Couples Therapists in Oakland, CA
I work with adults, adolescents, and couples who are navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and the lasting impact of domestic violence.
My goal is to help you reconnect with your strengths, gain new insights, and develop practical tools for lasting change. I believe life is a journey, full of peaks and valleys. Sometimes, the obstacles we encounter can feel overwhelming, even paralyzing. But with the right support and skills, it’s possible to find a path forward—one step at a time.
I work with adults, adolescents, and couples who are navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and the lasting impact of domestic violence.
My goal is to help you reconnect with your strengths, gain new insights, and develop practical tools for lasting change. I believe life is a journey, full of peaks and valleys. Sometimes, the obstacles we encounter can feel overwhelming, even paralyzing. But with the right support and skills, it’s possible to find a path forward—one step at a time.
In addition to working on an individual level, I am passionate about inviting relationships into the room through couples therapy.
Relationships can be hard work at times. We experience all kinds of challenges such as; differing communication styles, cultural differences, differing intimacy needs, life transitions, and more. Oftentimes, it can be helpful to not have to face these challenges on our own, especially when unhelpful and unnoticed patterns tend to get in the way.
In addition to working on an individual level, I am passionate about inviting relationships into the room through couples therapy.
Relationships can be hard work at times. We experience all kinds of challenges such as; differing communication styles, cultural differences, differing intimacy needs, life transitions, and more. Oftentimes, it can be helpful to not have to face these challenges on our own, especially when unhelpful and unnoticed patterns tend to get in the way.
As a therapist, I prioritize a collaborative and relational approach, emphasizing your unique strengths, interests, and relationships.
Hi, I'm Reid. I know that feeling seen, understood, and able to find connection and community can be an incredibly powerful experience — one that informs the stories we tell about others, as much as ourselves. When we are in pain and feel alienated from others, though, it can be especially difficult to imagine alternatives. I welcome all of the sensitive, weird, and messy parts that you hold and will walk with you through the wilds of your life to find the path you're searching for.
As a therapist, I prioritize a collaborative and relational approach, emphasizing your unique strengths, interests, and relationships.
Hi, I'm Reid. I know that feeling seen, understood, and able to find connection and community can be an incredibly powerful experience — one that informs the stories we tell about others, as much as ourselves. When we are in pain and feel alienated from others, though, it can be especially difficult to imagine alternatives. I welcome all of the sensitive, weird, and messy parts that you hold and will walk with you through the wilds of your life to find the path you're searching for.
We can feel stuck when efforts to improve relationships or change old habits have stalled.
My focus is to help learn new skills and insights to help quiet the mind in order to achieve a valued centered life. I specialize in Acceptance Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build a new frame of viewing your challenges. For couples and families, Emotional Focused Therapy to help families and couple reconnect and feel safe.
We can feel stuck when efforts to improve relationships or change old habits have stalled.
My focus is to help learn new skills and insights to help quiet the mind in order to achieve a valued centered life. I specialize in Acceptance Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build a new frame of viewing your challenges. For couples and families, Emotional Focused Therapy to help families and couple reconnect and feel safe.
It doesn’t matter who you are, these days are making the practice of relationship rough.
I approach this work with a wildly open heart. I help clients get in touch with their intuition and knowing, and then work towards expressing these to their partners without losing that connection – to themselves or to the relationship they’re trying to build together.
It doesn’t matter who you are, these days are making the practice of relationship rough.
I approach this work with a wildly open heart. I help clients get in touch with their intuition and knowing, and then work towards expressing these to their partners without losing that connection – to themselves or to the relationship they’re trying to build together.
Are you fighting all the time with your partner and feeling stuck?
I strive to create a space with you where we can deepen your self-awareness, transform ineffective beliefs and patterns, improve your relationships, and learn healthy ways to manage the challenges of your daily life. I am very passionate about working through an intersectional, harm reduction and trauma-informed lens.
Are you fighting all the time with your partner and feeling stuck?
I strive to create a space with you where we can deepen your self-awareness, transform ineffective beliefs and patterns, improve your relationships, and learn healthy ways to manage the challenges of your daily life. I am very passionate about working through an intersectional, harm reduction and trauma-informed lens.
I'm an integrative psychotherapist working with individuals and couples.
Combining psychotherapy, neuroscience and Eastern wisdom traditions, I can help you create balance, insight and well-being. I draw from 20+ years of mindfulness background as well extensive training in traditional and cutting-edge psychotherapy (e.g. Jungian Depth Psychology, Gestalt, Sensorimotor, Hakomi, Family Constellations, EFT, Biofeedback, CBT, EMDR).
I'm an integrative psychotherapist working with individuals and couples.
Combining psychotherapy, neuroscience and Eastern wisdom traditions, I can help you create balance, insight and well-being. I draw from 20+ years of mindfulness background as well extensive training in traditional and cutting-edge psychotherapy (e.g. Jungian Depth Psychology, Gestalt, Sensorimotor, Hakomi, Family Constellations, EFT, Biofeedback, CBT, EMDR).
