Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists in Oakland, CA
The approaches I utilize include: Brainspotting, CBT, DBT, Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy, Somatica Sex and Relationship coaching, Gottman couples therapy, RODBT (Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy), Acceptance and Commitment therapy and Emotion Focused therapy.
Are you feeling stuck in life? Maybe you’re struggling with relationship challenges, past traumas or work stress? Is shame, anxiety, anger or numbness affecting your ability to be happy? Maybe you’re wondering how your substance use, or that of a loved one, is related to any of this? I’d like to offer you a non-judgmental space to explore behaviors, beliefs and feelings that keep you from living the life you want to live. You are not broken and I would be honored to help you reconnect to the innate wisdom and power of your authentic self. My style is real, warm and respectful of your choices, whatever they may be.
The approaches I utilize include: Brainspotting, CBT, DBT, Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy, Somatica Sex and Relationship coaching, Gottman couples therapy, RODBT (Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy), Acceptance and Commitment therapy and Emotion Focused therapy.
Are you feeling stuck in life? Maybe you’re struggling with relationship challenges, past traumas or work stress? Is shame, anxiety, anger or numbness affecting your ability to be happy? Maybe you’re wondering how your substance use, or that of a loved one, is related to any of this? I’d like to offer you a non-judgmental space to explore behaviors, beliefs and feelings that keep you from living the life you want to live. You are not broken and I would be honored to help you reconnect to the innate wisdom and power of your authentic self. My style is real, warm and respectful of your choices, whatever they may be.
I am passionate about helping people be the best versions of themselves. I utilize DBT, CBT, unconditional positive regard, and motivational interviewing to help my clients reach their treatment goals. I have worked with all different types of communities, but I am the most passionate about helping families and individuals navigate difficult challenges and reach their life goals. My professional journey has taken many different turns.
I am passionate about helping people be the best versions of themselves. I utilize DBT, CBT, unconditional positive regard, and motivational interviewing to help my clients reach their treatment goals. I have worked with all different types of communities, but I am the most passionate about helping families and individuals navigate difficult challenges and reach their life goals. My professional journey has taken many different turns.
I am a California licensed clinical social worker with nearly 20 years of clinical experience. I specialize in working with individuals presenting with anxiety, depression, substance use and mood disorders. My approaches include CBT, DBT and mindfulness to name a few. Clients describe me as being collaborative, clear and compassionate in my communications.
I am a California licensed clinical social worker with nearly 20 years of clinical experience. I specialize in working with individuals presenting with anxiety, depression, substance use and mood disorders. My approaches include CBT, DBT and mindfulness to name a few. Clients describe me as being collaborative, clear and compassionate in my communications.
As a skilled psychologist, I use DBT, CBT and ACT to foster healing and resilience.
Hi, I’m glad you’re here! My name is Dr. Gayner, and I am an experienced psychologist helping adults and teens overcome challenges to lead more balanced and fulfilling lives. I work especially well with people pleasers, high achievers and those trying to find their voice, trying to conceive and new parents, and those struggling with grief, loss or trauma. Although I have a specialty in women’s health, I enjoy and do work with all genders. In addition to interactive talk therapy, I offer Brainspotting, a somatic, mind-body approach that helps unresolved trauma, creative, and performance goaks.
As a skilled psychologist, I use DBT, CBT and ACT to foster healing and resilience.
Hi, I’m glad you’re here! My name is Dr. Gayner, and I am an experienced psychologist helping adults and teens overcome challenges to lead more balanced and fulfilling lives. I work especially well with people pleasers, high achievers and those trying to find their voice, trying to conceive and new parents, and those struggling with grief, loss or trauma. Although I have a specialty in women’s health, I enjoy and do work with all genders. In addition to interactive talk therapy, I offer Brainspotting, a somatic, mind-body approach that helps unresolved trauma, creative, and performance goaks.
I blend familiar therapeutic approaches such as CBT, DBT, Compassion Focused, and Narrative Therapy to support healing during your personal development journey.
What is disturbing your peace? Does it always feel like you run into challenges back to back without an end in sight? Do you ever worry or overthink about what you are supposed to be doing in life? Do you feel like what you are doing is not enough, or wish you could be doing more? Does previous experience cause you to shy away from trying something new?
I blend familiar therapeutic approaches such as CBT, DBT, Compassion Focused, and Narrative Therapy to support healing during your personal development journey.
What is disturbing your peace? Does it always feel like you run into challenges back to back without an end in sight? Do you ever worry or overthink about what you are supposed to be doing in life? Do you feel like what you are doing is not enough, or wish you could be doing more? Does previous experience cause you to shy away from trying something new?
I am an intensively trained as a DBT therapist and I work while grounded in body awareness and mindfulness.
