Male Therapists in West Sacramento, CA
I offer a holistic, whole-person approach to therapy influenced by Yoga and Buddhism. This means I see mental health obstacles as opportunities for personal growth and am mostly present- and future-focused, while still tending to the past. My goal is to create calm, confidence, and happiness derived from within. I have experience with depression, anxiety, trauma, chronic/treatment resistant symptoms, and cultural/diversity concerns, amongst others. I work with adults of all ages and I also have a 2-year specialization with undocumented/immigration concerns.
I offer a holistic, whole-person approach to therapy influenced by Yoga and Buddhism. This means I see mental health obstacles as opportunities for personal growth and am mostly present- and future-focused, while still tending to the past. My goal is to create calm, confidence, and happiness derived from within. I have experience with depression, anxiety, trauma, chronic/treatment resistant symptoms, and cultural/diversity concerns, amongst others. I work with adults of all ages and I also have a 2-year specialization with undocumented/immigration concerns.
I have expertise in marriage counseling and individual therapy, in which I specialize. Couples counseling is considered short-term, generally between 10 and 25 sessions. I focus on advancing communication skills, intimacy, trust, parenting skills, values clarification, resolving conflict, and building a marital vision. I also specialize in family-of-origin issues (relationship issues, generational problems, rejection complex, identity/ self-esteem concerns, and physical and sexual abuse).
I have expertise in marriage counseling and individual therapy, in which I specialize. Couples counseling is considered short-term, generally between 10 and 25 sessions. I focus on advancing communication skills, intimacy, trust, parenting skills, values clarification, resolving conflict, and building a marital vision. I also specialize in family-of-origin issues (relationship issues, generational problems, rejection complex, identity/ self-esteem concerns, and physical and sexual abuse).
The most powerful skill a counselor may provide for clients is being present with them when they are working through life's challenging moments.
The most powerful skill a counselor may provide for clients is being present with them when they are working through life's challenging moments.
Efren Lopez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
West Sacramento, CA 95691 (Online Only)
Hello! My name is Efren Lopez, an LCSW practicing in Los Angeles. In my approach to therapy, you can expect a client-centered, attachment and relationship-led approach to help build trust, and safety and help explore the difficult parts of ourselves. I am trained in EMDR and through this trauma-informed approach, treat PTSD as well as early attachment traumas, and help you develop awareness, understanding, and tools to help manage your own self. My approach to therapy is through a trauma and attachment-informed approach to help bring self-regulation and healing to some of your earliest memories.
Hello! My name is Efren Lopez, an LCSW practicing in Los Angeles. In my approach to therapy, you can expect a client-centered, attachment and relationship-led approach to help build trust, and safety and help explore the difficult parts of ourselves. I am trained in EMDR and through this trauma-informed approach, treat PTSD as well as early attachment traumas, and help you develop awareness, understanding, and tools to help manage your own self. My approach to therapy is through a trauma and attachment-informed approach to help bring self-regulation and healing to some of your earliest memories.
Life Steps Consulting
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, LAADC, ICADC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Sacramento, CA 95691
Have you or a loved one struggled with alcohol or drug dependency? Allow me to help you on your journey to recovery. At Life Steps Consulting, we know that life is full of different transitions, which can be broken down into a series of steps. When you are struggling with substance abuse, movement through the transitional steps halts, causing you to fall into unhealthy life cycles, which impact your career goals, relationships, physical and mental health. I can help you get back on track. I not only have studied the disease of alcohol and drug addiction, but I have been there and I know how you feel.
Have you or a loved one struggled with alcohol or drug dependency? Allow me to help you on your journey to recovery. At Life Steps Consulting, we know that life is full of different transitions, which can be broken down into a series of steps. When you are struggling with substance abuse, movement through the transitional steps halts, causing you to fall into unhealthy life cycles, which impact your career goals, relationships, physical and mental health. I can help you get back on track. I not only have studied the disease of alcohol and drug addiction, but I have been there and I know how you feel.
Hello, My Name is Tony Resendiz, and I am licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist. My approach is focused on building rapport and finding steps to assist Clients in meeting their therapeutic goals. Furthermore, I provide deep psychoeducation on the therapy process and the time used in between sessions. My areas of practice are anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, and crisis prevention. My theoretical orientation is Psychoanalytic, but I also hold experience and use Cognitive Behavioral, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Short-Term Solution-focused, and integration of holistic approaches to therapy.
