Therapists in Goleta, CA
Emily Benaron
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Goleta, CA 93111
I work with individuals seeking support for mental health conditions including anxiety, panic, trauma, grief, attachment wounds, low self-esteem, chronic pain, life transitions, and unhelpful relational patterns. Together we can cultivate a new path of self-awareness, behavioral change, and self-care. Compassionate self-exploration includes increasing emotional awareness, understanding the origin of your beliefs and wounds, and identifying your needs, values, strengths, and options while skillfully navigating obstacles to healing.
I work with individuals seeking support for mental health conditions including anxiety, panic, trauma, grief, attachment wounds, low self-esteem, chronic pain, life transitions, and unhelpful relational patterns. Together we can cultivate a new path of self-awareness, behavioral change, and self-care. Compassionate self-exploration includes increasing emotional awareness, understanding the origin of your beliefs and wounds, and identifying your needs, values, strengths, and options while skillfully navigating obstacles to healing.
Julian Castillo
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
13 Endorsed
Goleta, CA 93117
I work with individuals, couples and families struggling with transitions and communication. I also specialize in Men’s issues that may include challenges with emotional intimacy, difficulty being vulnerable, and maintaining their passion for life. I see men who are wanting to uncover a fuller version of themselves, and feel fully expressed and fully fulfilled in every area of their lives. Clients I see understand that they get out of the therapy what they put into it. The therapeutic relationship becomes the container for change. I see their seeking help not as a sign of weakness, but rather as a sign of good judgment.
I work with individuals, couples and families struggling with transitions and communication. I also specialize in Men’s issues that may include challenges with emotional intimacy, difficulty being vulnerable, and maintaining their passion for life. I see men who are wanting to uncover a fuller version of themselves, and feel fully expressed and fully fulfilled in every area of their lives. Clients I see understand that they get out of the therapy what they put into it. The therapeutic relationship becomes the container for change. I see their seeking help not as a sign of weakness, but rather as a sign of good judgment.
Meghann Torres
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Goleta, CA 93117 (Online Only)
I have a curiosity in learning about people's stories and bring compassion to the experience of a life out of balance. Therapy can help us develop wise responses to reach our goals and find solutions to life's problems. There are many reasons to seek therapy. Therapy creates a container to explore and attend to the difficulties in our lives. Therapy supports lasting change through awareness. In therapy we explore fulfillment and work toward courage and wisdom.
I have a curiosity in learning about people's stories and bring compassion to the experience of a life out of balance. Therapy can help us develop wise responses to reach our goals and find solutions to life's problems. There are many reasons to seek therapy. Therapy creates a container to explore and attend to the difficulties in our lives. Therapy supports lasting change through awareness. In therapy we explore fulfillment and work toward courage and wisdom.
In-person and telehealth available. I am passionate about helping people heal themselves. It is common to experience anxiety, depression, stress or relationship issues and having someone to support and guide you on your life journey can make a positive change. I am genuine, compassionate, nonjudgemental and will meet you where you are. I especially enjoy working with adults through the life cycle, and supporting them through transitions such as young adulthood, relationships, parenting, mid-life and older age. I also specialize with individuals and families with children on the Autism spectrum, learning disabilities and ADHD.
In-person and telehealth available. I am passionate about helping people heal themselves. It is common to experience anxiety, depression, stress or relationship issues and having someone to support and guide you on your life journey can make a positive change. I am genuine, compassionate, nonjudgemental and will meet you where you are. I especially enjoy working with adults through the life cycle, and supporting them through transitions such as young adulthood, relationships, parenting, mid-life and older age. I also specialize with individuals and families with children on the Autism spectrum, learning disabilities and ADHD.
Whether you are navigating stress, life transitions, reckoning with your identity or complex mental health concerns, I provide an empathetic and nonjudgmental environment that supports healing, growth, and empowerment. I offer support to adolescents, adults, and families, with a special interest in working with young adults. I also offer premarital counseling. I understand the role of a therapist can be both a resource and a witness as you discover what needs tending.
Whether you are navigating stress, life transitions, reckoning with your identity or complex mental health concerns, I provide an empathetic and nonjudgmental environment that supports healing, growth, and empowerment. I offer support to adolescents, adults, and families, with a special interest in working with young adults. I also offer premarital counseling. I understand the role of a therapist can be both a resource and a witness as you discover what needs tending.
