Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists in San Jose, CA
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Northern California and I provide psychotherapy to clients throughout the state of California via Telehealth. I am passionate about supporting my clients through various difficulties and mental health challenges and helping them experience healing and growth in their lives. I obtained my master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Health Psychology from Santa Clara University in 2021.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Northern California and I provide psychotherapy to clients throughout the state of California via Telehealth. I am passionate about supporting my clients through various difficulties and mental health challenges and helping them experience healing and growth in their lives. I obtained my master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Health Psychology from Santa Clara University in 2021.
Brighter, calmer days are possible for you and your family. For over two decades as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I have helped adults, children, and families navigate major life transitions, emotional challenges, and systemic stressors. Whether you are an adult struggling with workplace stress, a parent seeking guidance, or looking for support for a child experiencing big emotions, I provide an expert, objective, and compassionate space designed to disrupt unhelpful cycles and cultivate long-term stability.
Brighter, calmer days are possible for you and your family. For over two decades as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I have helped adults, children, and families navigate major life transitions, emotional challenges, and systemic stressors. Whether you are an adult struggling with workplace stress, a parent seeking guidance, or looking for support for a child experiencing big emotions, I provide an expert, objective, and compassionate space designed to disrupt unhelpful cycles and cultivate long-term stability.
My toolbox includes IFS, EMDR, Bowen Family Systems, CBT, DBT, psychodynamic, existential, and somatic work, and I tailor the mix to what actually fits you.
In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure world, it's easy to feel disconnected—from yourself, your work, or the people around you. Whether you are experiencing anxiety or depression, feeling burned out, facing a life transition, struggling with relationship challenges, or feeling stuck in recurring emotional patterns, you don't have to navigate this alone. I offer a warm, supportive space to slow down, make sense of what's happening, and find your way forward.
My toolbox includes IFS, EMDR, Bowen Family Systems, CBT, DBT, psychodynamic, existential, and somatic work, and I tailor the mix to what actually fits you.
In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure world, it's easy to feel disconnected—from yourself, your work, or the people around you. Whether you are experiencing anxiety or depression, feeling burned out, facing a life transition, struggling with relationship challenges, or feeling stuck in recurring emotional patterns, you don't have to navigate this alone. I offer a warm, supportive space to slow down, make sense of what's happening, and find your way forward.
Welcome! You probably came across my profile because you are dealing with persistent negative thoughts, emotions, behaviors, addictions/habits, stressors, pain, or relational issues that don't seem to improve. You are tired and want change. Fortunately, we have many techniques that can help you feel better or improve your current situation so that you can get back to living and enjoying the life you want. If you are looking for more in depth work, I enjoy helping individuals heal from their attachment wounds and traumas, overcome their shame, develop a positive relationship with themselves, and become their best self.
Welcome! You probably came across my profile because you are dealing with persistent negative thoughts, emotions, behaviors, addictions/habits, stressors, pain, or relational issues that don't seem to improve. You are tired and want change. Fortunately, we have many techniques that can help you feel better or improve your current situation so that you can get back to living and enjoying the life you want. If you are looking for more in depth work, I enjoy helping individuals heal from their attachment wounds and traumas, overcome their shame, develop a positive relationship with themselves, and become their best self.
Emotions are the language of energy. In this language, there are critical messages to be understood. Emotions communicate what your needs are. Your mind translates this information so that needs can be met. Sometimes, it feels unsafe to acknowledge your emotions so the intellect, instead, pushes emotions down. With emotions silenced, you become deprived of connection to yourself, to others and needs go unmet. In this deprivation, you also lose authenticity. The call to acknowledgement returns, again and again, louder and louder.
We can collaborate together to learn this language and to recover the gold of your authentic self.
Emotions are the language of energy. In this language, there are critical messages to be understood. Emotions communicate what your needs are. Your mind translates this information so that needs can be met. Sometimes, it feels unsafe to acknowledge your emotions so the intellect, instead, pushes emotions down. With emotions silenced, you become deprived of connection to yourself, to others and needs go unmet. In this deprivation, you also lose authenticity. The call to acknowledgement returns, again and again, louder and louder.
We can collaborate together to learn this language and to recover the gold of your authentic self.
My name is Neha, and I use she/her pronouns. I have been practicing as a therapist for the past four years and am passionate about helping individuals navigate life's challenges with greater confidence and resilience. My path to becoming a therapist was shaped by my own experiences of immigration and adapting to a new culture. Growing up in a community-oriented country, I deeply valued the sense of connection and belonging that surrounded me. After moving to the United States, I became more aware of how meaningful those connections can be and was inspired to create that same sense of support and understanding for others.