Hello, My Name is Tony Resendiz, and I am licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist. My approach is focused on building rapport and finding steps to assist Clients in meeting their therapeutic goals. Furthermore, I provide deep psychoeducation on the therapy process and the time used in between sessions. My areas of practice are anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, and crisis prevention. My theoretical orientation is Psychoanalytic, but I also hold experience and use Cognitive Behavioral, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Short-Term Solution-focused, and integration of holistic approaches to therapy.
Lee Ockenden
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Sacramento, CA 95605
Over the last two and half decades my clientele has changed along with my experience, skill acquisition and personal life. I have been fortunate to have a career that reflects my own life including peek moments, many blessings, lessons, long trials and struggles. Big losses have rounded the edges of once sharp ideals and brought a humble compassion and gratitude for the souls I've met in my office. While I have a solid grasp of several powerful treatment modalities, my goal first is to be a good human to those who seek me out and to utilize my whole self and experience in moving people through their lives.
Over the last two and half decades my clientele has changed along with my experience, skill acquisition and personal life. I have been fortunate to have a career that reflects my own life including peek moments, many blessings, lessons, long trials and struggles. Big losses have rounded the edges of once sharp ideals and brought a humble compassion and gratitude for the souls I've met in my office. While I have a solid grasp of several powerful treatment modalities, my goal first is to be a good human to those who seek me out and to utilize my whole self and experience in moving people through their lives.
Brandt Noey
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
West Sacramento, CA 95691 (Online Only)
The clients I often work with seem to have a history of not finding a therapist who gets them and the way they see the world. They struggle with feeling understood and have lost hope that there is anybody out there who can actually help them better their lives. They know there is more to them, they just don’t know how to bring it out of them. Most people of the people I work with just want to feel understood, they want someone to validate how their lives have unfolded to get where they are now, and from that moment, their lives seem to start unfolding. They just needed someone to help them make sense of it all.
The clients I often work with seem to have a history of not finding a therapist who gets them and the way they see the world. They struggle with feeling understood and have lost hope that there is anybody out there who can actually help them better their lives. They know there is more to them, they just don’t know how to bring it out of them. Most people of the people I work with just want to feel understood, they want someone to validate how their lives have unfolded to get where they are now, and from that moment, their lives seem to start unfolding. They just needed someone to help them make sense of it all.
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"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am then I can change." - Dr. Carl Rogers. We emphasize to every person who comes through our door that they are the experts in their care. We provide the space and proper conditions to help this person live their life to their fullest potential.
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am then I can change." - Dr. Carl Rogers. We emphasize to every person who comes through our door that they are the experts in their care. We provide the space and proper conditions to help this person live their life to their fullest potential.
Are you struggling with behaviors that cause disruption and chaos within your home? Do you feel exhausted and frustrated that you lack the positive interactions with your child that you deeply desire? I can help guide you through the noise and chaos so that you can build a strong and nurturing relationship with your child and enhance your family dynamic. I have a talent for understanding people and their individual needs and qualities. I see what drives them and what holds them back. Behaviors that may seem negative to others, make sense to me as I’m able to see their function.
Are you struggling with behaviors that cause disruption and chaos within your home? Do you feel exhausted and frustrated that you lack the positive interactions with your child that you deeply desire? I can help guide you through the noise and chaos so that you can build a strong and nurturing relationship with your child and enhance your family dynamic. I have a talent for understanding people and their individual needs and qualities. I see what drives them and what holds them back. Behaviors that may seem negative to others, make sense to me as I’m able to see their function.
As James Baldwin famously said, "not everything that has been faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed unless faced", I also offer you the following poem: "When we feel safe, anything is possible. We become unstoppable. Because we have a firm ground to launch and a safe ground to land. We can then stand. Voice ourselves, show ourselves. Life becomes a dance."
As James Baldwin famously said, "not everything that has been faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed unless faced", I also offer you the following poem: "When we feel safe, anything is possible. We become unstoppable. Because we have a firm ground to launch and a safe ground to land. We can then stand. Voice ourselves, show ourselves. Life becomes a dance."
Thomas Sterling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SEP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sacramento, CA 95811
There are many paths to healing and change. The journey is an active one and there is success in simply taking the first step, acknowledging a change is needed. I have worked in mental health services since 1988 and have worked with many different people and issues. I believe that developing awareness, of emotions, thoughts and behavior, is the starting place and that understanding where we come from, what got us here can be helpful, but changing how we feel today is the best way to have a sense of power. I specialize in somatic, or a body based approach to treatment of trauma. Please call or email me for a therapy session today.
