Cecilia S. Kardel
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Finances
Fees
- Pay by American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Mastercard, Paypal, Venmo, Visa, Zelle
Insurance
- Out of Network
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / 106482 Cecilia S. Kardel
- In Practice for 11 Years
- Certificate from Columbia University, New York Masters of Fine Art / 1999
- Certificate from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago Bachelor of Fine Arts / 1992
- Attended John F. Kennedy University, Graduated 2015
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Addiction
- Life Transitions
Expertise
- Alcohol Use
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bisexual
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Codependency
- Conflict and Repair, Emotion-Focused Therapy
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Restructuring Bonds, Deepen Understanding, Amends
- Sex Therapy
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Trauma and PTSD
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
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Types of Therapy
- Addiction, Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders
- Attachment-based
- Culturally Sensitive
- Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, Creative Recovery
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Expressive Arts
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Gestalt
- Humanistic
- Imago
- Integrative
- Jungian
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused
Groups
For the Loved Ones of Alcoholics and Addicts
An intimate, rich process group of 4-9 members who seek support around coping with a loved one's addiction or mental illness, and are ready to engage in self-care. Designed for high functioning individuals interested in embracing life's confounding challenges as an opportunity to transform their lives, grieve, find meaning, self-understanding, self-acceptance, serenity, humor, relationship skills, and remain accountable to personal hopes and dreams. Required continuity of participation, respect of self, and other's anonymity. Enhance personal growth under the caring therapeutic guidance of a knowledgable, experienced Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Didactic component available.
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Cecilia Kardel office locations
4171 Piedmont Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611
Addiction Recovery Groups. Please Inquire
An intimate, rich process groupof 5-10 members. Designed for individuals who would like to embrace recovery as an opportunity to transform their lives, find meaning and guidance around life challenges facilitated by an experienced therapist. This relapse prevention group can be helpful when the individual in recovery wants to avoid plateau. Group therapy offers bonding, self-understanding, humor, relationship skills, coping skills, accountability. Required continuity of participation, respect of self and others' anonymity under the therapeutic guidance of a knowledgable and experienced Licensed Therapist. Didactic component available.
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Cecilia Kardel office locations
Piedmont, CA 94611
Combined Addiction Recovery Family Education Group
Education for clients and/ or family members impacted by substance abuse. Addresses the science of addiction and how substances change the brain, impacts relationships, behavior, self concept, and values. Education topics cover: PAW (Post Acute Withdraw), relapse prevention, cross addiction, coping skills for cravings, stages of change, family roles, communication skills, understanding emotions, trust, boundaries, anger, shame, self-soothing mindfulness techniques, uniting to fight "the dragon" of addiction (not each other) and embarking on a recovery journey. Attendance of Education Group suggested concurrently or prior to process group participation. Call for schedule, sign up, or to plan a seminar.
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Cecilia S. Kardel Therapy
Oakland, CA 94611
Location
Additional Location
Oakland, CA 94611
(415) 480-5319