Therapists in San Mateo County, CA
![Photo of Dr. Natalie A. Ma, PhD, Psychologist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/797da2ba-abc6-4859-a733-df457bf2bcf5/1/320x400.jpeg)
I am an Asian-American therapist offering culturally sensitive mental health care using DBT and EMDR. DBT helps with emotion regulation, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. EMDR addresses past trauma with precision and compassion. I honor cultural values and beliefs, creating a safe healing space for clients. Let's work together to cultivate resilience and empower you to live a life aligned with your values.
I am an Asian-American therapist offering culturally sensitive mental health care using DBT and EMDR. DBT helps with emotion regulation, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. EMDR addresses past trauma with precision and compassion. I honor cultural values and beliefs, creating a safe healing space for clients. Let's work together to cultivate resilience and empower you to live a life aligned with your values.
![Photo of CK Olivieri Blackmore, MFT, PhD, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/10e4c5c2-a96f-4c78-a265-45b0c4faa3af/1/320x400.jpeg)
CK Olivieri Blackmore
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT, PhD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Pacifica, CA 94044 (Online Only)
CK Olivieri Blackmore is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who approaches life with warmth, compassion, and creativity. CK specializes in relationship dynamics, post-traumatic stress disorders, and developmental life transitions. She is particularly adept at issues pertaining to the queer community and their loved ones. CK utilizes eclectic modalities such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, EFT, Gottman, and IFS to navigate the nuanced needs of her diverse clientele and the associated sexual and gendered concerns that arise. Blending insight-oriented and behavioral change practices, CK works from a quirky and truly innovative lens.
CK Olivieri Blackmore is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who approaches life with warmth, compassion, and creativity. CK specializes in relationship dynamics, post-traumatic stress disorders, and developmental life transitions. She is particularly adept at issues pertaining to the queer community and their loved ones. CK utilizes eclectic modalities such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, EFT, Gottman, and IFS to navigate the nuanced needs of her diverse clientele and the associated sexual and gendered concerns that arise. Blending insight-oriented and behavioral change practices, CK works from a quirky and truly innovative lens.
![Photo of Erica L Spartos, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/54f504e2-f75f-4922-b2bc-159606e88705/2/320x400.jpeg)
I welcome individuals, families and adolescents to my private practice. A few of my specialties: Standard EMDR therapy protocols to resolve trauma and other related symptoms; Teaching coping & life skills to safely & effectively improve sleep and reduce stress, anxiety & depression; Helping adolescents and young people thrive by addressing low-self-esteem, relationship issues, ADHD and behavioral challenges; Supporting individuals and families through issues around substance use & co-occurring disorders; Providing a compassionate and supportive place for you to explore balance, self-awareness and life satisfaction.
I welcome individuals, families and adolescents to my private practice. A few of my specialties: Standard EMDR therapy protocols to resolve trauma and other related symptoms; Teaching coping & life skills to safely & effectively improve sleep and reduce stress, anxiety & depression; Helping adolescents and young people thrive by addressing low-self-esteem, relationship issues, ADHD and behavioral challenges; Supporting individuals and families through issues around substance use & co-occurring disorders; Providing a compassionate and supportive place for you to explore balance, self-awareness and life satisfaction.
