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Elissa Klein
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW (she, her)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
2970 Camino Diablo, Suite s, Walnut Creek, CA 94597
Managed by LifeStance Health. Your call or email may go to a representative.
Let's Connect (925) 332-1388
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Managed by LifeStance Health. Your call or email may go to a representative.
Elissa's approach to therapy is embodied in the quote by Shunryu Suzuki: Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement. This means that she will help you to work through any shame you feel about your perceived problems so that you can integrate the self-awareness that you will together uncover. She works with patients either long term or short term, depending on each person's individual goals. She specializes in treating struggles with intimacy/isolation, addiction and compulsive behaviors, impulse control, anxiety, anger management, trauma and sexuality/sexual behavior.
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She is highly attuned to emotional experience and will help you to understand how unmet emotional needs contribute to negative or destructive thoughts and/or behaviors and how self-acceptance lights the way to deeper connections with others.
She is flexible in which techniques she employs, depending on the client's goals and personality, and is practiced in psychodynamic psychotherapy, CBT, Gestalt, mindfulness practice, Internal Family Systems and solution-oriented psychotherapy. Elissa earned her Master's in Social Welfare with a focus in mental health from UC Berkeley.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Elissa Klein now - (925) 332-1388
Let's Connect (925) 332-1388
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Managed by LifeStance Health. Your call or email may go to a representative.
Finances
Insurance
- Aetna
- Blue Shield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Magellan
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- MultiPlan
- Optum
- Partners Direct Health
- PHCS Network
- Sana Benefits
- UMR
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
Email me or call with questions - (925) 332-1388
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Elissa Klein
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / LCSW25880 Elissa Klein
- Degree/Diploma from University Of California MSW / 2006
- Attended University Of California, MSW, Graduated 2006
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
Expertise
- Alcohol Use
- Bipolar Disorder
- Life Transitions
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Trauma and PTSD
Client Focus
Age
Adults
I also speak
Spanish
Age
Adults
I also speak
Spanish
Location
Primary Location
LifeStance Health
2970 Camino Diablo
Suite s
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
(925) 332-1388Email me
Additional Location
Lafayette, CA 94549
(925) 332-1388Nearby Areas
Take the first step to help. Call now - (925) 332-1388
![Photo of Elissa Klein, LCSW, Clinical Social Work/Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/e0b62049-5996-4329-b025-9a3bc32ee54d/1/320x400.jpeg)
Elissa Klein
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW