Psychoanalytic Therapists in Pleasant Hill, CA
Have you been thinking about therapy but are unsure or afraid?Have you been deterred by stories of therapy with no results?Therapy can be intimidating, that is why I focus on a welcoming, goal oriented approach that builds a collaborative relationship.I believe in RESULTS and achieving them through an individualized plan, that uses specific GOALS and objectives. To achieve this I use my certifications/education in several approaches, as well as a vast referral network. I am deeply committed to 1 goal:for you to live your best life.In my 25+years I've witnessed the power of therapy to achieve the happiness you deserve.
Have you been thinking about therapy but are unsure or afraid?Have you been deterred by stories of therapy with no results?Therapy can be intimidating, that is why I focus on a welcoming, goal oriented approach that builds a collaborative relationship.I believe in RESULTS and achieving them through an individualized plan, that uses specific GOALS and objectives. To achieve this I use my certifications/education in several approaches, as well as a vast referral network. I am deeply committed to 1 goal:for you to live your best life.In my 25+years I've witnessed the power of therapy to achieve the happiness you deserve.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or exhausted from trying to manage everything on your own. Maybe anger or anxiety is showing up in your relationships, or you’re struggling to communicate or feel understood. You might be going through a major life transition, feeling disconnected from your partner, or carrying memories or experiences that still affect you. Deep down, you want to feel more grounded, connected, and able to show up as your full self with the people who matter. You want space to breathe again.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or exhausted from trying to manage everything on your own. Maybe anger or anxiety is showing up in your relationships, or you’re struggling to communicate or feel understood. You might be going through a major life transition, feeling disconnected from your partner, or carrying memories or experiences that still affect you. Deep down, you want to feel more grounded, connected, and able to show up as your full self with the people who matter. You want space to breathe again.
Dr. Nicolle Ionascu offers comprehensive neuropsychological assessments to a wide demographic age range focusing on in-depth treatment and therapeutic recommendations.
Dr. Nicolle Ionascu offers comprehensive neuropsychological assessments to a wide demographic age range focusing on in-depth treatment and therapeutic recommendations.
What if?. . . . What if you didn’t have to feel as though you had to hold all of those balls in the air by yourself? . . . .What if those stomach dropping, throat clenching, heart racing thoughts didn’t have to keep you up at night?. . . . What if you could figure out how to manage those difficult emotions rather than feel overwhelmed by them? What if your history didn’t have to equal your future story? I’ve got you covered! I'll help you to understand how your past got you to this place and how to use that information to connect the dots, figure things out, and design a new and better story going forward.
What if?. . . . What if you didn’t have to feel as though you had to hold all of those balls in the air by yourself? . . . .What if those stomach dropping, throat clenching, heart racing thoughts didn’t have to keep you up at night?. . . . What if you could figure out how to manage those difficult emotions rather than feel overwhelmed by them? What if your history didn’t have to equal your future story? I’ve got you covered! I'll help you to understand how your past got you to this place and how to use that information to connect the dots, figure things out, and design a new and better story going forward.
In addition, my work is influenced by psychoanalytic theory and attachment theory, and is informed by an awareness of trauma, including complex and inter-generational trauma.
Specialties: Anxiety, Cultural Issues, Depression, Relationship Issues, Trauma and Abuse, Women's Issues
In addition, my work is influenced by psychoanalytic theory and attachment theory, and is informed by an awareness of trauma, including complex and inter-generational trauma.
Specialties: Anxiety, Cultural Issues, Depression, Relationship Issues, Trauma and Abuse, Women's Issues
Are you seeking to dive deeper into finding awareness & meaning in life? I work with both children & adults in the areas of developmental trauma, PTSD, child-parent relationship issues & disordered eating issues. I have a background working in both patient & outpatient settings. I bring ability to work with more complicated If you are looking to find someone to help process these difficulties through holistic healing please give a call to see if we are a good fit.