Holistic Family Therapy serves families who seek stronger connections, effective communication and reduced chaos. I am primarily a DBT therapist and work in person with families, and older adolescents.
I am an intensively trained as a DBT therapist and I work while grounded in body awareness and mindfulness.
Holistic Family Therapy serves families who seek stronger connections, effective communication and reduced chaos. I am primarily a DBT therapist and work in person with families, and older adolescents.
I specialize in IFS, DBT, and CBT to help my clients to identify their internal parts and help these parts to discover healthier skills for coping.
Life can feel impossible to avoid struggling and we often don't feel we have the skills to cope successfully through. Unfortunately, sometimes we don't have all the resources we need for a given situation. Parts of us take on desperate roles trying to help us to survive. This might look like anxiety, depression, PTSD, addiction, and relationship/family issues. I aim to help you process unresolved issues and feelings and find solutions.
I specialize in IFS, DBT, and CBT to help my clients to identify their internal parts and help these parts to discover healthier skills for coping.
Life can feel impossible to avoid struggling and we often don't feel we have the skills to cope successfully through. Unfortunately, sometimes we don't have all the resources we need for a given situation. Parts of us take on desperate roles trying to help us to survive. This might look like anxiety, depression, PTSD, addiction, and relationship/family issues. I aim to help you process unresolved issues and feelings and find solutions.
I use ACT, cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy to build your resilience and problem solving skills.
Are you trying to “get it together” but find that anxiety and fear hamper your efforts and result in the shutdown of your growth process. This can be very frustrating and can lead to depression. The first step towards overcoming depression and anxiety is understanding it- What it is, how it works, and what it does for you, and how you can use it in your life. Yes, I said how you can use anxiety in your life.
I use ACT, cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy to build your resilience and problem solving skills.
Are you trying to “get it together” but find that anxiety and fear hamper your efforts and result in the shutdown of your growth process. This can be very frustrating and can lead to depression. The first step towards overcoming depression and anxiety is understanding it- What it is, how it works, and what it does for you, and how you can use it in your life. Yes, I said how you can use anxiety in your life.
I utilize various evidence-based practices including DBT, CBT, solution-focused, polyvagel theory, EMDR, and IFS to help clients gain awareness of what is happening in their inner world and learn ways to let go of the past.
Do you find yourself feeling anxious, depressed, angry, and overwhelmed? Do you continue to repeat the same patterns of being in unhealthy relationships, engaging in harmful behaviors that are not serving you in a good way, and continuously trying to find a way to numb the pain? I am a process-oriented and trauma-informed therapist who meets clients where they are at. I draw from the psychodynamic approach focusing on bringing the unconscious to the conscious to get to the root of the issue and explore defense mechanisms that have been adapted along the way.
I utilize various evidence-based practices including DBT, CBT, solution-focused, polyvagel theory, EMDR, and IFS to help clients gain awareness of what is happening in their inner world and learn ways to let go of the past.
Do you find yourself feeling anxious, depressed, angry, and overwhelmed? Do you continue to repeat the same patterns of being in unhealthy relationships, engaging in harmful behaviors that are not serving you in a good way, and continuously trying to find a way to numb the pain? I am a process-oriented and trauma-informed therapist who meets clients where they are at. I draw from the psychodynamic approach focusing on bringing the unconscious to the conscious to get to the root of the issue and explore defense mechanisms that have been adapted along the way.
I am a change oriented therapist and would like to support you in finding new solutions to old problems. I am part of a group practice that provides individual and group DBT, and I have experience working with addiction/alcoholism, trauma, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and psychosis. My other passion is parenting and pregnancy as I ran a parenting program for 12 years. I understand the stresses facing parents with young children, and will provide a trusting relationship where you can develop skills and experience more joy in parenting.
I am a change oriented therapist and would like to support you in finding new solutions to old problems. I am part of a group practice that provides individual and group DBT, and I have experience working with addiction/alcoholism, trauma, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and psychosis. My other passion is parenting and pregnancy as I ran a parenting program for 12 years. I understand the stresses facing parents with young children, and will provide a trusting relationship where you can develop skills and experience more joy in parenting.
I trust your intuition. You may have landed here because you're feeling something difficult, or not quite sure how you feel. I work with you to connect more to yourself and consequently more to others. I practice a trauma-informed approach that blends Depth-work with Mindfulness, DBT, Attachment theory, Somatic experiencing, & Psychodynamic lenses. I am also trained in EMDR which is used for reprocessing how our brain stores difficult experiences. I do not view symptoms as a pathology, but as information about our needs, our inner world, and our life's meaning.