There are many paths to healing and change. The journey is an active one and there is success in simply taking the first step, acknowledging a change is needed. I have worked in mental health services since 1988 and have worked with many different people and issues. I believe that developing awareness, of emotions, thoughts and behavior, is the starting place and that understanding where we come from, what got us here can be helpful, but changing how we feel today is the best way to have a sense of power. I specialize in somatic, or a body based approach to treatment of trauma. Please call or email me for a therapy session today.
Are you looking to improve your relationships, address a particular problem, or move toward your own potential?
My approach is collaborative, strengths- based, and focuses on you developing both insight and skills to address your problem. I am passionate about helping individual adults and couples get closer to achieving their own potential and move through difficulties. My experience includes, and preference is to work with people of diverse cultural backgrounds, experiences, and sexual orientations. I tend to integrate cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral therapy, among other methods.
I look forward to working with you.
Are you looking to improve your relationships, address a particular problem, or move toward your own potential?
My approach is collaborative, strengths- based, and focuses on you developing both insight and skills to address your problem. I am passionate about helping individual adults and couples get closer to achieving their own potential and move through difficulties. My experience includes, and preference is to work with people of diverse cultural backgrounds, experiences, and sexual orientations. I tend to integrate cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral therapy, among other methods.
I look forward to working with you.
Noah Roseby Berkoff
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Sacramento, CA 94204
I work with adolescents and young adults. I specialize in working with adolescents and young adults who are having a particularly difficult time with major life transitions. I also work with clients struggling with depression, anxiety, difficulties with relationships and individuals who are struggling with a particularly difficult period or event in their lives. Regardless of what I am helping with, my treatment begins and ends with the therapeutic relationship. My first priority in treatment is creating a safe, warm and caring environment for my client from which all other work is built on.
I work with adolescents and young adults. I specialize in working with adolescents and young adults who are having a particularly difficult time with major life transitions. I also work with clients struggling with depression, anxiety, difficulties with relationships and individuals who are struggling with a particularly difficult period or event in their lives. Regardless of what I am helping with, my treatment begins and ends with the therapeutic relationship. My first priority in treatment is creating a safe, warm and caring environment for my client from which all other work is built on.
Kenneth McNeill
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC
Verified Verified
Sacramento, CA 94235
There are literally hundreds of therapy approaches. And yet, effective treatment is like learning to ride a bicycle: No matter what kind it is, you have to experience it, not just talk about it.
There are literally hundreds of therapy approaches. And yet, effective treatment is like learning to ride a bicycle: No matter what kind it is, you have to experience it, not just talk about it.
Rik Van Antwerpen
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Sacramento, CA 95814 (Online Only)
I use an eclectic approach from evidence-based techniques to support you compassionately and authentically. I support individuals to engage with life from a more centered, integrated, and fulfilled place. It can be uncomfortable, confusing, and overwhelming to look at many complex parts of ourselves alone. Unexamined, these parts can show up in our lives in different forms such as addictions, anxiety, depression, lack of self-esteem, codependency, stress, and dissatisfaction.
I use an eclectic approach from evidence-based techniques to support you compassionately and authentically. I support individuals to engage with life from a more centered, integrated, and fulfilled place. It can be uncomfortable, confusing, and overwhelming to look at many complex parts of ourselves alone. Unexamined, these parts can show up in our lives in different forms such as addictions, anxiety, depression, lack of self-esteem, codependency, stress, and dissatisfaction.
Hello, I received a Masters degree from the Boston University School of Social Work, postgraduate training in addiction, couples treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy and brief therapy at the Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Hospital; licensed since 1990. Areas of expertise include addiction disorders, dual-diagnosis and couples therapy. I work with adults and youth experiencing anxiety, depression, mood disturbances and trauma; and utilize evidence-based interventions including cognitive-behavioral, dialectical, motivational and trauma-focused care. My goal is to help people attain wellness efficiently, thoroughly and safely.
Hello, I received a Masters degree from the Boston University School of Social Work, postgraduate training in addiction, couples treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy and brief therapy at the Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Hospital; licensed since 1990. Areas of expertise include addiction disorders, dual-diagnosis and couples therapy. I work with adults and youth experiencing anxiety, depression, mood disturbances and trauma; and utilize evidence-based interventions including cognitive-behavioral, dialectical, motivational and trauma-focused care. My goal is to help people attain wellness efficiently, thoroughly and safely.