![Photo of Colin Fyfe, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/e1c84a05-7734-4207-9a37-795aa5bddbfb/1/320x400.jpeg)
Human connection is the catalyst needed to explore any underlining psychic distress. In my psychotherapy practice, I prioritize fostering a collaborative relationship to provide emotional and personal safety, allowing you to dive beneath the surface to better understand the underlying causes of your personal distress. The goal is, through exploration, to create opportunities for you to become more self-aware of your own thoughts and feelings, empowering you to re-create new ways of connecting to yourself and loved ones
Human connection is the catalyst needed to explore any underlining psychic distress. In my psychotherapy practice, I prioritize fostering a collaborative relationship to provide emotional and personal safety, allowing you to dive beneath the surface to better understand the underlying causes of your personal distress. The goal is, through exploration, to create opportunities for you to become more self-aware of your own thoughts and feelings, empowering you to re-create new ways of connecting to yourself and loved ones
![Photo of Parisa Javanbakhsh, LMFT, MS, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/a3c548b2-86ae-4c67-a1d7-39627f41cb2a/1/320x400.png)
In a warm, gentle, and safe environment, I help you feel understood and find hope and healing. My 8+ years of experience in the mental health field allows me to bring a deep understanding and compassion to my work with individuals, couples, families, and groups of all ages who find themselves at a crossroads in life. I recognize that no two clients are the same and that healing can be challenging, so we will take it at your pace and therapy will be customized to meet your unique needs and to be realistic for your lifestyle.
In a warm, gentle, and safe environment, I help you feel understood and find hope and healing. My 8+ years of experience in the mental health field allows me to bring a deep understanding and compassion to my work with individuals, couples, families, and groups of all ages who find themselves at a crossroads in life. I recognize that no two clients are the same and that healing can be challenging, so we will take it at your pace and therapy will be customized to meet your unique needs and to be realistic for your lifestyle.
![Photo of Barbara Ochsner-Walsh, MA, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/3d40c1e4-46cd-11ea-a6ad-06142c356176/2/320x400.jpeg)
With more than 20 yrs as a life coach and now a clinical psychologist as well, I work with the elderly and their family members who are experiencing gerontological issues. This can be either within the family or in a residential setting. I work with couples in primary relationships with external issues that can include unemployment, substance abuse, parenting, as well as those specific to the relationship such as communication difficulties and maintaining a healthy sexual/intimate life. For individuals who are stuck in any area, together we'll identify the issues and how to resolve them.
With more than 20 yrs as a life coach and now a clinical psychologist as well, I work with the elderly and their family members who are experiencing gerontological issues. This can be either within the family or in a residential setting. I work with couples in primary relationships with external issues that can include unemployment, substance abuse, parenting, as well as those specific to the relationship such as communication difficulties and maintaining a healthy sexual/intimate life. For individuals who are stuck in any area, together we'll identify the issues and how to resolve them.
![Photo of Sapna Saha, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/6af00680-8da6-4676-9420-f413fe6f871d/2/320x400.jpeg)
We all have the need to be seen, heard and valued. I would like to provide you a safe space and, a strength based approach for your journey. I strive to form a therapeutic relationship through trust and genuineness. Together we can work towards gaining new perspectives about your unique journey. Struggling with anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, low self-esteem can be extremely challenging. I understand and validate your difficulties, and with a little help you can work through your struggles and manage the cycle of stress.
We all have the need to be seen, heard and valued. I would like to provide you a safe space and, a strength based approach for your journey. I strive to form a therapeutic relationship through trust and genuineness. Together we can work towards gaining new perspectives about your unique journey. Struggling with anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, low self-esteem can be extremely challenging. I understand and validate your difficulties, and with a little help you can work through your struggles and manage the cycle of stress.
![Photo of John Hedley, LMFT, JD, BSCS, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/a167c7fa-ceb7-4f7f-9dc1-f2c744dbb8f9/2/320x400.jpeg)
John Hedley
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, JD, BSCS
Verified Verified
Menlo Park, CA 94025 (Online Only)
My clients are looking for change in their lives. I like to work with clients not only on what they are changing, but where their current behavior comes from. I investigate the behavior my clients are exhibiting and the story behind it. The benefit to the client is not just that we can work to alter that behavior that no longer serves them, but that, because we've made the story behind it more conscious, we can observe and change other behaviors related to that story that might keep them from growing.
My clients are looking for change in their lives. I like to work with clients not only on what they are changing, but where their current behavior comes from. I investigate the behavior my clients are exhibiting and the story behind it. The benefit to the client is not just that we can work to alter that behavior that no longer serves them, but that, because we've made the story behind it more conscious, we can observe and change other behaviors related to that story that might keep them from growing.