I trust your intuition. You may have landed here because you're feeling something difficult, or not quite sure how you feel. I work with you to connect more to yourself and consequently more to others. I practice a trauma-informed approach that blends Depth-work with Mindfulness, DBT, Attachment theory, Somatic experiencing, & Psychodynamic lenses. I am also trained in EMDR which is used for reprocessing how our brain stores difficult experiences. I do not view symptoms as a pathology, but as information about our needs, our inner world, and our life's meaning.
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I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Relational Therapy to provide skills and tools for you to live a life that feels meaningful to you.
I believe people are trying their best through good and hard times. Especially during the hard times, we find ways to make it through. I work with people to figure out what their survival strategies are, which ones they want to keep or change. Sometimes, these strategies require us to code-switch, mask, or deny parts of ourselves. I enjoy helping people find out more about themselves, their values, and what ways to care for themselves. I work with them to build a therapy experience for rest, healing, and discovery. Together my clients and I build more places and experiences where they just get to be.
I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Relational Therapy to provide skills and tools for you to live a life that feels meaningful to you.
I believe people are trying their best through good and hard times. Especially during the hard times, we find ways to make it through. I work with people to figure out what their survival strategies are, which ones they want to keep or change. Sometimes, these strategies require us to code-switch, mask, or deny parts of ourselves. I enjoy helping people find out more about themselves, their values, and what ways to care for themselves. I work with them to build a therapy experience for rest, healing, and discovery. Together my clients and I build more places and experiences where they just get to be.
I tailor my therapeutic approach to the presenting concerns and needs of my clients, drawing on mindfulness/awareness practices and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
I enjoy working with my clients to help them live more in alignment with how they want to be living. We identity sources of "stuckness", which may include histories of trauma/traumatic invalidation, distress around identities related to race, sexuality, gender, and/or neurodivergence, coping with mood disorders and related behavioral and relationship difficulties, among other significant and impactful life experiences and challenges with past coping strategies. While taking a social justice-oriented and compassionate stance, we work on understanding and processing pain in order to increase one's experience of empowerment and ease.
I tailor my therapeutic approach to the presenting concerns and needs of my clients, drawing on mindfulness/awareness practices and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
I enjoy working with my clients to help them live more in alignment with how they want to be living. We identity sources of "stuckness", which may include histories of trauma/traumatic invalidation, distress around identities related to race, sexuality, gender, and/or neurodivergence, coping with mood disorders and related behavioral and relationship difficulties, among other significant and impactful life experiences and challenges with past coping strategies. While taking a social justice-oriented and compassionate stance, we work on understanding and processing pain in order to increase one's experience of empowerment and ease.
As an Integrative Psychotherapist, I base my approach from the relational work of Psychodynamic Therapy and integrate forms of Attachment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness Practices, Parts Work, Addiction and Trauma work - all based in Social Justice. I fully believe that every individual has the power and strength they need to actualize the changes they want, and can shift the old and new narratives of established stories and patterns of their daily lives.
As an Integrative Psychotherapist, I base my approach from the relational work of Psychodynamic Therapy and integrate forms of Attachment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness Practices, Parts Work, Addiction and Trauma work - all based in Social Justice. I fully believe that every individual has the power and strength they need to actualize the changes they want, and can shift the old and new narratives of established stories and patterns of their daily lives.
Combining a "here and now" Gestalt approach with proven methods like the Gottman Method, CBT, DBT, and Internal Family Systems (IFS), I offer a safe environment to explore relationship challenges, emotional growth, and self-discovery.
Seeking a space to explore your authentic self? I work with individuals, couples, families, and polycules navigating diverse identities, desires, and relationship dynamics. Through trauma-informed, sex-positive Telehealth sessions, I provide support across California for those facing challenges or seeking growth within gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity (GSRD). With a grounded, non-judgmental approach, I empower clients to build resilience and fulfilling connections. I am queer-affirming, kink-affirming, and non-monogamy-affirming, welcoming you as you are.
Combining a "here and now" Gestalt approach with proven methods like the Gottman Method, CBT, DBT, and Internal Family Systems (IFS), I offer a safe environment to explore relationship challenges, emotional growth, and self-discovery.
Seeking a space to explore your authentic self? I work with individuals, couples, families, and polycules navigating diverse identities, desires, and relationship dynamics. Through trauma-informed, sex-positive Telehealth sessions, I provide support across California for those facing challenges or seeking growth within gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity (GSRD). With a grounded, non-judgmental approach, I empower clients to build resilience and fulfilling connections. I am queer-affirming, kink-affirming, and non-monogamy-affirming, welcoming you as you are.
My approach includes the frameworks of Mindfulness, CBT, DBT, Somatics, Emotional Freedom Technique and Psychodynamic and Transpersonal perspectives.