Conflict, emotional distance, or simply never feeling truly known can leave your closest relationships strained.
I specialize in working with Asian Americans navigating anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, and relationship challenges. These struggles are often rooted in early experiences — in families shaped by survival, sacrifice, and unspoken expectations — and require more than traditional talk therapy to heal.
Conflict, emotional distance, or simply never feeling truly known can leave your closest relationships strained.
I specialize in working with Asian Americans navigating anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, and relationship challenges. These struggles are often rooted in early experiences — in families shaped by survival, sacrifice, and unspoken expectations — and require more than traditional talk therapy to heal.
While life does have it's challenges, I am here to remind you that there is a path to a gentler, brighter, more playful future, both with our own selves and with our partners and loved one.
I have worked extensively with couples and individuals, helping improve relationships, enhance spiritual practice, find greater joy and success, and improve pain management. Whatever the current struggle, I love to think together about how to move through areas of "stuckness", and to find the openness and aliveness we all crave.
While life does have it's challenges, I am here to remind you that there is a path to a gentler, brighter, more playful future, both with our own selves and with our partners and loved one.
I have worked extensively with couples and individuals, helping improve relationships, enhance spiritual practice, find greater joy and success, and improve pain management. Whatever the current struggle, I love to think together about how to move through areas of "stuckness", and to find the openness and aliveness we all crave.
I work with individuals of all ages, couples, & families—especially those navigating complex cultural, relational, and systemic dynamics.
Working with me is an invitation to come as you are and be met with warmth, compassion, non-judgment, and radical acceptance. Together, we’ll build a therapeutic relationship that supports you in reclaiming your story, reconnecting to your power, and imagining new possibilities for healing and growth.
I work with individuals of all ages, couples, & families—especially those navigating complex cultural, relational, and systemic dynamics.
Working with me is an invitation to come as you are and be met with warmth, compassion, non-judgment, and radical acceptance. Together, we’ll build a therapeutic relationship that supports you in reclaiming your story, reconnecting to your power, and imagining new possibilities for healing and growth.
I specialize in working with adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship/family issues, identity, & self-esteem.
Experiencing anxiety, depression, and trauma can be hard to navigate on one’s own. Through the use of integrative modalities, my goal is to help you find your way so that you can manage symptoms, feel your best, discover who you truly are, and move forward in the direction of your dreams whereby your past no longer holds you back. Using warmth and compassion, I also aim to provide trauma-informed care to discuss your struggles without judgment and safely process unresolved trauma and feelings.
I specialize in working with adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship/family issues, identity, & self-esteem.
Experiencing anxiety, depression, and trauma can be hard to navigate on one’s own. Through the use of integrative modalities, my goal is to help you find your way so that you can manage symptoms, feel your best, discover who you truly are, and move forward in the direction of your dreams whereby your past no longer holds you back. Using warmth and compassion, I also aim to provide trauma-informed care to discuss your struggles without judgment and safely process unresolved trauma and feelings.
Melissa Southwood
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Oakland, CA 94612
Waitlist for new clients
I am a trauma informed somatic based therapist that specializes in Complex PTSD, attachment wounding, coercive control and relational trauma. My client base consists largely of the LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent community age ranging from 12-60+. Ask about my process group Healing your System from Narcissistic Cycles of Abuse; A Journey Back to Self.
I am a trauma informed somatic based therapist that specializes in Complex PTSD, attachment wounding, coercive control and relational trauma. My client base consists largely of the LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent community age ranging from 12-60+. Ask about my process group Healing your System from Narcissistic Cycles of Abuse; A Journey Back to Self.
Are you experiencing relationship issues with your partner or family members?
I integrate Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Whether in individual therapy or couples/family therapy, we'll identify root causes of anxiety, depression, trauma, & relationship issues and develop healthier communication. So you can deepen emotional security to foster healing and connection within your relationships.
Are you experiencing relationship issues with your partner or family members?
I integrate Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Whether in individual therapy or couples/family therapy, we'll identify root causes of anxiety, depression, trauma, & relationship issues and develop healthier communication. So you can deepen emotional security to foster healing and connection within your relationships.
I view my role to be that of a listener, supporter, encourager, and advocate. With me, you can expect to be heard and validated, while also challenged as we work to create new patterns and beliefs.
I view my role to be that of a listener, supporter, encourager, and advocate. With me, you can expect to be heard and validated, while also challenged as we work to create new patterns and beliefs.
Many of us suffer in our relationships, careers and internal worlds due to a lack of awareness of the ways in which our past wounds impact current choices and ways of interacting with others.
Responsibilities, work-life, finances, and countless other common areas of stress in our fast-paced culture can feel simultaneously all-consuming yet unfulfilling. With increased curiosity and acceptance of the places within us that have yet to be explored, parts of life that have continually felt difficult become less challenging.
