Experiential Therapy in Winters, CA

Specialties: Couples counseling, Christian counseling, individual challenges, and parenting challenges. I have been in the mental health field since 2001. I help individuals and couples experiencing: feelings of anxiety, self-doubt, or depression; a sense of sadness or hopelessness; infidelity, feeling overwhelmed or stressed; difficulty with motivation; or concerns about relationships with friends, family. Including: co-dependency; adolescent behaviors and problems; communication skills; or, even just feeling that something is wrong and not being able to define it.

Welcome! Sometimes it takes a lot of courage to reach out for help and I am so glad you have made your way here. Everyday living can bring us to experience loss, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, and much more. Some experiences knock us down and shake us around a bit. As humans, we are wired for survival. So, when we are going through traumatic experiences our mind will go into survival mode sending such experiences to our subconscious to help us continue.

Hello, my name is Courtney Mickles. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and I am passionate about working with couples who are having communication challenges and with individuals who are working through trauma. My goal is to join along side you during your time of need as well as your time of comfort so that you don't have to work on these issues alone. I hope to teach healthy communication styles, problem solving skills, and to release you from burdens your past traumas have caused you.

My name is Catherine Nelson, and I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I listen with my heart and mind. I enjoy helping clients with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and relationship issues. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address symptoms and Psychodynamic Therapy to address the causes. I work with clients who have anxiety, depression, PTSD, relationship issues including their relationship with food. I feel comfortable treating individual adults including older adults and their caregivers. I also work with couples.

If you are struggling with mood, anxiety, motivation, energy, sleep, preparing for or adjusting to a new baby, having relationship turbulence, or difficulties at work or school, I may be able to help. I work with a lot of college students, parents, and corporate workers to help gain clarity, resolve symptoms, build resiliency skills, and get unstuck from unhelpful patterns. I have a specialty interest and intensive training experience in prenatal and postpartum issues and enjoy helping moms and dads navigate the beginning of parenthood. As a yoga student and teacher, I'm a big fan of using yoga practices to assist with healing.

Want more than just a comfy chat, week after week? Have you tried therapy before and something was missing? Maybe you need a different experience.

The decision to start therapy with a licensed professional is like setting out on an expedition to both rediscover old territories and to discover new territories. One set of questions therapy asks is “What is it like to be me now?” “How do my past experiences affect who I am now?” “What is getting in my way, preventing me from being the person I feel I can be?” What we talk about during each meeting are those issues that are important to you in your everyday life, relationships, job, parents, children, things that make you feel happy, sad, depressed, or confused.

I am a licensed Clinical Social Worker and have provided therapy and clinical supervision for almost thirty years. I specialize in working with life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief, recent and past trauma, relationships (monogamous, same-sex, polyamorous, open, fetish, and non-traditional), coming out and transitional gender issues, and sexual health problems. I am not religious but very spiritual and enjoy discussing spiritual issues. I employ techniques from many modalities including CBT, art therapy, experiential therapy, humanistic therapy, and more.

My practice focuses on working with individuals, couples, adolescents and their families from a family system perspective. I believe that all of us benefit from recognizing who we are within the construct of our larger social dynamics. I am a psychodynamic and interactive therapist, focusing on your strengths as a means to work through your challenges. I will work with you to identify your therapeutic goals, and we will explore how best to reach your desired outcomes. I am creative, empathetic and very pragmatic. Therapy is a journey, we will work hard together to make the most of your energy, finances and time.

Clients I have worked with desire a safe place to grow and learn to accept themselves after experiencing a variety of life struggles. I believe people can learn to find the potential that is already within them when given helpful guidance. I have experience working with a variety of clients including adults with psychosis, developmental disabilities and who identify as neurodivergent. Growing up with a learning disability myself and a tendency to stim, I understand many of the struggles of neurodiversity and am passionate about working with them.

My name is Bayley Dark LCSW 110397, and I have been working with young children and adolescents for the last 4-6 years. My approach to therapy is to provide all my clients a safe space to verbalize their thoughts and feelings without any judgment and to address any concerns or topics that they feel are important to them. Most of my experience is with teenage boys who are within the juvenile justice system and within the child welfare system. The clients I typically see have severe trauma, history of substance use, and severe mental health diagnoses.

Therapy is a safe place to explore the depths of your being for the purposes of growth. You are invited to safely explore the wonders of your heart while also feeling held in the pain of your darkness and traumas. Your psyche, your heart, your soul and your personal story are ready for you to explore, transmute, alchemize, rediscover, rewrite and heal in a therapeutic container with intention and care. If you feel called to venture on this path, I would be honored to walk beside you in the bravery of your journey towards your authentic and integrated self. I will hold a compassionate & nurturing container for your process.

I bring a compassionate and mindfulness-based approach to support clients in creating a new experience of themselves whether they are navigating life transitions or struggling with anxiety, depression, stress or loss. I view healing from a holistic perspective and draw on a variety of practices and orientations to meet my clients where they are. This includes evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well as Dialectal Behavior Therapy. I also enjoy bringing in playful and experiential practices to help shift clients out of their head and into more present ways of connecting with their authentic selves.

If you are feeling overwhelmed by life’s demands, my aim is to introduce clarity, authenticity, and self-motivation. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), I’ve been successfully treating adults, families, and youth for over 20 years facilitating their self-growth. I teach techniques to better manage the emotional stress of everyday life. I have also focused on extensive training in anxiety/depression, play therapy, parenting, treating past and recent trauma, OCD, addiction, and working with family systems.

I am a Marriage & Family Therapist who uses a strength-based approach rooted in authenticity, compassion, and understanding. My approach is informed by Attachment Theory, Family Systems Theory, and Emotionally Focused Therapy. These theories guide me to help clients get unstuck from problematic relational patterns, nurture secure attachment bonds, develop more satisfying relationships, and work through challenges such as trauma, anxiety, and depression. I enjoy working with a variety of concerns including relational distress in families & couples, emotional & behavioral issues in children & adolescents & healing from past trauma.

Clients seek me out to become outstanding leaders in a dynamic world. They want a trusted guide to elevate their lives and leadership. Today's world reshapes our thinking, emotions, actions, resilience, and triumphs. Upholding integrity, values, and purpose amid shifting priorities is demanding. Emotional intelligence unlocks your full potential, fostering thriving, not just surviving. As your coach, I support you in conquering unique challenges, realizing your vision, and reaching your goals, empowering you to adapt, evolve, and lead exceptionally.

My name is Darrin Erb, MSC/LMFT-S, but I go by Darrin. I am a therapist, a college professor, an executive director, a SPED/Educational Specialist certified in ASD, and a pastor, but my greatest titles are that of husband and father. In the world of therapy, there are therapists like doctors and those who are more like surgeons. I am a therapeutic surgeon, meaning that we will go straight toward the dysfunction and replace it with something that works for you.

I do not want to change you. I do not want to come up with solutions or fix your problems. Rather, I want to be your partner while you find the strength to change yourself. I want to help guide you to find and execute your own solutions. That way all the positive changes are because of you. I am here to help you.