Are you seeking to dive deeper into finding awareness & meaning in life? I work with both children & adults in the areas of developmental trauma, PTSD, child-parent relationship issues & disordered eating issues. I have a background working in both patient & outpatient settings. I bring ability to work with more complicated If you are looking to find someone to help process these difficulties through holistic healing please give a call to see if we are a good fit.
We are living through challenging and tumultuous times and it can be difficult to know how to respond. The usual challenges in life related to work, school, family and relationships may feel harder to manage. It can be harder to navigate transitions that require you to clarify your beliefs and direction. It may be hard to find a calm, reflective space to sort out your own experience. The way that you appear to the outside world may feel very different from your inner experience. You may feel more anxious and uncertain, unhappy, unmotivated or even helpless. Therapy can help, and the initial reaching out can be the hardest step.
We are living through challenging and tumultuous times and it can be difficult to know how to respond. The usual challenges in life related to work, school, family and relationships may feel harder to manage. It can be harder to navigate transitions that require you to clarify your beliefs and direction. It may be hard to find a calm, reflective space to sort out your own experience. The way that you appear to the outside world may feel very different from your inner experience. You may feel more anxious and uncertain, unhappy, unmotivated or even helpless. Therapy can help, and the initial reaching out can be the hardest step.
Are you feeling tired, overwhelmed, worried or just not yourself? As a seasoned clinician I help you navigate the heaviness that blocks your growth. Do you miss parts of yourself and tend to live in your mind? If you just want to feel better, and don’t know the why, let’s talk, let’s find a way together. You are smart, successful, busy, yet just not feeling right. That’s ok. You want to feel better because it’s too overwhelming. I can help - Mind, body, and soul. Licensed to supervise interns.
Are you feeling tired, overwhelmed, worried or just not yourself? As a seasoned clinician I help you navigate the heaviness that blocks your growth. Do you miss parts of yourself and tend to live in your mind? If you just want to feel better, and don’t know the why, let’s talk, let’s find a way together. You are smart, successful, busy, yet just not feeling right. That’s ok. You want to feel better because it’s too overwhelming. I can help - Mind, body, and soul. Licensed to supervise interns.
Hi, I’m Sharri, a dedicated licensed clinical social worker and therapist. With more than ten years of experience in the field of mental health, I am passionate about guiding you through any challenges you may be facing. Whether you’re dealing with mental health issues or simply seeking a deeper understanding of yourself, I am here to support you on your journey.
My approach is compassionate and personalized, ensuring that you feel heard and valued as we work together to uncover the answers you are looking for. Let’s embark on this path to well-being and self-discovery together.
Hi, I’m Sharri, a dedicated licensed clinical social worker and therapist. With more than ten years of experience in the field of mental health, I am passionate about guiding you through any challenges you may be facing. Whether you’re dealing with mental health issues or simply seeking a deeper understanding of yourself, I am here to support you on your journey.
My approach is compassionate and personalized, ensuring that you feel heard and valued as we work together to uncover the answers you are looking for. Let’s embark on this path to well-being and self-discovery together.
At Gonzales Family Counseling, it is our honor to develop a client centered relationship in order to promote hope, healing, and accessing one's best self. We work with children, adolescents, young adults, adults, couples, parents, and families.
At Gonzales Family Counseling, it is our honor to develop a client centered relationship in order to promote hope, healing, and accessing one's best self. We work with children, adolescents, young adults, adults, couples, parents, and families.
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Life can get complicated and there is no handbook on how to handle things like depression, anxiety, addiction and relationship problems. It is important to know two things: 1. you are not alone, 2. challenges are always opportunities to grow and change your life. You are probably here because it's time to "do something different." Let us help guide you through this journey!
Life can get complicated and there is no handbook on how to handle things like depression, anxiety, addiction and relationship problems. It is important to know two things: 1. you are not alone, 2. challenges are always opportunities to grow and change your life. You are probably here because it's time to "do something different." Let us help guide you through this journey!
