Adults Therapists in Santa Barbara, CA
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Emily Jacobs, Rose Wellness
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified
Verified
I primarily work with adolescents and
adults
who are experiencing anxiety, relational issues, and difficulties managing stress and emotions. I provide a nonjudgmental space to process feelings and thoughts as well as practical tools for lasting positive life changes.
Jean Palmer-Daley
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MFT
Verified
Verified
As a Jungian analyst as well as marriage, family therapist I have had the privilege of assisting children, adolescents, and
adults
in their healing processes. I welcome new patients to my psychotherapy practice. Healing and true psychological change come from finding one's own truth and true nature. Whether your symptoms take the form of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-destructive behaviors or problems within your family, breakthroughs can take place in a safe, confidential, and trusting environment. "If you give a person a fish they eat a meal; if you teach them to fish they eat for a lifetime."
Not accepting new clients
Kathleen Mintzer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I enjoy working with
adults
who are ready and willing to work on issues that stand in their way of being content in their lives. I work with individuals who are often dealing with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, medical issues, relationship problems, work or school difficulties, grief, loss and/or change. If you would like things to be different in your life and are ready to see if we can work together, please give me a call.
Katherine Levinger Olson
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I offer psychotherapy services for children, adolescents,
adults
, and families. I also provide therapy for transitional age young
adults
/college students.
Ali Fleming
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Verified
I specialize in therapy with teens and young
adults
. If we work together, we’ll come up with a treatment plan that taps into the why and how that’s keeping you stuck, and then learn new skills to support you moving forward in your life and relationships. My style is personal, collaborative, and caring, and I believe our relationship is fundamental to supporting your positive transformation.
Susan Farber, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I work with
adults
, adolescents, children, couples, students, elderly, & athletes.
Are you feeling unfulfilled in your life? Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, family and relationship issues? With over 20 years of experience, I offer a blend of cognitive-behavioral therapy and mind-body modalities to help you feel more empowered in your life. Together, we unwind the beliefs you hold onto that keep you stuck and limited. This allows you to make new choices in all areas of your life, enabling a state of peace, calm and fulfillment. When you are no longer held back by a limited point of view, you are more flexible, open, and able to make positive changes.
Max Golding
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
One is for
adults
of all backgrounds to work on social relationships & mental health, Mondays 5-6pm.
I mostly do individual psychotherapy but also lead a psychotherapy group where people heal in a collective setting. If interested in group therapy let me know. Otherwise, here is how I work individually - 3 items on the menu. 1) Regular talk therapy, because you just need to tell your story, get support & validation. 2) Modified Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, because you need to get stable, some skills, to change your behaviors. 3) Trauma work (ie, EMDR), because your past is haunting you and we need to change that.
Lauren Cullen
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I am also very knowledgeable and passionate about working with the LGBTQ+ population, as well as adolescents and young
adults
.
I invite anyone who is struggling or looking for betterment to join me in a healing journey to reconnect and get back to the best version of themselves. Regardless of the issues at hand, all are welcome to seek out and be supported in a safe space. My foundational therapeutic principles are based upon vulnerability, warmth, kindness, and authenticity, which focuses on support, validation, and empathy. From there I work collaboratively with clients to explore the issues at hand and create goals and new skill sets to work towards successful healing and fulfillment.
Waitlist for new clients
Dahkotahv Beckham
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I specialize in anxiety, depression, PTSD, teens, young
adults
,
adults
, and families (including foster care).
As an openly transgender therapist, I know it can be difficult to find the right person to confide in. Wanting to be loved and accepted doesn’t make you needy, or extra, or selfish, or weak. It makes you human. To me, you are not just some random psychology textbook or theory. In our work together, my focus is to build goals and a relationship where you feel comfortable exploring what you think, feel, want, and need. My style as a therapist is warm, relaxed, and conversational. I use playfulness, imagery, art, metaphors, curiosity, creativity, self-compassion, and humor when appropriate to support the therapeutic process.
Holly O'Hearn
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
Verified
I have over 25 years of experience helping
adults
make meaningful and lasting changes in their lives, and have worked with a wide variety of issues.
Whether you are stuck in self-defeating patterns, struggling with stress, anxiety or depression, or having difficulty getting your needs met in your relationships, I am ready to listen and give you the tools you need to make meaningful changes and live a more peaceful, joyful, and satisfying life.
Dr. Deborah Smilovitz Foster
Psychologist, PhD, MA
Verified
Verified
Each of us passes through struggles that are difficult to cope with. In working together to form a therapeutic relationship we can become healthier and more able to react more skillfully to the challenges that present themselves. My work with children, adolescents,
adults
, couples and families is based off a strong clinical foundation and woven together with compassion, respect and caring. By resolving some of our issues we can become balanced and find improved overall health (mentally, physically, spiritually, financially, emotionally).
Sullivan House
MA
We offer affordable long-term, supportive living, housing solutions for
adults
living with mental illness, developmental issues, brain injuries, and many other complex diagnosis' which have prevented you or your loved one from living independently.
Sullivan House is the solution to your housing needs. We offer group-home living, as well as partially supervised, independent apartment living services. If you or a loved one have been struggling to find a place to call home, or you want to help an adult-child feel more independent while also getting your life back, Sullivan House offers a secure and stable living option for you. You can feel secure knowing that your loved one is supported with medication management, driven to outpatient services/school/work, enjoys group outings with other residents, has nightly family-style dinners and always has someone to talk to.
Not accepting new clients
Andrew Smyth
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I specialize in working with teens and young
adults
, helping them navigate the complexities of life in order to find balance, heal from trauma, and uncover their truest self.
It is my intention as a therapist, to help guide you in finding new paths towards healing in order to re-claim love and connection within yourself and the world around you. Through our work together, we discover and transcend limiting patterns, core beliefs and trauma, in order to reduce suffering and uncover/experience your most authentic and undefended self. Within each of us lies a source of energy of immense healing potential, and it's through the "work" that we learn to listen, soften, and accept every aspect ourselves, so we can then transform into exactly who we want to be.
Suzanne Samuels
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I enjoy working with
adults
, couples, and teenagers with an emphasis on mindfulness, self-acceptance, inner child work, and coping skills training.
Therapy is guided self-exploration. Often, we repeat patterns because the emotional wounds suffered as children are being replayed in our adult life. We have a subconscious fear of experiencing feelings of abandonment and this drives codependent patterns of relating. Repeated neglect of yourself to get validation from an external being is the definition of codependency. You can break this cycle of trauma bonding and devote yourself to YOU.
Not accepting new clients
Jonathan W. Thompson II
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, APCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I am an experienced Black mental health clinician with over a decade of experience working with children, adolescents, young
adults
, couples, parents, and families including resource parents.
Do you believe the events of 2020 and beyond have shaped our current collective experience? I believe so and if you do as well maybe this is a time to start the work around enhancing mood, being less stressed, and improving interpersonal relationships. Therapy can be the first step in identifying goals and taking care of needs that may have been neglected during the pandemic and possibly throughout your life. Are you living your best possible life? If so, maybe there are a few small things that are requiring some minor adjustments and if not lets start on this journey together to the first day to the best days of your life.
Rachel Brewer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
As an experienced trauma-informed therapist who specializes in supporting children, teens, young
adults
, parents, and resource (foster) families, I employ an eclectic and relational approach to therapy.
Therapy is a partnership built on compassion, understanding, and meeting people wherever they feel is the most important place to begin. Whether you have been feeling more stressed lately and are seeking to regain a sense of calm, or you are finding it difficult to connect to those closest to you, I will join you there. Whether you have experienced trauma in childhood, recently, or perhaps throughout your life, it is never too late to begin caring for yourself. We will walk the path of growth, change, and healing together and you will experience the empowerment of working towards goals that you have set for yourself.
Bren J Fraser
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I am passionate about working with children, adolescents, families and young
adults
. I believe that one of the most powerful aspects of the therapy process is the relationship between the therapist and client, the therapeutic relationship. our work together needs to be collaborative so that you feel both supported and safe. To achieve this I will adjust my style in order to best fit your needs and help you reach your counseling goals. I invite and encourage you to ask questions about your session. I honor your inquisitiveness about your own process.
Nancy R Belknap
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, CAS-CAD, CCAPP, ACRPS
Verified
Verified
Nancy's counseling work focuses on
adults
, seniors, families and couples who struggle with addictive disorders, anxiety, trauma, grief or depression. Nancy's 24 years of practice and experience provide you the opportunity to develop and bring into focus your very best self. Her proficiency and specialties are in providing tools and skills to support recovery from addictions, grief & loss, trauma, and the relational challenges that so often accompany these life challenges, with the intent and hope to facilitate the recognition of your own strengths and your ability to participate, fully, in your own life and those of your loved ones.
Not accepting new clients
Jessie Bannister, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
4 Endorsed
Verified
4 Endorsed
Though I welcome a variety of clients, I have a special interest in working with professionals, teens and young
adults
, anxiety/self-esteem related issues, perinatal mental health and life transitions.
Therapy is an opportunity to asses the areas of your life that are and are not working. It provides a welcoming and non-judgmental space to gain self-insight, develop new practical every day strategies, improve your relationship with yourself and others and regain hope. I believe that each person has the capacity to better their life experience.
Asha Wilkus-Stone
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Verified
I welcome
adults
, emerging
adults
, and couples.
Life does not proceed as we each envision it. It can be unexpected, messy, complicated, disappointing, tragic, and challenging. In countless ways we strive and struggle. We can feel ourselves to be adrift. Yet we are connected, radically interdependent. Even so, we all have our own perspectives on life and our struggles. We are tethered to our environment, our social roles, cultural identities, interpersonal, historical, professional experiences, and so on. Through exploring this web, and the various vantage points that the web offers, a unique therapeutic process emerges for each person.
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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.
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.
What type of therapist is right for me?
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, psychologist or therapist, while someone navigating career obstacles or marital upheaval may benefit from seeing a counselor who can offer short-term, targeted support.
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.
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.
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.