Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Walnut Creek, CA
Are you, your teenager or your family struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, mood dysregulation, risky behaviors or barriers to communication?
I have supported teens, young adults, families and trauma survivors in a variety of mental health settings, including residential, outpatient, shelter, safe houses, and detention centers. Through comprehensive training and experiential learning, I have become proficient utilizing attachment, trauma, CBT, DBT and humanistic modalities to support healing.
Are you, your teenager or your family struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, mood dysregulation, risky behaviors or barriers to communication?
I have supported teens, young adults, families and trauma survivors in a variety of mental health settings, including residential, outpatient, shelter, safe houses, and detention centers. Through comprehensive training and experiential learning, I have become proficient utilizing attachment, trauma, CBT, DBT and humanistic modalities to support healing.
Sara Appelbaum : Brainspotting & Trauma Treatment
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
1 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
If these examples sound familiar then trauma treatment may help.
Trauma exists on a spectrum and everyone has their own threshold for managing stress, fear, and abuse. I offer personalized therapy focused on client-led trauma identification, stabilization, and intensive treatments. Holding compassionate, safe, judgment-free space is central to my approach as a trained clinician who considers herself a peer in recovery.
If these examples sound familiar then trauma treatment may help.
Trauma exists on a spectrum and everyone has their own threshold for managing stress, fear, and abuse. I offer personalized therapy focused on client-led trauma identification, stabilization, and intensive treatments. Holding compassionate, safe, judgment-free space is central to my approach as a trained clinician who considers herself a peer in recovery.
For the past forty years, I have been honored in serving families’, couples, and individuals, who have experienced loss, grief, trauma, anxiety, social anxiety, depression and stress.
My first Master's degree is from the Erikson Institute, Loyola University, specializing: Diversity, Child Development, Infant Mental Health/Family Relationships. My second Master's is Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. My approach is fluid, respectful; integrative, relationship-based, mindful, attachment-based and family-based.
For the past forty years, I have been honored in serving families’, couples, and individuals, who have experienced loss, grief, trauma, anxiety, social anxiety, depression and stress.
My first Master's degree is from the Erikson Institute, Loyola University, specializing: Diversity, Child Development, Infant Mental Health/Family Relationships. My second Master's is Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. My approach is fluid, respectful; integrative, relationship-based, mindful, attachment-based and family-based.
Nadezhda (Nadya) Peeva
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, SEP, MAPP, MBA
2 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
I will support you in addressing the challenges of chronic stress and the painful effects of trauma while holding the conviction that your capacity for connection, peace, and well-being is your birthright.
In our work together, we will collaborate as we explore beliefs and patterns of behavior you may have taken on a long time ago and how they show up in your life today. As a somatic therapist, I will listen for the cues of your nervous system and will support you in developing skills and having tools to help you reclaim calm, confidence and resilience.
I will support you in addressing the challenges of chronic stress and the painful effects of trauma while holding the conviction that your capacity for connection, peace, and well-being is your birthright.
In our work together, we will collaborate as we explore beliefs and patterns of behavior you may have taken on a long time ago and how they show up in your life today. As a somatic therapist, I will listen for the cues of your nervous system and will support you in developing skills and having tools to help you reclaim calm, confidence and resilience.
I work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues that span from relationships issues, self-esteem issues, depression, trauma, stress management, personal growth, life transitions, cross-cultural issues, couples counseling, and family counseling.
When you make the decision to further your understanding of yourself, you are one step closer to feeling empowered to living the life that you envision. With a compassionate mind, I am looking forward to supporting and guiding you through the changes that lead to positive growth. With a blend of psychodynamic, cognitive, and mindfulness-based psychotherapy approaches, I provide support and practical feedback to help you effectively address personal issues and life challenges.
I work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues that span from relationships issues, self-esteem issues, depression, trauma, stress management, personal growth, life transitions, cross-cultural issues, couples counseling, and family counseling.
When you make the decision to further your understanding of yourself, you are one step closer to feeling empowered to living the life that you envision. With a compassionate mind, I am looking forward to supporting and guiding you through the changes that lead to positive growth. With a blend of psychodynamic, cognitive, and mindfulness-based psychotherapy approaches, I provide support and practical feedback to help you effectively address personal issues and life challenges.
My experience includes managing anxiety, treating depression, processing trauma and understanding relationships.
I provide a safe, calm, friendly, empathetic & down to earth environment for you in session. Making changes or gaining a better understanding about your life can be challenging. I will provide support to you whether you are experiencing a crisis, going through a transition in life or are interested in learning more about yourself & relationships. Together we can work on achieving your therapy goals.
