Margie Ryerson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
Orinda, CA 94563
Let's Connect (925) 392-3516
My orientation is cognitive and behavioral (CBT). I'm a caring compassionate listener and also actively engage with clients to elicit thoughts, feelings, and strategies for healing. My specialties include eating disorders, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, couples, family issues, parenting, and teens. My therapy approach is directive and problem-solving while encouraging self-acceptance and compassion. I believe that everyone is capable of change at their own rate and comfort level. I help my clients eliminate self-critical thinking that too often sabotages their happiness and their relationships.
I'm the author of three books that all provide specific tools, guidance, and case examples (with all identifying information changed): Family Focus: A Therapist's Tips for Happier Families, Treat Your Partner Like a Dog: How to Breed a Better Relationship, and Appetite for Life: Inspiring Stories of Recovery from Anorexia, Bulimia and Compulsive Overeating.
I enjoy actively helping people explore issues, understand their deeper emotions, and find ways to improve their relationships and their lives. We work together in ways that often produce more light-heartedness as we build awareness, confidence and self-acceptance.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Margie Ryerson now - (925) 392-3516
Let's Connect (925) 392-3516
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $200
- Couple Sessions $220
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, Paypal, Venmo, Zelle
Insurance
- Out of Network
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Margie Ryerson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / MFC8805 Margie Ryerson
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Margie Ryerson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Eating Disorders
- Depression
Expertise
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Child
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Stress
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (925) 392-3516
Margie Ryerson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Age
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Humanistic
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Structural Family Therapy
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email or (925) 392-3516
Margie Ryerson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Location
Nearby Areas
Take the first step to help. Call now - (925) 392-3516
Margie Ryerson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT