Spirituality Therapists in San Rafael, CA

Please note I am currently offering a waitlist until I have openings mid-April, 2022. I primarily support people facing acute and long-term grief, transitions into new stages of life, anxiety, and couples interested in working to improve their relationships. I tend to work well with people inclined toward spiritual and creative paths. If you are seeking a skilled and compassionate collaborator who engages respectfully with the particulars of who you are (your identities, spirituality , sexuality, sense of humor, creative vision, and values), we may be a great fit.

This may come as a surprise to you, but if you are looking for regular talk therapy, I lovingly suggest you contact someone else. Many of my clients have been in therapy off and on for years without experiencing the healing and fulfillment they long for. In my work, I integrate body-centered psychotherapy, meditation, spirituality , breathwork, and cognitive skills training to support my clients to heal the wounds that are ready to be healed and hone the life skills needed to live and love well. Please reach out to set up a no-cost phone consult to see if we're a great fit. I look forward to connecting. www.amandastason.com

The heart and emphasis of my work is to help you know and trust your deepest feelings and to live an emotionally authentic life. When you become more intimate and present with yourself you become more intimate and authentic with others. As you know yourself better, you'll discover how certain emotions, behaviors and beliefs have shaped your life and relationships and you'll become empowered to make many important changes. For over 20 years, I've helped couples and individuals develop increased self-trust and self-awareness, greater life purpose and more conscious, loving and intimate relationships.

Welcome! Licensed in both California and Maine, I am currently accepting new clients during these challenging, post-pandemic times. I bring over 25 years of experience helping individuals, couples, families, and religious and spiritual organizations to heal and thrive. My experience spans a wide range of issues including but not limited to: trauma, anxiety, depression, psychopathology, relationship challenges, grief and loss, post-pandemic challenges, vocational coaching, relationship to our sexuality, body and ageing, and utilizing psychotherapy to accompany psychiatric support. I use telehealth and work in-person in Portland, ME.

I take an open-minded, compassionate, and integrated approach to therapy. I will listen closely to your concerns, and will work diligently with you to achieve the goals and insights that you care most about. With adults, I specialize in depression, anxiety, fear of death, relationship issues, incorporating spirituality into treatment, and working with the impacts of past childhood trauma. I do not work with active substance abuse issues. I am available for counseling in-person as well telehealth therapy (via phone or secure video conference).

With over 30 years experience, my approach is holistic integrating the connection between mind, body, heart and spirit. Certified in EMDR therapy by the EMDR International Association, I find EMDR to be a powerful tool that I use along with other treatment modalities to facilitate healing. I specialize in working with trauma, eating disorders, addiction recovery, grief, depression, anxiety and relationship issues. I especially work with clients who have trust and abandonment issues due to childhood trauma, neglect or abusive parents. Early dysfunctional family patterns and lack of nurturing can affect self-esteem, intimate relationships and work performance.

I thoroughly enjoy supporting teens, parents, individuals and couples reach their full sense of being at ease in themselves. I believe in neurodiversity; that each individual is "wired" in their own particular and unique way, and that therapy supports making the best of one's neurology. I assist clients discover their inner wisdom, and engage in exploration of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that impede, and augment, the creations of harmonious relationships, and full potential. I offer a warm and caring presence, and yet engage dynamically, and authentically.

I provide clinical neuropsychological evaluations for a wide range of known or suspected cognitive disorders across the lifespan. I also provide psychotherapy to those suffering from life stressors related to medical conditions, losing a loved one, trauma, grief, and depression. Life is full of challenges and can leave you wondering where to go next. This can lead to all sorts of pain, frustration, sadness, anger, and resentment. The good news is that you do not have to struggle alone. I practice cognitive behavioral therapy, insight oriented and solution focused therapy, and teach DBT coping skills.

Do you have a relationship that needs improving? Do your career, business skills, performance, and money power need a boost? Are negativity and self-doubt sabotaging the very things you want to do ... stopping you before you begin? Is your creativity at a dead stop? Has your power of attraction tad the dust? Do you start projects and never finish? Do you want to increase your personal magnetism and attract the right kind of people in your life? Your goals are achievable and the possibilities are endless with Biblical Counseling and Hypnosis sessions. I am Certified COVID-19 and Behavioral Health

In my 30+ years practicing psychotherapy, I have had extensive experience working with adults who are trying to adjust to the problems that life presents to us---a difficult childhood, trauma, anxiety, depression, postpartum depression, stress, working with a child who has a difficult mental illness, sexual abuse,couples' relationship struggles (heterosexual, gay, and lesbian), and grief from the loss of someone treasured. Always my treatment goal is to facilitate the improvement in the quality of life for each individual and to look for the creative aspect within the destruction. Healing is a natural process, but sometimes it is difficult to remember that fact.

What would it be like to feel at home in your body, in your mind, and in your heart? How would it feel to truly inhabit your life, with a greater sense of aliveness, ease, and connection? From my experience working with hundreds of clients from all walks of life, I know that difficult times can become a doorway to healing, change and greater connection with one's true self. I have a warm, collaborative approach and will support you in healing the wounds of the past and making inner and outer changes needed for a more fulfilling life.

Are you wanting to fulfill your life's intentions and goals, reinvigorate your daily routines and make long term changes to your habits? Are you curious about learning to befriend your mind, body and spirit and change patterns that are holding you back? Are you wanting to have better relationships with the people in your life? Are you needing support in your grief, in big life transitions, or existential and end of life issues? Many of us weren't given useful maps for navigating how to be human. As my own teachers, friends and healers have helped me find my way, I'm here to offer you a hand.

I am passionate about helping you explore what’s getting in the way of being your full self and having the connections you want. I provide psychotherapy to adult individuals, couples, and more than couples from a place of open-mindedness, curiosity, and sex-positivity, and an awareness that our lives and relationships don’t always unfold as expected. People who work well with me include those with liminal identities that may not fit neatly into boxes and who may feel like outsiders in some spaces.

I welcome you to the sacred container of therapy. Together we can explore what kind of growth and healing you seek to meet the challenges that you face.

My work is warm, relational, and balanced. I enjoy cultivating genuine relationships with clients and value each individual's unique needs. I work with children, teens, and adults going through various challenges, including anxiety, trauma, identity, transitions, grief, and relationship struggles.

Life’s difficulties – when held properly – are like the grains of sand that form the pearl in the oyster. I am here to help you discover that pearl. Are you feeling tossed and confused by life’s sea changes? I’m here to guide you into discovering what generates the whirlwind in your mind, the ache in your body, the weight and grip in your belly. We’ll use art-making, mindfulness, dreamwork, and inner listening to dip beneath the surface.

Welcome to my Buddhist and Soul-Centered Psychotherapy practice. With an unshakeable belief in your ability to heal and thrive, and 20 years of helping clients through their darkest nights of soul - a sanctuary of trust, nurturing wisdom and deep healing is here for you. We will explore your inner world and the power of holistic and spiritual psychotherapies - mindfulness and body-based therapies that transform people's lives. I specialize in working with adults who need help with the sometimes devastating and often overwhelming symptoms that grief, loss, anxiety and crisis may bring. You deserve to have a village of support!