Miscarriage Therapists in Oakland, CA
Get the help you’ve been looking for. I offer compassionate, effective treatment for depression, anxiety, complex trauma, caregiving stress, addiction, and relationship challenges. My patients often seek therapy because they want to understand themselves more deeply, access greater authenticity and joy, and address self-defeating thoughts and behaviors.
I have a particular interest in the psychological impact of our social, political, and economic environments, and support exploration of how your unique identities influence your life and our work together.
Get the help you’ve been looking for. I offer compassionate, effective treatment for depression, anxiety, complex trauma, caregiving stress, addiction, and relationship challenges. My patients often seek therapy because they want to understand themselves more deeply, access greater authenticity and joy, and address self-defeating thoughts and behaviors.
I have a particular interest in the psychological impact of our social, political, and economic environments, and support exploration of how your unique identities influence your life and our work together.
The decision to pursue therapy is often not an easy one. However, in working with a therapist, most people find a sense of relief that comes with learning that change is possible. Whether your concerns are long-standing patterns or new adjustments, through collaborative exploration within a therapeutic relationship, new ways of relating and coping can develop.
The decision to pursue therapy is often not an easy one. However, in working with a therapist, most people find a sense of relief that comes with learning that change is possible. Whether your concerns are long-standing patterns or new adjustments, through collaborative exploration within a therapeutic relationship, new ways of relating and coping can develop.
Are you a parent, perfectionist, educator, tech worker, health care provider, creative, anime-loving, or maybe somewhere in between? Maybe you're a musician, novelist, a lawyer, a hooligan-turned-activist, or somewhere outside of these roles? Whatever your career/job/life title may be, I LOVE working with people who are, or aspiring to be: generational cycle breakers, healing attachment wounds, or seeking contentment, peace, and better alignment with one's values!
Are you a parent, perfectionist, educator, tech worker, health care provider, creative, anime-loving, or maybe somewhere in between? Maybe you're a musician, novelist, a lawyer, a hooligan-turned-activist, or somewhere outside of these roles? Whatever your career/job/life title may be, I LOVE working with people who are, or aspiring to be: generational cycle breakers, healing attachment wounds, or seeking contentment, peace, and better alignment with one's values!
Openings: Friday morning at 9am ET, 10am ET or 12pm ET
I love to work with people who are genuinely curious about themselves & are driven towards a deep understanding of themselves and others. Therapy is not only helpful in times of crisis & questioning but is also impactful during periods of stability & strength. I incorporate psychodynamic frameworks, existential processes, somatic or body-oriented exercises, Parts Work, EMDR & mindfulness or spiritual perspectives in order to address the totality of the human experience. Ultimately, our work is driven by your needs. To read more about my approach, visit my website.
Openings: Friday morning at 9am ET, 10am ET or 12pm ET
I love to work with people who are genuinely curious about themselves & are driven towards a deep understanding of themselves and others. Therapy is not only helpful in times of crisis & questioning but is also impactful during periods of stability & strength. I incorporate psychodynamic frameworks, existential processes, somatic or body-oriented exercises, Parts Work, EMDR & mindfulness or spiritual perspectives in order to address the totality of the human experience. Ultimately, our work is driven by your needs. To read more about my approach, visit my website.
I work with motivated, discerning individuals who value intellectual rigor and are ready to engage deeply in the therapeutic process. I specialize in working with high achievers navigating anxiety, depression, relationship dynamics, and communication challenges. My clients appreciate working with someone who can match their complexity and curiosity.
I work with motivated, discerning individuals who value intellectual rigor and are ready to engage deeply in the therapeutic process. I specialize in working with high achievers navigating anxiety, depression, relationship dynamics, and communication challenges. My clients appreciate working with someone who can match their complexity and curiosity.
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.
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.
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.
I work with individuals and couples on issues related to anxiety and depression, trauma, relationships, parenting, grief, transitions, body-image, and navigating the ups and downs of ones 20s and 30s.
I work with individuals and couples on issues related to anxiety and depression, trauma, relationships, parenting, grief, transitions, body-image, and navigating the ups and downs of ones 20s and 30s.
Finding the right match in a therapist is essential to beginning this uniquely personal process. Therapy often gets a bad name when there is a sense of disconnect between client and therapist, which can make therapy feel like another struggle. Life is challenging enough. I am committed to creating a comfortable and genuine dialogue with each client, or to offering more fitting outside referrals. I am able to put people at ease, welcoming humor where appropriate.
Finding the right match in a therapist is essential to beginning this uniquely personal process. Therapy often gets a bad name when there is a sense of disconnect between client and therapist, which can make therapy feel like another struggle. Life is challenging enough. I am committed to creating a comfortable and genuine dialogue with each client, or to offering more fitting outside referrals. I am able to put people at ease, welcoming humor where appropriate.
