Humanistic Therapists in California

We all feel lost from time to time, but there’s always light at the end of the tunnel. I’ve been through my own therapy as a young adult when I was stuck in a bout of anxiety and panic attacks due to childhood trauma. Throughout my years of working with traumatized individuals, I learned first-hand about how childhood trauma can have a strong impact on adulthood. I can help you address unresolved trauma, in order for you to find passion, connection, and purpose in your life.

My name is Jesse Marez, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, licensed in the State of California since 2003. Over the years of my practice, I have cultivated an ability to respond to my clients personally and individually while establishing therapeutic rapport by using motivational interviewing, client-centered therapy and Jungian and existential psychology. My clinical orientation is cognitive behavioral (CBT) and client-centered therapy with a specialty in Trauma Focused CBT; I am also well-versed in psychodynamic and humanistic psychology.

We all feel lost from time to time, but there’s always light at the end of the tunnel. I’ve been through my own therapy as a young adult when I was stuck in a bout of anxiety and panic attacks due to childhood trauma. Throughout my years of working with traumatized individuals, I learned first-hand about how childhood trauma can have a strong impact on adulthood. I can help you address unresolved trauma, in order for you to find passion, connection, and purpose in your life.

My ideal client is someone who is open-minded, receptive to challenge, and motivated towards enacting positive change in their life. Many of the individuals I support are referred through couples therapy and struggle with relationship challenges, physical and emotional intimacy, communication and self-expression, and establishing healthy boundaries. I collaborate closely with referring couples providers to ensure continuity of care and optimize outcomes in individual treatment. My relational style helps build trust and safety and has proven especially beneficial for clients who are hesitant or new to the therapeutic process.

Hello! Thank you for checking out my page. I am an LMFT/LPC trainee located in the East Bay. I am under the supervision of. Melinda Haynes, MA, LMFT 102308 at Family & Children Counseling Services. I approach therapy mainly from a Humanistic Rogerian view. I want to help you to feel valued, seen, and heard. I am here to provide an emotionally supportive and empathetic environment to help you go through whatever season you are in life. With my non-judgmental and warm demeanor, I would like to help you to navigate and process the different situations and emotions that have contributed to some of the problems you are facing.

I work with couples, families, individual adults and adolescents, addressing a range of clinical issues which include depression, anxiety, substance abuse, childhood sexual abuse, parenting and relational problems. My clinical approach is eclectic, tailored to suit the individual needs of my clients; I draw on family systems, cognitive behavioral and humanistic/existential models and am particularly interested in assisting individuals and families as they negotiate the inevitable developmental stages and transitions that are a part of every human life. I am a proactive therapist who works with clients in an interactive, goal- oriented and collaborative fashion.

I've been a clinical psychologist for over 40 years. I have treated a broad range of clients during this time utilizing humanistic and psychodynamic approaches. My focus in therapy is with adults who struggle with a variety of personal issues including depression, anxiety, self-esteem and relationships. I am quite interested in the concerns that younger adults confront as well as those that individuals face as they transition into their mid-life years including aging, retirement, sexuality, illness, and loss. I believe that I can help clients gain greater clarity as they work to resolve these issues in an atmosphere of support and warmth.

Therapy can empower you to change unhelpful patterns, moving you toward greater clarity and deeper self-understanding, all while fostering the confidence you need to navigate life with courage and authenticity. I'm committed to being fully present, genuine, and purposeful during our time together.

As a fat, queer, neurodivergent disruptor of societal norms and systems, I hold a strength-based attachment focused framework that values and celebrates all genders, sexualities, bodies, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, family structures, religions, and socio-economic locations. I see these intersectionalities as a beautiful tapestry of personal empowerments which can become the foundation from which we work collectively to identify, address and dismantle systems of oppression. I believe humans shouldn’t be pathologized in a society designed to keep people sick and stuck.

My career in the helping professions started in 1997 at a residential program in San Francisco working with adults with substance use issues and co-occurring mental health disorders. This launched a long road of determination to attain a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work in 2008 and then a Master’s in Social Work in 2010. I obtained my Clinical License in 2015. Throughout my educational years and afterward, I worked with many different populations such as children, teens, TAY, former foster youth, homeless youth, adults with mental illness, homeless adults, and those arrested for alcohol and/or drug related offenses.

