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Welcome, I work primarily with clients that are within the LGBTQIA+ and Kink/BDSM communities. I also am body positive, sex positive, poly positive, geek/nerd positive, and trauma informed. I feel that the therapy space should feel safe and build on your strengths. If you’re here, you’re probably struggling with a significant burden in your life. Whether it’s anxiety, depression, trauma, or even difficulties with relationships, I want you to know that researching your future therapist is a great first step. In fact, having a good relationship with them has been known to be a major factor in achieving progress in your therapy. I have worked in LGBTQIA+ and school based agencies, working with people from all different backgrounds who struggle with a wide variety of challenges. I’ve worked with individuals with issues like depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, loss, neurodiversity, caregiving, relationship issues, polyamory, LGBTQIA+, kink/BDSM, sex issues, and gender issues. I want to get to know you as a person and discover what steps will benefit you the most on your own journey. You're the expert of yourself, and I'm just following in your steps to make sure you have the support you need. Together, we can come up with goals and solutions that are going to work for you.
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As a therapist with a focus on developmental trauma and working with queer and trans adults and teens, I believe that early life experiences and ongoing structural contexts immensely inform our relationship to ourselves and each other. I hold this framework with my background in somatic psychotherapy, which considers the ways our bodies and nervous systems relate to our emotions and experiences. There is no one way to relate to the past, embody our feelings, or find healing. In therapy, we find a way for you together. My role is to hold consistent curiosity, rigor, and care throughout the process of your own self-discovery. I frequently work with those who are navigating complex trauma (CPTSD) symptoms or who are struggling with perfectionism, shame, dissociation, and issues with self-worth. I welcome themes related to belonging, grief and loss, queer and trans community dynamics, non-monogamy, BDSM/kink, chronic illness and disability, and loneliness/isolation. Please reach out for a consultation to see if working together feels like a right fit for you.
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I use somatic therapy and IFS (Internal Family Systems) to help clients mindfully attune to their mental, physical and emotional needs. I am trained in the flash technique (EMDR) for trauma processing and I offer ketamine-assisted therapy. I also specialize in working with people who have experienced religious trauma, who are dealing with life transitions, and/or who are neurodivergent. If you have struggled with the impacts of trauma or with feeling "too sensitive," I am here to support you. If you've had a challenging psychedelic experience that you'd like to process, I also offer psychedelic integration therapy. View 5 Photos In all my client work, I draw from research in neuroscience and mindfulness. I help clients develop nervous system awareness, so that they learn to recognize and regulate their moods and physiology. I direct clients to 'zoom in' to specific body sensations, and also ‘zoom out’ to locate individual experience within a structurally oppressive society. I work with clients of all backgrounds and my work is informed by the understanding that patriarchy, ableism, homophobia, racism, and the demands of capitalism all impact mental health. I bring empathy, understanding, and humor to support each individual. I am accepting new clients and offer a free consultation to learn about you and answer any questions.
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I believe that the core of successful psychotherapy lies in creating a safe place for you to talk about things that are truly important in your life. I am currently an online psychotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience. I draw from various evidence-based approaches to provide personalized therapy that meets your unique needs. While we cannot always avoid the challenges that arise in our life, we do have a choice how to address them. I believe that there is much to learn from these struggles and that by facing them we create opportunity for making enduring changes in our life.
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Many of my clients are aware of feeling alienated or "different." My clients come from diverse walks of life and experience alienation for very different reasons. However, they often struggle with: depression, anxiety, early-life trauma, addictions, as well as painful repetition and disappointment in relationships. You may have had difficulty connecting and benefiting from therapy in the past. Working together we can face the pain, anxiety, and repetition that you may be feeling. Finding relief, gaining confidence and increasing satisfaction in your relationships is not a distant dream. I invite you to visit my website to learn more about my practice. My approach is practical and flexible. I am depth-oriented but use a variety of techniques depending on your needs. At different times my clients will benefit from cognitive, mindfulness, body-based, as well as more traditional "talk therapy." Although good therapy is not easy, it should move you deeply and feel right.
