Couples Counseling Therapists in San Luis Obispo, CA
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Hello, and welcome! I'm Josh Javedanfar, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and I'm here to support you on your journey toward improved mental well-being. With a compassionate and personalized approach, I strive to create a safe space for exploration, healing, and growth. I tailor all my therapeutic techniques to meet your unique needs. I work with and have had experience working with individuals, families, and couples of diverse backgrounds and ages who may be facing a wide range of mental health concerns.
Hello, and welcome! I'm Josh Javedanfar, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and I'm here to support you on your journey toward improved mental well-being. With a compassionate and personalized approach, I strive to create a safe space for exploration, healing, and growth. I tailor all my therapeutic techniques to meet your unique needs. I work with and have had experience working with individuals, families, and couples of diverse backgrounds and ages who may be facing a wide range of mental health concerns.
![Photo of Marie A Chaney, MA, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/03cac20e-31e3-4ba4-ada1-616c1d505574/2/320x400.jpeg)
My experience includes: addiction counseling, intervention, veterans, first responders & trauma survivors with PTSD, same sex couples, families & teens aged 12 to 17.
I specialize in treating survivors! So many of us have endured abuse, trauma or self induced addictions. Many of us are haunted by our past or stuck in our current situations. How do we balance our hectic lives emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually? How do we find peace, happiness and fulfillment, or at least the absence of anxiety and depression? If you are not happy with your life, sometimes a little help is all it takes. Let me assist you in doing more than just surviving, but in thriving and finding your best life!
My experience includes: addiction counseling, intervention, veterans, first responders & trauma survivors with PTSD, same sex couples, families & teens aged 12 to 17.
I specialize in treating survivors! So many of us have endured abuse, trauma or self induced addictions. Many of us are haunted by our past or stuck in our current situations. How do we balance our hectic lives emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually? How do we find peace, happiness and fulfillment, or at least the absence of anxiety and depression? If you are not happy with your life, sometimes a little help is all it takes. Let me assist you in doing more than just surviving, but in thriving and finding your best life!
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Nicole T Zuniga
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (Online Only)
Beginning the journey of therapy can be a hard decision but one that can be life changing. In my practice I am focused on supporting individuals, couples, and families reach their therapeutic goals through processing, connection, and skill building. My background is in community based behavioral health and I have experience with clients of all ages and various level of need. Whether you're a mom like me struggling with the stress of raising children, someone trying to cope with a recent or historical traumatic event, or just someone interested in personal growth, I could be the right fit for you.
Beginning the journey of therapy can be a hard decision but one that can be life changing. In my practice I am focused on supporting individuals, couples, and families reach their therapeutic goals through processing, connection, and skill building. My background is in community based behavioral health and I have experience with clients of all ages and various level of need. Whether you're a mom like me struggling with the stress of raising children, someone trying to cope with a recent or historical traumatic event, or just someone interested in personal growth, I could be the right fit for you.
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Christin Frederick
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (Online Only)
Let’s sort out your most difficult emotions and complicated relationships and get new perspective on what is possible in a healthy relationship.
Clients of Joya Sagrada Therapy experience a deeply empathetic approach to care, emphasizing an unwavering commitment to hearing the often muted or misunderstood voices of pain and struggle, offering support that is as compassionate as it is comprehensive. It’s about creating a space where every individual feels seen and heard, where suffering is met with kindness, and where every effort is made to light the way toward hope and healing. This approach is grounded in a holistic and compassionate understanding of human needs and behaviors.
Let’s sort out your most difficult emotions and complicated relationships and get new perspective on what is possible in a healthy relationship.
Clients of Joya Sagrada Therapy experience a deeply empathetic approach to care, emphasizing an unwavering commitment to hearing the often muted or misunderstood voices of pain and struggle, offering support that is as compassionate as it is comprehensive. It’s about creating a space where every individual feels seen and heard, where suffering is met with kindness, and where every effort is made to light the way toward hope and healing. This approach is grounded in a holistic and compassionate understanding of human needs and behaviors.
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Nicole Williams Marriage and Family Therapy Inc
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
I practice a person-centered, relationship-based, collaborative approach to therapy, and I endeavor to maintain a practice sensitive to diversity, oppression, and cultural humility.
I work with individuals who desire a deeper connection within themselves and with important people in their lives. This may include family members, intimate partners, friends, and business colleagues. I have a special interest in working with veterans and neurodiverse individuals. I practice trauma-informed care and deeply value ongoing training and learning.