We live in powerful times, filled with much opportunity and yet so much pressure to succeed that it can be difficult to navigate our personal challenges amidst the demands that come with it. We want to feel connected, whole, and in our purpose, but often feel separate, isolated, and fragmented instead. In order to heal, awareness, compassion and courage are needed to meet the painful spaces and shed light on our shadows, transforming them into opportunities for more presence, fulfillment and joy. I aim to empower the healer within you. As we heal, we serve ourselves and the world around us for the better.
My approach includes the frameworks of Mindfulness, CBT, DBT, Somatics, Emotional Freedom Technique and Psychodynamic and Transpersonal perspectives.
We live in powerful times, filled with much opportunity and yet so much pressure to succeed that it can be difficult to navigate our personal challenges amidst the demands that come with it. We want to feel connected, whole, and in our purpose, but often feel separate, isolated, and fragmented instead. In order to heal, awareness, compassion and courage are needed to meet the painful spaces and shed light on our shadows, transforming them into opportunities for more presence, fulfillment and joy. I aim to empower the healer within you. As we heal, we serve ourselves and the world around us for the better.
I also tend to pull from modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Hi! My name is Hayley Howard, and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California. I work primarily with adults with anxiety, and depression, and throughout various life transitions via modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Integrated/Holistic Health. In my experience thus far as a therapist, I have found a deep connection to adult clients that are motivated to address various mental health challenges such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and life transitions.
I also tend to pull from modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Hi! My name is Hayley Howard, and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California. I work primarily with adults with anxiety, and depression, and throughout various life transitions via modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Integrated/Holistic Health. In my experience thus far as a therapist, I have found a deep connection to adult clients that are motivated to address various mental health challenges such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and life transitions.
I offer psychotherapy for ages 14 and up and neuropsychological assessment for ages 6 and up. My therapy approach is relational and solution focused and begins with building a mutual understanding of your goals and how those goals will make a positive difference in your life. If aligned with your goals, I may introduce CBT and DBT informed interventions to address specific concerns. My assessments provide comprehensive written reports of clients' learning and mental health profiles, which may be used to document diagnoses so clients receive appropriate accommodations in school and/or on standardized admissions/licensing exams.
I offer psychotherapy for ages 14 and up and neuropsychological assessment for ages 6 and up. My therapy approach is relational and solution focused and begins with building a mutual understanding of your goals and how those goals will make a positive difference in your life. If aligned with your goals, I may introduce CBT and DBT informed interventions to address specific concerns. My assessments provide comprehensive written reports of clients' learning and mental health profiles, which may be used to document diagnoses so clients receive appropriate accommodations in school and/or on standardized admissions/licensing exams.
Kimberly de Caires
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PPSC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Online Only
As an integrative psychotherapist I draw from a wide range of interventions including CBT and DBT, mindfulness practices, somatic interventions, Psychodynamic principles, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Expressive Arts.
The last few years have been especially difficult and if you are feeling stressed, anxious, run down or depressed you are definitely not alone; and there is help. I support folks in navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment wounds, grief and loss, relationship issues and life transitions in order to find more balance and peace in their lives. I combine warmth, authenticity, compassion and cultural responsiveness to cultivate a space where you can feel safe to process difficult emotions, learn new skills, and increase your sense of balance between mind, body and spirit.
As an integrative psychotherapist I draw from a wide range of interventions including CBT and DBT, mindfulness practices, somatic interventions, Psychodynamic principles, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Expressive Arts.
The last few years have been especially difficult and if you are feeling stressed, anxious, run down or depressed you are definitely not alone; and there is help. I support folks in navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment wounds, grief and loss, relationship issues and life transitions in order to find more balance and peace in their lives. I combine warmth, authenticity, compassion and cultural responsiveness to cultivate a space where you can feel safe to process difficult emotions, learn new skills, and increase your sense of balance between mind, body and spirit.
My name is Tiffany Trent, and I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in treating trauma, PTSD, eating disorders, and women’s issues. I have extensive experience and passion working with and treating teenagers and adults with eating disorders, body dysmorphia, trauma, PTSD, identity issues, self-harming behaviors, and suicidal ideation. I take an eclectic approach to therapy and utilize Internal Family Systems, EMDR, DBT, Narrative, CBT, and Psychodynamic modalities in therapy and individualize therapy to fit the person rather than try to fit the complexities of a human being into a modality.
My name is Tiffany Trent, and I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in treating trauma, PTSD, eating disorders, and women’s issues. I have extensive experience and passion working with and treating teenagers and adults with eating disorders, body dysmorphia, trauma, PTSD, identity issues, self-harming behaviors, and suicidal ideation. I take an eclectic approach to therapy and utilize Internal Family Systems, EMDR, DBT, Narrative, CBT, and Psychodynamic modalities in therapy and individualize therapy to fit the person rather than try to fit the complexities of a human being into a modality.
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