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If you're wondering what is possible as you grapple with the challenges of living in today's uncertain times, frustrated or sad, worried or confused the journey begins here. I can help you find a way to navigate these disruptive difficulties. When we begin to talk about the changes you seek we will explore how to re-attune your life towards greater harmony with your values and what makes you happy and fulfilled. My Approach is Kindness. Therapy can help. Talking to a committed and caring other can heal. With warmth, respect and an engaged presence I follow your lead. I am relational, supportive and culturally sensitive and I treat everyone as a unique individual. I work with people not a diagnosis. Come as You Are. If you have found your way here you are ready. The long and winding road has led you here to this door. Together we can discover what it means for you to be fully human in this place and in these times and prepared with the needed tools for what lies ahead.
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Therapy is a way to find both self-compassion and growth. It provides a space for you to talk freely about yourself and your dreams without judgment. Whether you are struggling with a recent change or something that has been longer term, I would be glad to see how I can help. We will work together to not only address your current symptoms, but also understand where those symptoms are stemming from to create enduring, long term change. My approach to therapy varies based on the needs of each client I work with. I am collaborative, relational and empathic and all of my work is from a trauma informed care lens. Specialties include (but are not limited to): anxiety, stress, healing from trauma, work/life balance, imposter syndrome, overwhelm, improving confidence, mindfulness, relationship struggles, individual therapy, & Sport and Performance Consultation. I also offer Psychotherapy with Horses for individuals and families in Petaluma/Pengrove. Please reach out via email or phone to schedule a free initial call or intake appointment.
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My name is Daniel Lesny, and I'm a therapist, supervisor, and Training Director at Center for Creative Growth. I see myself as a catalyst who helps you to be with, heal, and grow in the areas of life that are most important to you. For over 25 years, I have offered individual, couples, family, and group therapy, including our Center's acclaimed "Healing Your Past - Transforming Your Future" 20-session Intensive, now available to California residents via Zoom. Our Program helps you heal these painful legacies of growing up in a family where there was emotional, verbal, physical, or sexual abuse, neglect, abandonment, or addiction. Based on the internationally acclaimed work of John Bradshaw, this Program uses powerful techniques proven to heal toxic shame, childhood wounds, feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt. Recovering your inner child and authentic self, restoring your self-esteem, and freeing your ability to create and achieve, you are free to develop healthy, intimate relationships. In this profound 20-week Intensive, you release pain from parents, partners, & others & learn healthy boundaries, allowing you to create connection with yourself & intimacy with others. Learn more about this intensive program at creativegrowth.com/20-week-intensive. New program cycles begin in October and April each year.
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I will endeavor to travel with you fearlessly, honestly and directly through the battles you are facing as a professionally-trained, impartial friend ... who you avoid eye contact with at the supermarket. I work mostly conversationally, but enjoy tangents into creative expression to bypass well-worn defensive structures of the overly-relied-on brain. With parents from two different continents and a childhood in a third, I am a product of globalization. I am incredibly curious about how we exist and make choices in this increasingly complex world of enmeshed culture and fractured identities. Knowing I wanted to approach therapy in a unique manner, I studied Drama Therapy. With that knowledge base, and previous experience in improvisational theater and fine art, my approach veers toward the embodied, the sensory, and the creative.
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People often come to therapy because they feel stuck in their lives, are experiencing anxiety or depression and are struggling with personal and professional relationships. My style is warm, supportive and engaged. I believe that the more access we have to our authentic selves, the more we can live a life that is deeply fulfilling. We will work collaboratively to develop a relationship in which there is room to take risks and experience aspects of yourself that may have been previously unknown to you. You will gain valuable tools to help you reach your goals personally, creatively, and professionally. I specialize in issues related to trauma, loss, and personal identity. I work with people facing life transitions that have ruptured their sense of self and relationship to the world. I also work with couples wishing to increase connection while balancing the conflicting demands of their personal and professional lives. I completed a three year post-graduate intensive training in psychodynamic therapy at The Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley. I bring a socio-cultural lens to my work and am interested in how issues of race, culture, gender, sexuality, religion and class inform our experiences our ourselves and others.
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I am grateful for the opportunities I have to know first hand our common humanity; our struggles and pain, our resilience and triumph through my personal and professional experiences. I am bi-cultural and have worked and traveled around the world. My exposure to and appreciation of human differences and similarities across cultures inspire my life and work. I am an experienced psychologist and I deeply and holistically understand complex psychological processes. I am here to skillfully, lovingly and affordably support your psychological growth and transformation and to help you reclaim joy and vitality. My work is informed by Humanistic-Existential and Buddhist philosophies and practices towards growth and change. I am extensively trained at Process-Experiential Emotion Focused therapy; Focusing, Gestalt, Mindfulness Based approaches to therapy, EMDR, Narrative and other integrative practices. I look forward to supporting your path towards deep and long lasting meaning and joy.
