Are you looking for a happier and healthier way to live your life? Unpleasant feelings and experiences can affect the way people choose to live their lives. There are many positive ways to deal with these unpleasant emotions. Through discussion and exploration we can find ways to work through life's roadblocks in order to find a happier and healthier path for your life.

I specialize in treating anxiety, OCD and adjustment disorders. There are many contributing factors to why a person experiences anxiety and a variety of approaches to managing it, and for some extinguishing the anxiety altogether. Worry can cause functional impairment in only one or all domains of life. Anxiety often leads to symptoms of depression, and it is not uncommon for a person to feel symptoms of both at any given time.

My job is to show you how to be happy. This is done with empathy, warmth, and teaching coping skills. Whether you are depressed, struggling with an eating disorder, immobilized with panic attacks or finding your relationships unsatisfying, I can help you have the life you want. You will discover your personal strengths and be able to use them to the fullest. I will be by your side until you have the quality of life you desire. Helping you become whole again is what I do best. My clients exit their therapy as new people. Contact me for more information. When you contact me please leave your name and a short comment on your needs.

Our non-profit counseling center offers affordable counseling to any member of the Elk Grove, Sacramento and Galt communities. Fees are based on a sliding scale and start at $30/session. We believe that we can help you find hope in the process of learning how to live a more emotionally healthy life. Please call to set up an appointment, or a free phone consultation.

I provide a wide range of psychotherapy and consultation services in the Sacramento Valley with offices in Davis and Sacramento. For the last 24 years I have been providing psychotherapy services to adults, couples, and adolescents.I have been told I have more post-graduate training than most therapists in research-based practices. By creating a warm, open, safe, and confidential environment, my practice is designed to help you have the right beginning so you can meet your goals. Often patients are not sure what is possible in contemporary psychotherapy. Please call, or click my website above to find out.

You are in the midst of transition and need support with anxiety, depression, grief, and the many challenges that result from life's unexpected changes, disappointments, and losses. You'd like to become a better friend to yourself and are highly motivated and curious about learning creative skills, techniques, and coping tools to overcome interpersonal obstacles. You want healthy relationships in your life. You welcome the idea of becoming your own therapist and your own best friend. You are ready to start a compassionate inward journey towards clarity, self-acceptance, empowerment, and wholeness.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist providing individual therapy to children, teenagers and adults. My office is in the Arden area of Sacramento. I help people in their desire to close the gap between where they are right now and where they want to be in the future. I am passionate about helping people create a life that brings them peace and joy. I use a strength based, collaborative approach and evidence-based interventions to aid you on your journey of self-discovery, helping you take charge of the direction and quality of your life. I help people navigate life transitions.

Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or out of control? I offer effective and compassionate psychotherapy services to adults, teens, children, and families. I specialize in treating eating disorders, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and relationship issues. You'll find me to be a compassionate listener, working with you to help you achieve the changes you would like to see in your life. Together we will identify and develop your strengths and interests so you can achieve your goals. I offer a safe place for you to talk about your fears and worries, body image and self-esteem struggles, relationship challenges, career and life transitions.

You are a highly perceptive individual who sees life in high definition. It's a great gift that may also heighten anxiety, depression, anger, or loneliness. Your internal complexity is hard to explain & is misunderstood. It led you to lose sight of who you are & what you want in life & made it difficult to keep up with daily demands. Setting limits to the world to protect yourself is challenging for you due to your overflow of compassion. It's tricky to fulfill all your complex and often conflicting values. You want to feel both connected and protected - to enjoy life again or for the first time while living with Meaning.

My field of expertise is based on being both a successful clinician and as a mother of four adopted children. I have provided life solutions to uncontrolled anger issues, physical and sexual abuse, and attachment disorders. In addition to having counseled both victims and perpetrators in domestic violence cases, I have also worked with children withe severe emotional and/or behavioral problems. Since 2003, I have provided a number of specialized therapeutic services to those dealing with challenging life experiences. Patient well-being is my number one priority, and I go above and beyond to help them through all their obstacles.

