Female Therapists in Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA
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.
I believe that each client deserves to be respected and valued. I create a warm and caring environment where clients feel empowered to uncover old patterns, make changes when needed, and learn new coping skills to successfully meet the challenges of life's transitions. My aim is to increase self awareness and insight while offering support. I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families, and I see adolescents and adults. I offer online services using a HIPPA compliant video platform. For more information, visit my website www.pamelalevymft.com.
I believe that each client deserves to be respected and valued. I create a warm and caring environment where clients feel empowered to uncover old patterns, make changes when needed, and learn new coping skills to successfully meet the challenges of life's transitions. My aim is to increase self awareness and insight while offering support. I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families, and I see adolescents and adults. I offer online services using a HIPPA compliant video platform. For more information, visit my website www.pamelalevymft.com.
Awaken to the Possibilities..Change Your life for the Better! For over 20 years I have been helping people overcome and grow beyond their painful emotions and relationships, gain access to their personal longings and inner resources, and discover their deepest wisdom. Clients tell me that I have not only helped them resolve their presenting symptoms but also helped them heal the underlying source of their problems. Most people feel significantly better and are more prepared to cultivate their lives in uniquely rich and meaningful ways.
Awaken to the Possibilities..Change Your life for the Better! For over 20 years I have been helping people overcome and grow beyond their painful emotions and relationships, gain access to their personal longings and inner resources, and discover their deepest wisdom. Clients tell me that I have not only helped them resolve their presenting symptoms but also helped them heal the underlying source of their problems. Most people feel significantly better and are more prepared to cultivate their lives in uniquely rich and meaningful ways.
Do you want to learn to live in the present with a sense of peace? I want to support you in developing more balance and insight in your life. My holistic approach to therapy will strive to bring you closer to the person you want to be. My mission is to support the well-being of the whole person, thoughts, feelings, behavior, body and spirit. My practice is created out of the desire to provide the highest quality behavioral health care, which promotes wellness and prevention along with treatment.
Do you want to learn to live in the present with a sense of peace? I want to support you in developing more balance and insight in your life. My holistic approach to therapy will strive to bring you closer to the person you want to be. My mission is to support the well-being of the whole person, thoughts, feelings, behavior, body and spirit. My practice is created out of the desire to provide the highest quality behavioral health care, which promotes wellness and prevention along with treatment.
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.
Mimi Maslan
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA 94402
Waitlist for new clients
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.
Living in the Bay Area is both exhilarating and challenging. With the pressures and responsibilities of time, work, and family, you may encounter challenges to find the balance and much needed support for your emotional wellbeing. Are you experiencing work or relationship stress or have other worries or concerns? You do not have to navigate this alone. Friends and family are usually well meaning and can provide support, but there may be times when it is appropriate to consult a professional who can focus on YOUR needs and find solutions to the challenges you encounter.
Living in the Bay Area is both exhilarating and challenging. With the pressures and responsibilities of time, work, and family, you may encounter challenges to find the balance and much needed support for your emotional wellbeing. Are you experiencing work or relationship stress or have other worries or concerns? You do not have to navigate this alone. Friends and family are usually well meaning and can provide support, but there may be times when it is appropriate to consult a professional who can focus on YOUR needs and find solutions to the challenges you encounter.
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.
Minjun Wang
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC
1 Endorsed
Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA 94402
As a licensed therapist in San Francisco Bay Area, I have 12+ years of experience helping professional women with chronic anxiety heal and transform their relationships with significant others & themselves. Helping females in modern society heal from the past, boost self-confidence & achieve healthy relationships is what I do best. If any of the following ever happened to you, chances are you might have suffered from troubled relationship(s): Confused about what healthy relationships look like; feeling insecure; losing sense of self; putting others before yourself and your self-care sucks; worried sick about what others think of you
As a licensed therapist in San Francisco Bay Area, I have 12+ years of experience helping professional women with chronic anxiety heal and transform their relationships with significant others & themselves. Helping females in modern society heal from the past, boost self-confidence & achieve healthy relationships is what I do best. If any of the following ever happened to you, chances are you might have suffered from troubled relationship(s): Confused about what healthy relationships look like; feeling insecure; losing sense of self; putting others before yourself and your self-care sucks; worried sick about what others think of you
Life transitions can be overwhelming—and you don’t have to navigate them alone. Whether you're coping with a breakup, entering a new relationship, trying to conceive, pregnant, adjusting to parenthood, or settling into a new city, therapy can be a supportive space to process the emotional ups and downs that come with change.
