Therapists in San Mateo, CA

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist whose specialty is helping others improve their relationships. I believe that we all aspire to have deep, loving connections in our lives. I will help you to remove hurdles that may be impeding such connections in your life. Often, among these hurdles may be unhealed childhood experiences, baggage from previous relationships, and dysfunctional relating styles. Becoming more clear on what you have inherited from your family and what you developed as coping mechanisms will be the first step in aligning with your authentic self.

I have been providing child therapy and adult psychotherapy for 20 years. I am an active therapist, committed to staying deeply engaged in our moment-to-moment exchange. I enjoy working with clients who are psychologically minded, who want to get to know themselves better. I love helping people see their own potential, expand their beliefs about themselves and develop a growth mindset about their hopes and dreams. I currently have a home office where I still have a few daytime hours available and also I provide video counseling via HIPPA approved platform a couple of evenings during the week.

My name is Sabrina Taylor, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I have been practicing for over 17 years serving adults with various challenges. With your permission, I would like to be a part of your healing process through acceptance and change-oriented strategies. Focusing on the client's strengths and solution-focused approaches, I strive to help find a unique plan to create balance and become the best version of yourself. Although we do not always cause our own problems, we can choose to manage the challenges life brings. My approach to therapy is client-centered, solution-focused, and strength-based.

Are you feeling overwhelmed, depressed, or anxious? Feeling lonely, lost, or stuck? Are you experiencing trauma/PTSD symptoms? Or having interpersonal relationship difficulties? There is hope for you!

My approach to therapy focuses on creating a safe and authentic space for clients to explore their feelings, patterns, and options. I assist clients in articulating their therapy goals so that we can collaboratively build a positive and productive therapeutic relationship. With over 16 years of experience in private practice, I have worked with individuals facing a wide range of issues, including depression, anxiety, divorce, complex PTSD, grief, body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, self-harming behaviors, parenting issues, and various relationship struggles.

Therapy shouldn't have to be complicated or intimidating. What is most crucial-perhaps even more important than credentials or education-is that you feel comfortable with your therapist. I'm a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and have over 20 years experience working with individuals, couples, and adolescents.

In a marriage most people would like to feel appreciated and understood. Experiencing enjoyable moments and memories in our relationships. The confidence that we can receive support from our spouse and that we can share our needs. Being able to have moments of connection and intimacy. If you are struggling with relationship problems and find yourself feeling: lonely, frustrated unloved, insecure, angry, disconnected, empty, unfulfilled, and under appreciated, I would like to be your guide taking steps decrease relationship pain.

Is your child struggling at school? Are you feeling like you have failed as a parent? Anxiety can make us feel stuck, but at Izzo we help YOU, find YOUR light. We specialize in providing psychotherapy services to help your child evolve into their highest emotional potential. We enjoy working with kids, adolescents, young adults, older adults, families and couples. More specifically we want to help you overcome the unprocessed emotional trauma that is holding you back. Let’s free you from it together! Our clinicians work with the following issues ADHD, Depression, Trauma and learning disabilities.

Thank you for your interest in my practice. I have counseled children and adults from many environments including school settings, low income neighborhoods, and non-profit agencies. I use a relational and psycho-dynamic framework and cognitive behavioral techniques. Children, adolescents, and adults often struggle with the stress of family, school, relationships, and the work environment. I enjoy helping my clients develop strategies to cope with these pressures. My private practice serves children, adolescents and families, as well as child-parent dyads dealing with depression, anxiety, and recovery from trauma.

I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that works with children, couples, families, and individuals that are experiencing relational challenges in their lives and are in need of healthier emotional experiences and accompanying behaviors. My goal is to help clients navigate the complexities of life with a sense of security, peace, and learning. I have extensive history working with individuals, families and couples who are strained from challenging behaviors, unproductive familial patterns, and ongoing parent-child conflict.

If you feel like you are exhausted, anxious most of the time, or no longer have a fulfilled relationship, you are not alone.

Warm greetings, I welcome you and the challenges that you are encountering. I would like to offer my support and collaboration to understand your challenges and hopes and to develop helpful ways towards living a more beautiful life. As a foundation, I carry a strength-based approach that weaves a supportive fabric through this journey, where each person has unique qualities and gifts, some of which may be known and some not yet uncovered. Often difficulties in life bring opportunities for qualities to surface and in working with these challenges, skills can develop.

I work with children and teens struggling with problems around school, mood and behavior while providing developmental guidance and effective parenting skills for parents. I work extensively with adults struggling with relationship and mood problems while providing secrets of effective communication.. Through providing a safe and relaxed environment, I guide them through a process of self-examination of their own patterns of thoughts, feelings, and relationship styles that kept them from getting what they want.

Ok...let's start by talking, learning, and then we'll get coaching. Truthfully...you’re probably feeling stuck. Stuck in your relationship, your career, your role in life. Stuck with anxiety, stress, and unknowns. So, I keep it simple: first, let's just help you get...unstuck.

There's an authentic self in there. The real you! But life happens, loved ones fail to be who we needed them to be and we adapt. We take on other versions of ourselves to protect us from pain. Maybe a part of you is an Overachiever who will never let you feel failure again or a People-pleaser who will never let you feel loneliness again. I like to help clients get to know these parts, heal them and allow the authentic self to step forward.

Do you feel stuck or misunderstood and often have strong reactions towards others and can't seem to figure out if it's you or others? Often times our cultural identity and values intertwine into our current relationships creating tensions, stress and challenges. Our differences in communication styles, thinking patterns and ways of expressing our feelings maybe the reasons we are experiencing stress in our lives and our relationships. Psychotherapy can provide the opportunity for us to explore the distress and difficulties in your relationships in a safe space and deepen your self reflection of unconscious behaviors and patterns.

I provide phone and online sessions, please contact me by emails. I have 16 years of experience working with individuals and couples. To me, therapy is a form of healing that helps us find balance and psychological flexibility through a therapeutic process. Whether it is learning more coping skills or arriving to a new insight about ourselves, it is a journey of understanding our lives better. Through that journey, we will learn WHEN and WHAT to let go or to keep. Exploring what serve us purpose now, even the negative behaviors, can help us understand our past, present and future.

Douglas Glen hails from Europe and moved to California in 1993. He gained his Master's in Counselling Psychology in Los Angeles in 2003 whilst working as a Technology Executive for a number of prominent media corporations in Europe and the US, including the BBC, Disney, and ABC. His varied professional life facilitated periods of living in Berlin Germany, London, Santa Barbara, and Boston. Douglas prefers an integrative, person-centered approach and draws upon a number of modalities depending on a client's needs including CBT, Narrative, Existential, Psychodynamic, and Family Systems.

My name is Jessica Orozco-Barajas, and I am a bilingual Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. In my 14 years of clinical experience, I have had the privilege of working with clients from diverse backgrounds, ranging in age from early childhood to late adulthood, to address a wide range of needs and mental health concerns. Through my experiences, I've gained a deep understanding and appreciation for the unique challenges that each person faces.