Vasily Todoriko
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sacramento, CA 95816 (Online Only)
Relationships move us, give us life, and can even suck the life out of us. We were made for them. That is why I specialize in them - relationships with friends, family, colleagues, ourselves, our higher power. Properly realigning these problematic, strained, estranged relationships transforms your suffering into purposeful, worthwhile living. Ultimately your fullest life is my goal as your therapist. The greatest gift you can bring to your relationships is you. The best gift you can give the world is your relationships. What will you choose to do with these two important aspects of your one life?
Relationships move us, give us life, and can even suck the life out of us. We were made for them. That is why I specialize in them - relationships with friends, family, colleagues, ourselves, our higher power. Properly realigning these problematic, strained, estranged relationships transforms your suffering into purposeful, worthwhile living. Ultimately your fullest life is my goal as your therapist. The greatest gift you can bring to your relationships is you. The best gift you can give the world is your relationships. What will you choose to do with these two important aspects of your one life?
Dr. Ekemo recently relocated his practice to Auburn, CA from Bellevue Washington. He has been providing psychological services for over 20 years mainly to public safety agencies (pre-employment screening, fitness for duty, critical incident debriefings, job coaching and management consultations). He also specializes in individual Neuropsychological evaluations (brain injuries, dementia etc.) and Risk Management consultations to private sector organizations and HR departments. If you are an employer or school concerned about violence in your work setting; training programs and workshops are available for your staff.
Dr. Ekemo recently relocated his practice to Auburn, CA from Bellevue Washington. He has been providing psychological services for over 20 years mainly to public safety agencies (pre-employment screening, fitness for duty, critical incident debriefings, job coaching and management consultations). He also specializes in individual Neuropsychological evaluations (brain injuries, dementia etc.) and Risk Management consultations to private sector organizations and HR departments. If you are an employer or school concerned about violence in your work setting; training programs and workshops are available for your staff.
Welcome to Sound Mind Christian Counseling & Consulting. As a Pastoral Counselor, I provide Christian Counseling, Christian Life Coaching, and Mental Health Coaching to individuals who are going through challenging times. Life can be hard, but you do not have to go through life alone. I would love to join you on your journey to provide you with support as you regain the victory in your life. Life's challenges can lead to stress, discouragement, disappointment, depression, anxiety, and a variety of unpleasant emotions, but there is hope! Please note: I am not a traditional Licensed Therapist.
Welcome to Sound Mind Christian Counseling & Consulting. As a Pastoral Counselor, I provide Christian Counseling, Christian Life Coaching, and Mental Health Coaching to individuals who are going through challenging times. Life can be hard, but you do not have to go through life alone. I would love to join you on your journey to provide you with support as you regain the victory in your life. Life's challenges can lead to stress, discouragement, disappointment, depression, anxiety, and a variety of unpleasant emotions, but there is hope! Please note: I am not a traditional Licensed Therapist.
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Male Therapists
As a man, why might I want to see a male therapist?
There are many reasons a man might wish to work with a male therapist, including a degree of shared identity, which may help client and therapist connect to each other and allow for a more free-flowing discussion of issues that can be deeply personal. Some men may feel more comfortable talking to a male therapist about relationship concerns, the pressures they feel around the roles society and family place on men, career or job challenges, self-esteem, or anger problems. For some men who have not had a male role models in their lives, a good male therapist may be especially helpful.
How can I find out about a therapist’s experience treating men?
Individuals looking for treatment should feel comfortable directly asking a therapist about their history treating men overall and the issues that arise in therapy with men. A good therapist will be happy to discuss such matters as well as their educational background, approach to treatment, and how they think they can aid a prospective client. Prospective clients should also ask what the expectation is for treatment, and what the fee structure is, and whether and which insurance plans are accepted.
Can clients benefit from having a therapist of the same gender?
Therapy is not gender-specific, but some men as well as women feel more comfortable opening up about their experiences and history with a male therapist. An individual may feel that they have to explain less background information and be on the same page more quickly, particularly when discussing gender-specific challenges, in the case of male clients. Some women have prior negative experiences with women that predispose them to prefer working with a male in therapy. That said, a good clinician can transcend most if not all gender concerns. Ultimately, the most important factor in therapy is the connection and trust the client is able to build with the practitioner.
Would a male therapist have specific training in treating men?
Generally, no. There are no certifications for treating men specifically, but there are continuing education classes that therapists may take that focus on treating men as a group. There are many therapists who focus on men and male issues in their treatment and therefore have experience and expertise in this domain.