![Photo of Kelli Collins - Two Chairs - Seattle, PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, Counselor](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/ad0a8af0-dac8-4390-b9d1-48de7c68c7c6/1/320x400.png)
Two Chairs was founded in 2017 with a mission to build a world where everyone has access to exceptional mental healthcare. We're creating a better experience for both patients and clinicians by starting with an in-depth, research-backed matching process to ensure the ideal patient-therapist fit, offering hybrid care that gives patients and clinicians flexibility between in-person and virtual sessions, and measuring outcomes to ensure patients get better faster.
Two Chairs was founded in 2017 with a mission to build a world where everyone has access to exceptional mental healthcare. We're creating a better experience for both patients and clinicians by starting with an in-depth, research-backed matching process to ensure the ideal patient-therapist fit, offering hybrid care that gives patients and clinicians flexibility between in-person and virtual sessions, and measuring outcomes to ensure patients get better faster.
![Photo of Sye Gratz, RDT, MA, 200 RYT](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/a0566779-e4b3-41c6-86e2-10ddab8206f3/1/320x400.jpeg)
Sye Gratz
RDT, MA, 200 RYT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
San Mateo, CA 94401
Waitlist for new clients
I am a nonbinary, queer, neuroqueer, white, ashkenazi jewish healer. I support queer creatives & nonconformists honor authenticity beyond the binary. My practice offers a somatic, creative, relational, and liberatory justice approach to caregiver recovery/codependencey, developmental trauma, post traumatic stress, and anxiety. I hold a non-pathologizing stance, encouraging a sense creativity in the healing journey for resistance, agency, & QT joy. I have a passion for supporting LGBTQQIP2SAA+ community with big transitions, systemic harm, relationship healing, & all who had to "grow up too quickly" in childhood.
I am a nonbinary, queer, neuroqueer, white, ashkenazi jewish healer. I support queer creatives & nonconformists honor authenticity beyond the binary. My practice offers a somatic, creative, relational, and liberatory justice approach to caregiver recovery/codependencey, developmental trauma, post traumatic stress, and anxiety. I hold a non-pathologizing stance, encouraging a sense creativity in the healing journey for resistance, agency, & QT joy. I have a passion for supporting LGBTQQIP2SAA+ community with big transitions, systemic harm, relationship healing, & all who had to "grow up too quickly" in childhood.
![Photo of Rhiannon Garcia-Penning, MA, Marriage & Family Therapist Associate](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/647a5bb2-fe4b-4a83-bac9-f21ba81a6d16/1/320x400.jpeg)
Rhiannon Garcia-Penning
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA
Verified Verified
Daly City, CA 94013 (Online Only)
I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences (139350) working at Noires Somatics via telehealth. I enjoy really getting to know my clients and working together to identify goals and build a comprehensive treatment plan. This is a jumping-off point for our work, where I integrate various therapeutic styles that match your individual or relationship needs to support you or your partnership to reach your goals. I use a strengths-based approach to strengthen your current skills and build new ones. I currently work with teens, young adults, adults, and couples.
I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences (139350) working at Noires Somatics via telehealth. I enjoy really getting to know my clients and working together to identify goals and build a comprehensive treatment plan. This is a jumping-off point for our work, where I integrate various therapeutic styles that match your individual or relationship needs to support you or your partnership to reach your goals. I use a strengths-based approach to strengthen your current skills and build new ones. I currently work with teens, young adults, adults, and couples.
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![Photo of Kelli Collins - Two Chairs - San Francisco/Oakland, PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/6836e74a-bb4b-4f36-b440-7296e530a373/1/320x400.png)
Two Chairs - San Francisco/Oakland
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMFT, LPCC
Verified Verified
Daly City, CA 94015
Two Chairs was founded in 2017 with a mission to build a world where everyone has access to exceptional mental healthcare. We're creating a better experience for both patients and clinicians by starting with an in-depth, research-backed matching process to ensure the ideal patient-therapist fit, offering hybrid care that gives patients and clinicians flexibility between in-person and virtual sessions, and measuring outcomes to ensure patients get better faster.
