Therapists in Midtown, Sacramento, CA

Hi! I'm Tracy! I specialize in working with adults who experience depression, a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It can affect how you feel, think, and behave. It can affect your daily life activities, sleep, social life, appetite, and even cause physical problems. There are many possible causes of depression, including genetic vulnerability, stressful life events, and faulty mood regulation by the brain. I am here to help with all of that.

With 25+ years of experience and training, I believe I can help you. I treat adults and couples. While people are each unique in their own way, they bring to therapy similar issues, including: Anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties, early childhood trauma, and a basic desire to understand themselves better. Understanding yourself better,and moving into your future with confidence, is an overarching focus in my therapeutic approach. I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other therapeutic techniques to help my clients achieve their goals. I teach people how to quiet their brain and their bodies with meditation and breathing practices.

The women I work with are dealing with immense pressure in their personal and/or professional lives–even more so given the pervasive realities of sexism and racism. Many of them work in helping professions (e.g., medical field, mental health, education, ministry) and feel overwhelmed and drained, anxious about kids and work, and frustrated with their relationships. Many of my clients are also activists and advocates working for equity and justice. They are exhausted and burned out, often feeling isolated from friends and family. For some their work is bringing up personal trauma that is hard to get a handle on.

I am passionate and dedicated to creating a trusting relationship and safe space for the process of narrating your personal story. Over 10 years I've worked in community-based programs with both teens and adults. I especially enjoy working with young people ages 16 to 25 (Transitional Aged Youth) a population that’s often overlooked and underserved. Having personally struggled myself during that time, I know how to identify with that challenging life transition and sometimes overwhelming decisions of "What's next?" let alone the bigger question of "Who am I?".

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.

I have been in private practice for 30 years, providing psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy to adolescents and adults. Each person is unique and I strive to listen carefully to you and your life history. I create a treatment plan that is unique to you. My approach addresses the underlying, mostly unconscious beliefs, emotions, and expectations that create problems in life. This approach is appropriate for many different issues as it addresses the deep causes of difficulties. The changes you make in psychoanalytic psychotherapy are deep and enduring and eliminates the need for symptoms as coping strategies.

As a therapist, I strive to provide an accepting, safe space where you can bring your authentic self for exploration. We will work together by addressing your identified goals while bringing to light barriers that are hindering progress. While in session, you may find that I tune into your emotional experience to provide unconditional emotional support and utilize this emotional information as a guiding light towards change. We will also focus on building tools for self regulation so you can feel more empowered within yourself.

As a practicing therapist for over 20 years, I have the privilege of working collaboratively with my clients to assist them in finding solutions to their problems and learning how to live life more authentically and with greater joy. Whatever your circumstance, if you're struggling to make changes, therapy and developing greater insight, may be just the energy you need to make the change you want. I believe that everyone has capacity for positive change and personal development, and that working together we can synergistically accomplish greater things than on our own.

I am accepting new clients! I have had the privilege of working with a diverse set of clients with a wide range of backgrounds and needs. I offer a supportive space that counters the normativity within this culture that often is oppressive to people based on their identities. I recognize that what healing journey one person, relationship or family may need may be different than another and help to support you on that journey. In addition to being neurodivergent and transgender myself, I have also supported folks who are neurodivergent, queer and/or plural.

If anxiety, depression or relationship issues are keeping you from enjoying your life, I'd love to help. I am trained in a variety of techniques that have helped thousands of people improve their connections to the people they love, let go of lingering effects of trauma and painful events and make the changes they want. If you and the person you love want to reduce the conflict and increase the harmony between you. I won't teach you "fight fair' or make "I statements", but I will help you develop a blueprint to decode your connection that you can take with you and apply over. Your life is important and a phone screening is free.

In-person therapy is where it’s at! Have you tried in-person therapy? If yes, then you know the power it can have to help. If no, then I urge you to reach out and schedule - with me or another therapist with an office. Let isolation be over. Being private with things is good, as far as it goes but doesn’t do much to move us out of endless loops or confusing despair. I have no agenda for you but to be well. What can I do to help?

Your therapy shall include an integrated treatment approach (CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Family Systems, Solutions Focused, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy). I work with a diverse client population, including those with single or dual diagnosis & co-occurring disorders (addiction, depression, anxiety, bipolar, PTSD, schizophrenia, sexual abuse). I work with individuals, couples, and adolescents. I am completing a Ph.D. in Integrated Behavioral Health that focuses on treating the “entire” person through integrated care, expected completion in 2024. I offer an in-person, Telehealth, or hybrid approach to both.

I am a strengths-based therapist focused on helping people overcome difficult situations. When life becomes challenging we can get stuck in emotional ruts and destructive thought patterns. Our relationships falter, our professional life seems less fulfilling, our fears and anxieties become overwhelming. If you're there, you don't need to take this on alone. I will meet you where you are and walk alongside you. We will identify the things that are holding you back and explore a path forward.

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.

Are you concerned about the level of stress you must manage? Do your moods feel overwhelming or are they getting in the way of you being your best self? Are things from your past preventing you from thriving in the present? I have a passion to work with those experiencing trauma, pain, grief, depression and anxiety. I have been working in mental health for years and have helped many people move closer to their goals and relief from symptoms.One way that I do this is by equipping individuals with the tools needed to enhance their lives.

Does part of you want to change, while another part is hesitant? It’s okay to have mixed feelings about change. You can learn to relate to every part of yourself with more acceptance, understanding, and compassion. This can help you to navigate your life’s unique challenges and love yourself along the way. Your relationships can benefit as well. My approach is warm, supportive, and collaborative.

Are you feeling anxious and overwhelmed? Do you struggle with codependency in your relationships? My clients come feeling weighed down and burnt out but are dedicated to doing the work to feel better.

Brene Brown says, "If we really want to live a joyful, connected, and meaningful life, we must talk about things that get in the way.” - There are times in our lives where we feel disconnected with ourselves, others, and the world around us, and instead of living with compassion, clarity, and stillness, you are stuck feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, helpless, frustrated. It's so hard to do that alone - you're not supposed to do this on your own. I am here to support you get you out of the trenches. I am passionate about helping you navigate this journey of self-discovery towards growth and healing.