Male Therapists in Berkeley, CA
David Thanos Heliotis
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
Berkeley, CA 94703
My practice helps men succeed in relationships, marriage, and work, and supports wo men with skills like setting boundaries and speaking up.
I believe great therapy is all about us finding a strong connection together. As your therapist, it’s my goal to co-create an environment where we can be direct and real with one another, and where we can use concrete tools—like mindfulness and body awareness—to talk about what’s happening between us. Like two musicians playing a duet, therapy works best when we’re deeply in sync. I’m really responding to you, and you’re going to feel that.
My practice helps men succeed in relationships, marriage, and work, and supports wo men with skills like setting boundaries and speaking up.
I believe great therapy is all about us finding a strong connection together. As your therapist, it’s my goal to co-create an environment where we can be direct and real with one another, and where we can use concrete tools—like mindfulness and body awareness—to talk about what’s happening between us. Like two musicians playing a duet, therapy works best when we’re deeply in sync. I’m really responding to you, and you’re going to feel that.
I am a trauma-informed IFS and somatic therapist. I work with folks who have done therapy in the past but want something deeper. If you are a couple stuck in the same old loop, then it's time to begin the more honest dialogue you’ve been putting off for too long. I have supported individuals with anxiety, depression, CPTSD, grief, codependency, and major life transitions. Symptoms like brain fog, social anxiety, sleep issues, body shame, internet addiction, insecurity, (etc.) are often signs of deeper pain that needs a safe space to be unburdened, understood, and held with care.
I am a trauma-informed IFS and somatic therapist. I work with folks who have done therapy in the past but want something deeper. If you are a couple stuck in the same old loop, then it's time to begin the more honest dialogue you’ve been putting off for too long. I have supported individuals with anxiety, depression, CPTSD, grief, codependency, and major life transitions. Symptoms like brain fog, social anxiety, sleep issues, body shame, internet addiction, insecurity, (etc.) are often signs of deeper pain that needs a safe space to be unburdened, understood, and held with care.
Are you feeling stuck despite years of talk therapy, or struggling with chronic pain or stress-related health issues? Do anxiety, overwhelm, or persistent feelings of low self-esteem make it hard for you to feel balanced and at peace? In today's world, it's common to feel disconnected from a sense of calm and well-being—especially if you come from a historically marginalized community.
Are you feeling stuck despite years of talk therapy, or struggling with chronic pain or stress-related health issues? Do anxiety, overwhelm, or persistent feelings of low self-esteem make it hard for you to feel balanced and at peace? In today's world, it's common to feel disconnected from a sense of calm and well-being—especially if you come from a historically marginalized community.
Altaf Bhimji
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Berkeley, CA 94704
Waitlist for new clients
In a safe, grounded, and relaxed space you would learn and practice relevant tools to help manage stressors, and deepen your self awareness.
You may have a goal of living a meaningful life in all of its richness - and are seeking help with mental health, such as depression, anxiety, trauma / complex trauma related challenges. Childhood or a distant emotional wound may continue to impact present day relationships, and/or day to day life. Or, perhaps, more recent incident(s) of distress or significant strain? A collaborative person-centered approach can help you with working towards your goals and healing.
In a safe, grounded, and relaxed space you would learn and practice relevant tools to help manage stressors, and deepen your self awareness.
You may have a goal of living a meaningful life in all of its richness - and are seeking help with mental health, such as depression, anxiety, trauma / complex trauma related challenges. Childhood or a distant emotional wound may continue to impact present day relationships, and/or day to day life. Or, perhaps, more recent incident(s) of distress or significant strain? A collaborative person-centered approach can help you with working towards your goals and healing.
I'm a relational/hu manistic psychotherapist working with adolescents, individuals, couples and families.
I have a particular expertise in working with clients who have diverse cultural backgrounds (e.g. ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation.) I also have a deep association working with artistic/creative type individuals and can address particular issues that arise being an artist confined to a conventional/mainstream worldview.
I'm a relational/hu manistic psychotherapist working with adolescents, individuals, couples and families.
I have a particular expertise in working with clients who have diverse cultural backgrounds (e.g. ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation.) I also have a deep association working with artistic/creative type individuals and can address particular issues that arise being an artist confined to a conventional/mainstream worldview.
