Dissociative Disorders (DID) Therapists in Oakland, CA
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Katie Keech
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
My clients are creative, questioning, and active in diverse communities. They often want a therapist who is both engaging and collaborative with the healing process. Someone who combines the skills of being transparent, supportive, and respectfully challenges them towards change. I have 18 years experience with adults, teens couples, and poly groups. I've led grief groups for those who've lost someone to suicide, managed programs for individuals struggling with severe mental illness, and have become an expert in clinically working with trauma with TAY (Transitional Aged Youth) who are young adult individuals between 18-25.
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Mary M Clarke
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
For 20 years, I have provided safe, affirming trauma therapy for adults, couples, and groups. I also have the experience and education to provide therapy for many other relationship, mood, and dissociative concerns. I am straightforward, collaborative, and endeavor to be empowering. My therapy style is relational and includes a focus on emotion & body connection and your whole picture of health. We will work together to create peace and fullness in your life.
Not accepting new clients

Vivian Dent
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I'll help you explore your feelings and relationships. Together, we'll work to discover what really matters to you and how you can live your life more fully and happily.
Depression, anxiety, painful entanglements, and the lingering effects of damaging experiences sap life of its joy. I have wide experience treating these problems and helping people improve their relationships, work lives, and sense of self.
Not accepting new clients

Matilda St John
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified
Verified
Struggling with anxiety can be a debilitating, frightening, and isolating experience. Whether the anxiety stems from trauma(s), trying to be "good" all the time, or something you can't quite put your finger on, together we can begin to understand and unravel the fears that are keeping you from living more fully. Many people I see are anxious for good reason, and their lives can be improved by learning ways to step back and take a broader view.

Janelle M Salah
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
Meaningful change requires us to ask new questions ... so that new meanings can be made. One of the hardest things is to change what doesn't work, while not knowing how to make it all different. For the past 24 years, I have worked with folks who are trying hard to build a life in spite of childhood abuse and neglect, or who just don't understand why life isn't working out the way they hoped.

Christina Narensky
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
My approach emphasizes respect, transparency, authenticity, and collaboration. I believe that most problems exert their influence on people by blinding them to their own strengths, resources and potential solutions. Problems can saturate people's lives in complex and expansive ways. As a curious outsider with training and experience, I work with clients to debunk dysfunctional assumptions, and to challenge problem-inspired patterns. It's an honor to witness and support clients, as they practice living more consistently with their articulated values and goals, progressing towards more preferred ways of being.

CK Olivieri Blackmore
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT, PhD
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
CK Olivieri Blackmore is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who approaches life with warmth, compassion and creativity. CK specializes in relationship dynamics, post-traumatic stress disorders, and developmental life transitions. She is particularly adept at issues pertaining to the queer community and their loved ones. CK utilizes eclectic modalities such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, and narrative-based therapies to navigate the nuanced needs of her diverse clientele and the associated sexual and gendered concerns that arise. Blending insight-oriented and behavioral change practices, CK works from a quirky and truly innovative lens.

Mahrs Schoppman
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
It would be my honor to walk with you on your journey as you are bravely navigating your fears, pain, and livelihood. The way I work is shaped by your unique needs and goals as my priority is to help you move towards the values and dreams that are most important to you. I want to help you find congruence between the life you live and the life you've always wanted.

Janae Borrego
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I specialize in treating adolescents and adults with trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions and addiction. I enjoy providing support to the LGBTQI+ community and practice an open-minded sex-positive approach to individuals and couples as they explore their sexuality. I understand the importance of working to establish a trusting relationship within the therapeutic process to promote openness and change. I work to empower individuals to embrace struggle and overcome future challenges.
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Ayala Kalisher
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
14 Endorsed
Verified
14 Endorsed
You are likely here because you are in discomfort or experiencing longing for things to be different. This human experience can be messy and vast. I won't claim to be an expert on you or your lived experience but I will meet you from a place of compassion and explore the terrain with you as we find your path through. Themes people come to explore with me include: •Attachment trauma and CPTSD • Challenges with connection and in relationships (friendships, romantic relationships or familial) • Self-exploration and empowerment • Issues around sex and sexuality including but not limited to shame, pain, confusion or disconnection
Not accepting new clients

Marie Lanier
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified
Verified
I believe that we all have the inner means to self-heal and self-comfort. My approach focuses on helping people achieve their goals by realizing and using their mental and emotional potential. From my experience and training, I see myself as a guide to my clients as they seek self-awareness through the discovery of their innate, natural resources – not only in managing stress and discomfort but also in opening new pathways of consciousness, clarity, and confidence. I am compassionate, non-judgmental, and create an open and caring atmosphere so that you feel supported and trusting in your therapeutic process.

Robert A Matano
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
Alcohol and drug problems as well as mental health issues - - anxiety, depression - - often lead to hopelessness, demoralization and isolation. My first step is to evaluate core problems collaboratively, to create a shared understanding of these issues, and then to develop a plan and solutions to deal with them.