My experience includes managing anxiety, treating depression, processing trauma and understanding relationships.
I provide a safe, calm, friendly, empathetic & down to earth environment for you in session. Making changes or gaining a better understanding about your life can be challenging. I will provide support to you whether you are experiencing a crisis, going through a transition in life or are interested in learning more about yourself & relationships. Together we can work on achieving your therapy goals.
We focus on helping those struggling with addiction arrest their addictive behaviors (establish sobriety), identify and address underlying issues and traumas, and repair damage caused by their addictive behaviors.
At Pathway Therapy Center we help individuals and couples repair find recovery from sex and pornography addiction. Is your relationship in crisis because of a recent discovery? Have you just found out about your partner's affair or betrayal? Do you have a problem with a process addiction such as video gaming or compulsive spending? We are here to help with a team of expertly trained clinicians who specialize in helping those dealing with sexually addictive patterns and other process addictions. Further we have specialists who help partners deal with the impacts of having discovered that their relationship was not what they once thought it was.
We focus on helping those struggling with addiction arrest their addictive behaviors (establish sobriety), identify and address underlying issues and traumas, and repair damage caused by their addictive behaviors.
At Pathway Therapy Center we help individuals and couples repair find recovery from sex and pornography addiction. Is your relationship in crisis because of a recent discovery? Have you just found out about your partner's affair or betrayal? Do you have a problem with a process addiction such as video gaming or compulsive spending? We are here to help with a team of expertly trained clinicians who specialize in helping those dealing with sexually addictive patterns and other process addictions. Further we have specialists who help partners deal with the impacts of having discovered that their relationship was not what they once thought it was.
Je travaille avec les enfants, adolescents, adultes, et les familles qui souffrent de trauma, anxiété, dépression, deuil, et problèmes d'estime de soi.
Are you unhappy? Do you feel less and less motivated and it's getting hard for you to be yourself fully? Are you anxious? Depressed? Angry? Do you feel misunderstood and blamed? Are you overwhelmed? Do you feel lost and you don't know what to do? My therapy services can help you. Using therapy tools that work, I will help you overcome the road blocks that are on the way to your true self and to your happiness. My therapy services are client centered, individualized and strength based. Most importantly, they are tailored to meet your values and cultural needs.
Je travaille avec les enfants, adolescents, adultes, et les familles qui souffrent de trauma, anxiété, dépression, deuil, et problèmes d'estime de soi.
Are you unhappy? Do you feel less and less motivated and it's getting hard for you to be yourself fully? Are you anxious? Depressed? Angry? Do you feel misunderstood and blamed? Are you overwhelmed? Do you feel lost and you don't know what to do? My therapy services can help you. Using therapy tools that work, I will help you overcome the road blocks that are on the way to your true self and to your happiness. My therapy services are client centered, individualized and strength based. Most importantly, they are tailored to meet your values and cultural needs.
I specialize in helping individuals, teens, and couples find relief from anxiety, stress, trauma, and relationship challenges.
You're doing your best to hold it all together, but inside, it's a different story. Maybe anxiety is keeping you up at night, or the stress just doesn't seem to let up. Perhaps past experiences still weigh on you, even though you've tried to move on. Or your relationship feels more like a source of tension than connection lately, and you're not sure how to fix it. If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone — and you don't have to figure it out on your own.
I specialize in helping individuals, teens, and couples find relief from anxiety, stress, trauma, and relationship challenges.
You're doing your best to hold it all together, but inside, it's a different story. Maybe anxiety is keeping you up at night, or the stress just doesn't seem to let up. Perhaps past experiences still weigh on you, even though you've tried to move on. Or your relationship feels more like a source of tension than connection lately, and you're not sure how to fix it. If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone — and you don't have to figure it out on your own.
I bring specialized training and experience in working with men, treating anxiety, trauma and PTSD, and working with relationship issues and family conflict.
Hi, my name is Matt Rojo. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist. I provide EMDR and Gottman informed therapy, and have over 12 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families heal and grow. I know that it can be overwhelming to reach out for help, and that you're probably only doing this after you've tried everything else. I promise to provide treatment shown to be effective by clinical research, and to meet you with kindness, honesty, and acceptance.
I bring specialized training and experience in working with men, treating anxiety, trauma and PTSD, and working with relationship issues and family conflict.
Hi, my name is Matt Rojo. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist. I provide EMDR and Gottman informed therapy, and have over 12 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families heal and grow. I know that it can be overwhelming to reach out for help, and that you're probably only doing this after you've tried everything else. I promise to provide treatment shown to be effective by clinical research, and to meet you with kindness, honesty, and acceptance.
