Therapists in Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA

I am passionate about providing therapy to individuals from childhood to adulthood experiencing a variety of challenges including anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, and grief, as well as people wanting to explore relationship dynamics and identity. My approach is warm, collaborative, and culturally attuned, drawing from a range of therapeutic models to target each client’s specific needs.
I am passionate about providing therapy to individuals from childhood to adulthood experiencing a variety of challenges including anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, and grief, as well as people wanting to explore relationship dynamics and identity. My approach is warm, collaborative, and culturally attuned, drawing from a range of therapeutic models to target each client’s specific needs.

Starting therapy is an important step in becoming and feeling your best self. We all struggle in life, but we are not meant to do it alone. My goal is to provide a safe space where you are free to be yourself, which leads to personal growth and healing. We will work together to gain a better understanding of yourself and your relationships. Most importantly, we will build on your strengths so you can learn to apply them towards healing and growth.
Starting therapy is an important step in becoming and feeling your best self. We all struggle in life, but we are not meant to do it alone. My goal is to provide a safe space where you are free to be yourself, which leads to personal growth and healing. We will work together to gain a better understanding of yourself and your relationships. Most importantly, we will build on your strengths so you can learn to apply them towards healing and growth.

As a solution-focused, culturally sensitive therapist, my treatment approach is to provide support and feedback to clients to help them resolve current problems, and work through life transitions and issues. Additionally, I have had extensive experience in the treatment of depression, panic disorder, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and loss & grief. With sensitivity and compassion, I help clients find solutions to a wide range of life challenges and psychological issues.
As a solution-focused, culturally sensitive therapist, my treatment approach is to provide support and feedback to clients to help them resolve current problems, and work through life transitions and issues. Additionally, I have had extensive experience in the treatment of depression, panic disorder, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and loss & grief. With sensitivity and compassion, I help clients find solutions to a wide range of life challenges and psychological issues.

Hello and thank you for stopping by! I'd like to share a bit about me should you consider selecting me as your therapist. I am bilingual in English and Spanish, and enjoy working with the Asian and Latino community. I provide weekly online talk therapy to adults in their 30s and 40s who who want to learn how to manage overwhelming emotions, navigate life stressors, find balance and stability, and learn tools for a calmer mind.
Hello and thank you for stopping by! I'd like to share a bit about me should you consider selecting me as your therapist. I am bilingual in English and Spanish, and enjoy working with the Asian and Latino community. I provide weekly online talk therapy to adults in their 30s and 40s who who want to learn how to manage overwhelming emotions, navigate life stressors, find balance and stability, and learn tools for a calmer mind.

I work with children, teens and young adults who come for school problems, behavioral problems or mood disturbances including anxiety. Therapy can be helpful for dealing with these issues. When children aren't meeting expectations, they often act out their frustration in the form of tantrums, aggression and defiance. Sometimes my child clients struggle to regulate their emotions and their impulses or have intrusive thoughts and obsessive behaviors. I can be useful to parents want to understand their children better and get help with these issues.
I work with children, teens and young adults who come for school problems, behavioral problems or mood disturbances including anxiety. Therapy can be helpful for dealing with these issues. When children aren't meeting expectations, they often act out their frustration in the form of tantrums, aggression and defiance. Sometimes my child clients struggle to regulate their emotions and their impulses or have intrusive thoughts and obsessive behaviors. I can be useful to parents want to understand their children better and get help with these issues.

Welcome, I'm Lauren, a compassionate, patient, and playful therapist with a desire to help you make meaningful steps towards growth.
Welcome, I'm Lauren, a compassionate, patient, and playful therapist with a desire to help you make meaningful steps towards growth.

Are you feeling stuck? Are you struggling with relationships or work fulfillment? Do you want to feel joyful, satisfied, and less anxious? I care about your well-being and helping you find happiness and balance is my passion. My approach is non-judgmental and collaborative. I can help you understand and change the negative patterns that contribute to your emotional distress. I’ll teach you innovative techniques to enhance your mood, improve your relationships, and live a happier, more meaningful life. As a former corporate high-tech employee, an Asian immigrant, and an LGBTQ person of color, I can relate to many of your struggles.
Are you feeling stuck? Are you struggling with relationships or work fulfillment? Do you want to feel joyful, satisfied, and less anxious? I care about your well-being and helping you find happiness and balance is my passion. My approach is non-judgmental and collaborative. I can help you understand and change the negative patterns that contribute to your emotional distress. I’ll teach you innovative techniques to enhance your mood, improve your relationships, and live a happier, more meaningful life. As a former corporate high-tech employee, an Asian immigrant, and an LGBTQ person of color, I can relate to many of your struggles.