Life transitions can be overwhelming—and you don’t have to navigate them alone. Whether you're coping with a breakup, entering a new relationship, trying to conceive, pregnant, adjusting to parenthood, or settling into a new city, therapy can be a supportive space to process the emotional ups and downs that come with change.
Noma P. Smith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA 94402
Hello, welcome to my profile. I'd like to introduce myself and give you a sense of who I am as a clinician. If you prefer not to read, please don’t hesitate to reach out for a phone consultation. My aim is to help you help yourself. You are both the expert on yourself and you also know what you want more than anyone else. As your therapist I develop an authentic bond to support you in this process of change that you wish to make. I am an advocate for your voice, and your needs at any point along the healing journey. While my job is to guide you through the process, at the end of the day true recovery is your journey.
Hello, welcome to my profile. I'd like to introduce myself and give you a sense of who I am as a clinician. If you prefer not to read, please don’t hesitate to reach out for a phone consultation. My aim is to help you help yourself. You are both the expert on yourself and you also know what you want more than anyone else. As your therapist I develop an authentic bond to support you in this process of change that you wish to make. I am an advocate for your voice, and your needs at any point along the healing journey. While my job is to guide you through the process, at the end of the day true recovery is your journey.
I am a Marriage & Family Therapist. I help teens and adults manage daily stressors, life transitions and relationship issues. I have extensive experience working with depression, anxiety, grief/ loss, low self-esteem, as well as parenting struggles and teen conflicts and pressures. I provide a safe and confidential space to explore your unique challenges. My style is active, collaborative, and compassionate. My approach is client-centered and eclectic. This means that I incorporate various methods and techniques that fit your personal needs and style, and we work together to create an individualized plan to reach your goals.
I am a Marriage & Family Therapist. I help teens and adults manage daily stressors, life transitions and relationship issues. I have extensive experience working with depression, anxiety, grief/ loss, low self-esteem, as well as parenting struggles and teen conflicts and pressures. I provide a safe and confidential space to explore your unique challenges. My style is active, collaborative, and compassionate. My approach is client-centered and eclectic. This means that I incorporate various methods and techniques that fit your personal needs and style, and we work together to create an individualized plan to reach your goals.
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.
Many of us appear to be functioning well in life, but in reality feel like imposters, often stressed and unsatisfied in our lives and relationships. I foster the discovery of genuine peace and fulfillment through "undoing aloneness," helping clients embrace their best and worst selves, and unearthing a more self-compassionate and authentic way of being. My clients are typically individuals, seeking treatment for anxiety, perfectionism, trauma, and a wide variety of relational issues.
Many of us appear to be functioning well in life, but in reality feel like imposters, often stressed and unsatisfied in our lives and relationships. I foster the discovery of genuine peace and fulfillment through "undoing aloneness," helping clients embrace their best and worst selves, and unearthing a more self-compassionate and authentic way of being. My clients are typically individuals, seeking treatment for anxiety, perfectionism, trauma, and a wide variety of relational issues.
Have you suffered a loss, experienced some traumatic event or lived through an unexpected change or transition? Are you feeling lost, missing a connection with yourself and/or others? Or, are you finding yourself stuck in unhelpful patterns in your relationships, school/work, and the ways you see yourself? I see psychotherapy as an opportunity for you to be with yourself - authentically and constructively. My intention is to create a safe place where you can experience solace, explore solutions creatively, and discover your needs while learning how to ask for them.