Many of us suffer in our relationships, careers and internal worlds due to a lack of awareness of the ways in which our past wounds impact current choices and ways of interacting with others.
Responsibilities, work-life, finances, and countless other common areas of stress in our fast-paced culture can feel simultaneously all-consuming yet unfulfilling. With increased curiosity and acceptance of the places within us that have yet to be explored, parts of life that have continually felt difficult become less challenging.
Individual sessions start at $145; couples sessions start at $175.
You’re someone who’s used to keeping it together on the outside—even while feeling overwhelmed inside or experiencing continuous anxiety from past trauma or PTSD. Maybe you’re tired of overthinking everything, stuck in cycles that don’t make sense, or burdened by emotions that show up uninvited: shame, anger, fear, grief. You may not know exactly why you feel this way, but you know something deeper is going on. My clients are often reflective, emotionally intense, and ready to stop patching over the pain—and instead face what’s underneath with support and compassion.
Individual sessions start at $145; couples sessions start at $175.
You’re someone who’s used to keeping it together on the outside—even while feeling overwhelmed inside or experiencing continuous anxiety from past trauma or PTSD. Maybe you’re tired of overthinking everything, stuck in cycles that don’t make sense, or burdened by emotions that show up uninvited: shame, anger, fear, grief. You may not know exactly why you feel this way, but you know something deeper is going on. My clients are often reflective, emotionally intense, and ready to stop patching over the pain—and instead face what’s underneath with support and compassion.
I believe in the healing power of an authentic working relationship where you can feel safe to bring personal experiences and feelings
Our society often moves fast, and it is easy to get caught up and not allow the time to address the thoughts and emotional reactions that may emerge with challenges and changing life circumstances. With over 10 years of experience serving individuals across the lifespan, I provide an affirmative space for individuals to explore areas in their life where they would like to see growth and change. I also value the opportunities to notice areas of life that feel fulfilling, to explore strengths and reflect on positives. My style is warm and thoughtful. and interactive.
I believe in the healing power of an authentic working relationship where you can feel safe to bring personal experiences and feelings
Our society often moves fast, and it is easy to get caught up and not allow the time to address the thoughts and emotional reactions that may emerge with challenges and changing life circumstances. With over 10 years of experience serving individuals across the lifespan, I provide an affirmative space for individuals to explore areas in their life where they would like to see growth and change. I also value the opportunities to notice areas of life that feel fulfilling, to explore strengths and reflect on positives. My style is warm and thoughtful. and interactive.
I specialize in working with adults who grapple with anxiety, depression, loss, stress, health, disability, identity, sexuality, relationships, transitions, trauma, creativity, spirituality, life path/purpose/meaning and fulfillment.
I have been working with individuals, couples, and groups for over twenty five years, both in private practice and in various medical centers and community clinics. This range and depth of experience have imprinted me with profound regard for the spectrum of ways people suffer and heal from psychological distress. I specialize in dreamwork.
I specialize in working with adults who grapple with anxiety, depression, loss, stress, health, disability, identity, sexuality, relationships, transitions, trauma, creativity, spirituality, life path/purpose/meaning and fulfillment.
I have been working with individuals, couples, and groups for over twenty five years, both in private practice and in various medical centers and community clinics. This range and depth of experience have imprinted me with profound regard for the spectrum of ways people suffer and heal from psychological distress. I specialize in dreamwork.
I have extensive experience working with children, adolescents, individual adults and couples.
In addition to providing psychotherapeutic services I also provide dating and relationship coaching and sex therapy as I am a board certified sex therapist (AASECT).
I have extensive experience working with children, adolescents, individual adults and couples.
In addition to providing psychotherapeutic services I also provide dating and relationship coaching and sex therapy as I am a board certified sex therapist (AASECT).
As a psychoanalyst & integrative medicine expert, I am interested in your unique person or couple's relationship.
Without meaning and the chance to therapeutically practice new insights and behaviors, we may suffer unnecessarily during times of high stress, trauma, or in daily life. Feelings may become an overwhelming flood of dread, sorrow or numbness; thinking becomes confused, panicky, and self-critical; joy, spontaneity and self-trust may feel lost. Together we can make good use of your strengths, symptoms and external challenges. Through exploring and deepening our understanding and trust in your own inner world, dignity and liveliness may be restored even under the most challenging or enduring of circumstances, illnesses or problems.
As a psychoanalyst & integrative medicine expert, I am interested in your unique person or couple's relationship.
Without meaning and the chance to therapeutically practice new insights and behaviors, we may suffer unnecessarily during times of high stress, trauma, or in daily life. Feelings may become an overwhelming flood of dread, sorrow or numbness; thinking becomes confused, panicky, and self-critical; joy, spontaneity and self-trust may feel lost. Together we can make good use of your strengths, symptoms and external challenges. Through exploring and deepening our understanding and trust in your own inner world, dignity and liveliness may be restored even under the most challenging or enduring of circumstances, illnesses or problems.
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