Therapists in San Jose, CA

Are you feeling alone, unheard, or stuck? Are you experiencing anxiety, fatigue, and excessive worrying that impact your relationships and career? I’m glad you’re taking the time to notice these changes and to invest in yourself to become a better version of yourself. In sessions, I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify ways to incorporate positive changes for your negative thought patterns. Thus, you will learn to become better equipped in maintaining your personal or professional goals. I am committed to helping my clients decrease anxiety and manage healthy relationships.

Hello! I am Michell Sandoval and I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the state of California. My practices focuses on serving teens and adults that are neurodivergent (Autism, ADHD, PDD and more!). With someone with lived experience with neurodivergency, I bring both professional and personal experience of what it means to live and function in a world not structured for people with neruodiversity. I work with my clients to understand their neurotype, embrace and learn to love it, and how to navigate their world with it. I also have consultation services for parents with neurodiverse kids!

It’s difficult to be a human, with all of the ways the world pokes and squashes us, telling us that we aren’t good enough or that we have to be something different. I love being a therapist and helping people unearth their precious and magical selves which may have been buried under years of pain and mistreatment. There is so much to discover about ourselves, why we suffer and how we can get to a freer and more satisfying way of being.

It is believed that the healing process begins with a therapeutic relationship. My genuineness and humorous personality helps me build a strong connection and relationship with you to begin this journey. Through this foundation, you will learn how to develop healthy relationships with people in your own life. You might also need a safe and non-judgmental space to gain confidence to share and express what you are unable to with people in your life. My directive approach will challenge you to take what you learn in therapy and make changes that you need to reach the ideal life that you want to live!

NOT ACCEPTING CLIENTS AT THIS TIME. I am trained in EMDR and I love it! EMDR is an amazing tool to help heal the effects of trauma and complicated grief. I have a open minded and open hearted spiritual approach. I am very experienced in helping people who are experiencing loss/ grief, PTSD and anxiety disorders. Life can be difficult, unpredictable and even tragic at times. Are you ready to develop the tools to cope with difficult emotions and heal?

Currently accepting new clients, couples or individuals. It takes courage to look for a therapist. If you are looking through these profiles, there is a strong and resilient part of you that's ready for change. I help people who may feel anxious, overwhelmed, depressed or are just stuck in patterns and relationships that are making them unhappy. If you feel like you are struggling in some way, whether it is related to your mood, relationships, or, with where you are in life right now, contact me. We can work together to develop and utilize your innate strengths, allowing you to move from insight, to healing, to lasting change.

In these interesting times with constant changes in economy, politics, career, social practices, acculturation and family conflict including divorce, balancing personal and professional life may leave us feeling overwhelmed, out of control, unbalanced, confused, spiritually and emotionally disconnected an unfulfilled. I have over 20 years of clinical experience working with different populations in variety of clinical settings.

You don’t understand why your family causes you so many sleepless nights. You need someone to talk to but feel shame bringing up family issues or you don’t know where to start. You try to please everyone but you end up being the unhappy one. You cut off toxic family relationships but this leaves you feeling guilt, loneliness, and resentment. To prove yourself, you work hard and sometimes overcompensate. Past unresolved issues consume your energy, make you question yourself, and become hesitant to try a new relationship. You don’t want to be your parents but you don’t know how not to. You doubt if you can live a different life.

Many people struggle with asking for help. The fact that you are here shows your strength and resilience. Therapy gold star for you and we haven't even started yet! I imagine you are here because something is not working; perhaps it's past or current trauma, substance use, family relationships, mental health, sexuality, work stress, life transitions, all of these-or something else. What is important is you are looking for someone to meet you where you are, extend out their hand and say; "I'm here, and I will walk along this path with you in the way you need. You are safe." I would be honored to be that person in your process.

I'm not in the business of instigating change. I am in the delicate and complex work of empowering it. Because I believe you have the wisdom to bring about change. Because change is your work and your choice; my role is to set the stage, empty it, illuminate what stands in the way and explore with you the possibilities for change. Ultimately you decide.The fact that you're here already ensures it. My job is to notice your process, reflect and honor it. In this space, I have seen amazing change happen.

Thank you for viewing my page. I've been a therapist and clinical supervisor for over a decade; I know how to help, and I have the experience. I work with engineers, tech, and business professionals to help them express and process hard emotions in a supportive, non-intimidating way. I'm married to an engineer, and I know the pressures. I specialize in working with successful, high achieving women and men struggling with depression, anxiety, and relationship or work concerns. If you're a therapist yourself and struggling with compassion fatigue, burn out and stress, I speak your language, and I've been there.

Do you feel stuck or haunted by the same unhelpful thoughts, feelings or behaviors? Do you have hard time trusting yourself or others? Are you looking for greater vitality, peace, and/or meaning in your life? I can help. Let’s explore together what needs tending in order to help you break out of old patterns and thrive.

Do you want to ease your ANXIETY, Depression, or Trauma? Or maybe improve your creativity, your relationship with your partner, or become more productive? We can work on it. I am a SPANISH/English psychologist with 30+ years of experience in providing psychotherapy in Mexico since 1992. 11 years working in California. I offer you a combination of both cultures and both worlds of psychology. I am bilingual and bicultural in Spanish. I work for you to feel safe to explore your deepest feelings and tap into your inner wisdom. Tell me about your anxiety, depression, fear, severe trauma, or low self-esteem, I can help.

Sometimes life brings challenges that are not meant to be borne alone. You may find yourself stuck in difficult thoughts, and emotions, or cycling through chaotic states of mind and feeling uncertain about how to proceed. Yet, symptoms can also be an invitation to know one’s self more fully. It can be helpful to have a supportive, collaborative partner along your healing journey. Our work together can support you in connecting with yourself and your body wisdom on a deeper level as an invitation to self-knowledge, authenticity, and transformation.

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. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.

I enjoy working with people who have addictions or anxiety or something else weighing them down, working with them for a relatively short period of time, and watching them become energized and passionate about their lives. I believe that my clients know themselves better than anyone else. I work to help my clients achieve their goals. I believe I can best serve people by using what research has shown to be effective. I do not believe therapy should take a long time; most of my clients graduate within 3-6 months. I work on an time-sensitive basis so some require more sessions.