My name is Neha, and I use she/her pronouns. I have been practicing as a therapist for the past four years and am passionate about helping individuals navigate life's challenges with greater confidence and resilience. My path to becoming a therapist was shaped by my own experiences of immigration and adapting to a new culture. Growing up in a community-oriented country, I deeply valued the sense of connection and belonging that surrounded me. After moving to the United States, I became more aware of how meaningful those connections can be and was inspired to create that same sense of support and understanding for others.
Hi there, I'm Mandy! Congratulations on taking the first steps towards you. Those first actions towards seeking mental health treatment or help are often the hardest. I like to keep things simple in terms of my introductions to therapy. My principal objective will be to guide you patiently through the process and keep you informed along the way. I find it helpful to view setting goals as related to understanding the source of the problem. I like to frame one's conflicts or distress in terms of what type of problem it is.
Hi there, I'm Mandy! Congratulations on taking the first steps towards you. Those first actions towards seeking mental health treatment or help are often the hardest. I like to keep things simple in terms of my introductions to therapy. My principal objective will be to guide you patiently through the process and keep you informed along the way. I find it helpful to view setting goals as related to understanding the source of the problem. I like to frame one's conflicts or distress in terms of what type of problem it is.
Hi! I am Yuka, a bilingual (Japanese and English) relationship specialist with over 25 years of experience, both domestically (in California over 17 years and in Colorado) and internationally. I provide couples, family and individual (child/teen/adult) therapy with such issues as relationships, marriage and divorce, family conflict, trauma and abuse, affairs, PTSD, DV, grief and loss, parenting, infertility, miscarriage, depression, anxiety, OCD, ADD/ADHD, life transition, coping skills, anger, school issues, bullies, self-esteem, sleep and insomnia, stresses in schools, clinics, and private practice offices.
Hi! I am Yuka, a bilingual (Japanese and English) relationship specialist with over 25 years of experience, both domestically (in California over 17 years and in Colorado) and internationally. I provide couples, family and individual (child/teen/adult) therapy with such issues as relationships, marriage and divorce, family conflict, trauma and abuse, affairs, PTSD, DV, grief and loss, parenting, infertility, miscarriage, depression, anxiety, OCD, ADD/ADHD, life transition, coping skills, anger, school issues, bullies, self-esteem, sleep and insomnia, stresses in schools, clinics, and private practice offices.
I am trained in CBT, DBT, CPT, IFS, MI and Exposure Therapy.
Attention Young Adults! Are you struggling with parents who still want to treat you like you're a teenager? You've handled the pressure of school, work, and relationships, but don't seem to get credit from the people who claim to know you best. Adulting is hard! I've had the pleasure of supporting young adults for many years, but I'm still young enough at heart to remember what that was like. If you're going through big life changes and looking for support from someone who's NOT your parent, reach out today. I love working with people of diverse backgrounds, values, and perspectives, so rest assured I want to honor your story!
I am trained in CBT, DBT, CPT, IFS, MI and Exposure Therapy.
Attention Young Adults! Are you struggling with parents who still want to treat you like you're a teenager? You've handled the pressure of school, work, and relationships, but don't seem to get credit from the people who claim to know you best. Adulting is hard! I've had the pleasure of supporting young adults for many years, but I'm still young enough at heart to remember what that was like. If you're going through big life changes and looking for support from someone who's NOT your parent, reach out today. I love working with people of diverse backgrounds, values, and perspectives, so rest assured I want to honor your story!
Life can feel like a lot sometimes. Whether you're navigating something difficult, feeling overwhelmed or anxious, or just trying to make sense of things, therapy can be a place to slow down, reflect, and feel supported along the way. You don't need to have all the answers or know exactly what you want to work on to get started.
I help clients navigate anxiety, relationships, family challenges, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and parenting. I've supported clients through many different experiences of grief, including the loss of loved ones, as well as the less obvious losses that can come with major life changes.
Life can feel like a lot sometimes. Whether you're navigating something difficult, feeling overwhelmed or anxious, or just trying to make sense of things, therapy can be a place to slow down, reflect, and feel supported along the way. You don't need to have all the answers or know exactly what you want to work on to get started.
I help clients navigate anxiety, relationships, family challenges, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and parenting. I've supported clients through many different experiences of grief, including the loss of loved ones, as well as the less obvious losses that can come with major life changes.
I take an integrative approach — CBT, DBT, EMDR, and mindfulness — tailored to your story, pace, and goals.