It's truly a joy to support our Santa Barbara Community! I specialize in anxiety, trauma/EMDR, and coping with chronic health conditions. I also help people shift people-pleasing, codependency and perfectionism. Many of my clients have grown up in dysfunctional family systems and are struggling with the impact of these experiences on their self worth, relationships and daily anxiety. Others are dealing with confusing or mysterious chronic health issues and anxious about their symptoms and isolated. My aim is help you live a life where you feel less on-edge, confident in who you are, and a stronger sense of meaning.
It's truly a joy to support our Santa Barbara Community! I specialize in anxiety, trauma/EMDR, and coping with chronic health conditions. I also help people shift people-pleasing, codependency and perfectionism. Many of my clients have grown up in dysfunctional family systems and are struggling with the impact of these experiences on their self worth, relationships and daily anxiety. Others are dealing with confusing or mysterious chronic health issues and anxious about their symptoms and isolated. My aim is help you live a life where you feel less on-edge, confident in who you are, and a stronger sense of meaning.
We all worry about our children. We want to support and teach them the skills needed to overcome challenges so they will grow into “successful” adults. Families may go through a phase where additional support may be needed in order to get through these challenges. It takes a strong sense of self to be able to communicate what’s wrong and most children are still developing these skills. In collaboration with families, I create a safe space to help develop insight into the internal challenges a child is facing while helping them build the skills they need to thrive.
We all worry about our children. We want to support and teach them the skills needed to overcome challenges so they will grow into “successful” adults. Families may go through a phase where additional support may be needed in order to get through these challenges. It takes a strong sense of self to be able to communicate what’s wrong and most children are still developing these skills. In collaboration with families, I create a safe space to help develop insight into the internal challenges a child is facing while helping them build the skills they need to thrive.
Lauren Cumberbatch - Accelerated EMDR
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, EMDR
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Goleta, CA 93111
Accelerated focused healing! As a Certified EMDR therapist and EMDR consultant-in-training, I offer evidence-based therapy for clients and training for therapists. As a relational and attachment informed trauma therapist, I provide compassionate, warm, and intelligent therapy, and I’m here to support you on your journey to healing. My passion is utilizing the powerful benefits of Accelerated EMDR with clients who are ready to live without disturbing clinical symptoms. Using EMDR therapy we create a plan together to establish and accomplish goals, and provide tools for life’s successes, changes, and challenges.
Accelerated focused healing! As a Certified EMDR therapist and EMDR consultant-in-training, I offer evidence-based therapy for clients and training for therapists. As a relational and attachment informed trauma therapist, I provide compassionate, warm, and intelligent therapy, and I’m here to support you on your journey to healing. My passion is utilizing the powerful benefits of Accelerated EMDR with clients who are ready to live without disturbing clinical symptoms. Using EMDR therapy we create a plan together to establish and accomplish goals, and provide tools for life’s successes, changes, and challenges.
At its best, therapy is a ritual space where you can come to explore your inner world, develop a relationship with your intuition and make meaningful changes in your life. A true healing experience requires the integration of mind, body and spirit — to release the patterns that no longer serve you, and create neural availability for an expanded experience of self. My practice is rooted in the science and art of holistic healing, blending modern depth-oriented psychotherapy with somatic modalities to support you in the pursuit of well-being and more fulfilling relationships.
At its best, therapy is a ritual space where you can come to explore your inner world, develop a relationship with your intuition and make meaningful changes in your life. A true healing experience requires the integration of mind, body and spirit — to release the patterns that no longer serve you, and create neural availability for an expanded experience of self. My practice is rooted in the science and art of holistic healing, blending modern depth-oriented psychotherapy with somatic modalities to support you in the pursuit of well-being and more fulfilling relationships.
Personal or relational suffering is often a call to look deeper into ourselves so that we can bring to light who we truly are. Diving into the depths of your pain takes courage, but it is there where your most authentic self can be discovered. I have a non-judgmental compassionate approach to all the different ways that life can be challenging. I am a Licensed Psychologist with over 15 years of experience assisting individuals in better understanding and accepting themselves so they can have more meaningful lives.
Personal or relational suffering is often a call to look deeper into ourselves so that we can bring to light who we truly are. Diving into the depths of your pain takes courage, but it is there where your most authentic self can be discovered. I have a non-judgmental compassionate approach to all the different ways that life can be challenging. I am a Licensed Psychologist with over 15 years of experience assisting individuals in better understanding and accepting themselves so they can have more meaningful lives.