Are you working through trauma?
Specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and grief, I combine evidence-based therapeutic techniques with a deep understanding of human behavior gained through training in forensic settings and clinical environments.
Are you working through trauma?
Specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, and grief, I combine evidence-based therapeutic techniques with a deep understanding of human behavior gained through training in forensic settings and clinical environments.
I have dedicated over 30 years to provide healing to survivors and victims of trauma.
I specialize in EMDR, PTSD, sexual problems, relational problems, racism, bicultural and cross cultural issues. I work with healers, first responders and all professions, as workplace stress can impact us all
I have dedicated over 30 years to provide healing to survivors and victims of trauma.
I specialize in EMDR, PTSD, sexual problems, relational problems, racism, bicultural and cross cultural issues. I work with healers, first responders and all professions, as workplace stress can impact us all
Gonzales Family Counseling
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Waitlist for new clients
At Gonzales Family Counseling, it is our honor to develop a client centered relationship in order to promote hope, healing, and accessing one's best self. We work with children, adolescents, young adults, adults, couples, parents, and families.
At Gonzales Family Counseling, it is our honor to develop a client centered relationship in order to promote hope, healing, and accessing one's best self. We work with children, adolescents, young adults, adults, couples, parents, and families.
I work with Individuals, and couples who may be experiencing distress, anxiety, trauma and are ready to do a deep dive into your issues to find healing.
You have always been a high achiever at work. At home, you are the rock of your family. Everyone always looks to you for help. You take care of everybody around you, but you always neglect yourself. Maybe because you’re keeping busy to avoid having to deal with your past hurtful experiences. You feel lost and lonely despite having people around you. No one knows about your struggles. But now you’ve reached a breaking point. Your anxiety is out of control, and it is affecting your work and personal life. You are ready to stop that infinite loop that keeps replaying. It’s time to take care of you. It is now time to find healing.
I work with Individuals, and couples who may be experiencing distress, anxiety, trauma and are ready to do a deep dive into your issues to find healing.
You have always been a high achiever at work. At home, you are the rock of your family. Everyone always looks to you for help. You take care of everybody around you, but you always neglect yourself. Maybe because you’re keeping busy to avoid having to deal with your past hurtful experiences. You feel lost and lonely despite having people around you. No one knows about your struggles. But now you’ve reached a breaking point. Your anxiety is out of control, and it is affecting your work and personal life. You are ready to stop that infinite loop that keeps replaying. It’s time to take care of you. It is now time to find healing.
I believe in the strength of the human spirit and admire the courage and willingness of clients to explore psychological pain and suffering. I work with individuals facing anxiety, trauma, unresolved grief and loss, depression, and substance use/relapse prevention. Using a nonjudgmental, solution-focused approach, I help clients identify and reflect on challenges and barriers, and empower them with practical tools to create a path toward healthy change and resilience. My clients are my heroes.
I believe in the strength of the human spirit and admire the courage and willingness of clients to explore psychological pain and suffering. I work with individuals facing anxiety, trauma, unresolved grief and loss, depression, and substance use/relapse prevention. Using a nonjudgmental, solution-focused approach, I help clients identify and reflect on challenges and barriers, and empower them with practical tools to create a path toward healthy change and resilience. My clients are my heroes.
My training in EMDR allows me to guide clients through reprocessing of trauma using specific targets for measurable success.
I work with clients from a client-centered approach which is intended to provide the safe space needed for healing. Together we will target debilitating symptoms. I work with adolescents and adults in individual and family settings. and couples seeking support in their relationship. I work with people seeking awareness on how to improve their life and support in achieving their goals. Together we will restore healthy lifestyle patterns and plan for future success. Teens, adults and couples often can suffer from the same depressive, anxious and traumatic experiences, but will need different support to heal.
My training in EMDR allows me to guide clients through reprocessing of trauma using specific targets for measurable success.
I work with clients from a client-centered approach which is intended to provide the safe space needed for healing. Together we will target debilitating symptoms. I work with adolescents and adults in individual and family settings. and couples seeking support in their relationship. I work with people seeking awareness on how to improve their life and support in achieving their goals. Together we will restore healthy lifestyle patterns and plan for future success. Teens, adults and couples often can suffer from the same depressive, anxious and traumatic experiences, but will need different support to heal.
I have 21 years of experience providing assessments, consultation and psychotherapy for pregnant women, young children and their families around anxiety, depression, behavioral issues and trauma.
Becoming a parent is a unique and transformative experience. From the moment of conception through the journey of parenting there is an array of unknown rewards, challenges and experiences. At times parents have no idea how they will feel or react to these challenges and realize that they need help and support through their own journey as parents. This journey might include understanding the way people perceive and relate to their own internal child as well. Research proves the way we were parented, the environment in which we developed, and the situations around us influence the way we feel and behave as parents and human beings.
I have 21 years of experience providing assessments, consultation and psychotherapy for pregnant women, young children and their families around anxiety, depression, behavioral issues and trauma.
Becoming a parent is a unique and transformative experience. From the moment of conception through the journey of parenting there is an array of unknown rewards, challenges and experiences. At times parents have no idea how they will feel or react to these challenges and realize that they need help and support through their own journey as parents. This journey might include understanding the way people perceive and relate to their own internal child as well. Research proves the way we were parented, the environment in which we developed, and the situations around us influence the way we feel and behave as parents and human beings.
Bianka Lieb
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC
2 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Waitlist for new clients
Let me introduce myself - I am a child and youth therapist, also working with adults who are working through childhood trauma for the first time.
I have worked with children, teens, adults, families, and parents for over 15 years in various settings, as well as with individuals and families in their homes. I am experienced in dealing with trauma and emotional abuse. I use attachment therapy to help clients rebuild the way they interact with themselves, others, and the world.
Let me introduce myself - I am a child and youth therapist, also working with adults who are working through childhood trauma for the first time.
I have worked with children, teens, adults, families, and parents for over 15 years in various settings, as well as with individuals and families in their homes. I am experienced in dealing with trauma and emotional abuse. I use attachment therapy to help clients rebuild the way they interact with themselves, others, and the world.
Stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction have a way of taking over our lives, leaving no room to experience joy.
I believe we can benefit from all our circumstances, both the positive and negative, viewing them as opportunities to learn and evolve. I encourage growth in my clients by helping to increase their awareness of how behaviors and thought patterns affect their identity, relationships, and overall sense of well being.
Stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction have a way of taking over our lives, leaving no room to experience joy.
I believe we can benefit from all our circumstances, both the positive and negative, viewing them as opportunities to learn and evolve. I encourage growth in my clients by helping to increase their awareness of how behaviors and thought patterns affect their identity, relationships, and overall sense of well being.
Are you concerned your unresolved trauma is holding you back from truly healing?
By utilizing skills from IFS (Internal Family Systems) as well as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) we will stabilize your nervous system and bring your body back to a peaceful center. Couples - we will use the Gottman Method of communication and conflict management to build new relationship skills that build bridges of understanding.
Are you concerned your unresolved trauma is holding you back from truly healing?
By utilizing skills from IFS (Internal Family Systems) as well as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) we will stabilize your nervous system and bring your body back to a peaceful center. Couples - we will use the Gottman Method of communication and conflict management to build new relationship skills that build bridges of understanding.
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Trauma and PTSD Therapists
When should I seek treatment for trauma?
Not everyone who undergoes trauma needs therapy to heal, but many do. If, after experiencing a traumatic event, you find yourself struggling with symptoms such as nightmares, dissociation, irritability, or emotional numbness—especially if these symptoms last more than a month and are severe enough to interfere with your daily functioning—you may benefit from seeking out therapy with a trauma-informed provider.
How long does trauma therapy take?
Different types of therapy for trauma unfold on different timelines. Prolonged exposure therapy and cognitive processing therapy, for example, each take about three months, while trauma-informed CBT may last anywhere from 8 to 25 sessions. Other approaches, especially those that are less structured or that incorporate elements from multiple modalities, may be more open-ended, though many patients report feeling better within the first few months of treatment.
What happens if trauma is left untreated?
Unaddressed trauma can have serious—even devastating—effects on relationships, career, and day-to-day functioning. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can lead people to distrust or lash out at others, making it difficult to maintain intimate relationships; it can also trigger symptoms such as flashbacks or hyperreactivity that can interfere with a person’s ability to function effectively, personally and/or professionally. Some sufferers turn to drugs to find relief. Symptoms may lessen on their own with time, but there is no guarantee that PTSD will resolve on its own.
Can PTSD come back after treatment?
It is possible for PTSD symptoms to recur months or years after successful treatment. This is because, like most mental health disorders, it is not possible to “cure” PTSD, and stressful life events may cause symptoms to recur in even the most resilient individuals. There is no shame in re-experiencing PTSD symptoms nor in returning to therapy when such relapses occur; indeed, many forms of trauma therapy explicitly encourage periodic “maintenance sessions” to reinforce coping skills and ensure that symptoms stay manageable.