Grief Therapists in Oakland, CA
My practice is primarily focused on helping those who are struggling with the effects of trauma, grief, cultural dislocation, and life transitions or upheavals.
I listen closely to your concerns and can work with you in English, Italian, and Spanish. I am an expert in modalities that are proven to help heal the effects of trauma, including Narrative Exposure Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
My practice is primarily focused on helping those who are struggling with the effects of trauma, grief, cultural dislocation, and life transitions or upheavals.
I listen closely to your concerns and can work with you in English, Italian, and Spanish. I am an expert in modalities that are proven to help heal the effects of trauma, including Narrative Exposure Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
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?
I have over twenty years of clinical experiencing in helping clients of all ages cope with loss and other life transitions or stressors, including families who are involved with Hospice, those suffering from suicide loss, traumatic or sudden deaths, and work with adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, or heightened responses to stress.
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?
I have over twenty years of clinical experiencing in helping clients of all ages cope with loss and other life transitions or stressors, including families who are involved with Hospice, those suffering from suicide loss, traumatic or sudden deaths, and work with adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, or heightened responses to stress.
support clients working through grief, anxiety, and loss, including experiences like infertility and emotional trauma.
I specialize in working with people dealing with grief, loss, anxiety, and trauma. Some experiences include infertility and emotional trauma. I help people deal with grief and express their emotions.
support clients working through grief, anxiety, and loss, including experiences like infertility and emotional trauma.
I specialize in working with people dealing with grief, loss, anxiety, and trauma. Some experiences include infertility and emotional trauma. I help people deal with grief and express their emotions.
I work well with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, parenting issues, inter-racial couples, life transitions, loss, and trauma; toward repairing the relationships that are inevitably affected by these problems.
Also offering Couples Therapy Intensives to create an oasis for your marriage where you can improve intimacy & communication, reconnect, deal with the discovery of an affair, stop repeating negative relational patterns onto your kids, reduce arguments or distancing, & make lasting change in 2 days, without months of couples therapy, and without interruption.
I work well with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, parenting issues, inter-racial couples, life transitions, loss, and trauma; toward repairing the relationships that are inevitably affected by these problems.
Also offering Couples Therapy Intensives to create an oasis for your marriage where you can improve intimacy & communication, reconnect, deal with the discovery of an affair, stop repeating negative relational patterns onto your kids, reduce arguments or distancing, & make lasting change in 2 days, without months of couples therapy, and without interruption.
Maybe you're facing difficult experiences of grief and loss, serious illness, or family conflict.
My background--as a hospice grief counselor, a Soto Zen priest, a writer, editor, and teacher--informs how I approach therapy. I'm strongly committed to engaging with and learning from you as well. Part of what we'll do together is connect with sources of nourishment, wisdom, and joy in your life, even if you aren't yet sure what those are!
Maybe you're facing difficult experiences of grief and loss, serious illness, or family conflict.
My background--as a hospice grief counselor, a Soto Zen priest, a writer, editor, and teacher--informs how I approach therapy. I'm strongly committed to engaging with and learning from you as well. Part of what we'll do together is connect with sources of nourishment, wisdom, and joy in your life, even if you aren't yet sure what those are!
Are you looking to heal from trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, experiences with abuse and family violence?
As a trauma responsive multicultural expressive arts therapist, I bring in creativity, play, and collaboration to heal past wounds and create new futures. My approach to integrating the creative arts with talk and other holistic therapeutic methods can help you develop self-esteem, problem solving skills, and language for what was once unspeakable.
Are you looking to heal from trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, experiences with abuse and family violence?
As a trauma responsive multicultural expressive arts therapist, I bring in creativity, play, and collaboration to heal past wounds and create new futures. My approach to integrating the creative arts with talk and other holistic therapeutic methods can help you develop self-esteem, problem solving skills, and language for what was once unspeakable.
Some of my areas of interest include couples, gender, sexuality, trauma, and mourning losses.
Feeling deeply understood, feeling supported, and feeling relief are at the core of psychotherapy. Therapy can help when life’s challenges become too much to manage alone. Together, we can explore difficult issues you are experiencing. Some common therapy goals are to understand and make changes in important relationships, alleviate anxiety and depression, ease emotional pain, reduce work stress, get support with life transitions and losses, deepen self-understanding, and unlock troubling stuckness. In a safe setting with warmth and engagement, I provide an opportunity to gently move through what is bothering you most.
Some of my areas of interest include couples, gender, sexuality, trauma, and mourning losses.
Feeling deeply understood, feeling supported, and feeling relief are at the core of psychotherapy. Therapy can help when life’s challenges become too much to manage alone. Together, we can explore difficult issues you are experiencing. Some common therapy goals are to understand and make changes in important relationships, alleviate anxiety and depression, ease emotional pain, reduce work stress, get support with life transitions and losses, deepen self-understanding, and unlock troubling stuckness. In a safe setting with warmth and engagement, I provide an opportunity to gently move through what is bothering you most.
