Therapists in Santa Clara, CA

As a therapist with over 15 years of experience, I enjoy working with children, families, adolescents, and the elderly. I enjoy providing support, understanding, and giving positive feedback to my clients. My goal is to support clients explore and understand their issues, build on their strengths, develop effective coping mechanism skills. The common types of therapy I focus on are Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), Interpersonal therapy, Family therapy, Psychodynamic therapy, Art therapy and Psychoeducation. I am fully bilingual/bicultural in Spanish.

Trust Mental Health offers therapy and coaching to Children, Teens, Adults, Couples and Families. Our approach is warm, positive and strength-based facilitation of carving out a route of self-exploration and growth. Our team specialize in CBT, DBT, Trauma-focused CBT as well as Psychodynamic approach.

Do you feel stuck? with compassion and empathy, I will guide you toward healing and growth to navigate life’s challenges, relationships, underlying traumas when appropriate and unhealthy family dynamics. I provide trauma-informed care to address root causes of anxieties, promote self-awareness and increase attunement in relationships while helping you gain tools to confront daily stressors and life transitions so you can thrive in your journey towards well-being. I am passionate about my work with women’s mental health, immigration-acculturation challenges, and parents struggling with bonding or those coping with a new diagnosis.

In childhood, our outside shapes the inside, and in adulthood the inside shapes the outside. -Chip Judd If we are honest with ourselves, we can acknowledge that who we are today is shaped by the experiences and relationships we had growing up—good or bad. From the moment you are born relationships are imperative for your survival. As you grow, you learn that relationships are instrumental in revealing your strengths but also in revealing brokenness from past hurts, trauma, and negative experiences.

My Goal is to provide a space that feels warm, non-judgmental and more importantly helpful. I work with adults, teens, and children who are experiencing trauma, depression, anxiety, and grief. I believe that navigating these experiences feels better when we get to work through them with someone else. I offer Talk Therapy, Play Therapy, Mindfulness Techniques, Art Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, to help resolve conflict, improve communication, and work to resolve trauma with a focus on early attachment and developmental needs. I also offer parent coaching to help with challenging behaviors at school or in the home.

Promoting healing & trustworthy engagement for children, youth, their families, adults who come seeking shelter, emotional safety and refuge (see abbeypsychservices.com). Even the youngest demonstrate remarkable strengths with precise, attuned, attention to their levels of awareness, given new experiences to help transform distorted cognitive appraisals of themselves, others, relationships, the world. Working together, we cultivate more accurate appraisals of internal/external experience, shift into clearer, more realistic thinking, enhanced empathy, healthier, more effective coping styles. We co-create new, hopeful, cooperative stories to replace hopeless, repetitive, "traumatic reliving" within the safety of a predictable, nurturing, skillfully maintained therapeutic environment.

Are you struggling to keep up with daily living? Continuing to have patterns emerge and wonder why they continue to show up in life? Are you exploring family cycles? Curious about breaking cycles that may be tied to generational trauma? What does it look like for you to have a healthy positive relationship with your child? I can provide and facilitate a safe space to explore, wonder and navigate the issues together. We will work in a collaborative process where you are the expert in your life. Aligning your needs with my approach and treatment to achieve your goals. Walking alongside side you to continue through your healing journey

Our team consists of experienced, fully-licensed therapists that provide outpatient therapeutic services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families based on a relational theory framework where each individual can learn the importance of mutual empathy and empowerment within their current relationships. My name is Karina and I am the Co-Founder of Talk-a-While, Child & Family Therapy Center PC. I’m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and I specialize in working with children and adolescents with neurodiverse challenges; however, I also enjoy working with adults and couples.

Dr. Nicolle Ionascu offers comprehensive neuropsychological assessments to a wide demographic age range focusing on in-depth treatment and therapeutic recommendations.

Are you finding it difficult to express your needs with someone in your life? Are you concerned that you and your loved one keep misunderstanding each other due to differences in cultural or gendered communication styles? Maybe you're going through a life transition that's adding to your stress levels, and leaving you both feeling in the dark about how to give and receive support? Or perhaps you are happy in your partnership, but are eager to grow together and deepen your bond even further? I can shine a light on those areas of difficulty for you both that remain obscured from view, and illuminate a new way forward.

You might be seeking help because you feel stuck in your relationships, with your family or with your child. The stories of our lives are powerful and can shape our reality. You might be holding stories and pain about yourself, your family, the world, or your child, that are interfering with a present focus and ability to face current challenges. Together we can champion your innate healing capacity in a safe, emphatic, and attached, therapeutic relationship. Therapeutic support can help you recover your true sense of self as an individual or a parent, can heal family wounds, and help you find a renewed zest for life.

I like to think of myself as a mental health mentor. I am a psychologist with expertise in child development, women’s health, and parenting. I have been practicing for over a decade. I’m also a science nerd: I've spent many years dedicated to studying how mental health develops and how to promote mental wellness. Lastly, I am a person who has reflected on and gained wisdom from my own experiences with anxiety, stress, and challenging life experiences. Through this blend of professional insight and personal understanding, I see myself as a mentor bringing curiosity, collaboration, and expertise to the spaces I hold for my clients.

A therapist can be a very useful guide to help you deal with the stress or situation you are facing. I take pride in treating everyone with respect and kindness and putting energy and presence into my interactions with others. I specialize in helping you cope with anxiety, depression, work and relationship stress, parenting concerns, and general childhood behavioral health concerns. (and much more!) I offer clients many options in treatment approach, and am skilled in reducing symptoms in ways which fit the specific needs of the individual and/or family.

When we focus on developing a relationship first and feeling a sense of safety, it is much easier to navigate through the discomfort. So we will start there. I invite you to try Art Therapy in a way that will assist you in recognizing your strengths and provide you with a feeling of connection. If Art Therapy is not something you are interested in, we will engage in talk therapy so you may experience feeling seen and known. I often incorporate art, play, and movement when working with children and families. A typical client of mine is looking for guidance in emotional regulation and wants greater emotional awareness.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist, bilingual in Spanish, with over 12 years of experience counseling children, adolescents, and adults. I work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, grief and loss, life transitions, parenting issues, work stress and cultural diversity. I have a specialty interest in children on the autism spectrum and children with special needs. I also work with adults individually to address challenges in everyday life and to help clients develop better coping skills.

Welcome. Bienvenidos. I'm here to help you learn concrete strategies to manage issues like anxiety, depression, life stress, behavior, relationships, and to find greater self-compassion. The basis of my approach is respect. I enjoy working with folks of all ages from different cultures and backgrounds, including various ethnicities, LGBTQ+ identities, immigration histories, and living situations. With over 20 years of licensed practice, I have specialty experience in many areas. Currently I'm available for telehealth sessions for preteens and older (11+), and parent consultation for parents with any age child.

California Assessment and Therapy (CAT) is a therapy group practice in the Bay Area with offices in Palo Alto/Los Altos and Oakland. CAT provides psychotherapy and psychological testing services to clientele across the lifespan. We serve clients who experience anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, self-esteem issues, family conflict, school difficulties, behavioral challenges, academic struggles, and work stressors. Our testing services consist of a team of licensed psychologists who provide developmental evaluations for autism and ADHD, neuropsychological assessment, and school accommodations based on learning disorders.