Therapists in Saratoga, CA

Are you easily overwhelmed by emotions? Do you find that you frequently try to snuff out or avoid sadness, anger, shame, or other strong feelings? If your experience is that your mood or emotions are in the drivers' seat on the road of your life (or holding the remote control to your mind) I can help you regain power and develop greater freedom and flexibility within. As your therapist and guide, I can help you learn strategies and tools for managing difficult life problems and the intense emotions they create. I can help you overcome painful circumstances and build the life you want to live.

Are you experiencing challenges with anxiety, depression, stress, or trauma? Do you find yourself in a relationship that is distressing, overwhelming, or distant? Emotional and relationship struggles can leave you feeling stuck. You want relief and change. Therapy can help you address what isn’t working, what is missing, and what needs to shift. In therapy you can learn to recognize your emotions, regulate, and become more emotionally present. You can take steps towards honoring your own needs within relationships and creating healthy boundaries.

I believe in the capacity of each person to transcend obstacles and problems. Through caring, empathic support, I assist you to tap into your strengths and use these to overcome the problems bringing you to treatment. I listen deeply, and help you tap into your inner strengths to overcome challenges. We work collaboratively to find solutions and address your concerns with my knowledge of effective treatments. I've helped adults, children, and adolescents for over twenty-five years. Feel free to contact me. I'd be happy to provide more information and answer any questions.

Unhappy with your relationship? Sad, stressed or overwhelmed? Seeing a professional can really help. I am a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist committed to serve couples, families and individual adults. I believe that each life problem provides an opportunity for growth, and you have the potential to rise above adversity and live a more fulfilling life.

My name is Jenny Butera, and I have been a licensed marriage and family therapist for over 23 years. I am person-centered, trauma-informed, and strength-based in my approach, and I work with all mental health concerns in adults, especially with trauma, anxiety, work-related stress, psychosis, personality disorders, and depression.

Are you concerned for your children in an ongoing high conflict divorce or another highly distressing situation? I consult, support, offer parent/child coping strategies to prevent longterm effects of severe stress & trauma for children/affected others. Even the youngest can demonstrate remarkable resilience. We attend to their confusion, impaired awareness, degree of distorted cognition. Parents cultivate enhanced attunement, insight, learn to see beyond children's distorted appraisal. We co-create more accurate thinking, safer, more healthy relationships, make space for more realistic understanding, provide predictability, constancy, enhanced trust, explore feelings, support emotional regulation, form new, hope-filled stories to replace frightening, traumatic ones.

I help patients solve their emotional and psychological problems. They learn tools to overcome depression, anxiety, and stress and are facilitated in stopping inappropriate use of food, alcohol and drugs. Parents and stepparents learn skills to become more effective. Patients acquire methods to re-parent themselves as well as techniques in how to be more satisfied in their personal and professional relationships. Individuals gain insights that enhance their ability to feel more confident and be more productive by setting goals to achieve positive results and outcomes. Children and adolescents learn to improve their relationships with themselves and build better social and interpersonal relationships.

Life transitions can be stressful and sometimes intimidating, rife with anxiety, fear, anger, low self-worth, and/or grief. Depression can also come hand-in-hand. A life transition is any major life event that alters our sense of self, our purpose, and how we go about day-to-day. It can be a move, a milestone, loss of a relationship, loss of identity, a new life, a career change.... / Our brain is an incredible processing machine, which digests and organizes our experiences. But our encounters are just so many, and some so dramatic that much of our experience, including childhood trauma, can be frozen in an unprocessed state.

My practice is currently full. Are you hoping to find relief from suffering? I am a passionate, creative, and empathetic therapist with 9 years of experience practicing in the state of California. I work with a broad range of issues in an eclectic style. I assist people in healing emotional wounds experientially, and guide them toward resolving past trauma in the present moment without the need to re-hash a detailed trauma story. I love working with individuals, couples, groups, and families!

You feel stuck in your past trauma or you are struggling with overanalyzing your feelings and want to reconnect with your body. Whether you have anxiety, depression, or PTSD, you are tired of feeling outside of your body and are ready to make a change. You're discouraged from continuing towards your dreams and want warm, kind support. You want nothing more than to feel confident in yourself and live a life aligned with your values but you are not sure where to start or worry about finding someone who will actually hear you. You've come to the right place.

Are you yearning for a deeper, more authentic life? I would be honored to join you on your journey of self-discovery. I work collaboratively with individuals seeking to improve relationships, overcome challenges, heal from trauma and create more fulfilling lives. While I have experience treating many mental health issues and diagnoses, I prefer to focus on strengths over pathology. My goal is to serve as a guide and create a setting in which my clients can access their own wisdom and use it to heal.

Is there conflict in your home or in your relationships? Do you suffer from feelings of anxiety or depression? I am a holistic psychotherapist who considers the whole person — body, mind, spirit, and emotions — in order to achieve growth and wellness. I integrate a variety of effective psychotherapy methods tailored to meet your individual needs, which will help you to increase awareness and actively challenge any roadblocks that may be getting in the way of your healing. I will help you discover your natural strengths and resources and improve your relationship with yourself and others.

Are you relying on unhealthy habits to cope with stress, anxiety, depression or life's challenges? Is it time to make some changes in your life but you feel stuck and don't know where to begin? Are you tired of feeling lonely, empty, sad or misunderstood? Do you struggle with allowing yourself to feel vulnerable with others? Does a healthy work-life balance seem impossible for you? If any of these questions ring true for you, some support might be just what you need.

Are you feeling distanced, lack of connection with your partner? Feeling always being rejected, unloved, not important in your relationship, or perhaps feeling being criticized, never enough for your loved one? You want to feel valued, important, loved again, and restore or strengthen the relational bond with your significant one. If that resonates with your current situation in your couple relationship, I am here to support you with that as a couple. Or you are struggling with personal isssues related to culture, sexual identity, sexuality or some interpersonal trauma, which impacted your relationship and mood.

Mustering the courage to begin the process of relational healing is not an easy move, yet here you are! Your curiosity in starting this journey might mean that you desire change & personal growth in your life that you no longer wish to go through alone. I would like to ease your doubts & concerns by providing a safe place where we explore the experiences that matter to you most while building a relationship of trust & respect along the way. Together, we can discover the fundamental issues that have created barriers in your life, understand how they have affected you, & set goals for improving your quality of life & well-being.

Finding the right therapist is important. The fact that you're on this site shows that you may be searching for help or relief from everyday problems. In therapy, you can learn new and important things about yourself and others, identify and change negative behaviors or thoughts, and explore relationships. If you're a parent, maybe you're struggling with how to help your child who is experiencing difficulties with attention or organization at school, feelings of anxiety, worry or anger or doesn't know how to share painful memories.

I work mostly in couple therapy because I believe in the power of romantic connection to bring happiness, fulfillment, and comfort to life. If you are not getting along with your partner, you may be frustrated, lonely, angry, or sad. I can help you find the friendship and love you once had. I offer premarital counseling and remarriage counseling to help you realize the dreams you have of your life together. If you are still looking for a special someone, I can help you remove the roadblocks that may stand in your way.

Struggling with a mental health or emotional issue? A difficult child/teen? In your relationship? Difficult life transitions? Addiction issues? Gender Identity? Family reunification? I can help you overcome your problems and embrace a healthier lifestyle. You deserve a therapist who will truly strive to understand the way you think. I will take the time to understand your thought processes, emotions, fears, and concerns. Of course, seeking therapy is not always easy; but you deserve to get the help you need to live a happy, fulfilling life.

Dr. Marcille is a licensed psychologist with 35 years experience working as a therapist and university professor and administrator. Past president of the California and Santa Clara Psychological Associations and former Professor & Program Director at Palo Alto University, Dr. Marcille works with adolescents and adults helping them to achieve educational, professional and personal success. He is the former Dean of the American University of Paris and enjoys working with clients from international backgrounds. He uses evidence based therapeutic practices with a primarily cognitive behavioral focus and is very pragmatic.