Have you suffered a loss, experienced some traumatic event or lived through an unexpected change or transition? Are you feeling lost, missing a connection with yourself and/or others? Or, are you finding yourself stuck in unhelpful patterns in your relationships, school/work, and the ways you see yourself? I see psychotherapy as an opportunity for you to be with yourself - authentically and constructively. My intention is to create a safe place where you can experience solace, explore solutions creatively, and discover your needs while learning how to ask for them.
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.
Specializing in ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities & Gifted Testing for Children, Teens & Adults in San Mateo and Across California
I specialize in comprehensive psychological and psychoeducational assessments for individuals across the lifespan. Whether you’re a parent seeking clarity around ADHD, Autism, or learning differences—or an adult navigating attention, anxiety, or cognitive concerns—I offer personalized, high-quality evaluations to support accurate diagnosis, school accommodations, and effective treatment planning. In addition to full evaluations, I offer targeted screenings and assessments to look at a specific area.
Specializing in ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities & Gifted Testing for Children, Teens & Adults in San Mateo and Across California
I specialize in comprehensive psychological and psychoeducational assessments for individuals across the lifespan. Whether you’re a parent seeking clarity around ADHD, Autism, or learning differences—or an adult navigating attention, anxiety, or cognitive concerns—I offer personalized, high-quality evaluations to support accurate diagnosis, school accommodations, and effective treatment planning. In addition to full evaluations, I offer targeted screenings and assessments to look at a specific area.
Lori R. Levitt, MFT #43329
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
1 Endorsed
Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA 94402
Are you or your teenager in need of support, understanding and new tools to facilitate life's demands and stress? My approach is to provide a supportive, encouraging and positive environment to offer alternative ways of coping. I work with clients using CBT and problem-solving techniques to reduce depression, anxiety, and relationship issues in a supportive and positive environment. My goal is to encourage personal growth by strengthening ones' ability to resolve problems, increase communication, manage mood and anxiety as well as increase self-esteem. My style is active, supportive, collaborative and compassionate.
Are you or your teenager in need of support, understanding and new tools to facilitate life's demands and stress? My approach is to provide a supportive, encouraging and positive environment to offer alternative ways of coping. I work with clients using CBT and problem-solving techniques to reduce depression, anxiety, and relationship issues in a supportive and positive environment. My goal is to encourage personal growth by strengthening ones' ability to resolve problems, increase communication, manage mood and anxiety as well as increase self-esteem. My style is active, supportive, collaborative and compassionate.
Michelle Leao, MFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
3 Endorsed
Haywood Park, San Mateo, CA 94402
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that works with children, couples, families, and individuals that are experiencing relational challenges in their lives and are in need of healthier emotional experiences and accompanying behaviors. My goal is to help clients navigate the complexities of life with a sense of security, peace, and learning. I have extensive history working with individuals, families and couples who are strained from challenging behaviors, unproductive familial patterns, and ongoing parent-child conflict.
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that works with children, couples, families, and individuals that are experiencing relational challenges in their lives and are in need of healthier emotional experiences and accompanying behaviors. My goal is to help clients navigate the complexities of life with a sense of security, peace, and learning. I have extensive history working with individuals, families and couples who are strained from challenging behaviors, unproductive familial patterns, and ongoing parent-child conflict.
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.
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Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or because they feel more comfortable with a therapist of their own gender due to shared life experiences or perspectives. Considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender may matter or improve their therapeutic experience. The most important consideration is that a client is able to build a trusting relationship with their therapist.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist. For women, this could be because they believe that they will be able to better connect with a woman, and that a female therapist will be able to relate to their specific challenges and personal issues. It may be particularly beneficial for women to see a female therapist, for example, for gender-specific issues, such as sexism in the workplace, relationship issues, and gender roles. The most important factor in therapy is the client-therapist connection, and a therapist's gender as well as many other factors may play an important role in this.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.