Bienvenidos/Welcome! I am a bilingual/bicultural Spanish-speaking therapist located in the East Bay area of California. I have been working with children, teens, and adults of color struggling with an array of concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship satisfaction, life purpose, trauma, postpartum depression, and spirituality, related to life transitions, family stress, trauma, and grief. Although my work has focused on the unique needs of minorities and underrepresented individuals, being a member of that community is certainly not a requirement for your personal development.
Bienvenidos/Welcome! I am a bilingual/bicultural Spanish-speaking therapist located in the East Bay area of California. I have been working with children, teens, and adults of color struggling with an array of concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship satisfaction, life purpose, trauma, postpartum depression, and spirituality, related to life transitions, family stress, trauma, and grief. Although my work has focused on the unique needs of minorities and underrepresented individuals, being a member of that community is certainly not a requirement for your personal development.
I welcome individuals, couples, and partners of all genders, sexual orientations, and relationship structures, including dating, married, queer, monogamous, non-monogamous, polyamorous, and chosen family relationships. I specialize in relationship therapy for people struggling with intimacy, betrayal, desire, identity, and disconnection.
Relationships have the capacity to bring us our deepest connection and pain. Whether you're feeling distant, caught in the same conflict, rebuilding trust, navigating parenthood, recovering from betrayal, or simply longing to feel close again, therapy offers a place to slow down and connect.
I welcome individuals, couples, and partners of all genders, sexual orientations, and relationship structures, including dating, married, queer, monogamous, non-monogamous, polyamorous, and chosen family relationships. I specialize in relationship therapy for people struggling with intimacy, betrayal, desire, identity, and disconnection.
Relationships have the capacity to bring us our deepest connection and pain. Whether you're feeling distant, caught in the same conflict, rebuilding trust, navigating parenthood, recovering from betrayal, or simply longing to feel close again, therapy offers a place to slow down and connect.
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.
Working in non profits and government services for 20 plus years both in San Francisco and Alameda County, has taught me the art of appreciating people for who they are, keeping an open mind and helping them see their own strength within. I am very excited to be in private practice. Working with couples , individuals and families. I am very curious and passionate about our natural need for growth and integrity, and to have healthy loving relationships. I am open to all types of relationships, marriages and non traditional coupling. I work intuitively and believe in ones ability to heal from within from trauma and hurts.
Working in non profits and government services for 20 plus years both in San Francisco and Alameda County, has taught me the art of appreciating people for who they are, keeping an open mind and helping them see their own strength within. I am very excited to be in private practice. Working with couples , individuals and families. I am very curious and passionate about our natural need for growth and integrity, and to have healthy loving relationships. I am open to all types of relationships, marriages and non traditional coupling. I work intuitively and believe in ones ability to heal from within from trauma and hurts.
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.
As a practitioner, I am passionate about helping individuals cultivate greater awareness of their emotional, physical, and spiritual experiences. My work helps people understand the ways in which the unconscious shapes their present day reality. Sometimes, this involves a compassionate inquiry into a a person’s family of origin, relational dynamics, trauma, and habituated beliefs. I am committed to helping my clients live purposefully, joyfully, and with greater awareness and self-acceptance.
As a practitioner, I am passionate about helping individuals cultivate greater awareness of their emotional, physical, and spiritual experiences. My work helps people understand the ways in which the unconscious shapes their present day reality. Sometimes, this involves a compassionate inquiry into a a person’s family of origin, relational dynamics, trauma, and habituated beliefs. I am committed to helping my clients live purposefully, joyfully, and with greater awareness and self-acceptance.
My practice is primarily focused on helping those who are struggling with the effects of trauma, grief, cultural dislocation, and life transitions or upheavals. You may be struggling with infertility, pregnancy losses, and other issues around family building. You may have experienced harm in your personal relationships or out in the world at large. If you are an immigrant, you may be facing difficulties communicating across cultural divides or grappling with cultural adjustments more generally.
My practice is primarily focused on helping those who are struggling with the effects of trauma, grief, cultural dislocation, and life transitions or upheavals. You may be struggling with infertility, pregnancy losses, and other issues around family building. You may have experienced harm in your personal relationships or out in the world at large. If you are an immigrant, you may be facing difficulties communicating across cultural divides or grappling with cultural adjustments more generally.
As a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, my practice specializes in working with people who struggle with depression, unresolved trauma, anxiety, family and relationship issues, and life transitions. Effective therapy starts with a trusting relationship. In a safe space where you feel understood and accepted, we will work toward your goals so that you feel empowered to change and can begin to make positive changes in your life. Practice specialties: Teens, Young Adults, Depression, Anxiety, Relationship and Family Issues, Stress, Life Transitions, Trauma, and Substance Use.