I enjoy working collaboratively with individuals who are seeking healing and change. Anxiety, panic, depression, conflict, stress and overwhelm, impact of transitions, OCD, and communication challenges are all areas where I can be most effective working with my patients.
I enjoy working collaboratively with individuals who are seeking healing and change. Anxiety, panic, depression, conflict, stress and overwhelm, impact of transitions, OCD, and communication challenges are all areas where I can be most effective working with my patients.

Welcome. Are you needing support? Maybe you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or as if something needs to change. Maybe you are looking to know yourself deeper. I come from a place of radical compassion and attunement and believe everyone has innate wisdom, strengths, and coping skills that I hope to help illuminate in collaboration with each person.
Welcome. Are you needing support? Maybe you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or as if something needs to change. Maybe you are looking to know yourself deeper. I come from a place of radical compassion and attunement and believe everyone has innate wisdom, strengths, and coping skills that I hope to help illuminate in collaboration with each person.

I bring 30 years of experience to think with and about you, so that together we can find a way. I listen carefully, and I also speak up. The power of therapy is in both the teaching and the relationship.
I bring 30 years of experience to think with and about you, so that together we can find a way. I listen carefully, and I also speak up. The power of therapy is in both the teaching and the relationship.

I find joy in supporting individuals in navigating their lives, especially during challenging times or unexpected transitions. With a background in addiction work and many years of experience helping clients process current and past trauma, I am dedicated to guiding individuals toward self-acceptance, inner strength, self-forgiveness, and a renewed sense of hope. I work with adults, adolescents, and children facing depression, anxiety, imposter syndrome, and relational struggles. My special passion lies in working with survivors of attachment trauma, empowering them to heal and find a path forward.
I find joy in supporting individuals in navigating their lives, especially during challenging times or unexpected transitions. With a background in addiction work and many years of experience helping clients process current and past trauma, I am dedicated to guiding individuals toward self-acceptance, inner strength, self-forgiveness, and a renewed sense of hope. I work with adults, adolescents, and children facing depression, anxiety, imposter syndrome, and relational struggles. My special passion lies in working with survivors of attachment trauma, empowering them to heal and find a path forward.

Mimi Maslan
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA 94402
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I am a licensed marriage and family therapist whose specialty is helping others improve their relationships. I believe that we all aspire to have deep, loving connections in our lives. I will help you to remove hurdles that may be impeding such connections in your life. Often, among these hurdles may be unhealed childhood experiences, baggage from previous relationships, and dysfunctional relating styles. Becoming more clear on what you have inherited from your family and what you developed as coping mechanisms will be the first step in aligning with your authentic self.
I am a licensed marriage and family therapist whose specialty is helping others improve their relationships. I believe that we all aspire to have deep, loving connections in our lives. I will help you to remove hurdles that may be impeding such connections in your life. Often, among these hurdles may be unhealed childhood experiences, baggage from previous relationships, and dysfunctional relating styles. Becoming more clear on what you have inherited from your family and what you developed as coping mechanisms will be the first step in aligning with your authentic self.

I am a licensed psychotherapist, offering a supportive and authentic space for you to work through your challenges and enhance your well-being.
I am a licensed psychotherapist, offering a supportive and authentic space for you to work through your challenges and enhance your well-being.

The change process varies, based on every individual, as does our treatment. I use Psychodynamic techniques (how we’ve been raised to interact with the world and people around us, and which parts of that experience still help us and which parts do not), Behavioral techniques (finding new ways in our lives to incentivize us to move us in more positive directions), Relational approaches (helping us re-define who we want to be with the people in our lives most important to us), and Systems theory (understanding how our race, gender, culture and background have impacted our journey and will play a role moving forward as well).
The change process varies, based on every individual, as does our treatment. I use Psychodynamic techniques (how we’ve been raised to interact with the world and people around us, and which parts of that experience still help us and which parts do not), Behavioral techniques (finding new ways in our lives to incentivize us to move us in more positive directions), Relational approaches (helping us re-define who we want to be with the people in our lives most important to us), and Systems theory (understanding how our race, gender, culture and background have impacted our journey and will play a role moving forward as well).