Throughout our lives, we are all presented with challenges, whether it be the environment and circumstances we are born into, experiencing a traumatic event or series of traumas, to unexpected stressors and changing roles and identities. If you find yourself stuck and needing support to navigate your way, I would be honored to help guide you through your journey. I am a licensed psychologist in California and work individually with adults of all ages. My style is warm, compassionate, and strengths based, while I can also be direct and challenge you to let go of old ideas and behaviors that may no longer be serving you.
Throughout our lives, we are all presented with challenges, whether it be the environment and circumstances we are born into, experiencing a traumatic event or series of traumas, to unexpected stressors and changing roles and identities. If you find yourself stuck and needing support to navigate your way, I would be honored to help guide you through your journey. I am a licensed psychologist in California and work individually with adults of all ages. My style is warm, compassionate, and strengths based, while I can also be direct and challenge you to let go of old ideas and behaviors that may no longer be serving you.
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Are you experiencing emotional pain that has become too amplified to sustain in silence? Perhaps the burdens you have been carrying for so long are finally too heavy to manage alone. Unresolved past experiences, loss, dysfunctional relationships, and negative self-criticism can hinder our ability to navigate the difficulties life throws our way. Let’s work together to create a therapeutic relationship built on hope and trust.
Are you experiencing emotional pain that has become too amplified to sustain in silence? Perhaps the burdens you have been carrying for so long are finally too heavy to manage alone. Unresolved past experiences, loss, dysfunctional relationships, and negative self-criticism can hinder our ability to navigate the difficulties life throws our way. Let’s work together to create a therapeutic relationship built on hope and trust.
Navigating the challenges of life can be overwhelming and confusing, especially without support. If you’re reading this, you've already taken the first step in your healing journey and I’d be honored to accompany you. I work with clients to help increase their awareness and understanding, develop and gain skills to make lasting change, and overall honor and become intentional with their emotional experience.
Navigating the challenges of life can be overwhelming and confusing, especially without support. If you’re reading this, you've already taken the first step in your healing journey and I’d be honored to accompany you. I work with clients to help increase their awareness and understanding, develop and gain skills to make lasting change, and overall honor and become intentional with their emotional experience.
Therapy is not something I "do" to you; it is a collaboration and conversation we have together. I look forward to walking beside you as you access a place within that feels more like home. There is no one way to move toward healing. I use an emotionally-focused (EFT), humanistic and somatic understanding while keeping the very human need for attachment and relationship at the heart of our work together. Many clients feel and notice a shift toward increased authenticity, flow, ease and joy in their lives after working together. (Now accepting COUPLES).
Therapy is not something I "do" to you; it is a collaboration and conversation we have together. I look forward to walking beside you as you access a place within that feels more like home. There is no one way to move toward healing. I use an emotionally-focused (EFT), humanistic and somatic understanding while keeping the very human need for attachment and relationship at the heart of our work together. Many clients feel and notice a shift toward increased authenticity, flow, ease and joy in their lives after working together. (Now accepting COUPLES).
Victoria Brier
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Goleta, CA 93111 (Online Only)
As humans, our emotions can often be painful, confusing, and intense. Whether you are struggling with managing intense emotions, patterns of unhelpful coping, or are generally feeling lost or stuck in your life, I'm here to support and guide you in creating your unique life worth living. I strive to help my clients gain a new understanding of themselves and the world around them in a compassionate, safe, and accepting environment. Over the course of our work together, I will help you learn new ways to navigate the many challenges life throws our way and empower you to use the strengths that already lie within you.
As humans, our emotions can often be painful, confusing, and intense. Whether you are struggling with managing intense emotions, patterns of unhelpful coping, or are generally feeling lost or stuck in your life, I'm here to support and guide you in creating your unique life worth living. I strive to help my clients gain a new understanding of themselves and the world around them in a compassionate, safe, and accepting environment. Over the course of our work together, I will help you learn new ways to navigate the many challenges life throws our way and empower you to use the strengths that already lie within you.
Katy Magnani
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Goleta, CA 93117 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
I am a therapist committed to helping others learn how to improve upon the lives they are living. My work focuses on meeting you where you are at, supporting you with warmth, and moving forward together to make adjustments where you see fit.
I am a therapist committed to helping others learn how to improve upon the lives they are living. My work focuses on meeting you where you are at, supporting you with warmth, and moving forward together to make adjustments where you see fit.
