MHNet Behavioral Health Therapists in Walnut Creek, CA
Beyond knowing a therapist has degrees and a license, a list of credentials do not matter much in your choosing. Therapy is more art than science. Nor may you be impressed with a long series of my professional accomplishments. What you want to know is: Can I stop the pain? Can I make your depression and anxiety go away? Can I fix your relationship or career problem? The answer is: No, I cannot. But together we can. If you will bring the motivation and some willingness to trust I will bring knowledge and the ability to shift things. And perhaps, with the help of an unseen grace, together we can heal the hurt and find a solution.
Beyond knowing a therapist has degrees and a license, a list of credentials do not matter much in your choosing. Therapy is more art than science. Nor may you be impressed with a long series of my professional accomplishments. What you want to know is: Can I stop the pain? Can I make your depression and anxiety go away? Can I fix your relationship or career problem? The answer is: No, I cannot. But together we can. If you will bring the motivation and some willingness to trust I will bring knowledge and the ability to shift things. And perhaps, with the help of an unseen grace, together we can heal the hurt and find a solution.
Liz Hertz
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (Online Only)
All sessions are by telehealth only. People come to therapy for a variety of reasons. I help people who are experiencing problems in daily living, difficulty in navigating life transitions, relationship and family discord, or who struggle with symptoms of anxiety, depression or loss. Therapy is about removing obstacles and developing the capacity for self-acceptance, self- expression, and joy. I will collaborate with you to set your goals and uncover new strategies for a happier life.
All sessions are by telehealth only. People come to therapy for a variety of reasons. I help people who are experiencing problems in daily living, difficulty in navigating life transitions, relationship and family discord, or who struggle with symptoms of anxiety, depression or loss. Therapy is about removing obstacles and developing the capacity for self-acceptance, self- expression, and joy. I will collaborate with you to set your goals and uncover new strategies for a happier life.
Institute of Mindful Therapy Group Practice
LMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Are you struggling with mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression, or trauma. Have you experienced past traumas, or going through a difficult life transition, or are you struggling with relationships? Whatever the issue may be, we want to recognize and acknowledge that we can help to address your challenges. Our group of talented therapists are skilled at providing you with emotional support, incorporating modalities such as Ketamine, mindfulness, and utilizing a client centered approach. We will also work on helping to develop tools and techniques tailored to your needs, which will help improve your overall well-being.
Are you struggling with mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression, or trauma. Have you experienced past traumas, or going through a difficult life transition, or are you struggling with relationships? Whatever the issue may be, we want to recognize and acknowledge that we can help to address your challenges. Our group of talented therapists are skilled at providing you with emotional support, incorporating modalities such as Ketamine, mindfulness, and utilizing a client centered approach. We will also work on helping to develop tools and techniques tailored to your needs, which will help improve your overall well-being.
Jessica Pfisterer
Pre-Licensed Professional, MFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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Are you feeling weighed down by the stresses of life or grappling with past experiences that continue to affect your present? Are you yearning for a therapeutic space characterized by empathy, understanding, and a focus on your individual needs? Whether you're seeking support as an individual, a couple, or a family, I am committed to working collaboratively with you to foster healing, resilience, and deeper connections. I specialize in supporting those who have experienced trauma, suffer from anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, relationship issues, and my fellow members of the LQBTQ+ community.
Are you feeling weighed down by the stresses of life or grappling with past experiences that continue to affect your present? Are you yearning for a therapeutic space characterized by empathy, understanding, and a focus on your individual needs? Whether you're seeking support as an individual, a couple, or a family, I am committed to working collaboratively with you to foster healing, resilience, and deeper connections. I specialize in supporting those who have experienced trauma, suffer from anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, relationship issues, and my fellow members of the LQBTQ+ community.
Jenifer Pereira-Weiss
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94598 (Online Only)
Together, we will identify your concerns and goals, create a treatment plan that fosters growth, increased level of functioning, interpersonal effectiveness, empowerment and self-acceptance. Collectively, we will identify and challenge distorted thinking and behavioral habits, then cultivate balanced more rational thought patterns and adaptive behaviors. We will explore principles of Mindfulness, de-escalation, emotion regulation, boundary setting and self care to create a holistic approach to your healing process and ultimately reduce suffering.