Teresa Lesko
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
4 Endorsed
Verified
4 Endorsed
I believe in the healing power of bearing witness to and participating in my clients' self-exploration. Whether we are exploring feelings, systems of oppression and their effects on us, patterns in relationships, or family of origin issues, the strength and compassion of an empathic partner in this journey can lead to a deeper understanding of oneself and a relief in symptoms. I bring empathy and mindful curiosity to our work together.

Mike Lubofsky, Psychotherapist and Attorney
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, JD, LMFT
Verified
Verified
We are all seeking reliable refuge. Most of us have internalized the notion that refuge is to be found in external phenomena – other people, places and things. While these external phenomena can be pleasing, reality demonstrates that these phenomena are inherently impermanent and unsatisfactory. In addition, most of us have internalized our likes and dislikes in ways that have crystallized in a belief in the existence of a "self" - the defense and protection of which has come to dictate much of our decision-making through adulthood.

Andrew R Turkington
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, RN
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
The aim of therapy is to feel more at ease with oneself and more at home in the world. To be able to enjoy life without overwhelming anxiety, confusion or depression. As a therapist with over thirty years of experience, my aim is to foster a trusting relationship where you can confide your concerns, and through our dialogue overcome those difficulties that may feel overwhelming. I see individuals, adolescents, couples and families. My practice includes seeing clients who are experiencing serious disruptions in their lives.

The Bridge Center
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
Have you been feeling hopeless or unsupported? Have you been depressed or anxious? Is your wife, husband, or partner not willing to talk with you about problems you've been having? There's professional, empathetic, supportive, and good-humored help available. We're a group of therapists who help adults, teens, and children face difficulties and dilemmas. We also help couples with conflicts of all types, including infidelity, who may want to save - or simply improve - their relationship.

Omolade Rosalyn Roddy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I specialize in critical therapeutic services for adults. I provide strength-based, collaborative & non-diagnostic psychotherapy which focuses on cultivating resilience & insight. The cornerstone of my practice was built on exploring embedded issues of loss & shame that impact identity and are exacerbated by race, class, gender, learning differences & socio/cultural conditions. I work with people of all ages, backgrounds, orientations & ethnicities. My practice was refined through my work serving persons harmed through the provisions of systems: educational, criminal justice, foster-care and/or military systems.

Lisa Danylchuk
Marriage & Family Therapist, EdM, LMFT, E-RYT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Everyone experiences challenges in life that are too much to bear alone. Trauma can occur as a result of neglect, abuse, loss, betrayal, relationship challenges, sudden changes, natural disasters, war, and really any emotionally overwhelming experience. I work with people who have experienced harm & neglect, or have gone through these types of difficult experiences and seek to heal in holistic ways. I work with many tools including yoga, breath work and EMDR, and will help you find your unique path of healing. If you're facing deep challenges, therapy can help. I'd be happy to connect to see if we are a good fit to work together.

Debbie Ghidinelli
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
Change is often difficult. You might be seeking therapy because your best efforts to change yourself or your relationships have proven unsuccessful. You may be in the grip of emotions that seem beyond your control and understanding; these might include feelings of sadness, anger, loneliness, fear or self-destructiveness. We will work together to better understand the meaning of the feelings and behaviors that have become problematic, to help recognize old patterns that block growth, and make way for deep and lasting change.
Not accepting new clients

Karen Sprinkel, Individual & Family Trauma Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, SEP
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
Do you have a trauma, a significant loss, a relationship or a childhood memory, that seems to invade every part of your day, and you just can not seem to get past it? We all experience life events that change us, and therapy can help the healing process so you incorporate your pain into your life in a positive way. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Brainspotting & Somatic Experiencing (SE) are very effective tools to help process areas in your life or in your body you are feeling stuck. You can regenerate your self, and experience life in a new way.
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Dissociative Disorders (DID) Therapists
How does therapy for dissociative disorders work?
Dissociation may be triggered by stress or other upsetting circumstances, and therapy can address the traumatic events at the core of an individual’s dissociation. Understanding why a person may dissociate can help the therapist and the individual come up with alternative methods of coping. A person with a dissociative disorder may get stuck on negative thinking, for example, and treatment like cognitive behavioral therapy is a gold standard for breaking such thinking. And dialectical behavior therapy, for example, can help a person manage their anguish through better emotion regulation.
Which therapies are best for dissociative disorders?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, psychodynamic, schema therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies are two widely used therapies that can help individuals with painful memories and past traumas. These therapies work to integrate an individual's different identities into one person.
Are there specific medications for dissociation?
There are no specific medications prescribed for dissociative disorders. However, psychosis, depression, anxiety, and/or panic often co-occur in dissociative disorders. A psychiatrist may prescribe medications for any accompanying symptom—which may include antipsychotics like aripiprazole, antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or anti-anxiety drugs like benzodiazepines.
How often and how long are therapy sessions?
Like any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Patients may see improvement within 15 to 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, perhaps, a six-month period. There are still other patients, especially those who have co-occurring conditions like depression and anxiety, who may need to continue sessions for up to 12 to 18 months.