My approach to therapy is a very individual one. Each person begins therapy in a different place and is unique in how they go through their process. While respecting individuality, I will help you identify the problems, explore patterns of behavior and clarify destructive thought patterns. I encourage growth and introspection with my clients; however I will continually respect the pace that you need to develop at. I provide a safe and professional environment as well as a genuine concern for what issues you are addressing. I also provide custody mediation, co-parent counseling, child custody evaluations and parent coordination
My approach to therapy is a very individual one. Each person begins therapy in a different place and is unique in how they go through their process. While respecting individuality, I will help you identify the problems, explore patterns of behavior and clarify destructive thought patterns. I encourage growth and introspection with my clients; however I will continually respect the pace that you need to develop at. I provide a safe and professional environment as well as a genuine concern for what issues you are addressing. I also provide custody mediation, co-parent counseling, child custody evaluations and parent coordination

In a marriage most people would like to feel appreciated and understood. Experiencing enjoyable moments and memories in our relationships. The confidence that we can receive support from our spouse and that we can share our needs. Being able to have moments of connection and intimacy. If you are struggling with relationship problems and find yourself feeling: lonely, frustrated unloved, insecure, angry, disconnected, empty, unfulfilled, and under appreciated, I would like to be your guide taking steps decrease relationship pain.
In a marriage most people would like to feel appreciated and understood. Experiencing enjoyable moments and memories in our relationships. The confidence that we can receive support from our spouse and that we can share our needs. Being able to have moments of connection and intimacy. If you are struggling with relationship problems and find yourself feeling: lonely, frustrated unloved, insecure, angry, disconnected, empty, unfulfilled, and under appreciated, I would like to be your guide taking steps decrease relationship pain.

Our thoughts, emotions, and intentions are powerful forces that shape your reality. Much like the observer effect in quantum physics—where the act of observing influences the outcome—your awareness and focus have the power to transform your life. My goal as a therapist is to help you use that power, guiding you to a deeper understanding of yourself and your ability to create a life you are happy any excited about living.
Intentional shifts in thought and emotion can vibrate energy outward, influencing not just how you feel but the reality you experience.
Our thoughts, emotions, and intentions are powerful forces that shape your reality. Much like the observer effect in quantum physics—where the act of observing influences the outcome—your awareness and focus have the power to transform your life. My goal as a therapist is to help you use that power, guiding you to a deeper understanding of yourself and your ability to create a life you are happy any excited about living.
Intentional shifts in thought and emotion can vibrate energy outward, influencing not just how you feel but the reality you experience.

My approach to therapy is grounded in creating a safe, authentic space where clients feel empowered to explore their emotions, patterns, and possibilities for growth. I work collaboratively to clarify goals and draw on each person's strengths to build a meaningful and effective therapeutic relationship. With over 16 years in private practice, I’ve supported individuals facing depression, anxiety, complex PTSD, grief, divorce, BFRBs, OCD, eating disorders, self-harm, parenting concerns, and relationship struggles—always with a focus on resilience, insight, and healing.
My approach to therapy is grounded in creating a safe, authentic space where clients feel empowered to explore their emotions, patterns, and possibilities for growth. I work collaboratively to clarify goals and draw on each person's strengths to build a meaningful and effective therapeutic relationship. With over 16 years in private practice, I’ve supported individuals facing depression, anxiety, complex PTSD, grief, divorce, BFRBs, OCD, eating disorders, self-harm, parenting concerns, and relationship struggles—always with a focus on resilience, insight, and healing.

Feeling stuck? I'm here to help. As a caring, licensed mental health therapist with over 30 years of experience, I specialize in helping individuals navigate trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and feelings of loneliness. Whether you're grappling with your identity, family dynamics, or dissatisfaction at work, you don't have to face it alone. If you're seeking a safe space to share and grow, let's connect and explore how I can support your journey toward healing and fulfillment.
Feeling stuck? I'm here to help. As a caring, licensed mental health therapist with over 30 years of experience, I specialize in helping individuals navigate trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and feelings of loneliness. Whether you're grappling with your identity, family dynamics, or dissatisfaction at work, you don't have to face it alone. If you're seeking a safe space to share and grow, let's connect and explore how I can support your journey toward healing and fulfillment.