Together, we will identify your concerns and goals, create a treatment plan that fosters growth, increased level of functioning, interpersonal effectiveness, empowerment and self-acceptance. Collectively, we will identify and challenge distorted thinking and behavioral habits, then cultivate balanced more rational thought patterns and adaptive behaviors. We will explore principles of Mindfulness, de-escalation, emotion regulation, boundary setting and self care to create a holistic approach to your healing process and ultimately reduce suffering.
I specialize in helping clients navigate a variety of issues but focus primarily on anxiety, chronic or developmental trauma, and life transitions. I create a safe and connected therapeutic relationship that fosters a sense of trust and understanding. I collaborate with clients to develop personalized treatment plans that address their unique needs and goals. Rather than focusing solely on symptom reduction, I help clients address the underlying causes of their challenges, promoting lasting personal growth and healing.
I specialize in helping clients navigate a variety of issues but focus primarily on anxiety, chronic or developmental trauma, and life transitions. I create a safe and connected therapeutic relationship that fosters a sense of trust and understanding. I collaborate with clients to develop personalized treatment plans that address their unique needs and goals. Rather than focusing solely on symptom reduction, I help clients address the underlying causes of their challenges, promoting lasting personal growth and healing.
Sorrenta Chantel Stuart
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Are you feeling tired, overwhelmed, worried or just not yourself? As a seasoned clinician I help you navigate the heaviness that blocks your growth. Do you miss parts of yourself and tend to live in your mind? If you just want to feel better, and don’t know the why, let’s talk, let’s find a way together. You are smart, successful, busy, yet just not feeling right. That’s ok. You want to feel better because it’s too overwhelming. I can help - Mind, body, and soul. Licensed to supervise interns.
Are you feeling tired, overwhelmed, worried or just not yourself? As a seasoned clinician I help you navigate the heaviness that blocks your growth. Do you miss parts of yourself and tend to live in your mind? If you just want to feel better, and don’t know the why, let’s talk, let’s find a way together. You are smart, successful, busy, yet just not feeling right. That’s ok. You want to feel better because it’s too overwhelming. I can help - Mind, body, and soul. Licensed to supervise interns.
Natalie Guerra-Crowe
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (Online Only)
Update: I am currently only filling insurance spots for children & teens, couples & families. Therapy can be a helpful and transformative tool. My primary goal is to create a safe space for you to share whatever you need in our sessions. You are the expert in your story, and together we will work hard to find solutions and peace. I specialize in working with teens and young adults, but I also have clients of all ages. Additionally, I focus on body-focused repetitive disorders like trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder), ADHD, OCD, and anxiety. I see all clients residing in California via telehealth only.
Update: I am currently only filling insurance spots for children & teens, couples & families. Therapy can be a helpful and transformative tool. My primary goal is to create a safe space for you to share whatever you need in our sessions. You are the expert in your story, and together we will work hard to find solutions and peace. I specialize in working with teens and young adults, but I also have clients of all ages. Additionally, I focus on body-focused repetitive disorders like trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder), ADHD, OCD, and anxiety. I see all clients residing in California via telehealth only.
Michael Keesey
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
13 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Feeling stuck, immobilized and unable to change your life? What's holding you back from being your best self? Through a behavioral lens we work together to identify the behaviors and patterns that are holding you back from your goals and systematically relearn healthy patterns and coping mechanisms that will empower you to make the best decisions for yourself, your relationships or your family. I work from a person centered approach creating a safe space where we work together to help determine your needs and goals.
Feeling stuck, immobilized and unable to change your life? What's holding you back from being your best self? Through a behavioral lens we work together to identify the behaviors and patterns that are holding you back from your goals and systematically relearn healthy patterns and coping mechanisms that will empower you to make the best decisions for yourself, your relationships or your family. I work from a person centered approach creating a safe space where we work together to help determine your needs and goals.
I offer a highly supportive and skilled approach with all of my clients. I have over 14 years experience working with children, teens and adults. My experience includes supporting parents and children with difficult behaviors, interpersonal relationships and learning challenges.
