Parenting Therapists in Sunnyvale, CA

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more that 35 years of experience working with individuals, families and youth. My mission is to assist people in examining their issues, while learning to make choices and decisions that will support them and their families in becoming physically, mentally and spiritually healthy.

Are you overwhelmed? Stressed? Are you struggling with thoughts that you find disturbing? Are you in need of hope, healing, and support? If so, I can help. I work with those who tend to be the 'black sheep', who are looking to find themselves. My clients are adults experiencing work related stress, life stress, life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, navigating parenting and relationship issues. I utilize a trauma informed approach in my work, as trauma has a tremendous impact on our life, whether vicariously or first-hand. I work with new parents (moms and dads) including foster parents/caregivers and adoptive parents.

Are you feeling stuck? Perhaps in an unsatisfying relationship, blended family, job, depression/anxiety, parenting difficulties or generally feeling unhappy in your current situation? Help is readily available to assist you to get unstuck and better your life. Move your life in your desired direction in a gentle and caring environment. Get unstuck. Call 408-380-3008

As a therapist, my biggest reward is to see my clients transformed after being healed from issues with mood swings, relationships, parenting , cultural conflicts, family origin, past traumatic experiences, and abuse. I care deeply for each of my clients and I do my best to ensure that each and every one of them gets the help he or she seeks.

Welcome to Life Empowerment! Would you like to experience more Satisfaction and Happiness in Life? I offer counseling, coaching, and consulting services for personal/professional well-being in Life ("la Vie"). I am best-suited for those interested in a Coaching-Style of Counseling (i.e. Strength-based, Solution-focused, Body-oriented, attachment styles (EFT: EFIT/EFCT), ACT/CBT/DBT, and Mindfulness-based approaches) with a touch of curious playfulness. What this means is: I am your compassionate collaborator on your healing journey in Life.

As a Clinical Social Worker and Pyschotherapist, I have worked in the mental health field for over 12 years. I am a trainer, consultant, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Registered Psychological Assistant who values healing, growth, determination, advocacy, and service. As a provider of services in the Human Services Agency, the Children Welfare and Mental Health Systems, I bring a unique perspective to the services that I provide.

To support my clients during this time of uncertainty, I am offering Tele-Therapy option for those who are distancing or quarantined. I am a California licensed clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience working as a psychotherapist, life coach, corporate coach, and college professor. I have helped clients who have presented with a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, relationship problems, divorce, parenting issues. I tailor the treatment to your specific needs and goals, combining insight-oriented, solution-focused, and multicultural perspectives.

Do you wonder why the same problems show up over and over? Do you struggle to make the right decisions and then blame yourself for failing? Do you feel overwhelmed, unhappy, or stuck? If you respond positively to these questions, hope and help are at your fingertips. To support your needs, I provide a warm, compassionate, and non-judgmental environment that help you deal with your personal challenges. I have a special interest in working with clients who struggle with anxiety, depression, parenting , co- parenting , and life transitions such as divorce or job loss.

I have been a therapist for 14 years. I am biracial, Latina, a woman of color and an immigrant from South America. I've have worked with trauma survivors from different backgrounds, age, race, income, language, LGBTQ, war victims, homeless, schizophrenic, bipolar, refugees and individuals of several different countries and belief systems. I have learned that an ""Eternal Curiosity"" is the most helpful tool to effectively serve our clients. I've learned also that clients of different cultures and countries appreciate having a clinician asking for their experience. ""Their way to see the world.""

"When there's hope, there's a way"... I am an award winning author, international lecturer, consultant, and therapist for individual, couples, families, and children/adolescents, with a warm, non-judgmental and collaborative style. If your life is not as satisfying as it could be, and you have that secret wish things could be different, it may be worth trying to talk about it; sometimes a single meeting can make a difference and reconnect you with inner peace, fresh ideas, or a clearer, empowering direction.

Emotional pain is as common as physical pain, and can be truely agonizing. Don't give up! You don't have to suffer alone. I come from a place of compassion, acceptance and hope. I am constantly amazed by the human spirit and by our ability to heal. I am eclectic, and use different approaches to meet each client's individual needs. I am open and honest with my clients and never judge anyone. My style is interactive and direct. I take my role seriously and am committed to helping you feel better. I'm fluent in English and Hebrew.

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.

My professional training and experience has focused extensively on child, adolescent, and family therapy, as well as emerging adulthood (age 19-24). This includes working together to develop strategies, coping skills, new perspectives, and supportive therapy for youth dealing with challenges related to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, rejection, anger/aggression, interpersonal conflict, planning for the future, social or academic pressures, and self-image/identity.

I respect, appreciate, honor, and value working with every unique client. I utilize empathy, validation, communication, and a variety of skill sets in my work. My goals are to foster safety, to help each client feel understood, to incorporate education & other specific unique interventions to develop insight, integrate healthy coping skills, and use new experiences to overcome the obstacles that impact each being. The totality of our work together allows for positive change to incur, and thusly, sustain a better, more productive, enhanced quality of life.

I enjoy working with people who would like to change their relationship with problems in their lives, and gain power over these problems and their effects. I have extensive training and experience working with people affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and eating disorders. In addition, I meet with people who are affected by chronic medical conditions and parent /teen conflict. I view people as having ideas about how they would like to be in life and in relationships; yet, problems can disconnect people from their ideas and identities, influencing them to act in unsatisfactory ways.

I believe that all clients have the resources within them to resolve the emotional and social challenges they are presented with in life. I work with individuals and couples, as well as children and adolescents on a range of problems. Couples counseling, separation and divorce, blended and extended family issues, parenting , behavioral problems in children and teenagers, multi-cultural issues, depression, and domestic violence are areas of particular interest for me. I grew up in India and have been in the US since 1981. I am intimately familiar with the two cultures.

I primarily see individual adult clients. I take a collaborative approach and provide the support, patience and compassion necessary to promote change and growth. I feel fortunate to work in private practice and at a local hospital. I see a diverse population of clients and have exposure to a wide variety of issues and diagnoses: anxiety, depression, ADHD, domestic violence/trauma, work stress, parenting , relationship problems, grief/loss, chronic illness/pain, assertiveness/self-esteem, gender incongruence, caregiver stress and life transitions (going to college, having a baby, getting married/divorced, moving, changing jobs).

The still going on Pandemic makes us all more vulnerable to anxiety, anger and depression. And these unresolved emotions will make any relationship even harder. Without the support of a caring and skilled therapist coping can become overwhelming and paralyzing. I specialize in anger management, depression and anxiety which most of time arises from couple relationship. In fact I have done many couple therapy. I treat each client with respect and appreciation and consider it a privilege to know and help every client who finds me.

We are a fee for service agency that works exclusively with Neurodiverse Clients and their families, ages 14 through adult. Our services range from psychotherapy, personal coaching, independent living skills assessment and training, classes, lectures, and social/community groups. We work with adolescents, young adults, and adults and their families. Our clients range from high school students struggling with anxiety and school refusal to high-tech employees wishing to learn skills to overcome challenges of their autism or ADHD to be more productive and happier in their lives.