Patricia Banchik Rothschild
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CMHIMP
1 Endorsed
Oakland, CA 94609
Waitlist for new clients
My expertise is working with trauma, grief & sexual abuse of children, teens and adults using trauma focused CBT, EMDR, Brain Spotting &play therapy.
My experience comes from 33 years of helping children, adults, couples and families in both Community Mental Health and Private Practice. My approach is eclectic and tailored to each individual's needs to facilitate healing and growth. Through my years of experience I have witnessed over and over again people coming into therapy with great pain, discomfort and despair but with time, (sometimes within a very short time) their symptoms diminish and a whole new person emerges. Crisis times can be extremely painful and distressful but they can also be opportunities for growth and healing through therapy.
My expertise is working with trauma, grief & sexual abuse of children, teens and adults using trauma focused CBT, EMDR, Brain Spotting &play therapy.
My experience comes from 33 years of helping children, adults, couples and families in both Community Mental Health and Private Practice. My approach is eclectic and tailored to each individual's needs to facilitate healing and growth. Through my years of experience I have witnessed over and over again people coming into therapy with great pain, discomfort and despair but with time, (sometimes within a very short time) their symptoms diminish and a whole new person emerges. Crisis times can be extremely painful and distressful but they can also be opportunities for growth and healing through therapy.
My specialties: LGBTQQ issues/identity, working through grief/ loss, helping with political wounding, healing survivors of domestic violence/sexual assault, positive aging, body image, building long-term relationships, and life transitions.
My focus: LGBTQQ issues-- the intersection of sexual orientation/gender identity with coming out; gender identity development, expressions of alternative sexuality; strengthening individuals in long-term relationships; queer aging. And, Life Transitions: individuals working through grief and loss, living with chronic pain; helping survivors healing from socio-political trauma; and promoting positive aging.
My specialties: LGBTQQ issues/identity, working through grief/ loss, helping with political wounding, healing survivors of domestic violence/sexual assault, positive aging, body image, building long-term relationships, and life transitions.
My focus: LGBTQQ issues-- the intersection of sexual orientation/gender identity with coming out; gender identity development, expressions of alternative sexuality; strengthening individuals in long-term relationships; queer aging. And, Life Transitions: individuals working through grief and loss, living with chronic pain; helping survivors healing from socio-political trauma; and promoting positive aging.
Sometimes you know how you feel, and other times you don't. Sometimes others understand you, but a lot of times you feel misunderstood. Maybe you struggle to understand yourself and what's going on inside of you. I would be honored to partner with you to help you find words to narrate your experience, guide you towards a deeper understanding of your situation and yourself, and help you find healing and change through a safe and caring therapeutic relationship.
Sometimes you know how you feel, and other times you don't. Sometimes others understand you, but a lot of times you feel misunderstood. Maybe you struggle to understand yourself and what's going on inside of you. I would be honored to partner with you to help you find words to narrate your experience, guide you towards a deeper understanding of your situation and yourself, and help you find healing and change through a safe and caring therapeutic relationship.
John Connors McConville
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MDiv, MA, LMFT
3 Endorsed
Oakland, CA 94610
I work with people who face challenges that often arise in the second half of life such as, the trauma of illness & death, caring for aging parents, loss of satisfaction or sense of meaning in relationships and work, loss of a job, isolation, and loneliness.
So much of who we are is established early on within our family systems. When we explore our present day patterns of thinking and feeling and our actions and reactions we develop a reflective mind that grows in understanding and acceptance.This new awareness leads profound and satisfying changes.
I work with people who face challenges that often arise in the second half of life such as, the trauma of illness & death, caring for aging parents, loss of satisfaction or sense of meaning in relationships and work, loss of a job, isolation, and loneliness.
So much of who we are is established early on within our family systems. When we explore our present day patterns of thinking and feeling and our actions and reactions we develop a reflective mind that grows in understanding and acceptance.This new awareness leads profound and satisfying changes.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, identity exploration, social justice, life transitions, or simply feeling stuck, I'm here to help you explore what's underneath and move toward a more grounded and empowered version of yourself.
I work with adults navigating a range of challenges, including depression, anxiety, stress, relationship challenges, trauma, substance use, psychiatric illness, and LGBTQ+ affirming care.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, identity exploration, social justice, life transitions, or simply feeling stuck, I'm here to help you explore what's underneath and move toward a more grounded and empowered version of yourself.
I work with adults navigating a range of challenges, including depression, anxiety, stress, relationship challenges, trauma, substance use, psychiatric illness, and LGBTQ+ affirming care.
Loss, transitions, and relationship challenges can leave you feeling untethered, overwhelmed, or unsure of who you are becoming.
I specialize in supporting individuals through some of life’s most tender and complex experiences— grief and loss, trauma, life transitions, and interpersonal struggles. My approach is grounded, compassionate, and collaborative. I aim to create a space where you feel deeply seen, understood, and safe enough to explore what’s really going on.
Loss, transitions, and relationship challenges can leave you feeling untethered, overwhelmed, or unsure of who you are becoming.