I practice a person-centered, relationship-based, collaborative approach to therapy, and I endeavor to maintain a practice sensitive to diversity, oppression, and cultural humility.
I work with individuals who desire a deeper connection within themselves and with important people in their lives. This may include family members, intimate partners, friends, and business colleagues. I have a special interest in working with veterans and neurodiverse individuals. I practice trauma-informed care and deeply value ongoing training and learning.
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Camille DeBruin
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Life is more enjoyable when we are feeling whole, healthy and connected to the important people around us. But sometimes our reality is disconnection, frustration, stress, and hopelessness. How can this be happening to me? Especially now! Most of us assume the journey to parenthood will be smooth and easy, rarely is that the reality. I support individuals and couples from the early stages of trying to conceive through the stress of launching adults and all the stages in the middle. My role is to be a coach as you try new strategies, process difficult feelings and work through challenges. You do not have to do this alone.
Life is more enjoyable when we are feeling whole, healthy and connected to the important people around us. But sometimes our reality is disconnection, frustration, stress, and hopelessness. How can this be happening to me? Especially now! Most of us assume the journey to parenthood will be smooth and easy, rarely is that the reality. I support individuals and couples from the early stages of trying to conceive through the stress of launching adults and all the stages in the middle. My role is to be a coach as you try new strategies, process difficult feelings and work through challenges. You do not have to do this alone.
![Photo of Holli Rodriguez, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/48b8b00a-8bbe-4196-aad0-33736055e166/3/320x400.jpeg)
With a background in counseling and early childhood mental health with special trainings in Gottman couples therapy and perinatal mental health, I have a commitment to evidence-based practices.
Hi! I am Holli, group owner and a dedicated Therapist committed to helping individuals, couples, and families navigate the complexities of life transitions, relationships and personal growth.
With a background in counseling and early childhood mental health with special trainings in Gottman couples therapy and perinatal mental health, I have a commitment to evidence-based practices.
Hi! I am Holli, group owner and a dedicated Therapist committed to helping individuals, couples, and families navigate the complexities of life transitions, relationships and personal growth.
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Lindsay Beck
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Is everyone getting pregnant around you and you've been trying for years? Are you stressed and tired going through assisted reproductive treatments? Did you have a baby and it’s not all you thought it would be? Are you struggling with postpartum depression or anxiety? Has the transition to parents been difficult on your relationship? You are NOT alone. Do you want a safe space to be validated, learn coping skills and be supported? I am here for you.
Is everyone getting pregnant around you and you've been trying for years? Are you stressed and tired going through assisted reproductive treatments? Did you have a baby and it’s not all you thought it would be? Are you struggling with postpartum depression or anxiety? Has the transition to parents been difficult on your relationship? You are NOT alone. Do you want a safe space to be validated, learn coping skills and be supported? I am here for you.
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Travis L Harleston
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
I especially enjoy working with couples, adults, and troubled/at-risk youth.
Life's too short to have things continue like this. Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or depressed? Do you want healthier relationships with your loved ones or significant other? Have you experienced a loss of a job or loved one - survived a traumatic event? Call my office, together we can work to achieve your personal goals and true potential. Today you are one step closer to a new you, where you feel empowered and on a positive path to growth and well-being. My goal is to help you uncover your true potential, overcome barriers to change, and help you live the life you deserve.
I especially enjoy working with couples, adults, and troubled/at-risk youth.
Life's too short to have things continue like this. Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or depressed? Do you want healthier relationships with your loved ones or significant other? Have you experienced a loss of a job or loved one - survived a traumatic event? Call my office, together we can work to achieve your personal goals and true potential. Today you are one step closer to a new you, where you feel empowered and on a positive path to growth and well-being. My goal is to help you uncover your true potential, overcome barriers to change, and help you live the life you deserve.
![Photo of Anita Sandler, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/8d251702-3420-4588-a4c3-12c44f444690/2/320x400.jpeg)
I'm Anita Sandler, a California Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist with over 20 years of experience. I have worked in a variety of settings including outpatient, inpatient, and community mental health clinics. I have had great success helping clients overcome symptoms related to depression, anxiety, and trauma. I also provide counseling to couples/families to increase communication skills, and to survivors of domestic violence to help recapture their confidence. The theoretical orientation that I prefer is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which is based on the concept that your thoughts, feelings, and behavior are interconnected.
I'm Anita Sandler, a California Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist with over 20 years of experience. I have worked in a variety of settings including outpatient, inpatient, and community mental health clinics. I have had great success helping clients overcome symptoms related to depression, anxiety, and trauma. I also provide counseling to couples/families to increase communication skills, and to survivors of domestic violence to help recapture their confidence. The theoretical orientation that I prefer is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which is based on the concept that your thoughts, feelings, and behavior are interconnected.
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Hans Michael Kulla-Mader
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Therapy to me, in the most basic of senses, is about what is possible when two people form a genuine relationship. That is what I strive to do with my clients, show up as my full self and use what I have learned to help support them however they want to be helped. In my experience, when two people show up as their full selves and are willing to put in the work, moments of insight occur that reverberate outside of the therapeutic space and change lives for the better: anxieties begin to lessen, the heaviness of depression begins to feel lighter, life transitions feel less overwhelming and more manageable.
Therapy to me, in the most basic of senses, is about what is possible when two people form a genuine relationship. That is what I strive to do with my clients, show up as my full self and use what I have learned to help support them however they want to be helped. In my experience, when two people show up as their full selves and are willing to put in the work, moments of insight occur that reverberate outside of the therapeutic space and change lives for the better: anxieties begin to lessen, the heaviness of depression begins to feel lighter, life transitions feel less overwhelming and more manageable.
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Megan Richert
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
At Bloom Maternal Therapy we offer individual and couples therapy for women and their partners during the challenges of pre-conception, pregnancy & postpartum.
Do you struggle with anxiety or depression as a mom with a newborn or young children? Do you feel overwhelmed and overstimulated when your kids are around? Do you ever wonder if this is all there is to motherhood? Now more than ever, women with young children are experiencing high rates of pregnancy or postpartum depression and anxiety due to increasing demands both at home and in the workforce, relationship strain and the lack of support.
At Bloom Maternal Therapy we offer individual and couples therapy for women and their partners during the challenges of pre-conception, pregnancy & postpartum.
Do you struggle with anxiety or depression as a mom with a newborn or young children? Do you feel overwhelmed and overstimulated when your kids are around? Do you ever wonder if this is all there is to motherhood? Now more than ever, women with young children are experiencing high rates of pregnancy or postpartum depression and anxiety due to increasing demands both at home and in the workforce, relationship strain and the lack of support.
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Ann Margaret Stillingfleet
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
I choose to see life's challenges as invitations to know ourselves more honestly, and to accept ourselves as we are. I believe that when individuals are self-aware they experience life as more meaningful and challenges as less distressing. I help individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, life transitions and relationship issues, to embrace their wholeness and strengthen inner resources not yet recognized. From this place of knowing and alternate or adjusted perspective, individuals develop compassion for self and other, gain confidence in relationships, and feel more assured in their ability to address the challenges life presents.
I choose to see life's challenges as invitations to know ourselves more honestly, and to accept ourselves as we are. I believe that when individuals are self-aware they experience life as more meaningful and challenges as less distressing. I help individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, life transitions and relationship issues, to embrace their wholeness and strengthen inner resources not yet recognized. From this place of knowing and alternate or adjusted perspective, individuals develop compassion for self and other, gain confidence in relationships, and feel more assured in their ability to address the challenges life presents.
![Photo of Pia Byron, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/9069010d-30a3-489c-b158-2ae1c616cb81/2/320x400.jpeg)
All couples experience issues in their relationship. This is the challenge that comes with the incredible closeness of intimacy. Sometimes, when things seem fraught or tense, I suspect that each of you become an island: disconnected, reactive, defensive, adversarial. One or both of you are unable to see or hear anything EXCEPT: “it’s me against you.” Do you want something else: to break this cycle and relate to each other with care and respect as partners?
All couples experience issues in their relationship. This is the challenge that comes with the incredible closeness of intimacy. Sometimes, when things seem fraught or tense, I suspect that each of you become an island: disconnected, reactive, defensive, adversarial. One or both of you are unable to see or hear anything EXCEPT: “it’s me against you.” Do you want something else: to break this cycle and relate to each other with care and respect as partners?
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Seleste Consuelo Bowers
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DHA, LCSW
Verified Verified
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (Online Only)
Life isn't always how we plan it to be. If you are experiencing distress, emotional discomfort or sadness over experiences or relationships, therapy can help. As a trained and licensed therapist, I will partner with you to support healing and insight. s.
Life isn't always how we plan it to be. If you are experiencing distress, emotional discomfort or sadness over experiences or relationships, therapy can help. As a trained and licensed therapist, I will partner with you to support healing and insight. s.
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Marissa Colangelo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
San Luis Obispo, CA 93402 (Online Only)
I truly care about the well being of my clients and go to great lengths to build a strong rapport, as a therapeutic relationship is often the foundation to change.
