Therapists for Children in San Jose, CA
In the Child-Centered Play Therapy modality that I provide we believe that children are not cognitive/have abstract reasoning, but that they live in their emotions.
I also involve parents by providing parent psycho-education and by having a parent consultation meeting every 5 weeks (included in the fee).
In the Child-Centered Play Therapy modality that I provide we believe that children are not cognitive/have abstract reasoning, but that they live in their emotions.
I also involve parents by providing parent psycho-education and by having a parent consultation meeting every 5 weeks (included in the fee).
There is a lot of Relational Work, between child and parent, and between partners.
I work with ages 8 and up. I have expertise in working with minors, parents, couples, adults, and athletes. I have extensive training in working with individuals with ADHD and attachment/relationship difficulties. My primary modalities are RTT, EFT and ACT. I am also a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. I work a lot on the Cognitive (mind/thoughts/images/beliefs) using talk therapy as well as Cognitive-based guided meditation. Changing your current beliefs starts with an understanding of what they are and where they came from. I also offer micro intensive sessions of 2-4 hours for faster results.
There is a lot of Relational Work, between child and parent, and between partners.
I work with ages 8 and up. I have expertise in working with minors, parents, couples, adults, and athletes. I have extensive training in working with individuals with ADHD and attachment/relationship difficulties. My primary modalities are RTT, EFT and ACT. I am also a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. I work a lot on the Cognitive (mind/thoughts/images/beliefs) using talk therapy as well as Cognitive-based guided meditation. Changing your current beliefs starts with an understanding of what they are and where they came from. I also offer micro intensive sessions of 2-4 hours for faster results.
Compassionate, Caring Support Ideal for Children, Teens, and Young Adults.
Evidence-based therapeutic modalities are the foundation of your individualized programs at BACA. Healthy, life-affirming techniques and skills are the core of your daily treatment activities. Group counseling sessions, individual therapy, and experiential modalities guide you to a new understanding of how you can manage your mental health disorder. It takes practice, but that’s what you do every day: practice the skills you need to reach stability.
Compassionate, Caring Support Ideal for Children, Teens, and Young Adults.
Evidence-based therapeutic modalities are the foundation of your individualized programs at BACA. Healthy, life-affirming techniques and skills are the core of your daily treatment activities. Group counseling sessions, individual therapy, and experiential modalities guide you to a new understanding of how you can manage your mental health disorder. It takes practice, but that’s what you do every day: practice the skills you need to reach stability.
I am trauma-focused and honor the part of you who would like to discover more about yourself, and the part of you who doesn't want to come to therapy and may resist. Is there a part that is curious? Is there a part that is scared? Let's find out who you really are inside. The part that no body else knows, maybe even parts you don't know. Discovering who you are in the present moment happens by learning how to be present. Also searching through art making, writing, dancing, movement and discovering the process happening in the moment can help you find the part in you that shines. All parts of you are welcome.
I am trauma-focused and honor the part of you who would like to discover more about yourself, and the part of you who doesn't want to come to therapy and may resist. Is there a part that is curious? Is there a part that is scared? Let's find out who you really are inside. The part that no body else knows, maybe even parts you don't know. Discovering who you are in the present moment happens by learning how to be present. Also searching through art making, writing, dancing, movement and discovering the process happening in the moment can help you find the part in you that shines. All parts of you are welcome.
Many of the clients that walk through my door may be similar to you: frustrated at the court system, wanting more time with their children, having overwhelming difficulties in dealing with an ex partner.
I enjoy a respectful relationship with various Family Court Judges who value my feedback in determining custody concerns. I have working relationships with family law attorneys who seek out custody evaluations, brief focused assessments, and expert witness testimony as they know my experience, integrity, and ability to manage complex family dynamics.
Many of the clients that walk through my door may be similar to you: frustrated at the court system, wanting more time with their children, having overwhelming difficulties in dealing with an ex partner.
I enjoy a respectful relationship with various Family Court Judges who value my feedback in determining custody concerns. I have working relationships with family law attorneys who seek out custody evaluations, brief focused assessments, and expert witness testimony as they know my experience, integrity, and ability to manage complex family dynamics.
I am licensed in California with 7 years of professional work experience. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you and walk alongside you in that process.
I am licensed in California with 7 years of professional work experience. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you and walk alongside you in that process.
She is certified in Parent- Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and has worked with clients affected by trauma, ADHD, and autism.
Life can be challenging, and many people feel stuck, enduring significant struggle and pain. However, everyone possesses inner strengths and a desire to reach their full potential. Namhee helps clients explore the changes that can support them in achieving their goals. She believes that individuals are responsible for their choices and have the power to reshape themselves by moving toward their aspirations. Namhee’s therapeutic approach is rooted in Adlerian therapy, a humanistic and goal-oriented framework that emphasizes personal growth, connection with others, and contributing to society.
She is certified in Parent- Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and has worked with clients affected by trauma, ADHD, and autism.
Life can be challenging, and many people feel stuck, enduring significant struggle and pain. However, everyone possesses inner strengths and a desire to reach their full potential. Namhee helps clients explore the changes that can support them in achieving their goals. She believes that individuals are responsible for their choices and have the power to reshape themselves by moving toward their aspirations. Namhee’s therapeutic approach is rooted in Adlerian therapy, a humanistic and goal-oriented framework that emphasizes personal growth, connection with others, and contributing to society.
Access Mental Health, Inc
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, MD
1 Endorsed
San Jose, CA 95123
We understand asking for help may not come easy and can be a difficult process. We believe taking those first few steps are one of many ways we believe can impact your quality of life. We take note of each significant accomplishment and celebrate success and help individuals increase self-confidence and awareness.
We understand asking for help may not come easy and can be a difficult process. We believe taking those first few steps are one of many ways we believe can impact your quality of life. We take note of each significant accomplishment and celebrate success and help individuals increase self-confidence and awareness.
Thank you for visiting my profile. My role is to help reveal everyone's potential, especially when overlooked and masked from personal pain and trauma. I use strength-based approaches to connect with clients, focusing on their inner resources and agency. I tailor my methods to fit each client's goals and needs, personalizing treatment based on their unique life story and experience. Most importantly, provide a safe environment to help understand and elevate your resiliency and courage.
Thank you for visiting my profile. My role is to help reveal everyone's potential, especially when overlooked and masked from personal pain and trauma. I use strength-based approaches to connect with clients, focusing on their inner resources and agency. I tailor my methods to fit each client's goals and needs, personalizing treatment based on their unique life story and experience. Most importantly, provide a safe environment to help understand and elevate your resiliency and courage.
Chantal Herrada is an licensed clinical social worker who specializes in providing therapeutic services to children, adults, and families by using trauma-informed and strength-based approaches.
Chantal is dedicated to facilitating self-exploration and providing holistic treatment approaches tailored to each individual. She empowers her clients to reclaim their voices and discover the tools they need to lead balanced and fulfilling lives.
Chantal Herrada is an licensed clinical social worker who specializes in providing therapeutic services to children, adults, and families by using trauma-informed and strength-based approaches.
Chantal is dedicated to facilitating self-exploration and providing holistic treatment approaches tailored to each individual. She empowers her clients to reclaim their voices and discover the tools they need to lead balanced and fulfilling lives.
Whether challenged by our children, partners, or extended family, therapy is a time to unpack how we navigate our most important relationships.
I help individuals and couples navigate the complexities of relationships, parenting, and the emotional or physical clutter that can overwhelm daily life. If you're feeling disconnected, misunderstood, or stuck—in your relationship, home, or within yourself—therapy can be a place to explore what’s beneath the surface. I work with individuals and couples to strengthen communication, rebuild trust, deepen connection, and move through life transitions. Whether you're facing conflict, stress, guilt, burnout, or simply feeling stuck, therapy offers a supportive space to reconnect—with yourself and others.
Whether challenged by our children, partners, or extended family, therapy is a time to unpack how we navigate our most important relationships.
I help individuals and couples navigate the complexities of relationships, parenting, and the emotional or physical clutter that can overwhelm daily life. If you're feeling disconnected, misunderstood, or stuck—in your relationship, home, or within yourself—therapy can be a place to explore what’s beneath the surface. I work with individuals and couples to strengthen communication, rebuild trust, deepen connection, and move through life transitions. Whether you're facing conflict, stress, guilt, burnout, or simply feeling stuck, therapy offers a supportive space to reconnect—with yourself and others.
I work with clients across the lifespan, with a strong interest in supporting young children, new parents, adolescents, couples, and families.
My experience in community mental health has allowed me to support clients through many different life circumstances.