As a therapist, I am deeply committed to fostering healing and growth through an existential-humanistic lens, which emphasizes the inherent dignity, freedom, and potential of each individual. Using a culturally sensitive approach, I honor the unique identities and experiences of each client, treating them as the expert on themselves and their lives. I believe that true healing comes from within and that every person possesses the capacity to navigate life's challenges and discover meaning and purpose. I believe that by tapping into their own wisdom, clients can access profound insights, spiritual growth, and expanded consciousness.

Kudos to you for taking the time to honor whatever prompted you to pause and explore potentially enlisting a new and/or additional support modality! I wholeheartedly invite, encourage, and embrace curious reflection and collaborative experimentation in my therapeutic work. I seek to practice attuned revisiting of grounding, balancing, humility, levity and grace. My approach is relational, humanistic, intuitive, client centered, holistic and versatile. My training is broad based, integrative and foundationally draws upon a cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapy and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy techniques.

It's an honor to help others live more whole and integrated lives. I guide clients to explore and work through life's challenges from a body-mind-spirit framework. I have 20 years of experience in supporting clients experiencing: depressive and anxious symptoms, grief & loss, trauma, relationship concerns, cultural negotiations, life transitions, and spiritual concerns. I work with BIPOC and LGBTQ working professionals, first-generation and immigrant college students, and clients who are already or interested in Indigenous healing practices including Danza, Sweat Lodge, Temazcal ceremonies.

Hi and welcome! A key component to successful therapy and personal change starts with a strong connection between therapist and client. I work with adults in ALL areas of relationships, including your relationship with yourself. I walk with people on the journey to their natural, authentic self with a professional and individual tx plan. I use an integrative model; including humanistic, holistic, CBT, ACT, somatic work and supportive psychotherapy-meeting a person where they are on any specific day. I am a mother, was a single mother, now a step mother, a grandmother, a lover of nature and a survivor of this 'human condition.'

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who values the individuality of each patient and their needs within the context of universal human fears, existential and terrestrial. In other words, if you're tired of the old tapes in your head, we will be able to address this in session. I specialize in addressing anxiety, depression, eating disorders & relationship challenges in individual & couples therapy. I use EMDR as a modality for trauma work combined with humanistic existential psychology, DBT and mindfulness . I trust in the therapeutic process and I'm passionate about facilitating change with my clients.

Are you anxious, depressed and tired? Are you feeling emotional for no reason? Feeling disoriented and lonely? Questioning everything in your life? I help people to deeply listen inside and let their choices be based on what is true for them. While pain and emotions are part of being human, suffering can be minimized by allowing what is inside of us to be expressed and find acceptance in our experiences. I support you to move through trauma, anxiety, anger and depression to empowerment. Stress-management is part of the work and looking at communication with ourselves and others to have fulfilling relationships.

Hi, I'm a first generation Latina therapist seeking to create a space for individuals to experience radical self-acceptance and compassion in a harsh and competitive world. My style is warm and authentic, with a sprinkle of humor. Together, we could examine the common threads in your life and identify opportunities for growth. In order to move past points of "stuckness", it is important to acknowledge and feel the ways in which the past has influenced us to act in certain ways; These ways likely have protected us, but may no longer be serving us.

My therapy is ultimately rooted in a foundation of building trust and healing through relationship. I believe that a therapeutic relationship built on mutual respect and empathy is essential for facilitating healing and growth. I aim to provide a safe and supportive container where all parts of you are welcome. I utilize an integrated and wholistic approach drawing mainly from a psychodynamic, humanistic, and existential lens. This allows me to explore the deep-rooted emotions and patterns that shape my clients' experiences.

Do you ever struggle with feeling disconnected, like you don't fit in, or like you're watching the world happen around you from the outside in? Do you feel like you need someone to really understand you? To feel heard and unconditionally accepted in a space of your own? Above all, the most important aspect of therapy is the relationship we will cultivate together in session, which is in and of itself an invaluable tool. I value the concepts of authenticity, comfort and client autonomy in the therapy space. We will always go at your own pace. Where you go in that space, I will be there beside you.