As a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, my practice specializes in working with people who struggle with depression, unresolved trauma, anxiety, family and relationship issues, and life transitions. Effective therapy starts with a trusting relationship. In a safe space where you feel understood and accepted, we will work toward your goals so that you feel empowered to change and can begin to make positive changes in your life. Practice specialties: Teens, Young Adults, Depression, Anxiety, Relationship and Family Issues, Stress, Life Transitions, Trauma, and Substance Use.
I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Oakland, California. I work with adults navigating mood issues, stress, relationship challenges, and life transitions. I am a Bay Area–born South Asian queer woman, mother, therapist, teacher, and dancer. I offer a warm, grounded space rooted in curiosity, connection, and care. My approach is collaborative and intentional, balancing insight with practical support. I help you explore how past experiences, relationship dynamics, and current stressors shape emotional patterns, while also focusing on tools that support clarity, stability, and growth.
I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Oakland, California. I work with adults navigating mood issues, stress, relationship challenges, and life transitions. I am a Bay Area–born South Asian queer woman, mother, therapist, teacher, and dancer. I offer a warm, grounded space rooted in curiosity, connection, and care. My approach is collaborative and intentional, balancing insight with practical support. I help you explore how past experiences, relationship dynamics, and current stressors shape emotional patterns, while also focusing on tools that support clarity, stability, and growth.
Kathleen H. McClelland, LMFT 82458
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
1 Endorsed
Oakland, CA 94602
I work collaboratively with adults and families across the lifespan to co-create a therapeutic relationship that helps them to recognize behavior and thinking that no longer works and discover new options for living. Using a relational, non-judgmental and compassionate approach, I help people who are navigating difficult life transitions, struggling with relationships, working through grief and loss and adjusting to living with physical or mental illnesses, including addictions and co-occurring disorders. I utilize sand tray therapy and expressive arts in my work.
I work collaboratively with adults and families across the lifespan to co-create a therapeutic relationship that helps them to recognize behavior and thinking that no longer works and discover new options for living. Using a relational, non-judgmental and compassionate approach, I help people who are navigating difficult life transitions, struggling with relationships, working through grief and loss and adjusting to living with physical or mental illnesses, including addictions and co-occurring disorders. I utilize sand tray therapy and expressive arts in my work.
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FAQ - Miscarriage Counseling
How do I know if I need therapy after pregnancy loss?
Pregnancy loss can bring intense emotional and physical changes. While there is no “right” way to feel afterward, many people experience deep sadness, anxiety, anger, guilt, or numbness. These reactions are common, especially in the days and weeks after a loss. However, if these feelings begin to interfere with daily life, relationships, sleep, work, or your ability to care for yourself, therapy may be helpful. Therapy may also be a good next step if you feel stuck in guilt or self-blame, or if your grief feels overwhelming or prolonged. Most importantly, you do not have to wait for symptoms to feel severe to seek help. Therapy can provide support at any point after pregnancy loss and may also help with related concerns, such as anxiety, depression, relationship stress, or fear about a future pregnancy.
How can therapy help after miscarriage?
Therapy can offer a supportive space to process the grief, shock, anger, guilt, or numbness that may follow a miscarriage. A therapist can help validate the loss, support you in coping with painful reminders or memories, and reduce self-blame. Miscarriage and other forms of pregnancy loss can also increase the risk of mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A therapist can help you understand your symptoms and provide targeted support based on what you are experiencing. Pregnancy loss can also affect relationships. Partners may grieve differently, which can lead to misunderstanding, emotional distance, or conflict. Therapy can help individuals or couples communicate more openly, understand each other’s reactions, and support each other through the loss.
What therapeutic approaches are used for pregnancy loss?
The best therapeutic approach depends on what the person is struggling with most. If trauma symptoms are a major concern, approaches such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR) may help people process distressing memories connected to the loss. If intrusive thoughts, guilt, or anxiety are the main concern, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can help people identify painful thought patterns and develop coping strategies to manage them. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help people make space for painful emotions while reconnecting with their values.
Can couples therapy help after a pregnancy loss?
Couples therapy can be very helpful after pregnancy loss. Partners may experience the same loss in different ways; for instance, one person may want to talk about it often, while the other may cope by trying to move forward. These differences can create tension in a relationship, even when both people are grieving. A couples therapist can help partners better understand each other’s responses, communicate needs more clearly, and discuss next steps after the loss. This may include conversations about emotional support, intimacy, family boundaries, medical decisions, or whether and when to try for another pregnancy.