I primarily work with Farsi and Dari speaking refugees who have been exposed to hardship and war. I also see teenagers who are going through identity crisis and transitional periods from childhood to adulthood. I see couples coming from traditional backgrounds trying to save their marriage by adjusting to mainstream culture. Finally, I see individuals with low-self esteem, confidence, and decision making issues.

Hi there! Welcome to one more step in your search for the life you want. Therapy is one way to increase joy, be reminded of whats wonderful about yourself, and overcome the barriers that have blocked you in the past. It also gives you the tools to continue that process. Collaboratively we strengthen your sense of worth so that you have the energy and motivation to work toward your personal goals. Increasing self-compassion and awareness frees an individual from the habits or ruts we all tend to dip into in life.

Giemar "Gigi" Fernandez is an experienced Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a degree from UC Berkeley and California State University. She spent the last ten plus years working as a trauma specialist, providing evidence based treatments to help individuals reduce the impact of past traumatic events on their present lives. Her expertise includes working with clientele struggling with life transitions, depression, anxiety, PTSD, sexual trauma, grief/loss and betrayal. Gigi is also a certified Mindfulness Teacher through the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, she has provided training and guidance in mindfulness living.

Do you find yourself saying "yes" when you want to say "no" because of guilt or other uncomfortable feelings? Are there often times when you don't say what you are feeling because you're uncomfortable with conflict? Do you put so much time and energy into the wants and needs of others that your own wants & needs get neglected? Are you more concerned with what others think of you than what you think of yourself? Do you become upset when someone disagrees or is angry with you?

**ONLINE THERAPY AVAILABLE** Do you come from a family where one or both of your parents/caregivers were not emotionally there for you as a child, maybe they had an addiction (alcohol, drugs, work, anything else but you)? From these experiences as a child you received and downloaded messages that impact your life now as an adult. Maybe now as an adult you too suffer from an addiction, experience depression and/or anxiety or perhaps you keep finding yourself in co-dependent relationships. You want to break free from feeling lost and/or out of control, you want to be happy and feel secure in yourself and relationships.

Spiritual guidance and intuitive counseling includes spirituality with contemporary counseling practices to help with healing, empowerment, and transformation. Understanding of one's spirituality is subjective to each client. My specializations include body image and self-esteem, love and relationships, sacred sexuality, identity formation, self-empowerment, life transitions, grief and loss, death and dying, mind-body connection, archetypes, multiculturalism and GLBT identity and issues, and spirituality and growth. Goddess psychology, creative expression, dream work, Reiki, intuitive readings, and indigenous healing practices.

I believe that when individuals are ready to receive help, they will benefit greatly. Those I serve have sought assistance because they seek to move beyond their struggle, not because they had been asked to do so. This is not to say that those who have been encouraged haven't benefited as well. The approaches used allow me to serve those who are experiencing stress, anxiety or trauma. I also assist those who are ready to find their life's purpose but feel that they need the extra support in meeting this goal.

Being a person who is transgender, gender expansive, or on the gender spectrum is not easy. It is never easy when you are different from societies' norms. Whether you are seeking help for your child or yourself, together we can explore who you are, who you hope to be and how to help you get there. Everyone deserves to live life to their fullest ability and authentically. If you are struggling give me a call. We can talk on the phone and if you feel comfortable we can meet for a session and see how we work together.

I believe the answers we are searching for are found within ourselves. It may take the support and trust of a skillful therapist in feeling safe in revealing our true selves and bringing purpose and meaning to our lives. By uncovering the blocks and developing the courage to shine a light on our authentic self, you discover the self you have been seeking. I'll support you in developing a plan that best serves your goals towards a path of self discovery and empowerment. I feel personal growth is connected to mind, body and spirit.