Two Chairs was founded in 2017 with a mission to build a world where everyone has access to exceptional mental healthcare. We're creating a better experience for both patients and clinicians by starting with an in-depth, research-backed matching process to ensure the ideal patient-therapist fit, offering hybrid care that gives patients and clinicians flexibility between in-person and virtual sessions, and measuring outcomes to ensure patients get better faster.
![Photo of Andrea D Hayes, LCSW, Clinical Social Work/Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/4bb85666-46cd-11ea-a6ad-06142c356176/2/320x400.jpeg)
Choosing a therapist is often an overwhelming ordeal. How do you know who to choose? What can you expect from this experience? Being vulnerable emotionally often feels intimidating. At the root of it, regardless of their individual issues, most people are simply struggling to be themselves. The human condition yearns for authenticity.... to be the best we can be, to be known and accepted, especially by one's self. I provide a use of humor and a non-judgmental yet very reality based environment where authenticity and self direction can be safely built at your own pace. You will then be able to realize the path that is best for you
Choosing a therapist is often an overwhelming ordeal. How do you know who to choose? What can you expect from this experience? Being vulnerable emotionally often feels intimidating. At the root of it, regardless of their individual issues, most people are simply struggling to be themselves. The human condition yearns for authenticity.... to be the best we can be, to be known and accepted, especially by one's self. I provide a use of humor and a non-judgmental yet very reality based environment where authenticity and self direction can be safely built at your own pace. You will then be able to realize the path that is best for you
![Photo of Toni-Joan Mocci - Octave - Oakland Clinic, PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/e4b88c14-b79f-4e91-a944-a30d8de01b76/1/320x400.jpeg)
Octave - Oakland Clinic
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Bruno, CA 94066 (Online Only)
Octave is a modern practice creating a new standard for mental health care that’s both high-quality and accessible. We partner with you to develop personalized plans that can include individual, couples, and family therapy to best suit your needs. Grounded in science, our approach enables you to experience profound change that is just as measurable as it is meaningful. Learn more at www.findoctave.com
Octave is a modern practice creating a new standard for mental health care that’s both high-quality and accessible. We partner with you to develop personalized plans that can include individual, couples, and family therapy to best suit your needs. Grounded in science, our approach enables you to experience profound change that is just as measurable as it is meaningful. Learn more at www.findoctave.com
![Photo of Natasha Kharbanda, LCSW, Clinical Social Work/Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/755c08ba-6166-4f2f-ad8b-9a5c0f7ece16/2/320x400.jpeg)
Natasha Kharbanda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Redwood City, CA 94061
I believe that we are all just people trying to do the best we can. Because each one of us is unique, I employ a non-judgmental approach utilizing treatment techniques that suit you and your situation. We will work together to identify the improvements you wish to make in your life, and the steps required to achieve it. I have a very empathetic and compassionate approach towards my clients, and I believe in meeting them where they are in this journey towards self-enlightenment.
I believe that we are all just people trying to do the best we can. Because each one of us is unique, I employ a non-judgmental approach utilizing treatment techniques that suit you and your situation. We will work together to identify the improvements you wish to make in your life, and the steps required to achieve it. I have a very empathetic and compassionate approach towards my clients, and I believe in meeting them where they are in this journey towards self-enlightenment.
![Photo of Melinda Haynes - Family & Children's Counseling Services, Inc., MA, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/34dae430-9773-4183-a1c7-942a7c946a0f/1/320x400.jpeg)
Family & Children's Counseling Services, Inc.
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Mateo, CA 94404 (Online Only)
When our children's hearts have been broken, our hearts break, too. Parents often struggle with knowing how to care for a hurting child. The child's behaviors can be challenging. A parent's own unhealed wounds get triggered. Then, there's the parenting guilt! It can be overwhelming. We understand and we are here to help.