My ideal Client is someone who is motivated to work on themselves and dive deeper into emotional wounds that create barriers to your every day life. Being ready for change is an important factor in treatment feeling beneficial and we aren’t always motivated for change. Honesty and openness are key ingredients to building a life worth living, even on the days we feel burnt out and unmotivated.
I truly care about the well being of my clients and go to great lengths to build a strong rapport, as a therapeutic relationship is often the foundation to change.
My ideal Client is someone who is motivated to work on themselves and dive deeper into emotional wounds that create barriers to your every day life. Being ready for change is an important factor in treatment feeling beneficial and we aren’t always motivated for change. Honesty and openness are key ingredients to building a life worth living, even on the days we feel burnt out and unmotivated.
![Photo of Leslie Stuart, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/52386319-09fa-4c3d-8c89-0b7a58e39536/1/320x400.jpeg)
My clients include those experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, codependency, destructive relationship patterns, challenging life transitions and gender issues.
Life isn’t always for the faint of heart. It can feel frustrating, overwhelming and lonely. In my practice I strive to create a safe space where you can unwind and share who you are and what you are struggling with all while feeling heard, accepted and valued. My approach is warm, compassionate, and curious. I love my work and I am genuinely interested in getting to know you, how you see the world and how we can work together to achieve your desired goal.
My clients include those experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, codependency, destructive relationship patterns, challenging life transitions and gender issues.
Life isn’t always for the faint of heart. It can feel frustrating, overwhelming and lonely. In my practice I strive to create a safe space where you can unwind and share who you are and what you are struggling with all while feeling heard, accepted and valued. My approach is warm, compassionate, and curious. I love my work and I am genuinely interested in getting to know you, how you see the world and how we can work together to achieve your desired goal.
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Russell W French Psychologist Psyd
Registered Psychological Associate, PsyD, RPA
Verified Verified
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
I am happy to provide integrative therapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups.
There are many paths up the mountain. I believe that each individual is as unique as the pathway they select in life. On every path there are difficult challenges that bring questions. Why do I feel this way? What am I missing? Is what I'm feeling a mental illness? Is my brain functioning properly? Do I need professional help?
I am happy to provide integrative therapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups.
There are many paths up the mountain. I believe that each individual is as unique as the pathway they select in life. On every path there are difficult challenges that bring questions. Why do I feel this way? What am I missing? Is what I'm feeling a mental illness? Is my brain functioning properly? Do I need professional help?
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Are you feeling overwhelmed? Burned out? Perhaps you are in some difficult situation or relationship where you are feeling stuck.
Even the strongest and most skillful people sometimes lose their way. Past experiences do not always prepare you for the unique challenges that find you. You can feel very competent in one area of your life, and like a failure in another. An unforeseen trauma can overwhelm your ability to cope. Nearly everyone has some time in their life when they can benefit from a supportive other who attempts to see the world from their perspective and help navigate the path ahead. As a therapist, my job is to help my clients draw a road map to their desired life and to trouble shoot how to get around barriers, when they arise.
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Burned out? Perhaps you are in some difficult situation or relationship where you are feeling stuck.
Even the strongest and most skillful people sometimes lose their way. Past experiences do not always prepare you for the unique challenges that find you. You can feel very competent in one area of your life, and like a failure in another. An unforeseen trauma can overwhelm your ability to cope. Nearly everyone has some time in their life when they can benefit from a supportive other who attempts to see the world from their perspective and help navigate the path ahead. As a therapist, my job is to help my clients draw a road map to their desired life and to trouble shoot how to get around barriers, when they arise.
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Morgan Jo Stong
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate
Verified Verified
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (Online Only)
I am accepting new Telehealth Clients! I am a somatic therapist that holds value in the mind-body connection and embodying our fullest selves. I work relationally with individuals and couples experiencing a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, anger and LGBT+ specific concerns to name a few. I trust in the process of unfolding inherent to all humans, and in session I will help my clients to slow down and follow their natural drive toward healing and wholeness. It can be transformational to sit in the depths of your experience and find that you are not alone.
I am accepting new Telehealth Clients! I am a somatic therapist that holds value in the mind-body connection and embodying our fullest selves. I work relationally with individuals and couples experiencing a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, anger and LGBT+ specific concerns to name a few. I trust in the process of unfolding inherent to all humans, and in session I will help my clients to slow down and follow their natural drive toward healing and wholeness. It can be transformational to sit in the depths of your experience and find that you are not alone.