I earned my Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Palo Alto University, with an emphasis in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. I tailor treatment to each client’s individual goals, strengths, and lived experiences.
I work with clients across the lifespan, with a strong interest in supporting young children, new parents, adolescents, couples, and families.
My experience in community mental health has allowed me to support clients through many different life circumstances.
I earned my Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Palo Alto University, with an emphasis in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. I tailor treatment to each client’s individual goals, strengths, and lived experiences.
Life’s difficulties—whether they arise from marital problems, family discord, difficult parent- child relationships, acculturation issues, individual psychological problems, anxiety, personal existential crisis, or transitional life issues—can feel overwhelming.
I help individuals overcome anxiety, depression, trauma, and navigate life stress, including work challenges, parenting, divorce, grief, and major transitions. As an immigrant myself, I am passionate about helping clients address racial and cultural identity issues and navigate the complexities of acculturation.
Life’s difficulties—whether they arise from marital problems, family discord, difficult parent- child relationships, acculturation issues, individual psychological problems, anxiety, personal existential crisis, or transitional life issues—can feel overwhelming.
I help individuals overcome anxiety, depression, trauma, and navigate life stress, including work challenges, parenting, divorce, grief, and major transitions. As an immigrant myself, I am passionate about helping clients address racial and cultural identity issues and navigate the complexities of acculturation.
Christian Counseling Collective has provided mental health services, support, and educational training to the Bay Area community for more than 30+ Years. Our team of 50+ therapists are passionate about caring for your emotional, mental, and relational needs through our broad range of clinical expertise. We are here to help!
Christian Counseling Collective has provided mental health services, support, and educational training to the Bay Area community for more than 30+ Years. Our team of 50+ therapists are passionate about caring for your emotional, mental, and relational needs through our broad range of clinical expertise. We are here to help!
I am an endorsed infant family early childhood mental health specialist.
As a reflective practice mentor, I provide skilled support to teachers, nurses, social workers and therapists. I am experienced with parent training models. I provide a protected space for attending to each person's story, symbols and spiritual journey. I offer a humorous approach to perspective taking, and to transforming challenges into strengths.
I am an endorsed infant family early childhood mental health specialist.
As a reflective practice mentor, I provide skilled support to teachers, nurses, social workers and therapists. I am experienced with parent training models. I provide a protected space for attending to each person's story, symbols and spiritual journey. I offer a humorous approach to perspective taking, and to transforming challenges into strengths.
Typically, they have been struggling for a long time and are looking for extra support to improve their children's lives or their own.
I have been serving youth and adults for the past 15 years. I help my clients learn coping skills, navigate relationships, and modify patterns of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, to achieve goals. My areas of expertise include mood disturbances, anxiety, child and adolescent issues, life changes, relationship issues, and multicultural issues.
Typically, they have been struggling for a long time and are looking for extra support to improve their children's lives or their own.
I have been serving youth and adults for the past 15 years. I help my clients learn coping skills, navigate relationships, and modify patterns of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, to achieve goals. My areas of expertise include mood disturbances, anxiety, child and adolescent issues, life changes, relationship issues, and multicultural issues.
Individuals on the autism spectrum, or suspected to be on the spectrum, or kids with emotional regulation or executive functioning (impulsivity, attention, or time management) deficits can find help with Mindful LEP.
I am passionate in helping students or potential students who struggle with a suspected learning disability or social skills delay. I help design a learning profile to help learners thrive. I specialize in assessment for ADHD and dyslexia or other learning disabilities. In therapy, my areas of expertise are play-based or art therapy and affirming care.
Individuals on the autism spectrum, or suspected to be on the spectrum, or kids with emotional regulation or executive functioning (impulsivity, attention, or time management) deficits can find help with Mindful LEP.
I am passionate in helping students or potential students who struggle with a suspected learning disability or social skills delay. I help design a learning profile to help learners thrive. I specialize in assessment for ADHD and dyslexia or other learning disabilities. In therapy, my areas of expertise are play-based or art therapy and affirming care.
Are you experiencing difficulties concentrating? Do you ever feel that your mood is so low you can’t get out of bed? Do you struggle with anxiety or obsessive thoughts? Are you finding yourself wrestling with existential thoughts? Maybe you’re experiencing a combination of issues that just don’t let you feel like yourself? Whatever you’re experiencing, I’m here to help. Through our work together, we can identify your core issues and make a plan to address them using an individually-tailored and holistic approach to achieve your goals. Let’s embark on this journey of healing together!