Hi! I am in the process of relocating from the Bay Area to Santa Barbara. Currently offering tele-health while I secure an office space for in person sessions. I have worked with couples going through significant life changes, teenagers (and their parents) who have behavioral struggles, blended families redefining household dynamics, people who are having "mental blocks" that prevent them from accomplishing their goals, young adults at risk of hospitalization, and everything in between. My goal as a therapist is to support you on your journey. Whatever that may be! This space is reserved solely for YOU to get the support you need.
Hi! I am in the process of relocating from the Bay Area to Santa Barbara. Currently offering tele-health while I secure an office space for in person sessions. I have worked with couples going through significant life changes, teenagers (and their parents) who have behavioral struggles, blended families redefining household dynamics, people who are having "mental blocks" that prevent them from accomplishing their goals, young adults at risk of hospitalization, and everything in between. My goal as a therapist is to support you on your journey. Whatever that may be! This space is reserved solely for YOU to get the support you need.
It is my privilege to support folks in their healing, growth and attaining their desired changes. In my 13 yrs in practice, I developed an eclectic approach in which I try to get clients their progress as early as possible, customizing a variety of methods. During sessions, I give my full attention, compassion, skills-teaching, and honest feedback. I customize sessions for what they need (consider their upbringing, values, goals & ability). I work with clients of a wide range of cultural, political, religious, or spiritual backgrounds/value systems. Focus is on clients feeling more self-empowered, at peace & self-satisfied.
It is my privilege to support folks in their healing, growth and attaining their desired changes. In my 13 yrs in practice, I developed an eclectic approach in which I try to get clients their progress as early as possible, customizing a variety of methods. During sessions, I give my full attention, compassion, skills-teaching, and honest feedback. I customize sessions for what they need (consider their upbringing, values, goals & ability). I work with clients of a wide range of cultural, political, religious, or spiritual backgrounds/value systems. Focus is on clients feeling more self-empowered, at peace & self-satisfied.
Is your child struggling with their emotions and behavior that affects your day-to-day life and their ability to manage how they’re feeling in a healthy way? Do you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or lost in trying to figure out how to best support your child? You are not alone. In this post-COVID era, children and teens are struggling with emotional regulation more than ever, and parents are faced with challenges beyond the typical stressors of parenting. 1 in 5 teens struggle with a mental health disorder, few get the treatment that they need to overcome these issues (CDC).
Is your child struggling with their emotions and behavior that affects your day-to-day life and their ability to manage how they’re feeling in a healthy way? Do you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or lost in trying to figure out how to best support your child? You are not alone. In this post-COVID era, children and teens are struggling with emotional regulation more than ever, and parents are faced with challenges beyond the typical stressors of parenting. 1 in 5 teens struggle with a mental health disorder, few get the treatment that they need to overcome these issues (CDC).
People seek me out when feeling dissatisfied with their life in some way, and together we work on creative & effective ways to: identify & manage emotions; be more present; feel more calm & joyful; increase self-compassion & self-esteem; build healthier relationships; move towards goals & dreams; and connect with their authentic self. Maybe you've never tried therapy and want to check it out, or you've "done therapy" in the past, but seek a different approach or are tired of "just talking." Trained in art therapy, EMDR, dreamwork, mindfulness, somatic awareness & more, I offer unique, affirming & integrative therapy experiences.
People seek me out when feeling dissatisfied with their life in some way, and together we work on creative & effective ways to: identify & manage emotions; be more present; feel more calm & joyful; increase self-compassion & self-esteem; build healthier relationships; move towards goals & dreams; and connect with their authentic self. Maybe you've never tried therapy and want to check it out, or you've "done therapy" in the past, but seek a different approach or are tired of "just talking." Trained in art therapy, EMDR, dreamwork, mindfulness, somatic awareness & more, I offer unique, affirming & integrative therapy experiences.
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Number of Therapists in Goleta, CA
200+
Average cost per session
$175
Therapists in Goleta, CA who prioritize treating:
| 91% | Anxiety |
| 84% | Depression |
| 76% | Relationship Issues |
| 70% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 68% | Self Esteem |
| 64% | Grief |
| 63% | Stress |
Average years in practice
12 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 60% | Aetna |
| 52% | Cigna and Evernorth |
| 49% | UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH |
How Therapists in Goleta, CA see their clients
| 83% | In Person and Online | |
| 17% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 79% | Female | |
| 20% | Male | |
| 1% | Non-Binary |