Brett Wheeler
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, JD, PhD
Verified Verified
Berkeley, CA 94709
Waitlist for new clients
I have a background in mindfulness and evidence-based psychodynamic therapies, mentalization based therapy, somatic therapy for PTSD and developmental trauma, anger management, and the relationship between Buddhist practice and psychotherapy.
My practice focuses on issues of self-esteem, relational intimacy, shame, personality disturbances, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. I work relationally and dynamically with a present-centered approach on issues as they are currently manifesting but with an eye to how they reflect deeper structures of clients' personalities and values. Therapy is not focused on fixing things, but on relaxing patterns of thinking, becoming more flexible in communicating emotion, building resilience, and being able to be more creative and trusting of oneself and others.
I have a background in mindfulness and evidence-based psychodynamic therapies, mentalization based therapy, somatic therapy for PTSD and developmental trauma, anger management, and the relationship between Buddhist practice and psychotherapy.
My practice focuses on issues of self-esteem, relational intimacy, shame, personality disturbances, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. I work relationally and dynamically with a present-centered approach on issues as they are currently manifesting but with an eye to how they reflect deeper structures of clients' personalities and values. Therapy is not focused on fixing things, but on relaxing patterns of thinking, becoming more flexible in communicating emotion, building resilience, and being able to be more creative and trusting of oneself and others.
William H Ward, Marriage and Family Therapy, Inc.
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, 100349
Verified Verified
Berkeley, CA 94710 (Online Only)
My approach is both hu manistic and with well informed interventions that help my clients feel safe, understood, and more importantly, on the path to healing.
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR are 3 evidenced based approaches I use that can help heal relationships, trauma, depression, and anxiety. My personal recovery from trauma symptoms and substance utilizing IFS and community support have helped me hold a wider space for the pain that drives the behavior of addiction. I hold no judgment for the person seeking help. I hold this view within the context of relationship therapy as well.
My approach is both hu manistic and with well informed interventions that help my clients feel safe, understood, and more importantly, on the path to healing.
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR are 3 evidenced based approaches I use that can help heal relationships, trauma, depression, and anxiety. My personal recovery from trauma symptoms and substance utilizing IFS and community support have helped me hold a wider space for the pain that drives the behavior of addiction. I hold no judgment for the person seeking help. I hold this view within the context of relationship therapy as well.
If you want a therapist who has been around the block more than a few times, I'm your man. I became a Licenced MFT in 1986 and a Licensed Psychologist in 1993. For over 40 years I've been helping people slay their dragons, clarify their life directions, connect more deeply with themselves, their friends, and loved ones, and heal from the wounds life has a way of inflicting. And you know what? I still love it.
If you want a therapist who has been around the block more than a few times, I'm your man. I became a Licenced MFT in 1986 and a Licensed Psychologist in 1993. For over 40 years I've been helping people slay their dragons, clarify their life directions, connect more deeply with themselves, their friends, and loved ones, and heal from the wounds life has a way of inflicting. And you know what? I still love it.
I specialize with men who feel disempowered, experience a lack of vitality, and struggling with their close relationships.
As a mindfulness and somatic based therapist, my approach is to provide a safe and supportive environment for your therapy process. I have an approach to therapy that includes both self-discovery with educational resources. I believe in supporting the internal process of the client unfolding it at their own pace. We can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your current life. By applying mindfulness techniques with somatic therapy approaches and techniques, we will examine long-standing behavior patterns or negative beliefs that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
I specialize with men who feel disempowered, experience a lack of vitality, and struggling with their close relationships.
As a mindfulness and somatic based therapist, my approach is to provide a safe and supportive environment for your therapy process. I have an approach to therapy that includes both self-discovery with educational resources. I believe in supporting the internal process of the client unfolding it at their own pace. We can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your current life. By applying mindfulness techniques with somatic therapy approaches and techniques, we will examine long-standing behavior patterns or negative beliefs that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
Stephen Sperber
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
Berkeley, CA 94707 (Online Only)
We can all use help dealing with life's challenges. I have more than thirty years of experience helping adolescents, adults, couples and families through tough times. My goal is to help you deal with problems, become more aware of your feelings, face sensitive issues and achieve personal growth. Our work together will enable you to develop the strengths and skills that allow you to deal effectively with life's challenges. Clients have reported that I am a good listener and create a warm and friendly environment in which they feel supported in the pursuit of solutions to their problems. I use a variety of theoretical approaches,
We can all use help dealing with life's challenges. I have more than thirty years of experience helping adolescents, adults, couples and families through tough times. My goal is to help you deal with problems, become more aware of your feelings, face sensitive issues and achieve personal growth. Our work together will enable you to develop the strengths and skills that allow you to deal effectively with life's challenges. Clients have reported that I am a good listener and create a warm and friendly environment in which they feel supported in the pursuit of solutions to their problems. I use a variety of theoretical approaches,
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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Berkeley, CA 94704 (Online Only)
Therapy is a sacred process that has the potential to heal and catalyze growth. The most important ingredient in this process is the alliance between the participants sharing the therapeutic space. This relationship serves as the foundation from which change may spring, and attendance to this relationship is integral to the way I engage in therapy. My approach honors this alliance while maintaining space to creatively develop practical treatment goals that align with your values and needs. I hope that clients leave treatment with tangible and actionable tools that they can employ outside of the session in service of their wellness.