I offer a highly supportive and skilled approach with all of my clients. I have over 14 years experience working with children, teens and adults. My experience includes supporting parents and children with difficult behaviors, interpersonal relationships and learning challenges.
Stephanie McCarty
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Walnut Creek, CA 94597 (Online Only)
I have worked in health and human services in different parts of California for the past 25 years. I have specifically worked with people who need support around housing and food insecurity, opioid use or dependency, as well as child welfare and grief or loss. I have a good understanding of social services and mental health resources in the San Francisco Bay Area, especially Contra Costa County. I have been providing virtual therapy since January 2021.
I have worked in health and human services in different parts of California for the past 25 years. I have specifically worked with people who need support around housing and food insecurity, opioid use or dependency, as well as child welfare and grief or loss. I have a good understanding of social services and mental health resources in the San Francisco Bay Area, especially Contra Costa County. I have been providing virtual therapy since January 2021.
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Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94597 (Online Only)
I have been working as a therapist since 2011, and have extensive experience working with PTSD, CPTSD, depression, panic disorders, burnout, stress, and loss. I approach therapy from an attachment-based perspective and a client-centered perspective. I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and also have a lot of experience working with communication in dating and relational issues, boundaries in family dynamics, and people with high-pressure jobs.
I have been working as a therapist since 2011, and have extensive experience working with PTSD, CPTSD, depression, panic disorders, burnout, stress, and loss. I approach therapy from an attachment-based perspective and a client-centered perspective. I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and also have a lot of experience working with communication in dating and relational issues, boundaries in family dynamics, and people with high-pressure jobs.
Travis Massman
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Walnut Creek, CA 94597 (Online Only)
My approach is to lead with curiosity, compassion, and personal experience to help navigate, make sense, and explore new coping strategies and perspectives. The tools that once worked may no longer serve you. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to achieving your goals and because I believe effective therapy takes collaborative effort, we'll work together to discover and develop effective techniques specifically tailored for your needs. I intend to provide a safe and grounded space where you can process your vulnerabilities, build insight, solve problems, and achieve balance. I want to be a vehicle in helping you become unstuck.
My approach is to lead with curiosity, compassion, and personal experience to help navigate, make sense, and explore new coping strategies and perspectives. The tools that once worked may no longer serve you. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to achieving your goals and because I believe effective therapy takes collaborative effort, we'll work together to discover and develop effective techniques specifically tailored for your needs. I intend to provide a safe and grounded space where you can process your vulnerabilities, build insight, solve problems, and achieve balance. I want to be a vehicle in helping you become unstuck.
Working with diverse population I have fostered a therapeutic relationship with my clients with the lens of Client Centered approach through empathic listening, and providing a compassionate safe space to process the unresolved trauma, which became the essential predictor of their success. I believe in empowering my clients to discover their strengths through mirroring unconditional positive regard, allowing clients to explore their vulnerability to understand themselves better.
Working with diverse population I have fostered a therapeutic relationship with my clients with the lens of Client Centered approach through empathic listening, and providing a compassionate safe space to process the unresolved trauma, which became the essential predictor of their success. I believe in empowering my clients to discover their strengths through mirroring unconditional positive regard, allowing clients to explore their vulnerability to understand themselves better.
Hello, my name is Nayeli. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I have dedicated my career to helping others heal, grow and overcome obstacles in their life journey. I am a Bilingual Spanish professional that understands, on a professional and personal level, the difficulties of being multicultural. My work experience includes and is not limited to working with adults, children, and adolescents who struggle with depression, anxiety, psychosis, parenting, stress, trauma, and life transitions.
Hello, my name is Nayeli. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I have dedicated my career to helping others heal, grow and overcome obstacles in their life journey. I am a Bilingual Spanish professional that understands, on a professional and personal level, the difficulties of being multicultural. My work experience includes and is not limited to working with adults, children, and adolescents who struggle with depression, anxiety, psychosis, parenting, stress, trauma, and life transitions.