I work with adults, teens, and couples navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, ADHD, perfectionism, parenting challenges, health issues, life transitions, and relationship difficulties. My clients include professionals, young adults, first and second generation immigrants navigating cultural expectations and identity, and anyone who carries the quiet weight of holding everything together while feeling like something essential is missing.
I take an integrative approach — CBT, DBT, EMDR, and mindfulness — tailored to your story, pace, and goals.
I work with adults, teens, and couples navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, ADHD, perfectionism, parenting challenges, health issues, life transitions, and relationship difficulties. My clients include professionals, young adults, first and second generation immigrants navigating cultural expectations and identity, and anyone who carries the quiet weight of holding everything together while feeling like something essential is missing.
I tailor therapy to your needs, drawing from CBT, DBT, ACT, mindfulness, humanistic, trauma-informed and other evidence-based approaches.
If you or your child is struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, overwhelming emotions, or feeling stuck, therapy can offer a space to feel heard, understood, and supported. I work with preteens, adolescents, young adults, and adults navigating difficult emotions, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, family or relationship challenges, and life transitions. I recognize that family, culture, relationships, and life experiences can shape our mental health, and I strive to create a compassionate, judgment-free space where you can feel safe being yourself.
I tailor therapy to your needs, drawing from CBT, DBT, ACT, mindfulness, humanistic, trauma-informed and other evidence-based approaches.
If you or your child is struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, overwhelming emotions, or feeling stuck, therapy can offer a space to feel heard, understood, and supported. I work with preteens, adolescents, young adults, and adults navigating difficult emotions, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, family or relationship challenges, and life transitions. I recognize that family, culture, relationships, and life experiences can shape our mental health, and I strive to create a compassionate, judgment-free space where you can feel safe being yourself.
As a Licensed Holistic Psychotherapist, I have a passion for helping individuals and couples who feel overwhelmed by their emotions find clarity, balance, and healing. I specialize in working with clients who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, grief and loss, in their relationships, or unresolved emotional pain. My approach goes beyond just talk therapy—by integrating mind-body techniques and holistic practices, I provide a comprehensive, personalized path toward emotional well-being.
As a Licensed Holistic Psychotherapist, I have a passion for helping individuals and couples who feel overwhelmed by their emotions find clarity, balance, and healing. I specialize in working with clients who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, grief and loss, in their relationships, or unresolved emotional pain. My approach goes beyond just talk therapy—by integrating mind-body techniques and holistic practices, I provide a comprehensive, personalized path toward emotional well-being.
Hi, I’m Eunique, so glad you are here! My engagement approach is passionate, patient centered and I look forward to supporting you on your healing journey.
I specialize in supporting BIPOC women but welcome individuals from all backgrounds. I help clients to address depression, anxiety, stress, grief/loss, maternal/perinatal mental health, women's issues and life transitions. Together, we will explore root causes to achieve clarity, deeper connection and change.
Hi, I’m Eunique, so glad you are here! My engagement approach is passionate, patient centered and I look forward to supporting you on your healing journey.
I specialize in supporting BIPOC women but welcome individuals from all backgrounds. I help clients to address depression, anxiety, stress, grief/loss, maternal/perinatal mental health, women's issues and life transitions. Together, we will explore root causes to achieve clarity, deeper connection and change.
Psychotherapy is a way of creating safe/trusted relationship with a therapist while discovering different views of what clients face in their life.
Psychotherapy is a way of creating safe/trusted relationship with a therapist while discovering different views of what clients face in their life.
As a family trauma and stress specialist I use TBRI, CBT, DBT, IFS, attachment-based & somatic and experiential modalities to reach your goals.
Do you feel overwhelmed with navigating parenting in the 21st century? Does the stress and trauma from your own childhood show up in your relationships and you wish that you could break the cycles and do better for yourself and for your family? Want to feel more confident in meeting both your needs and the needs of your loved ones? Whether you are parenting a special needs child, experiencing family stress (like adoption, divorce, foster care, challenging interpersonal relationships) or looking to better understand how your life experiences have lead you here, together we can help you create the life you are dreaming of!
As a family trauma and stress specialist I use TBRI, CBT, DBT, IFS, attachment-based & somatic and experiential modalities to reach your goals.
Do you feel overwhelmed with navigating parenting in the 21st century? Does the stress and trauma from your own childhood show up in your relationships and you wish that you could break the cycles and do better for yourself and for your family? Want to feel more confident in meeting both your needs and the needs of your loved ones? Whether you are parenting a special needs child, experiencing family stress (like adoption, divorce, foster care, challenging interpersonal relationships) or looking to better understand how your life experiences have lead you here, together we can help you create the life you are dreaming of!
