Dr. Deanna N. Mercado
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
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Visalia, CA 93291
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Dr. Deanna Mercado is a Clinical Psychologist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.She is a first-generation Latina, bilingual clinician with over 18 years of experience in the field of behavioral health. Her background encompuses treating individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, correctional mental health services for incarcerated youth and adults, crisis management, psychological testing services, educational and corporate psychology.
She is trained in depth oriented psychology with specialization in psychoanalytic and psychodynamic perspectives. She strives to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for healing and transformation.
Dr. Mercado strongly believes that therapy is an opportunity to explore and heal psyche and achieve wholeness and happiness. Feel free to book a session at your convenience on Headway.co
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Finances
Fees
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Cash, Check, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa
Insurance
- Aetna
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
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Dr. Deanna N. Mercado
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Expired Licensed by State of California / 107261 Deanna N. Mercado
- In Practice for 18 Years
- Certificate from Board of Behavioral Science Masters Counseling Psychology / 2012
- Certificate from Board of Psychology Doctor of Clinical Psychology / 2019
- Attended Pacifica Graduate Institute, Doctor of Clinical Psychology , Graduated 2019
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Dr. Deanna N. Mercado
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Trauma and PTSD
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Developmental Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Immigration Evaluations
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Testing and Evaluation
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Veterans
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
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Dr. Deanna N. Mercado
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
Client Focus
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino
I also speak
Spanish
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino
I also speak
Spanish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Mindfulness for stress reduction
- Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic approaches
- Psychological Testing and Evaluation
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Dr. Deanna N. Mercado
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
Groups
Postpartum- New Mom Support Group
Support group for new mothers seeking to establish a safe and therapeutic space to process their experiences and challenges with motherhood.
Expertise
Coping Skills
Depression
Parenting
Types of Therapy
Compassion Focused
Group Meets
Every other Sat
Location
Professional Counseling and Pstchotherapy Center
1212 West Main Street Vislaia Ca 93291
Visalia, CA 93291
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Primary Location
Visalia, CA 93291
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Dr. Deanna N. Mercado
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT