Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) Therapists in Solana Beach, CA

I'm passionate about helping trauma survivors, adolescents and young adults struggling with their identity, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and life transitions. I help those who want to feel more secure in their identity, learn coping skills, and develop healthier more fulfilling relationships with others. Utilizing a collaborative approach, we will explore how to discover a life worth living by identifying your values and understanding how the brain impacts thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Through mindfulness and other evidence based strategies, I teach how to develop self-compassion and tolerate difficult emotions.

Are you feeling overwhelmed and stressed out? Do you suffer from obsessive anxious and depressive thoughts? Are you tired of not feeling like yourself? I empower you to take control over your life by utilizing evidenced based practices combined with solution-focused, strengths-based, empathetic, trauma informed and holistic approaches. After each session you will walk away with enhanced coping skills to battle your mental health symptoms and gain a deeper understanding of yourself.

I've been in the field since 2011. I'm passionate about treating anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships, life transitions, trauma and eating disorders. I meet you where you're at and hold you with warm regard while also challenging you just enough make the changes you want. Sometimes being seen and heard is all you need. Other times, it's looking at what's getting in the way. Your goals are important to you and I will hold you accountable.

I am absolutely crazy about helping humans access their full potential. I believe it is my dharma – or my sacred calling. I believe that each human being has a divine purpose. I believe that separation from this purpose is the source of much of our suffering. I see my role as a trusted companion on your journey back to this divine purpose - back to your authentic Self. In our work together, I invite you to reclaim sovereignty over your mental health through a process of radical acceptance.

My greatest passion and inspiration is walking alongside individuals during their journey of self-discovery and improvement. This passion for helping others set me on my path of obtaining a Master's in Social Work, with a concentration in Health and Aging, and subsequently becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Hello and Seja bem-vindo! I grew up in Brazil and moved to California to pursue my career as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I truly believe that due to life challenges, stressful jobs, career and busy lifestyle, it's very easy to dismiss our inner voice. That is the voice that wants to be heard, tell us about our emotions and hurdles. Allowing your inner voice to be heard will empower you to embrace the beautiful journey of self discovery.

As an LGBTQ-friendly psychotherapist with a diverse client base, my ideal client seeks growth amidst life transitions, emotional challenges, or relationship issues. They need an inclusive, understanding space for self-discovery and acceptance, and strategies for resilience. They aim for emotional stability, authentic self-expression, and improved relationships. My clients want to feel seen, live authentically, and build a supportive network. I guide them towards these goals with empathy and expertise.

Welcome! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing services in California. If you're struggling to cope with life's stressors, I can help you navigate these feelings and offer you compassion and guidance as you find a path forward. I strive to create a safe, nonjudgmental, and empathetic environment for self-exploration. Through our work together, I will help you to uncover positive coping skills to manage life's challenges including boundary setting, healthy communication strategies, management of emotional distress and reducing unhelpful thinking patterns.

I accept insurance through an online platform. Once we connect, I can have them contact you for onboarding. I have listed the insurance plans I accept on this page. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I am ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy) certified and EMDR trained. I specialize in trauma work and substance abuse. I have worked in the field of substance abuse treatment since 2008. I am 19 years clean from all substances. I am also a survivor of stage 3 lung cancer. I strive to meet my clients where they are and gently suggest tools to help achieve the change they are looking for. I truly want to help.

Hello. I'm Karen Kessler, a seasoned and compassionate Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of comprehensive clinical experience. My background includes working in diverse inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, which has provided me with a solid foundation for addressing issues such as aging, grief and loss, anxiety and depression, life transitions, caregiver stress, work-life balance, self-esteem, stress management, and relationship challenges.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Registered Art Therapist. I received my Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Notre Dame de Namur University. Classes in the MFT program also met the requirements for the American Art therapy Association for art therapy. I have experience in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supporting clients in gaining a healthier relationship with their thoughts and feelings. I have worked extensively with clients in coping with depression, stress and anxiety, as well as in processing grief, loss, and life transitions.

Welcome. Thank you for your interest in my private practice. I believe we all have the ability to live our lives to the fullest. Sometimes we develop patterns of thinking or behaviors that keep us stuck and unhappy in our life. My goal is to help my clients overcome whatever is holding them back from feeling satisfied and moving forward in life. Clients come with different difficulties in mood, fears, past-trauma, self esteem, behavioral issues, difficulties with having healthier life style, or other issues. We work together to help you move forward which might mean feeling uncomfortable, making changes, and facing fears.

Welcome! Do you often feel overwhelmed with all of life's demands? Are you repeating the same patterns over and over in your relationships or parenting style? Are you experiencing a major life transition and feel alone? Therapy is a helpful and courageous act to process the areas where we feel stuck in our lives. I'm Allison, an LCSW and I work with individuals and couples struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues and parenting challenges. With gentle support and understanding, I empower my clients to find healthy ways to cope with their stress and get to the root of their struggles.

Hello. My name is Mattie Nogaye. I have been a Social Worker for forty-four years and licensed for twenty-seven years with experience across various service scopes including but not exclusive to clinical, training, teaching, managing, supervising, and mentoring.

Your life is filtered through the lens of your mental world. Your mind is a beautiful and wonderful thing. Sometimes (often) a multitude of factors impact your mind's structure and can create patterns that are unhelpful to the life you want to live. But there's hope! Through personal connection and scientific observations, we have found tools, techniques and gained a better understanding of how to overcome the issues that bother us most. I became a therapist only after I experienced the incredible healing power of therapy for myself.

Do you feel unheard or unhappy? Feel as if you're stuck? Whether you're struggling with your own self-doubt, managing your own cultural or familial expectations, struggling to have meaningful or healthy relationships with yourself and/or others, burdened with the effects of past trauma, let me join you on your journey of growth and healing with acceptance, grace, and empathy.

My aim is to foster a supportive and safe space for you to explore your feelings, thoughts, and challenges. My work will help you recognize the power within you & source( whatever you believe in is totally okay in my world, I respect all) and trust that it all works out the way it should! I have also faced my own life challenges, moved across the country to my dream states, and more, which I believe has taught me to have more compassion and an open mind. Hence, why I always state I am a human first.

My therapeutic training has been centered on experiential, culturally sensitive, and inner work necessary for becoming a healer. I focus on assessing individual client needs and providing compassionate therapeutic interventions to families, couples and children. I use Mindfulness, Progressive Relaxation and Guided imagery as well as Cognitive Reframing to increase awareness and reduce present anxiety symptoms.My specialties include: Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Depression, Trauma and loss Loss, Alcohol and Chemical dependency.

We often encounter obstacles we are not prepared for or travel down roads that do not lead where we hoped. Whether emotional pain comes from childhood, trauma, current stressors, loss, depression, phobias, anxiety, anger, life changes or relationships; I believe that everyone possesses the ability to recover and improve their quality of life. Working collaboratively, each client's personal values and goals are used to guide the course of therapy. Together, we will create a treatment plan that focuses on overcoming emotional and environmental barriers interfering with feeling present in life.