EMDR Therapists in Sacramento, CA

When you work with me, you can expect a direct, compassionate, and empathetic approach. I take the time to get to know my clients, discussing their values and dreams, as well as their short and long-term goals. I can help everyday people feel better about changes or helping you make a change. Changes can be related to divorce, moves, family conflicts, illness, accidents, new starts, and more. Emotional pain and overwhelm do not have to be a constant struggle or stuck point. Together we can utilize EMDR to evolve. Congratulations on your first step, this counts! I’m here to help guide you and support you! Let’s Schedule today.

I am a Harvard-trained psychologist with over 25 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families affected by depression, anxiety, trauma, loss, and life's challenges. My treatment approach is collaborative, interactive, holistic (examining all factors that affect your functioning), and strength-based (identifying your strengths). I focus on symptom reduction and skills-building to optimize your quality of life. I will work with you to tailor a treatment plan that meets your specific needs and goals. I am bilingual in Vietnamese. My office is located in Midtown and is half a block from the light rail.

Are you feeling hopeless and stuck? Is trauma impacting you from living a fulfilled life? Are you struggling with your relationships with family and friends? Are you being triggered daily and reliving old trauma? Do you want to thrive instead of struggle? Traumatic experiences can impact every facet of our current lives if it hasn’t been processed. If you have experienced trauma that inhibits you to live in the moment and thrive instead of struggle, maybe it's time to begin therapy. Processing traumatic experiences can improve your perception of yourself and can positively impact your relationships with people in your life.

Maria Curameng Teresi is a licensed marriage, family and child therapist, and has worked in mental health and behavioral health since 2001. She works with individuals, couples and families from different ages, genders, experiences and socioeconomic backgrounds effected by trauma. She helps her clients develop healthy and effective strategies reducing the effects of trauma and enabling clients to reach their life goals and live their lives in healthy, productive and effective ways that is unique to her individual clients.

I believe we come to our most difficult passages in life at opportune times in order to grow toward our true capacity and purpose. I respect that my clients possess the seeds of awareness and expertise to find answers and solutions to their own problems. My role is to facilitate a compassionate perspective to assist in working through difficult emotions, reactive defenses, or protective habits, and open attention back to fruitful areas. I am an advocate for personal development, collaborating in finding useful vantage points for expanding visibility, encouraging resolution, and resumption of the innate growth process.

Life often takes us to a place where thriving feels like an impossible task, then leaves us feeling like we've lost ourselves. If you feel like you're stuck in a cycle that doesn't bring you peace or if you feel like you've almost forgotten how safety feels, I am here to offer support. I primarily work with individuals who struggle with anxiety, trauma-related disorders, eating disorders, and BPD. I have been fortunate to have worked with and am passionate in working with the Asian, Asian-American (and other POC), and LGBTQ+ communities.

Struggling with anxiety? Feeling uncomfortable? Change happening fast? Let me help! With 25+ years of experience and diverse therapy methods, I can guide you towards peace, security, and a calm future. You're the expert on you, and together we'll develop personalized strategies. As a Certified EMDR Therapist, I can answer questions about this effective modality. Let's find inner peace and thrive!

I believe every good therapist has done their own work. I have been a therapy client at different times throughout my life. I don’t ask my clients to do anything I haven’t done myself. Together we will work to identify the best approach to healing for you.

I am a therapist that is passionate about working with persons with a diverse and broad spectrum of issues. I work with children, adolescents, and adults in individual, couples, and family therapy. I work primarily with persons that are struggling with issues related to interpersonal relationships, conflict resolution, healing the debilitating effects of abuse-related depression and trauma, unresolved grief, anxiety and PTSD. I approach therapy in a compassionate yet direct manner using a variety of techniques that are tailored to meet each clients needs. Techniques I use include CBT, EMDR , Interactive Guided Imagery, and Psychodynamic therapies, among others.

Compassionate, experienced, effective.... I help clients to reduce worries, anxiety, panic, social discomfort or isolation, adjust to life transitions, soften grief and bereavement, and to transcend past emotional injuries. I also work with individual adult clients to develop healthy relationships, to shift old patterns of relating, and to heal trust, love, trauma and loss (including pet loss). I bring compassion and understanding to every concern.

Would you like to feel more calm, productive, and connected to your best self? Maybe you’re trying to keep it together, but find it hard to even enjoy your days off. You're constantly on edge, second guessing yourself, and dreading work you used to love. You've tried talk therapy before, but just can’t shake specific incidents that have happened to you in the past. Finding the right therapist can make all the difference. Let’s talk. Whether it's your first time in therapy or you are ready to try something new, things can change. We go at your pace with weekly therapy or short-term intensives. Call for a free consultation.

Negative habits can hinder personal progress and stand in the way of your aspirations. I possess extensive experience assisting men navigating challenges related to addictions, including but not limited to, addressing unwanted sexual behaviors, alcohol consumption, illicit substance use, fixation on performance, workaholism, co-dependency dynamics, struggles with assertiveness, as well as issues surrounding identity and self-worth. Additionally, I am deeply committed to offering couples a supportive environment where they can mend and cultivate healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

You're "weird," you're queer, you were bullied for being nuero-divergent before we had a word for it. You know that this world doesn't fit you, but you were told that you needed to change to fit this world. You've been through it! And, the lack of attunment and understanding from those around you has only led to more trauma.

Rebecca Mankowski, LMFT, is the owner of MMHC, Clinical Supervisor, Graduate level instructor at CSUS, and certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing ( EMDR ). Effectively practices crisis and trauma counseling, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of most DSM V disorders. Extensive experience working with clients from various socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Comfortable working globally having lived and traveled on three continents and 17 countries.