"¶..You'll tap your strengths and enjoy them. We'll marvel at how the brain creates one adaptive "I" after another (side by side now, taking turns in one healthy person). We'll respect how they once protected you, and relax the outdated ones that tie you up. ¶..We can use the ways you're ready for change, so it feels natural. I see adults & elders delighted by fresh thinking, with new relief from false alarm."

"As the founder of Savera, my team and I provide services in 3 primary areas: Psychotherapy, Psychological Evaluations, and Leadership Development. With extensive experience in evaluations for children and adults, we provide neuropsychological testing to assess for Autism Spectrum Disorder, learning differences, intellectual functioning, ADHD, other neurodevelopmental disorders, and socio-emotional functioning. We also offer evaluations to determine eligibility for academic, testing, and workplace accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We provide testing for individuals seeking special accommodations for LSAT, EPPP, CPLEE, MCAT, GRE, GMAT, SAT, and other professional licensing exams."

"I believe that therapy can be a catalyst not only for insight, but also for transformation. Life can be challenging, and at times, despite our best efforts we can feel stuck or lost. I strive to provide a calm and compassionate space where you can get in touch with what matters most to you, and use that as a guide to making changes in your life. I offer specific strategies and tools to help you change your relationship to difficult thoughts and feelings, and work collaboratively with you to take steps toward a life that is full of vitality and personal fulfillment. My style is warm and genuine, interactive, and culturally-sensitive."

"If anxiety, depression or traumatic stress is interfering with your relationships, work or health, my approach, which integrates psychoanalysis, mindfulness meditation and cognitive therapy, may be of help to you. Having taught behavioral medicine at UCSF, I have a lot of experience in helping patients suffering from sleep disorders, chronic illness, chronic pain and opioid dependence. I enjoy helping clients overcome interpersonal problems with socializing, intimacy, self-assertion and anger. I work with clients suffering from ADHD and procrastination."

"I enjoy working with children, adolescents, adults, and elders who are struggling to adapt to a stressful world. I use a developmental neuropsychological perspective alongside socio-culturally informed psychoanalytic understanding to provide therapeutic treatments for children and adults. I also provide comprehensive neuropsychological and psycho-educational assessments for children, adolescents, and college/graduate students. "

"Dr. Collins is a licensed psychologist whose career spans more than 20 years as a direct service provider, educator, consultant, and clinician in neuropsychological and diagnostic assessments. She currently divides her time between her private practice in Oakland, CA and as a Behavioral Health Consultant to adults with developmental disabilities living in Board and Care Homes in the greater Bay Area. She has served and advocated for this vulnerable population for over 25 years and is dedicated to ensuring these individuals can thrive in an inclusive community environment."

"I use an interactive, supportive approach to help adults, teens, couples, and families work through anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and self-defeating patterns of behavior. In my work as a developmental psychologist over the past 25 years, I have dedicated my career to understanding and reversing the effects of early adaptive patterns that evolve into difficulties later in life. I enjoy helping people work through these difficulties, some of which can be extremely painful and debilitating. Without such help, this can be an impossible task. Lack of self-acceptance and expectation of rejection are always near the center of the problem."

"Finding a therapist with whom you connect can be a daunting experience. At Spectrum Practice of Berkeley, we are a varied group of licensed practitioners (LCSW, LMFT, PsyD, and PhD) providing therapy, coaching, and neuropsychological evaluation. Our therapeutic approach may range from short-term solution focused to more involved individual work to define strengths, clarify goals, and examine areas for growth. We strive to provide a warm, safe, and non-judgemental setting for self-exploration. We focus on under-served individuals to improve access to care and facilitate empowerment.We have providers fluent in Spanish and Mandarin."

"I work with individuals looking to benefit from brief, problem-focused treatments that work. I provide treatment for individuals coping with a wide range of concerns including trouble sleeping, anxiety and performance. I am passionate about helping my patients optimize their physical, mental and emotional health and take a collaborative and practical approach. I am committed to making sure we are a good fit, so please feel free to call me for a complimentary phone consultation. I specialize in behavioral medicine with a focus on sleep health."