Are you experiencing difficulties concentrating? Do you ever feel that your mood is so low you can’t get out of bed? Do you struggle with anxiety or obsessive thoughts? Are you finding yourself wrestling with existential thoughts? Maybe you’re experiencing a combination of issues that just don’t let you feel like yourself? Whatever you’re experiencing, I’m here to help. Through our work together, we can identify your core issues and make a plan to address them using an individually-tailored and holistic approach to achieve your goals. Let’s embark on this journey of healing together!
If you or your child is struggling with anxiety, mood difficulties, procrastination, emotion dysregulation, or behavioral challenges, therapy can help build practical tools and help you gain a deeper self-understanding that provides real and lasting change.
I work with children, parents, teens, and adults. I encourage short-term therapy and rapid recovery. I draw from a variety of treatment approaches, including TEAM-CBT, attachment theory, DBT, ERP, IFS and more- to set clear and maintainable goals. With active and collaborative work, we can make measurable progress toward the outcomes that you desire.
If you or your child is struggling with anxiety, mood difficulties, procrastination, emotion dysregulation, or behavioral challenges, therapy can help build practical tools and help you gain a deeper self-understanding that provides real and lasting change.
I work with children, parents, teens, and adults. I encourage short-term therapy and rapid recovery. I draw from a variety of treatment approaches, including TEAM-CBT, attachment theory, DBT, ERP, IFS and more- to set clear and maintainable goals. With active and collaborative work, we can make measurable progress toward the outcomes that you desire.
As a resilient survivor of decades of trauma, I am passionate about serving children, adolescence, adults, and their families to promote healing from physical, emotional, sexual, intergenerational, and racial traumas.
Love is a core value that I live by every day as a mother, wife, and collectivist healer. I love helping clients to explore generational patterns to allow for them to build dreamed legacies in their family trees. I help high conflict couples with histories of infidelity, domestic violence, addictions, cultural differences to build healthier relationships.
As a resilient survivor of decades of trauma, I am passionate about serving children, adolescence, adults, and their families to promote healing from physical, emotional, sexual, intergenerational, and racial traumas.
Love is a core value that I live by every day as a mother, wife, and collectivist healer. I love helping clients to explore generational patterns to allow for them to build dreamed legacies in their family trees. I help high conflict couples with histories of infidelity, domestic violence, addictions, cultural differences to build healthier relationships.
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FAQ - About Child Therapy
When does a child need to see a therapist?
Children naturally experience emotional ups and downs. Sometimes, though, they need support from a professional. A child may benefit from therapy if their emotions or behaviors change significantly within a short period of time. For example, if a child usually spends time with friends after school but begins isolating in their room, further inquiry is warranted. Other areas for concern include altered sleep patterns, lack of appetite, intense anger, irritability, or hopelessness, or developmental regression in young children (bedwetting, thumb-sucking).
What can a child therapist help with?
A therapist can help with any difficult experience a child may encounter growing up, including learning problems or anxiety related to school, relationship challenges with friends or parents, bullying, intense emotions or phobias, divorce and family dynamics, or the death of a pet or loved one. A therapist can help children process their experience and develop coping skills in an age-appropriate way
What therapy types are most suitable for children?
Children can benefit from different forms of therapy, including family therapy, parent-child interaction therapy, play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and exposure therapy, depending on their condition. Play therapy is a great option for younger children who may not be able to fully articulate their feelings. In this approach, kids play with toys and games while a therapist observes and helps the child express their emotions and develop coping skills.
Do I need to attend therapy with my child?
Parents are an integral part of a child’s therapy, but the specifics of their involvement vary. If your child is young, you may attend most or all sessions; if your child is older, you may attend a few sessions or none; sometimes a therapist may ask you to have a session on your own. Whatever the arrangement, you should expect to work collaboratively with the therapist, your child, and your family members to take steps to help support your child.
How can I tell if a therapist is a good fit for my child?
A child needs to feel comfortable opening up about their thoughts and feelings, so if your child feels a sense of comfort, ease, and trust with their therapist, that’s a great sign. In addition, a therapist is a good fit for your child if the two can communicate well together; a clinician should be able to communicate clearly, effectively, and in an age-appropriate manner.