When our children's hearts have been broken, our hearts break, too. Parents often struggle with knowing how to care for a hurting child. The child's behaviors can be challenging. A parent's own unhealed wounds get triggered. Then, there's the parenting guilt! It can be overwhelming. We understand and we are here to help.
![Photo of Emily Peltason, MA, LMFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/22297382-3ff1-4bf9-b224-e5317b888348/1/320x400.jpeg)
Emily Peltason
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Redwood City, CA 94059 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Wherever you find yourself right now, I am here to support you in your journey to connect with yourself or others, gain understanding, experience relief, and, ultimately, build a more satisfying life. Whether you are struggling with depression, anxiety, or feelings of being stuck, therapy presents an opportunity to shift your experience and grow your capacity for change. Effective therapy produces relief from suffering, but not only that: it is also makes way for a new sense of freedom to emerge, rendering once unthinkable choices or ways of being in the world newly within reach.
Wherever you find yourself right now, I am here to support you in your journey to connect with yourself or others, gain understanding, experience relief, and, ultimately, build a more satisfying life. Whether you are struggling with depression, anxiety, or feelings of being stuck, therapy presents an opportunity to shift your experience and grow your capacity for change. Effective therapy produces relief from suffering, but not only that: it is also makes way for a new sense of freedom to emerge, rendering once unthinkable choices or ways of being in the world newly within reach.
![Photo of Amber Miller, PhD, Psychologist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/025add08-6e6f-4d07-8488-5a84ecb7d30f/2/320x400.jpeg)
I am a licensed psychologist specializing in working with children, teens, young adults, parents, and families who struggle with a wide range of mental health concerns. I am committed to using evidence-based treatments and personalizing them to fit your particular needs. I primarily use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to guide my treatment approach, but also use Family Based Therapy for EDs (FBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and other evidence-based treatments.
I am a licensed psychologist specializing in working with children, teens, young adults, parents, and families who struggle with a wide range of mental health concerns. I am committed to using evidence-based treatments and personalizing them to fit your particular needs. I primarily use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to guide my treatment approach, but also use Family Based Therapy for EDs (FBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and other evidence-based treatments.
![Photo of Elizabeth (Lisa) Ann Herendeen, LCSW, MEd, Clinical Social Work/Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/4d1536d8-46cd-11ea-a6ad-06142c356176/2/320x400.jpeg)
Elizabeth (Lisa) Ann Herendeen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MEd
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Emerald Hills, CA 94062
Are your seeking a more peaceful and harmonious life? One that can hold both the challenges and the goodness? Therapy can help. My style is warm, empathic, and collaborative. I use evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness and brain science. I would like to help you tackle what is impeding you and open up new options so that you can make good decisions and create more happiness for you and your loved ones.
Are your seeking a more peaceful and harmonious life? One that can hold both the challenges and the goodness? Therapy can help. My style is warm, empathic, and collaborative. I use evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness and brain science. I would like to help you tackle what is impeding you and open up new options so that you can make good decisions and create more happiness for you and your loved ones.
![Photo of Kendra Bloom, LMHC, MA](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/91537c5c-6316-4a0e-bbe0-68bcd233f3bf/2/320x400.jpeg)
I have been working with individuals, couples and executives for over fifteen years. I provide efficient, profound and sustainable solutions for reworking old patterns or old wounds and finding new ways of being, working, living, and loving. My offering is to empower you with the tools to take your life, business and relationships to the next level in deep and lasting ways. My work combines modern neurobiology, developmental and positive psychology, attachment theory, consciousness science and somatics. I am right here with you for the journey.
I have been working with individuals, couples and executives for over fifteen years. I provide efficient, profound and sustainable solutions for reworking old patterns or old wounds and finding new ways of being, working, living, and loving. My offering is to empower you with the tools to take your life, business and relationships to the next level in deep and lasting ways. My work combines modern neurobiology, developmental and positive psychology, attachment theory, consciousness science and somatics. I am right here with you for the journey.