"If you have concerns about your child's development, academic progress, or social development, I can help. I have been effectively and compassionately helping children with learning, behavioral, or emotional difficulties for over 30 years."

"I offer psychotherapy, personality testing with feedback, and individual treatment of addictions. My approach to therapy is flexible but especially inspired by psychodynamic, Jungian and existential thought. Collaborative assessment means that together you and I would look at the results of tests and interviews to help answer questions you have about yourself, to get to know you more quickly and to focus the therapy. This kind of assessment can be a brief therapeutic intervention in itself. I also have a specialization in working with addictions, with motivational interviewing."

"Most couples struggle with their fantasy of what a relationship should look like vs. their experience of the one they are in. Nothing is more difficult than maintaining a long-term, committed relationship. Thirty-five years of psychotherapy practice, lots of therapy, seminars, consultation and personal experience, (eighteen year marriage, two children, divorce) I understand relationships in a deep and meaningful way. For example, I have witnessed and experienced that we all have an unconscious and deep wisdom that draws us to someone who will resurrect early wounding/issues."

"So, you are browsing for someone to help you. There are many here who can, myself included. Effective therapy is first and foremost about good fit. Can we collaborate on a solution for you? Do I care enough to hear what you are saying and feel what you are not ready to say? Am I patient enough to give you time to share in your own time and in your own way? Am I willing to be directive when you most need it, even though you may not want that? In a word, "Yes.""

"I believe therapy is a collaborative process that can lead to powerful transformations and enrichment. Life presents us with many challenges and my aim is to help you live a meaningful life even when difficulties or pain are present. I use what matters to you most as a guide towards making changes in your life. I offer specific strategies and tools that help shift your relationship to difficult thoughts and feelings, and take steps towards your personal goals. I strive to create a space that is respectful, warm, and welcoming to all. I specialize in evidence-based and mindfulness approaches within a culturally sensitive framework."

"Meaningful change requires us to ask new questions ... so that new meanings can be made. One of the hardest things is to change what doesn't work, while not knowing how to make it all different. For the past 24 years, I have worked with folks who are trying hard to build a life in spite of childhood abuse and neglect, or who just don't understand why life isn't working out the way they hoped."

"Living a life that feels true to ourselves may take additional support and understanding. Sometimes life becomes overwhelming, either because we are faced with trauma, loss, illness and other transitions, or because we are experiencing unexplained feelings that are keeping us in a stuck place. I would like to work together with you to help you better understand yourself and create the changes that you want to see in your life. My style is relational and authentic. I want you to feel supported and better able to become who you want to be. I use mindfulness and CBT when helpful."

"I work with clients who are interested in developing their whole selves. I make use of the Enneagram, a powerful tool for self-understanding & understanding those around us, promoting more self-awareness & self-acceptance. I work with couples to improve communication & connection & have extensive experience working with teens & their families. I especially love working with teenage girls (15 years & up), & with young adults transitioning from high school or college to The Real World. I am thrilled to work with women creating new lives for themselves after launching their kids. I use EMDR to help with trauma & create more internal resources."

"I offer therapy services to help you understand challenges you are facing, learn ways to actualize your full potential, and overcome barriers that get in the way of living a happy and fulfilling life. I work with individual clients and couples who are facing anxiety, depression, life transitions, loss, trauma, and challenges at work or in relationships. As an interactive, solution focused therapist with over 20 years of experience, I am here for you."

"Are you a worrier? Overwhelmed? Worn down or fed up with your life? I offer individual talk therapy so you will feel better, find your strengths, and can be yourself. Therapy is a focused time, place, and person to think things through with. It helps you gain perspective, feel connected, and feel understood. I use warmth and creativity to help you find compassion and insight to draw upon, especially for when you are preoccupied by your worries and dilemmas."

"Navigating through our human journey can be daunting, and everyone can benefit from support along the way. My role as a therapist is to help you gain more insight into the nature of your inner world and a greater perspective of your outer circumstances so that you can become empowered to create the intentional and meaningful life that you truly desire. With compassion and deep presence, we will identify unconscious patterns that are limiting you so that you can gain the awareness and tools needed to create effective changes for yourself."