I'm passionate about partnering with clients in their healing journey. I work collaboratively with my clients on embracing a new life narrative. I have experience working with couples, families that are in crisis, parenting difficulties, at-risk teens, survivors of domestic violence, individuals experiencing life transitions, as well as clients experiencing depression, anxiety, fears, anger management difficulties, and crisis. I believe you can write a new life narrative as you heal from trauma. Lastly, as you embark on this journey, I believe you can emerge whole, enlightened, and empowered on the other side.
I'm passionate about partnering with clients in their healing journey. I work collaboratively with my clients on embracing a new life narrative. I have experience working with couples, families that are in crisis, parenting difficulties, at-risk teens, survivors of domestic violence, individuals experiencing life transitions, as well as clients experiencing depression, anxiety, fears, anger management difficulties, and crisis. I believe you can write a new life narrative as you heal from trauma. Lastly, as you embark on this journey, I believe you can emerge whole, enlightened, and empowered on the other side.
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Number of Therapists in Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA
60+
Average cost per session
$200
Therapists in Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA who prioritize treating:
100% | Anxiety |
94% | Depression |
83% | Relationship Issues |
73% | Self Esteem |
66% | Grief |
63% | Stress |
61% | Trauma and PTSD |
Average years in practice
15 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
68% | Other |
32% | Aetna |
32% | UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH |
How Therapists in Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA see their clients
78% | In Person and Online | |
22% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
77% | Female | |
23% | Male |
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Is everyone in the Psychology Today Therapy Directory a licensed therapist?
The Psychology Today directory lists providers who offer legitimate mental health services to the public, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors.
Many have been licensed by the country or state where they practice; providers whose license or primary credential has been verified by Psychology Today are signified by a “Verified” symbol. Some clinicians or organizations provide services for which their state or country does not offer licenses, such as pastoral counseling. They may be selectively included without the “Verified” seal.
Many have been licensed by the country or state where they practice; providers whose license or primary credential has been verified by Psychology Today are signified by a “Verified” symbol. Some clinicians or organizations provide services for which their state or country does not offer licenses, such as pastoral counseling. They may be selectively included without the “Verified” seal.
What’s the difference between a psychologist, a therapist, and a counselor?
Therapists, psychologists, and counselors are all licensed mental health professionals. In the US, psychologists have earned a doctoral degree. The terms “therapist” and “counselor” are used somewhat interchangeably, but generally therapists offer longer-term, mental health care, while counselors offer shorter-term care that may focus on one domain, such as marriage, career, or academic challenges.
Clients should consider factors such as insurance coverage and their primary reason(s) for seeking therapy to determine the type of professional best suited to their needs. Someone struggling with mental health challenges such as depression or anxiety, for example, may wish to seek out a clinical psychologist or therapist, while someone navigating career obstacles or marital upheaval may benefit from seeing a counselor who can offer short-term, targeted support.
Clients should consider factors such as insurance coverage and their primary reason(s) for seeking therapy to determine the type of professional best suited to their needs. Someone struggling with mental health challenges such as depression or anxiety, for example, may wish to seek out a clinical psychologist or therapist, while someone navigating career obstacles or marital upheaval may benefit from seeing a counselor who can offer short-term, targeted support.
What type of therapy is right for me?
The type of therapy best suited to a particular individual depends on several factors, including their primary reason for seeking therapy, their preferred timeline (some therapy types last for a set number of sessions, while others are open-ended), and their personality and preferences—some may prefer a more structured approach. For many individuals, multiple types of therapy could provide a good fit.
How much does therapy cost?
The cost of therapy depends on a number of variables, including location and the therapist’s experience and training. On average, a therapy session in the United States could cost between $100 and $200 or more. If you have insurance, the expense of mental health care is typically lower, but it varies based on your insurance plan details and whether you choose an in-network or out-of-network mental healthcare provider.
What are more affordable or low cost therapy solutions?
Many therapists offer sliding scale payments, usually on a limited number of slots, which consists in an agreement between the therapist and a client to pay a reduced rate. Therapists who provide such arrangements often consider the client's income or ability to pay, but the extent of the discount is ultimately at the therapist's discretion. Furthermore, while group therapy may have different goals and benefits compared to individual therapy, it can be a more affordable solution to address certain types of issues.
Is online therapy cheaper than in-person therapy?
Many therapists charge the same amount for online therapy as they do for in-person therapy—though clients may still find this cost-effective if it cuts down on their transportation costs. Health insurance plans often offer equivalent coverage for online and in-person therapy; indeed, in many places, they are legally required to do so. Text-based or on-demand therapy apps may be cheaper than traditional one-on-one psychotherapy; however, the practice may be less effective and is not likely to be covered by insurance.
Is online therapy a good option?
Therapy conducted online can be just as effective as in-person therapy, as long as there is a strong alliance between the client and the therapist. To find a therapist who provides telehealth services to clients in your area, click “Online Therapy” on the directory homepage and search by your city or town or your zip code.
Are therapy sessions confidential?
Confidentiality is a crucial part of the therapeutic relationship. Therapists in the United States are bound by the regulations set out by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which aims to protect sensitive health information. With very few exceptions, a therapist will only discuss their client with others when the client has given their written permission. The instances in which a therapist would be required to disclose personal information are: if a client poses a danger to themselves or others, if the therapist suspects the abuse of a child or an elderly or otherwise dependent adult, or if they are legally forced to by court order. These exceptions to the confidentiality agreement are usually discussed with a client before their first session.