's a good chance you're having a hard time or want to make changes in your life. That's where I can help. I provide a supportive environment for you to work through the thoughts, emotions and beliefs that may not be serving you. We will develop a plan that fits your lifestyle and puts you on a path toward the fulfillment, ease and well-being you deserve. I will accept you as you are, and help you become who you want to be.
I am also passionate about supporting clients through the emotions and life changes that accompany cancer diagnosis, treatment and healing.
If you're looking for a therapist, there's a good chance you're having a hard time or want to make changes in your life. That's where I can help. I provide a supportive environment for you to work through the thoughts, emotions and beliefs that may not be serving you. We will develop a plan that fits your lifestyle and puts you on a path toward the fulfillment, ease and well-being you deserve. I will accept you as you are, and help you become who you want to be.
People enter my therapy practice for all sorts of reasons. You may be at an impasse or a crossroads due to the loss of a relationship, a big life decision or general anxiety that you can no longer bear on your own. You may be suffering from the wounds of homophobia, transphobia, racism, white supremacy and patriarchy, on top of other traumas and early childhood wounds. Regardless, I seek to offer a safe space for you to access a deeper understanding of yourself and your underlying needs and motives, as well as a personal sense of freedom and empowerment.
People enter my therapy practice for all sorts of reasons. You may be at an impasse or a crossroads due to the loss of a relationship, a big life decision or general anxiety that you can no longer bear on your own. You may be suffering from the wounds of homophobia, transphobia, racism, white supremacy and patriarchy, on top of other traumas and early childhood wounds. Regardless, I seek to offer a safe space for you to access a deeper understanding of yourself and your underlying needs and motives, as well as a personal sense of freedom and empowerment.
My therapeutic intention is to cultivate a safe and supportive space for clients to connect with themselves and express their deepest truths in order to foster personal growth, healing, and self awareness. Together, we will sort through difficult emotions, major life changes, past trauma, negative belief patterns, work stress, relationship challenges, grief and loss, and any other issue that is leaving you feeling stuck, distressed, or not like yourself. We will explore the roots of what is going on, implement tools to promote balance and resilience, process unresolved trauma, and learn how to be more loving to yourself and others.
My therapeutic intention is to cultivate a safe and supportive space for clients to connect with themselves and express their deepest truths in order to foster personal growth, healing, and self awareness. Together, we will sort through difficult emotions, major life changes, past trauma, negative belief patterns, work stress, relationship challenges, grief and loss, and any other issue that is leaving you feeling stuck, distressed, or not like yourself. We will explore the roots of what is going on, implement tools to promote balance and resilience, process unresolved trauma, and learn how to be more loving to yourself and others.
My clients often come to therapy with a desire to change something in their lives that is causing distress or interfering with goals. This may be troublesome thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, or stressful life circumstances. Through our work together, you can achieve relief and more confidently manage depression, anxiety, anger, substance use, grief, relationship conflict, and life transitions. I have a special interest in supporting clients building families with children and am certified in perinatal mental health. In addition, I have extensive experience supporting those adjusting to and managing medical conditions.
My clients often come to therapy with a desire to change something in their lives that is causing distress or interfering with goals. This may be troublesome thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, or stressful life circumstances. Through our work together, you can achieve relief and more confidently manage depression, anxiety, anger, substance use, grief, relationship conflict, and life transitions. I have a special interest in supporting clients building families with children and am certified in perinatal mental health. In addition, I have extensive experience supporting those adjusting to and managing medical conditions.
What's happening in your life today? How can I help you feel better about yourself and your future? Sometimes painful life experiences get in the way of taking charge of our lives. For some, depression, anxiety or trauma can make you feel stuck. Others want to figure out why their interpersonal relationships are conflicted and stressful or that they still haven't met the person they want to be with. Therapy is such a useful experience to get things out of your head and into the room, where we work together to figure out what's in the way of happiness, while creating a plan for going forward.
What's happening in your life today? How can I help you feel better about yourself and your future? Sometimes painful life experiences get in the way of taking charge of our lives. For some, depression, anxiety or trauma can make you feel stuck. Others want to figure out why their interpersonal relationships are conflicted and stressful or that they still haven't met the person they want to be with. Therapy is such a useful experience to get things out of your head and into the room, where we work together to figure out what's in the way of happiness, while creating a plan for going forward.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others, and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability, and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience.
Hi, I'm Alex. I am a white, queer, trans non-binary person. I use they/them pronouns. And I care deeply about justice, collective liberation, mutual aid, and human evolution. I dedicate myself and my work to deconstructing the harmful and misappropriated messages of our white supremacist, capitalist, cis-hetero-patriarchal mainstream culture, while supporting the organic and authentic self-expression that lives beyond toxic constructs. I aim to offer and support an experience of re-humanization.
Hi, I'm Alex. I am a white, queer, trans non-binary person. I use they/them pronouns. And I care deeply about justice, collective liberation, mutual aid, and human evolution. I dedicate myself and my work to deconstructing the harmful and misappropriated messages of our white supremacist, capitalist, cis-hetero-patriarchal mainstream culture, while supporting the organic and authentic self-expression that lives beyond toxic constructs. I aim to offer and support an experience of re-humanization.
People come to therapy with unique needs, concerns, and life circumstances. Through the process of self-inquiry, I help clients gain insight and develop effective coping skills to move through a challenge with greater ease and understanding. My therapeutic style is warm, compassionate and curious about one's experience. I use an attachment based, person-centered approach that offers individuals and couples clarity around repetitive patterns that cause pain, conflict, and limit growth.
People come to therapy with unique needs, concerns, and life circumstances. Through the process of self-inquiry, I help clients gain insight and develop effective coping skills to move through a challenge with greater ease and understanding. My therapeutic style is warm, compassionate and curious about one's experience. I use an attachment based, person-centered approach that offers individuals and couples clarity around repetitive patterns that cause pain, conflict, and limit growth.
Hello all, I am an African-American marriage and family therapist who provides services in the Bay Area & So. Cal. I specialize in somatic therapy modalities that work well with individuals or couples who have experienced any trauma whether acute or developmental. I also work with client's experiencing grief, depression, and relational issues. My clients' find me easy to talk to and non-judgmental, this coupled with my life experience, creates a safe environment for healing to happen.
Hello all, I am an African-American marriage and family therapist who provides services in the Bay Area & So. Cal. I specialize in somatic therapy modalities that work well with individuals or couples who have experienced any trauma whether acute or developmental. I also work with client's experiencing grief, depression, and relational issues. My clients' find me easy to talk to and non-judgmental, this coupled with my life experience, creates a safe environment for healing to happen.
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