Therapy is a sacred process that has the potential to heal and catalyze growth. The most important ingredient in this process is the alliance between the participants sharing the therapeutic space. This relationship serves as the foundation from which change may spring, and attendance to this relationship is integral to the way I engage in therapy. My approach honors this alliance while maintaining space to creatively develop practical treatment goals that align with your values and needs. I hope that clients leave treatment with tangible and actionable tools that they can employ outside of the session in service of their wellness.
Lee Townsend
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA, he/him
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Berkeley, CA 94707
After undertaking psychology studies as a young man, I pursued another compelling calling as a music producer.
I provide culturally sensitive, empirically validated psychotherapy services to individuals, couples and families, ranging from adolescents to seniors. I am committed to the therapeutic process as a collaborative journey and consider it a great privilege to be entrusted with my clients' most deeply-held thoughts and feelings. I am actively engaged with those who are grappling with issues of anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship problems, life transitions, trauma, interpersonal difficulties and creative blocks, addressing my client's concerns in a hu manistic and holistic manner that transcends preoccupation with pathology to work toward a life of deep meaning, creativity and interpersonal fulfillment.
After undertaking psychology studies as a young man, I pursued another compelling calling as a music producer.
I provide culturally sensitive, empirically validated psychotherapy services to individuals, couples and families, ranging from adolescents to seniors. I am committed to the therapeutic process as a collaborative journey and consider it a great privilege to be entrusted with my clients' most deeply-held thoughts and feelings. I am actively engaged with those who are grappling with issues of anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship problems, life transitions, trauma, interpersonal difficulties and creative blocks, addressing my client's concerns in a hu manistic and holistic manner that transcends preoccupation with pathology to work toward a life of deep meaning, creativity and interpersonal fulfillment.
Hans Jorg Stahlschmidt
Psychologist, PhD , PACT, Diplom, Psychol
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Berkeley, CA 94707 (Online Only)
I worked as a psychologist in Ger many for many years and now in the US for over 3 decades.
Developing and maintaining a vital and fulfilling long-term relationship is one of the most difficult challenges we face in our lifetimes. I see impasses and breakdowns such as extensive arguing, lack of desire or estrangement as "natural and necessary failures" that point towards deeper individual issues that need to be addressed and worked through. In couples' sessions I help each partner to find a differentiated stance, interrupt dysfunctional patterns and develop healthier ways of relating and dealing with conflicts. In addition to working with couples and individuals, men's issues have been a focus of my interest for three decades.
I worked as a psychologist in Ger many for many years and now in the US for over 3 decades.
Developing and maintaining a vital and fulfilling long-term relationship is one of the most difficult challenges we face in our lifetimes. I see impasses and breakdowns such as extensive arguing, lack of desire or estrangement as "natural and necessary failures" that point towards deeper individual issues that need to be addressed and worked through. In couples' sessions I help each partner to find a differentiated stance, interrupt dysfunctional patterns and develop healthier ways of relating and dealing with conflicts. In addition to working with couples and individuals, men's issues have been a focus of my interest for three decades.
The world of therapy has been changing rapidly. The growth of virtual therapy companies has made it easier to find therapists, but people talk about being treated as commodities to acquire rather than hu mans in need of help. Instead of the focus being on you as an individual getting the help that's right for you, companies have to rely on manualized treatments and high meeting volume in order to show funders that they'll have a strong ROI. I offer something very different: individualized, affirming patient care.
The world of therapy has been changing rapidly. The growth of virtual therapy companies has made it easier to find therapists, but people talk about being treated as commodities to acquire rather than hu mans in need of help. Instead of the focus being on you as an individual getting the help that's right for you, companies have to rely on manualized treatments and high meeting volume in order to show funders that they'll have a strong ROI. I offer something very different: individualized, affirming patient care.