Jorge Ortega
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Walnut Creek, CA 94597 (Online Only)
I am a therapist with over 10 years of experience using clinical skills. I specialize in helping people understand why they do what they do, and how emotional and behavioral patterns may impact them and their relationships. We all need a safe and supportive environment to explore life’s challenges and change those thinking patterns. There is tremendous value in talking through problems and identifying feelings with a mental health professional with the experience, training, and expertise to understand what you are going through.
I am a therapist with over 10 years of experience using clinical skills. I specialize in helping people understand why they do what they do, and how emotional and behavioral patterns may impact them and their relationships. We all need a safe and supportive environment to explore life’s challenges and change those thinking patterns. There is tremendous value in talking through problems and identifying feelings with a mental health professional with the experience, training, and expertise to understand what you are going through.
Jennifer Jiries
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Walnut Creek, CA 94597 (Online Only)
My approach as a therapist is affirming, collaborative, Strengths-Based, and tailored to each client I work with. I focus on providing a judgment-free zone so that clients have space and support to work on their personal goals. I hope to build a strong relationship with each client because I believe that a strong relationship is important to our ability to work together and helps to strengthen the client's ability to reach their goals. Therapy can sometimes be hard work and often means facing difficult experiences from our past. My hope is that I am providing a space where the client never feels alone in the process.
My approach as a therapist is affirming, collaborative, Strengths-Based, and tailored to each client I work with. I focus on providing a judgment-free zone so that clients have space and support to work on their personal goals. I hope to build a strong relationship with each client because I believe that a strong relationship is important to our ability to work together and helps to strengthen the client's ability to reach their goals. Therapy can sometimes be hard work and often means facing difficult experiences from our past. My hope is that I am providing a space where the client never feels alone in the process.
America Olivia Tapia
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Walnut Creek, CA 94597 (Online Only)
I am humbled when a client places their trust in me and is able to share their story. It is a privilege and an honor to be able to sit with them during their challenging stages in life and hold space. I am a bilingual Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a specialization in Latina/Latino family studies. I have over 8 years of experience working with Latina/Latino adults who struggle with symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, grief, and acculturation.
I am humbled when a client places their trust in me and is able to share their story. It is a privilege and an honor to be able to sit with them during their challenging stages in life and hold space. I am a bilingual Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a specialization in Latina/Latino family studies. I have over 8 years of experience working with Latina/Latino adults who struggle with symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, grief, and acculturation.
Have you ever asked yourself if a positive change can happen when you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel? I will say, “Yes, it can!” I am a psychotherapist specializing in treatment for depressive disorders, PTSD, anxiety, impulse control, grief, trauma, and substance use disorders in adolescents and adults. My practice focuses on targeting ineffective behaviors, habits, and beliefs that affect activities of daily functioning. I meet my clients where they are and help them learn how to cope effectively with life stressors to building healthier relationships with themselves and their loved ones.
Have you ever asked yourself if a positive change can happen when you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel? I will say, “Yes, it can!” I am a psychotherapist specializing in treatment for depressive disorders, PTSD, anxiety, impulse control, grief, trauma, and substance use disorders in adolescents and adults. My practice focuses on targeting ineffective behaviors, habits, and beliefs that affect activities of daily functioning. I meet my clients where they are and help them learn how to cope effectively with life stressors to building healthier relationships with themselves and their loved ones.
Monique Galindo Soderstrom
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
My name is Monique Galindo Soderstrom, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I see children, adolescents, adults and families. For those who have never been in therapy, it can be a scary experience. My clients and coworkers tell me that I have a very warm and calming demeanor. I try to make the process of starting therapy as simple and stress free as possible. I welcome my clients with a safe, supportive and come as-you-are approach. Together we can work on parenting, reducing and/or eliminating worry, anxiety, depression and unhealthy habits you may be experiencing.
My name is Monique Galindo Soderstrom, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I see children, adolescents, adults and families. For those who have never been in therapy, it can be a scary experience. My clients and coworkers tell me that I have a very warm and calming demeanor. I try to make the process of starting therapy as simple and stress free as possible. I welcome my clients with a safe, supportive and come as-you-are approach. Together we can work on parenting, reducing and/or eliminating worry, anxiety, depression and unhealthy habits you may be experiencing.
