Family Therapy in Land Park, Sacramento, CA

Life is busy and demanding; and having a space dedicated to self-reflection is so helpful. I work with adolescents, often highly accomplished adults, and couples in my practice. I help clients meet their own goals by building a strong relationship, encouraging reflection, and exploring alternatives. I am warm, engaging, and well trained. In my work with clients, we look at the influence of a client's family -of-origin, their current stressors and challenges, and the relationship that unfold between the client and myself. I assist my clients to work through their challenges, so they have more choices to live a more authentic life.

If you are a Veteran or just feeling blah, unmotivated, or stuck in a rut, you're in the right place. I love helping people climb out of their rut to find joy again. Life can be stressful and overwhelming, you don't have to face it alone. Whether depression, anxiety or grief, my focus is care and devotion to you, offering a warm, secure place to work through your thoughts, feelings, and troubles regarding the pressures of living, demands of job, family , school and social media. I care about helping teens, young adults, civilians and Veterans achieve the ultimate outcome--a better you.

I tailor my treatment to the specific needs of each client. I work at establishing a therapeutic alliance so that clients become more able to observe, assess and reflect on their emotions and symptoms, gaining awareness to their true feelings. Results are achieved in a collaberative atmosphere of emotional safety, trust and unconditional acceptance that leads to understanding and healing. Changes brought about by this treatment are not meant to be temporary, but tend to be permanent. I work with adults, adolescents and couples who seek to resolve conflicts, stop repetitive dysfunctional patterns and develop deep emotional connections.

Patients often tell me how they feel fed up, hopeless, lost, and exhausted by the time they seek out a therapist. Many folks in my practice are queer, Asian American adult children of immigrants who experience painful conflicts within their family of origin that lead to separation, emotional distance, or even estrangement. I also work with individuals and couples who feel stuck in frustrating repetitive patterns in their thoughts and behaviors, negatively impacting their ability to find enjoyment in their lives and in their relationships. Therapy can give you a space to speak freely and listen to yourself in new and different ways.

When we lose our way we feel uncomfortable, no longer in control, and out of sorts. The goal of my practice is to help you regain clarity and balance in your life. I believe that having both allows for growth and success in the different areas of your life: work, school, personal and social relationships, parenting, sports, and networking. For nearly a decade I have been helping individuals suffering from anxiety, depression, unresolved trauma or difficult family dynamics succeed in their daily activities and interactions so they can once again find joy in their lives. I am ready to partner with you to help you regain balance.

I'm a relationship, sex and trauma therapist specializing in supporting folks who feel like they'll never live up to expectations; no matter what you do it feels like you aren't enough. My clients come to me telling me that they're always striving for more and not able to enjoy their life and relationships. Navigating a stressful work life or having lots of anxiety in your relationship? I’ll provide you with some helpful tools to cope. Just need a place to cry it out sometimes or vent about the ridiculous choices of a friend or family member? That’s welcome here too. Read more or schedule online at www.lovehealgrow.com.

What do you want? What are you doing to get it? Is it working, and if not, what can you do differently? Your personal goals for therapy, once defined, will be at the heart of our work together. I'll support you in applying your strengths, deepening your sense of connection to yourself and those you love, and finding healthy ways to relate to negative thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Suffering is part of the human condition, but together, we can learn to respond to it skillfully. Slowing down, healing and integrating life experiences will be our focus!

Do you constantly put yourself last? Are you presenting your best self at work, to your friends, and family ? Is your health beginning to suffer? When any of these areas of life are toxic or even just out of balance we can feel "off" and not effective at anything. Over time we can develop low self-esteem, poor coping skills, and feel like a failure. I work with people who are afraid or overwhelmed by the thought of making a change to their job, relationship, or putting themselves first.

My clients most often describe me as calm, and they feel safe creating a healing space together. I love the diversity of human life and enjoy working with people of all ages. Through our work together, you may recover from upsetting experiences and feel greater ease in life. You may notice an increase in energy and motivation, improved relationships with friends and loved ones, and an opening to reconnect as a family . If you want to improve your child's behavior, eliminate addictions, improve performance, or find relief from unexplained physical pain, I can offer you my support.

I received my Master's degree from the Boston University School of Social Work, and specialized training in addiction treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy and brief therapy at the Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School. My clinical expertise include couples, addiction disorders, dual-diagnosis and family therapy . I work with adults, preteens and adolescents with anxiety, depression, mood disturbances and trauma; and utilize evidence-based interventions including cognitive-behavioral, dialectical, motivational and psychodynamic treatments. My goal is to help people attain wellness efficiently, thoroughly and safely.

Mr. Sanchez is a trained Marriage and Family Therapist with a background in Indigenous arts and cultural traditions. By engaging traditional approaches of psychotherapy, art, and culture, he works with clients to identify their strengths as determined by the health of their social, cultural, family , spiritual and behavioral cycles. His approach offers strength based therapeutic interventions, while utilizing art and culture to support clients in creating practices to strengthen coping skills, relationship patterns, systems of support, concepts of self, and increasing awareness of their role in creating their healing process.

The Therapist for People Who Don't Like Therapy... My biggest goal in therapy is to get you out of my office and back into your life! With that said, I have found that most people, at some point in their life, could benefit from some professional listening and feedback. Our friends and family are great sources of support, but are often too closely involved to provide the kind of unbiased perspective that we need to help us out of a rut or to enact the true change that we really desire.

Facing emotionally painful situations takes a fair amount of bravery. I can walk with you through those challenges, offering support and at times being a source of strength. Avoiding grief, fears, any type of conflict and/or suppressing anger may lead to increased anxiety and depression. Learning how to face these things with the use of some good coping skills can be very empowering. We all have the ability to learn how to deal with our emotions and work through conflict. It just takes practice and maybe some guidance. This is where I can help.

Each day one awakes, one has another chance at life. From what I understand, we cannot control the family in which we have been born into, ethnicity, or physical attributes. Furthermore, changing the past is out anyone's control; however, I do believe that one has control over how he or she views the world, thoughts, and behaviors. Understanding self, relationships, and trying to cope with life can be challenging especially if you do not know where to begin. As therapist, I have the ability to meet you where your are; while always possessing an empathetic positive regard. With collaboration, I can help you meet your goals.

If you are feeling like a square peg in a round hole, I am the therapist for you. If you or your family member is a zebra in a world of apples and oranges, you will feel right at home. My passion is working with these individuals, whether child or teen or adult, in an authentic, non-judgmental way. Together we will build a space where you can be your full self and practice ways of celebrating who you are. In our sessions we'll do this through drawing, painting, collage, journaling, tarot cards, virtual reality, sand tray, or even just talking about your favorite show or movie.

The idea that one learns by experiencing and is truly capable of making the necessary shifts in their lives is a mantra I live by. When one person mirrors another with gentle listening, others are able to clearly see what no longer works in their lives. Ingrained habits coming from difficult childhoods could be the very source of havoc, that with conscious awareness, can shift. Perhaps the way one communicates is keeping love from flowing in your life. Maybe parenting a child who reminds you of yourself means confronting yourself on a deeply personal level. Or perhaps it is simply a life transition that is simply too much.