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). I choose to take the attitude that you will improve and find relief from the symptoms that you are currently experiencing. I find great satisfaction in observing the growth of each of my clients. This work is my second career so while I don’t have decades of experience as a licensed therapist, I do have many decades of life experience. I like to work with adults who are motivated to invest in their therapy. The conditions I treat are anxiety, depression, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bipolar, Suicidal Ideation, Couples Therapy, and Parenting among others.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). I choose to take the attitude that you will improve and find relief from the symptoms that you are currently experiencing. I find great satisfaction in observing the growth of each of my clients. This work is my second career so while I don’t have decades of experience as a licensed therapist, I do have many decades of life experience. I like to work with adults who are motivated to invest in their therapy. The conditions I treat are anxiety, depression, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bipolar, Suicidal Ideation, Couples Therapy, and Parenting among others.
You know exactly why you keep ending up in the same place. The same arguments. The same burnout. You understand the pattern. And yet, when the moment comes, nothing changes. I work with high-achieving professionals, including engineers and people in tech, people in recovery, and neurodiverse individuals and couples. They're intelligent, capable, and often highly successful. Insight alone stopped being enough for them a long time ago.
You know exactly why you keep ending up in the same place. The same arguments. The same burnout. You understand the pattern. And yet, when the moment comes, nothing changes. I work with high-achieving professionals, including engineers and people in tech, people in recovery, and neurodiverse individuals and couples. They're intelligent, capable, and often highly successful. Insight alone stopped being enough for them a long time ago.
By blending evidence-based therapies like CBT, DBT, TF-CBT, Solution-Focused Strategies, and mindfulness, I will empower you to leverage your natural strengths, cultivate self-compassion, and gain the practical tools needed to thrive.
As a licensed psychologist, I partner with children, adolescents, and young adults navigating life’s most difficult chapters. My primary expertise lies in the assessment and treatment of stress, trauma, and PTSD, to help young people process painful experiences in a safe, and validating space. Additionally, I specialize in managing symptomatology of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and provide actionable strategies to strengthen executive functioning, improve emotional regulation, and reduce impulsivity.
By blending evidence-based therapies like CBT, DBT, TF-CBT, Solution-Focused Strategies, and mindfulness, I will empower you to leverage your natural strengths, cultivate self-compassion, and gain the practical tools needed to thrive.
As a licensed psychologist, I partner with children, adolescents, and young adults navigating life’s most difficult chapters. My primary expertise lies in the assessment and treatment of stress, trauma, and PTSD, to help young people process painful experiences in a safe, and validating space. Additionally, I specialize in managing symptomatology of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and provide actionable strategies to strengthen executive functioning, improve emotional regulation, and reduce impulsivity.
I work with young children and their caregivers to navigate big emotions, behavioral challenges, and family transitions. Many of the families I support are thoughtful and deeply caring, but feel overwhelmed by patterns that are hard to understand or shift. My approach is developmentally informed, attachment-based, and collaborative. I help parents make sense of their child’s behavior and build practical strategies that strengthen connection and confidence at home.
I work with young children and their caregivers to navigate big emotions, behavioral challenges, and family transitions. Many of the families I support are thoughtful and deeply caring, but feel overwhelmed by patterns that are hard to understand or shift. My approach is developmentally informed, attachment-based, and collaborative. I help parents make sense of their child’s behavior and build practical strategies that strengthen connection and confidence at home.
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Dialectical Behavior (DBT) Therapists
Who is DBT for?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is designed for people who experience extreme emotional suffering because they lack the skills of emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The basic affliction can underlie a wide range of conditions, from borderline and other personality disorders to PTSD and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. The therapy is helpful to those whose emotional reactivity is so intense it is disruptive to everyday functioning and leads to frequent crises.
Why do people need DBT?
The ability to regulate emotions is a core psychological skill that enables people to function in life and pay attention to the world outside themselves; it is consistently associated with well-being. DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to self-harming behavior and suicide attempts, the therapy is now applied to other conditions involving emotion dysregulation, particularly when other treatments have failed.
What happens in DBT?
Individuals meet weekly with their therapist to discuss their experiences relating to moods, behavior, and skills. Using checklists they maintain, they review emotional experiences and positive practices they engage in. The diaries help individuals discern what led up to a specific problem encountered, this is followed by discussion of the consequences of their actions. In addition, individuals may meet in class-like small groups to learn skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How long does DBT last?
Because it is intended to establish long-lasting behavioral change among those with persistent problems, DBT is designed to last six months to a year. DBT includes both weekly sessions of individual therapy and weekly skills-training sessions conducted in small groups. Studies of DBT have documented improvement within a year of treatment, particularly in controlling self-harmful behavior; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.