Therapists in Cedar Ridge, CA

Central Valley Family Therapy is a group practice whose sole focus is providing individuals, couples and families support through all walks of life. Our clinicians recognize the importance of quality treatment for each and every client that walks through our doors. We welcome clients with culturally diverse identities, backgrounds, socio-economic statuses, and experiences. We believe that every person who seeks support should have access to quality mental health services. Our focus is not only on your unique therapeutic goals, but in providing our clients with a warm, friendly and nurturing environment.

Hi there, I am currently booking for March & April of 2024, please email using the link or text (916) 884-3812. My goal is to create safety in vulnerability, inner acceptance & understanding. I work from an emotionally & trauma focused perspective. I assist clients in understanding current conflict while exploring your past trauma. Much of the work is through the battling the unconscious questions & creating inner awareness. My client's work becomes possible by disabling self-sabotaging situations, defensiveness, childhood wounds & trauma. My wish is for you to create a positive self image. In doing so, the work allows for you

I graduated from a M.S. mental health counseling program at Eastern Washington University in 1995, got certified and ran a private practice in Seattle from 1995 through 2003. I worked in an outpatient community clinic, an inpatient psychiatric hospital, at retreat centers, and at a college counseling center until starting work on a PhD in Religious Studies and Psychology. I worked, studied, and lived in Europe, East Asia, and Africa before teaching 10 years at San Jose State University, so I am comfortable and confident working with very different sorts of people and I want everyone and anyone to feel welcome and at ease in my care.

I mostly employ insight-oriented approach to psychotherapy. I believe, SELF-ACCEPTANCE is the first step in the path of happiness, I will help you accept yourself and experience making right choices. I use the power of now and mindfulness to help you tend to your emotions, thoughts, and sensations that occur in the present moment. I believe nothing is perfect, and relationships are complex. I will welcome the opportunity to work with you in understanding and improving your life.

I became a therapist because I want to support people as they work to become their truest selves. Change and growth are possible for everyone, no matter what the circumstances are. You are not alone, and there is nothing wrong with you. Whether you have experienced trauma, as many of us have, or whether you simply want to better understand yourself, therapy is an effective tool to get where you want to go.

Relationships move us, give us life, and can even suck the life out of us. We were made for them. That is why I specialize in them - relationships with friends, family, colleagues, ourselves, our higher power. Properly realigning these problematic, strained, estranged relationships transforms your suffering into purposeful, worthwhile living. Ultimately your fullest life is my goal as your therapist. The greatest gift you can bring to your relationships is you. The best gift you can give the world is your relationships. What will you choose to do with these two important aspects of your one life?

You deserve to live the life of your wildest dreams. You may feel stuck, alone, and lost. These are difficult states of mind to experience. My greatest joy in life is assisting clients in reconnecting to that authentic heart-centered place within themselves to access their unlimited potential to create wealth and abundance in; career, all relationships (family/friends/romantic), finances, emotional wellbeing, physical health, creative expression, connection, community, and spiritual growth. This is for those who are looking to do the deep work of observing themselves and finding what really serves their highest purpose.

Yes!..I can help: Be like the teens, who finally feel fully understood. Or the adults, who really need an attentive guide during a mid-life crisis. Or be like the ones who just got off-track in life, but were able to get refocused toward a better path. Or the folks with personal trauma who dive deeper with Brainspotting. Or be like those who use Art Therapy or SandTray Therapy to express themselves and thus, grow a level of self-respect that everyone can see, and appreciate. LET’S CREATE A THERAPEUTIC SPACE FULL OF TRUST SO THAT YOU CAN SAFELY HEAL. My work begins with some assessment and some emotional first aide, and then...

Hi, my name is Bill Middleton, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker licensed in California and Illinois, I am also an ordained Christian minister. I am currently based in Carlsbad, California via tele-heath and have spent the last 30 years counseling Marines, sailors, and military families around the world. I work with all ages dealing with stress, grief, family communication, and faith issues. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and other modes to assist in life's challenges. I possess decades of experience working with young adults, married couples, and individuals working in high-stress environments.

My clients come into therapy seeking relief from years of suffering from anxiety, depression, anger, guilt, hopelessness, & emptiness. They carry these pains like thorns in their sides, reacting harshly to external events that brush against them. They change relationships, jobs, & cities, but these pains keeps following them. Despite their attempts to avoid feeling them by distracting themselves with relationships, affairs, alcohol/drugs/gambling, professional pursuits, and other external targets, the thorns & pains remain. They find relief by removing thorns from within, relieving long-term pain and suffering.

We all strive to be happy in life. Unfortunately life is full of unpredictable struggles that get in the way of our path to happiness. To gain true happiness we must learn how to love ourselves. Loving ourselves starts with self-understanding and believing in ourselves. Struggles unfortunately make us believe that things are not meant to be, or that we will simply never be happy. This negative pattern of thinking is what keeps us from finding happiness. Remember, we have all the tools within us to achieve happiness and create the life we love.

“We find ourselves, time and time again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.”- Carl Jung. That path can be full of joy and dread, but it’s worth it. The challenge may be finding the inner strength and resolve to take the first step and find your own way through the dark night. Whether you're fighting dragons, depression, or anxiety, taking that first step is essential. That’s where I can help.

We want to offer the best possible solution to your individual issues. We strive to reduce trauma, create options, and teach individuals to function without emotional pain.

Currently accepting new clients! Depression. Anxiety. Anger. Numbness. These difficult symptoms (and others) color our experience, and make life difficult! And yet, they are merely the smoke from fires sourced far deeper within the caves of Self. Together, we will follow the various strands of symptoms and sensation to their source. Then we begin to untangle the knots that bind and restrict. Let's release you from those things that are inhibiting you from embracing all this life has to offer.

Why choose us? Because of our methods of Cognitive Behavior Theory counseling. Counseling services have a 86% goal success rate! Open till 7:00 by appointment. We offer Supervise visits, Co-parenting, Anger Management, Alcohol Forensic Assessments & Evaluations, Drug testing, a Department of Transportation Substance Abuse Professional (DOT/SAP) Education to help you achieve your goals. Interventions and referrals to residential treatment centers and Sober Living available. Don't forget to like our Facebook page! Call us! Located in Sacramento and nearby.

CONFIDENTIAL PRIVATE PAY SERVICES AT A CONVENIENT TIME AND IN A CONVENIENT LOCATION. If you have fluctuating moods, a dissatisfaction with your relationships and life in general, take a step to actively move into a healthier part of you. We will have important dialogue which assist you to sort and live your priorities. Via mind-body/somatic and psychodynamic approaches, I will help you find your balance, get relief, sleep better, love safer and deeper. Generally we work together once to twice per week, insight and cognitive restructuring are part of the process. Overall, you will receive care and refuge to heal.