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I work to help my clients experience more vitality, control, peace, connection, focus and flexibility in their social and emotional lives, depending, of course, on what they are looking for. My clients often seek relief from patterns, ranging from subtly nagging to chronic and severe, of painful feelings, negative thoughts and self-sabotaging behaviors that stem from their experience of growing up in particular worlds and particular histories that were traumatic or difficult or confusing. We work on understanding and change. I prefer a flexible, collaborative approach that evolves as we get to know who you are and what you care about, as well as what you’re sick of. Over time we learn about where your discouragement or hopelessness has come from, untangling and dissolving what diminishes you. We also work on what makes you laugh and brings you deeper joy. I work well with people who have tried therapy but found it wanting; who are skeptical about therapy or afraid to try it; who have doubted they could find someone who could deal with their story; who are afraid of feeling; who have no idea where to start; or who know what they want to work on but also suspect there’s more to it than that.
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My primary area of focus has been working with people who suffer from trauma and anxiety, in addition to depression. I do much work with those who suffer from emotional neglect, abuse histories, & post-traumatic stress (PTSD). I'm certified in EMDR and am continually impressed at the ability of something so simple to so rapidly relieve pain and suffering. EMDR has been listed as one of the leading trauma therapies. It can also be very effective in helping those who suffer from a childhood history of family difficulties and a lack of nurturing. Also trained in Somatic Experiencing. EMDR studies show high degrees of effectiveness with the following conditions: Fears or Depression related to Trauma, Surviving Childhood Abuse, Performance & Test Anxiety, Sexual/Physical Abuse, Anxiety/Panic Attacks, Surviving an Assault or Robbery, Surviving Rape or an Accident, Witnessing Violence, Loss or Injury of a Loved One, Childhood Trauma. As my previous profession involved working with immigrants, teaching them English and how to better acclimate to American society, I'm sensitive to the cross-cultural issues that people in this group face in adapting to this new home.
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Life will present us now and then with the unexpected. This clearly is a time of major change for all of us. Not all of this is new nor is it novel. Even in the most normal of times we often do experience unwelcome events, the loss of a loved one, disability, addiction, economic insecurity, loneliness. To live is perhaps also to suffer. But we need not suffer alone. You will find me to be a compassionate, capable psychotherapist. Working together, I can help you to live a happier, more contented and fulfilling life. So then, where are you now? Where would you like to go from here? Would you like to create a new narrative? View 3 Photos I bring to the consulting room a lifetime of healing experience. I received my PhD at the Wright Institute, was a post-graduate intern UCSF and UC Berkeley Postgraduate Fellow in Psychology at the Student Counseling Center. I continue to enjoy students, teachers, learning and writing. You might like my books Jung for Beginners and 12 Step Restorative Yoga. We can overcome internalized oppression. There is a special place in my practice for adult children of alcoholics and others who come from dysfunctional families. Those of us born into minority communities carry an additional burden. Relationship building can often be difficult quite apart from one's sexual orientation. We may need help to find our way.
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Navigating life's challenges is never easy, but reaching out for help is a brave first step to living a more genuine and fulfilling life. I have expertise in working with individuals struggling with childhood trauma and trauma-related symptoms such as grief, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and relational conflict. I believe every client is unique and deserves to be listened to and understood in an empathetic way. I am passionate about creating a safe, kind, collaborative and judgment-free space where clients can attain new insights, experience new feelings, and find a renewed sense of physical and mental well-being. I draw from EMDR, psychodynamic therapy, CBT, and DBT. I believe that past experiences and traumas dating back to childhood strongly influence the way we feel about ourselves and others. I will prompt you to explore your past and listen to repeating negative patterns. I also utilize somatic (body-centered) approaches to treating PTSD. I also believe that maladaptive or irrational thoughts strongly influence how we feel and behave. By exploring and challenging these thoughts, the goal would be for you to overcome symptoms of depression and anxiety and begin to lead a life in which you feel more connected to yourself, others and the world. Please schedule your free consultation.
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Are you struggling to process depression, anxiety, relationship/family issues, and trauma? These emotional ruptures can cause major disruptions in our lives. The work to process these types of life events is multifaceted, and I can help you identify your feelings and potential relational patterns, build tolerance and acceptance around challenging ones, and set meaningful goals. In order to do so, I utilize various therapeutic approaches consisting of ACT, CBT, and Problem Solving Therapy and somatic interventions. With expertise in substance use disorder, ADHD, bipolar and personality disorders, my holistic approach to therapy prioritizes safety and healing, with trauma-informed care. Sessions are tailored to your unique needs and experiences, focusing on gradual behavior changes, coping strategies, emotional regulation, & processing unresolved feelings. I specialize in providing therapy for couples and families. My approach involves working together with you, your partner, or family members to understand how you communicate and help you overcome feelings of disconnection. My ultimate aim is to assist you in establishing healthy connections and boundaries within your relationships. Book a free consultation.
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These uncertain times can feel overwhelming. The world can seem frightening. Many folks feel isolated and exhausted. Others may feel anxious, depressed, or both. Now is a great time to seek therapy and find a safe place to connect, mine resources, discover tools and explore ways to help you manage challenges. I provide a warm, practical and comfortable practice where you can expect to be treated with respect, kindness, a sense of humor, compassion and over 25 years of experience with teens and families. I have a diverse practice and experience working with a variety of folx. Please contact me, I'm here to help. Growth can happen when you feel safe, and understood, without judgment. My approach is based on individual needs, and is a compassionate, integrative model. My work incorporates multiple models including CBT, Family Systems, Narrative and Solution Focused Therapies. I build upon strengths and resources, with expertise and collaboration. Challenges truly can be opportunities, they offer information to help us grow and change. When people are in pain I know how important it is to have a compassionate and safe place to find ways to heal, to feel and to function better. I can help you find sustainable, sensible solutions that makes sense to you. Come in and talk, plan, work, practice and heal.
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Are you wanting to be more true to who you are but do not know if it is possible? Do you often repress your desires and ignore your needs? Does this end up making you feel stuck, unhappy, hopeless, sad, frustrated, depressed and/or anxious? Whether you were raised by people who failed to see you and support you, or in a culture that oppressed you, it is important that you do not give up. You deserve to prioritize yourself and be who you are truly meant to be. I offer therapy in Spanish and English to individuals and couples. I will support you in developing an inner ally to yourself so that you can have a better relationship to yourself, feel good in your body and have the power and agency to do what is best for you. I have experience providing therapy to BIPOC, immigrants, mixed race and bicultural individuals and couples. I see people wanting to heal codependency, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, childhood neglect and trauma, gender and sexuality.
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I am a psychologist with 20 years of experience. I understand that life doesn't always go the way we want or planned for. This has happened to me, my loved ones and clients. How we react says a lot about not only who we are, but who we can be. Sometimes we need another perspective or feedback from a neutral person to help us get unstuck. Challenges and adversity truly can help us become better people. I had a thriving practice in the Bay Area, CA. However, I moved to Boulder, CO and want to serve the community here. Because I just opened my practice in Boulder in the Spring, I have openings! I've helped numerous individuals over the years, including those with relationship problems, anxiety, depression, trauma, loss & grief, parenting struggles, cultural/racial issues, and health problems. I know it is huge to take the first step and make a call. I'm happy to be a listening ear but I also provide a great deal of feedback when you are ready. I love my job - it brings a great deal of meaning to help others. I'm looking forward to helping you find your path in life, too.
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Asking for help can be scary; whatever you are facing is welcome and does not need to be faced alone. I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and trained in EMDR. In our sessions together, I will use exercises and principles from these modalities along with parts work and body-based mindfulness practices to help you learn more about how trauma is stored in our bodies and affects our day-to-day lives. I work with adults, teens, and children. I am passionate about working with C-PTSD, grief, addiction, codependency, depression, nervous system regulation, terminal illness, LGBTQ+ issues, and building secure attachment. I am currently working on my Ph.D. in Somatic Psychology . As a therapist, I work relationally and am client-centered. I believe the strength of the relationship we form together can create a ripple effect of healing in your relationships outside of the therapy room. I will walk with you as you remember your authentic self and reclaim your power over the present.
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I work with children, adolescents and adults, helping to support them and to make meaning as they respond to life's challenges, such as childbirth, adoption, loss of a child, death of a family member, infertility, early childhood trauma, and other life transitions. In addition to working with adults and parents in individual therapy, I specialize in Child-Parent Psychotherapy, working with the dyad to develop a mutually satisfying and enriching relationship. I work individually with children and adolescents, including infants and fussy babies. Many adults struggle due to unresolved traumas and broken attachments from early life. As a result they may experience anxiety, depression, or other forms of suffering. Ruptures in relationships happen for many reasons and their impact can span generations. You can't change a traumatic event that has already happened, but you can change the meaning you ascribe to that event. Children heal from trauma through a secure relationship with a caregiver. I serve as a conduit, helping the parent or caregiver become a healing agent for their own child.
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I hold a deeply calm, present, and nurturing space for your brightest dreams and your darkest wounds. Whatever your concerns, you will feel sincerely heard, held, and guided in a safe and constructive way. You will be supported in discovering and reclaiming hidden or submerged parts of your fullest self, as well as the positive and promising reasons behind the challenges that you face. Together, we will creatively explore new and vital directions for you, internally and dynamically, into the world. My commitment is for your purpose to become more grounded, more meaningful, more genuinely alive. My work is essentially depth-oriented, psychodynamic, rooted in attachment. I believe that a clear understanding of how our histories and stories enliven and hinder us is critical to successful transformation. I engage the therapeutic relationship, and a cornucopia of skills, as our primary tools for repair and expansion of the self. We work together. My approach is sensitive, attuned to you as an individual, couple, family, and community. Honoring social justice and equity, climate justice and grief associated with the degradation of, and dissociation from the natural world is woven throughout my warm hearted therapy. The pain and longing that bring you in are the key to your healing... and the world's.
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I take a holistic, somatic and transpersonal/spiritual approach to therapy, looking deeply into the interplay between mind, body and spirit and working at the root level of our physical experience: the nervous system. I work collaboratively with clients to explore socio-cultural considerations, how we fit or don't fit in that context and our opportunities for growth. We'll sort through to find and examine unconscious patterns and get creative to generate alternatives that put you more in line with your goals and life purpose. If you don't know what those are, we'll figure that out too. I have over two decades of experience as an elementary & middle school teacher and counselor. My experience lends a multi-faceted expertise in human development across the lifespan. I am a yoga & meditation teacher, utilizing both eastern and western traditions. I am an EMDR practitioner, SEP and hold a certificate in Nutritional Psychology. We'll work together to develop a creative framework in which to explore your strengths. Deep integrative work can be done through traditional talk therapy along with other modalities such as EMDR, mindfulness, yoga & somatic therapy or expressive arts and collaborating with complementary and alternative medicine providers.
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I work with couples and individuals struggling with a variety of relationship and communication issues. I have successfully treated clients with depression, anxiety, phobias, and low self-esteem. Clients that are looking for more aliveness in themselves and their relationships will be served well by what I offer. View 5 Photos I offer a safe and caring space for my clients to explore their challenges. I support the discovery of my client's authentic voice by helping uncover underlying feelings, needs and desires. I harness what is most alive in the moment as a portal to my client's health and healing. My clients find me deeply empathic and engaging. I am open and direct, and my clients tend to form a strong relationship with me. My clients find my empathic questioning of their habitual behaviors and beliefs to be challenging, but helpful to live their life in a choice-full way.
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As a psychologist, I provide a bridge between traditional psychotherapy and alternative modalities, in a highly individualized approach.Hypnotherapy integrated with psychotherapy can effectively reduce stress and anxiety, while resolving issues of relationships, career, health, or self-development. Hypnosis is a natural way to empower you to "change your brain." Release negative beliefs, shift self-defeating habits to life enhancing ones, discover your "source self" and utilize creative inner resources that you may not even be aware you have. I also utilize EMDR and cognitive behavioral therapy to re-configure a "problem" into a "solution." For couples, I focus therapy on evolving conflict into mutually satisfying interactions that facilitate growth and self-development. For both individual and couples therapy, I am dedicated to helping you develop lifelong skills. In addition to my work as a psychologist and hypnotherapist, I am a professor of psychology. I have always sought methods to integrate mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual levels. I believe in natural self-healing and an intuitive wisdom that we all possess but often need help to discern.
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