As a Jungian analyst I welcome your dreams, reveries and expressive arts. Sandplay may be integrated into talking together about life - past present future. Working with the unconscious is a resource for healing and growth. Images from dreams, sandplay and art are used to explore deeper meanings and to elucidate present concerns. I believe in a growth oriented model for therapy, viewing problems-in-living as an opportunity to promote self-development, growth, and healing.
As a Jungian analyst I welcome your dreams, reveries and expressive arts. Sandplay may be integrated into talking together about life - past present future. Working with the unconscious is a resource for healing and growth. Images from dreams, sandplay and art are used to explore deeper meanings and to elucidate present concerns. I believe in a growth oriented model for therapy, viewing problems-in-living as an opportunity to promote self-development, growth, and healing.
When we're stuck or overwhelmed, reaching out to others can feel like the last thing we're capable of. And yet, these are often the very moments when finding someone safe to talk to — without fear of judgment or rejection — matters most.
I'm a trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ and gender-affirming therapist working with adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, attachment and relationship concerns, and questions of identity. I also offer psychedelic integration.
When we're stuck or overwhelmed, reaching out to others can feel like the last thing we're capable of. And yet, these are often the very moments when finding someone safe to talk to — without fear of judgment or rejection — matters most.
I'm a trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ and gender-affirming therapist working with adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, attachment and relationship concerns, and questions of identity. I also offer psychedelic integration.
Starting therapy can feel vulnerable, and it often takes courage. I understand that! You do not have to figure it out alone. I work with individuals and couples who feel stuck in repeating relationship patterns or disconnected from themselves. You might feel overwhelmed by anxiety, conflict, self-criticism, or emotional disconnection. Many clients feel like they’ve tried everything and want to understand themselves more deeply and find a new way forward. Together, we slow things down, get curious about what’s happening beneath the surface, and explore these patterns with compassion so they no longer have to run the show.
Starting therapy can feel vulnerable, and it often takes courage. I understand that! You do not have to figure it out alone. I work with individuals and couples who feel stuck in repeating relationship patterns or disconnected from themselves. You might feel overwhelmed by anxiety, conflict, self-criticism, or emotional disconnection. Many clients feel like they’ve tried everything and want to understand themselves more deeply and find a new way forward. Together, we slow things down, get curious about what’s happening beneath the surface, and explore these patterns with compassion so they no longer have to run the show.
I support individuals and couples in navigating issues of shame and trauma to find a deeper home within themselves. Just even coming onto this site is an act of courageous self-inquiry; it shows a desire to improve yourself and your relationship to others. Maybe you've just had a major loss, life transition, or a new level of stress and are finding it impossible to cope. Maybe you're struggling to find fulfillment in your relationships, or dealing with an uneasy feeling that can't yet be named. I want to get to know you. Together we can learn what your desires, conflicts, and needs are.
I support individuals and couples in navigating issues of shame and trauma to find a deeper home within themselves. Just even coming onto this site is an act of courageous self-inquiry; it shows a desire to improve yourself and your relationship to others. Maybe you've just had a major loss, life transition, or a new level of stress and are finding it impossible to cope. Maybe you're struggling to find fulfillment in your relationships, or dealing with an uneasy feeling that can't yet be named. I want to get to know you. Together we can learn what your desires, conflicts, and needs are.
In my practice, I help individuals develop the inner resources needed to meet life's challenges with resilience while cultivating a more authentic and fulfilled way of being. While challenging, suffering can serve as a doorway to deeper understanding when we learn to be with it and listen to its meaning. Many of the struggles we face – depression, anxiety, cravings, relationship difficulties, feeling stuck, or disconnection from purpose – often emerge when we've lost connection with our authentic selves. Together, we'll create space to discover and nurture your unique way of being in the world.