I specialize in supporting individuals through some of life’s most tender and complex experiences— grief and loss, trauma, life transitions, and interpersonal struggles. My approach is grounded, compassionate, and collaborative. I aim to create a space where you feel deeply seen, understood, and safe enough to explore what’s really going on.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing telehealth in California and Vermont. I value asking questions from a place of real curiosity and making sure our work is truly helpful for you. I hold the radical belief that problems are problems and people are not problems. My values in action look like approaching therapy with humor and creativity, incorporating written and artistic practices, and inviting others in to witness your journey.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing telehealth in California and Vermont. I value asking questions from a place of real curiosity and making sure our work is truly helpful for you. I hold the radical belief that problems are problems and people are not problems. My values in action look like approaching therapy with humor and creativity, incorporating written and artistic practices, and inviting others in to witness your journey.
I've worked with teens and adults, one on one and in groups for the past seven years, specializing in issues of grief/ loss, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and substance abuse/addiction.
As your therapist, my job is to help you notice your own gifts, challenges, traits, abilities, and beliefs. I shine a light on the places in you that are difficult to see. I’ll help reflect back to you things that are already yours - from unknown hardships to unremembered resources. I’m here to help you remember who you really are.
I've worked with teens and adults, one on one and in groups for the past seven years, specializing in issues of grief/ loss, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and substance abuse/addiction.
As your therapist, my job is to help you notice your own gifts, challenges, traits, abilities, and beliefs. I shine a light on the places in you that are difficult to see. I’ll help reflect back to you things that are already yours - from unknown hardships to unremembered resources. I’m here to help you remember who you really are.
I believe in each person’s capacity for growth and healing and that we are all shaped by our past experiences and intersectional identities. Many of us have learned tools and patterns to get through difficult experiences, however, those patterns may no longer serve us or create barriers to our current growth and relationships. Through a trusting relationship with a therapist, we can create a safe environment to identify and explore these patterns.
I believe in each person’s capacity for growth and healing and that we are all shaped by our past experiences and intersectional identities. Many of us have learned tools and patterns to get through difficult experiences, however, those patterns may no longer serve us or create barriers to our current growth and relationships. Through a trusting relationship with a therapist, we can create a safe environment to identify and explore these patterns.
Awarded Oakland Magazine's "Best Therapist" 2018 & 2020, my specialties include: relationship issues (such as conflict resolution, dating, pre-marital counseling, divorce, blended families, infidelity); grief & loss; addiction, recovery & codependence; anxiety & depression.
I offer consultations, individual, couple and group therapy. My priority is to create a relationship based on a mutual understanding of what you'd like to accomplish by coming to therapy and I review these goals with you on a regular basis to ensure we're on track.
Awarded Oakland Magazine's "Best Therapist" 2018 & 2020, my specialties include: relationship issues (such as conflict resolution, dating, pre-marital counseling, divorce, blended families, infidelity); grief & loss; addiction, recovery & codependence; anxiety & depression.
I offer consultations, individual, couple and group therapy. My priority is to create a relationship based on a mutual understanding of what you'd like to accomplish by coming to therapy and I review these goals with you on a regular basis to ensure we're on track.
I am seeking to support clients being seen in a world that does not always validate one's existence. I hope to be a helpful guide in the journey of life to help clients notice the innate wisdom that already exists within themselves.
I am seeking to support clients being seen in a world that does not always validate one's existence. I hope to be a helpful guide in the journey of life to help clients notice the innate wisdom that already exists within themselves.
This can include shifts in work or relationships, questions around fertility, becoming a parent, or experiences of loss.
People come because something isn’t working, even if they can’t fully say why. A pattern has taken hold. This often shows up in work, in relationships, or in the transition into parenthood. Sometimes it’s a sense that you’re functioning well on the surface, but something underneath isn’t working. Together, we’ll pay attention to what keeps returning across relationships, work, and inner life. Over time, what once felt fixed begins to loosen, and new ways of relating to oneself and others can emerge.
This can include shifts in work or relationships, questions around fertility, becoming a parent, or experiences of loss.
People come because something isn’t working, even if they can’t fully say why. A pattern has taken hold. This often shows up in work, in relationships, or in the transition into parenthood. Sometimes it’s a sense that you’re functioning well on the surface, but something underneath isn’t working. Together, we’ll pay attention to what keeps returning across relationships, work, and inner life. Over time, what once felt fixed begins to loosen, and new ways of relating to oneself and others can emerge.
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California, specializing in grief counseling, life transitions, trauma-informed therapy, and the integration of spirituality and psychedelic experiences into the healing process.
Grief, trauma, and transformation often unfold in liminal spaces—those in-between states where the old no longer fits, and the new has yet to fully emerge. Whether you are mourning a loved one, processing past wounds, or facing a life-threatening illness, I offer guidance in embracing these moments as opportunities for deep healing and renewal.
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California, specializing in grief counseling, life transitions, trauma-informed therapy, and the integration of spirituality and psychedelic experiences into the healing process.
Grief, trauma, and transformation often unfold in liminal spaces—those in-between states where the old no longer fits, and the new has yet to fully emerge. Whether you are mourning a loved one, processing past wounds, or facing a life-threatening illness, I offer guidance in embracing these moments as opportunities for deep healing and renewal.
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