Many of the clients I work with have either lost or struggled to develop a sense of control in their lives and relationships– having fallen into destructive patterns of substance abuse/addiction and impulsive and/or self-harming behaviors. Others may be struggling with an excess of self-imposed control– leading to a sense of isolation and fear of taking healthy risks. Some are confronting a major life-transition, loss of identity, divorce, death of a loved one or faced with a pervading sense of meaninglessness. All are, in one way or another, seeking to increase their sense of personal agency and effectiveness in daily life.
Many of the clients I work with have either lost or struggled to develop a sense of control in their lives and relationships– having fallen into destructive patterns of substance abuse/addiction and impulsive and/or self-harming behaviors. Others may be struggling with an excess of self-imposed control– leading to a sense of isolation and fear of taking healthy risks. Some are confronting a major life-transition, loss of identity, divorce, death of a loved one or faced with a pervading sense of meaninglessness. All are, in one way or another, seeking to increase their sense of personal agency and effectiveness in daily life.
Maneesh Saini
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Berkeley, CA 94705 (Online Only)
I provide short-term psychotherapy to those hoping to manage painful symptoms, as well as longer term support to those who hope to work through their underlying trauma, depression, grief, and anxiety.
Few, if any, of us grow up in an environment that perfectly fits our needs. As we grow, we adapt to our surroundings in ways that may run counter to our vitality, health, and happiness. By exploring and understanding the underlying emotional and psychological patterns that shape our lives, we are able to develop choice in whether to engage in patterns and habits that no longer serve us. As a psychotherapist, I provide a curious, and compassionate presence, lending my heart and mind to this process of self-exploration and self-understanding.
I provide short-term psychotherapy to those hoping to manage painful symptoms, as well as longer term support to those who hope to work through their underlying trauma, depression, grief, and anxiety.
Few, if any, of us grow up in an environment that perfectly fits our needs. As we grow, we adapt to our surroundings in ways that may run counter to our vitality, health, and happiness. By exploring and understanding the underlying emotional and psychological patterns that shape our lives, we are able to develop choice in whether to engage in patterns and habits that no longer serve us. As a psychotherapist, I provide a curious, and compassionate presence, lending my heart and mind to this process of self-exploration and self-understanding.
Peter Carpentieri
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, SEP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Berkeley, CA 94705
If you have experienced any level of trauma in your life, either developmentally as a child or through other life experiences, I can support you in slowly and gently releasing the effects of those traumas, and restoring your nervous system to its rightful, regulated state. Through the use of social engagement, guided awareness, movement, art, and other resources, we will explore ways to free you from the bondage of the past and worries about the future. In the safety of a supportive and loving environment, I will offer you guidance to help you live more fully in the present moment, with a deepened sense of joy and ease.
If you have experienced any level of trauma in your life, either developmentally as a child or through other life experiences, I can support you in slowly and gently releasing the effects of those traumas, and restoring your nervous system to its rightful, regulated state. Through the use of social engagement, guided awareness, movement, art, and other resources, we will explore ways to free you from the bondage of the past and worries about the future. In the safety of a supportive and loving environment, I will offer you guidance to help you live more fully in the present moment, with a deepened sense of joy and ease.
At my practice, Reframe Counseling + Coaching, I specialize in therapy and coaching for teens and adults in the East Bay and South Bay. For my work and approach, I have been featured in TIME magazine, Psychology Today, Harvard Business Review, and I have appeared on the Oprah Network and NPR's Forum.
At my practice, Reframe Counseling + Coaching, I specialize in therapy and coaching for teens and adults in the East Bay and South Bay. For my work and approach, I have been featured in TIME magazine, Psychology Today, Harvard Business Review, and I have appeared on the Oprah Network and NPR's Forum.
Srini Katragadda
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Berkeley, CA 94704
I work with couples and individuals struggling with a variety of relationship and communication issues. I have successfully treated clients with depression, anxiety, phobias, and low self-esteem. Clients that are looking for more aliveness in themselves and their relationships will be served well by what I offer.
I work with couples and individuals struggling with a variety of relationship and communication issues. I have successfully treated clients with depression, anxiety, phobias, and low self-esteem. Clients that are looking for more aliveness in themselves and their relationships will be served well by what I offer.