In my practice, I help individuals develop the inner resources needed to meet life's challenges with resilience while cultivating a more authentic and fulfilled way of being. While challenging, suffering can serve as a doorway to deeper understanding when we learn to be with it and listen to its meaning. Many of the struggles we face – depression, anxiety, cravings, relationship difficulties, feeling stuck, or disconnection from purpose – often emerge when we've lost connection with our authentic selves. Together, we'll create space to discover and nurture your unique way of being in the world.
Certificates: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy; CBT- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma Focused CBT; Neurosequential Model of Therapy- NMT
When you find a therapist who understands who you are, can support you, and has extensive experience, therapy is an opportunity to grow and develop to your fullest potential. Together, we can work to bring you to your goals and resolve self doubts and/or concerns that are impeding your progress. I offer therapy services to older adults, adults, teens, young children, infants and parents. In addition, I have specialized in Women's Issues, Depression, Anxiety, Life transitions, Retirement Issues, Feminist therapy, and Trauma. I have specialized training in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Certificates: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy; CBT- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma Focused CBT; Neurosequential Model of Therapy- NMT
When you find a therapist who understands who you are, can support you, and has extensive experience, therapy is an opportunity to grow and develop to your fullest potential. Together, we can work to bring you to your goals and resolve self doubts and/or concerns that are impeding your progress. I offer therapy services to older adults, adults, teens, young children, infants and parents. In addition, I have specialized in Women's Issues, Depression, Anxiety, Life transitions, Retirement Issues, Feminist therapy, and Trauma. I have specialized training in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Much of philosophy today contends that modern life is damaged life. Theodor Adorno tells us that this life is wrong and cannot be lived rightly, while Walter Benjamin observes that, in terms of our structures of feeling and knowing the world, “we have become impoverished”. Adorno and Max Horkheimer suggest that magic died long ago. Wrong life, poverty of experience, and the death of magic: how then can we live? This question animates my thought as psychotherapist and educator. Over two decades of clinical practice have taught me that damaged life can be beautiful life, capable of the most radical kind of joy.
Much of philosophy today contends that modern life is damaged life. Theodor Adorno tells us that this life is wrong and cannot be lived rightly, while Walter Benjamin observes that, in terms of our structures of feeling and knowing the world, “we have become impoverished”. Adorno and Max Horkheimer suggest that magic died long ago. Wrong life, poverty of experience, and the death of magic: how then can we live? This question animates my thought as psychotherapist and educator. Over two decades of clinical practice have taught me that damaged life can be beautiful life, capable of the most radical kind of joy.
Greetings! Have you been experiencing depression, anxiety and/or trauma-related symptoms recently? Has one or all of these things left you feeling overwhelmed?
I specialize in working with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, and trauma.
My therapeutic approach is integrative, which means I often include identity exploration, use of evidence-based modalities like CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Practices.
Greetings! Have you been experiencing depression, anxiety and/or trauma-related symptoms recently? Has one or all of these things left you feeling overwhelmed?
I specialize in working with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, and trauma.
My therapeutic approach is integrative, which means I often include identity exploration, use of evidence-based modalities like CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Practices.
Many of my clients feel stuck in patterns they don’t fully understand, struggling with relationship challenges, developmental trauma, substance use, men’s issues, or severe mental health concerns. My psychodynamic and client-centered approach helps uncover unconscious patterns, process emotions, and build deeper self-awareness. Therapy with me goes beyond symptom relief—it’s about gaining insight, emotional resilience, and healthier relationships. By exploring both present struggles and early life experiences, I help clients make sense of their emotions, break free from limiting patterns, and move toward a more fulfilling life.
Many of my clients feel stuck in patterns they don’t fully understand, struggling with relationship challenges, developmental trauma, substance use, men’s issues, or severe mental health concerns. My psychodynamic and client-centered approach helps uncover unconscious patterns, process emotions, and build deeper self-awareness. Therapy with me goes beyond symptom relief—it’s about gaining insight, emotional resilience, and healthier relationships. By exploring both present struggles and early life experiences, I help clients make sense of their emotions, break free from limiting patterns, and move toward a more fulfilling life.
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Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviors. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behavior is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.