Therapists in Alameda County, CA
Hi, I’m Jamaal and my goal, as a therapist, is to empower you as my client. I will do this by creating a safe space with you, to encouraging you during your process of exploration, and to providing reflection and guidance where it may be helpful. I am dedicated to fostering this inclusive and respectful space for all. Therapy can be a powerful tool to help build an understanding of yourself, gain confidence, and develop more fulfilling ways to move through life. I am motivated by helping people find the hope that change is possible, even when it feels nearly impossible.
Hi, I’m Jamaal and my goal, as a therapist, is to empower you as my client. I will do this by creating a safe space with you, to encouraging you during your process of exploration, and to providing reflection and guidance where it may be helpful. I am dedicated to fostering this inclusive and respectful space for all. Therapy can be a powerful tool to help build an understanding of yourself, gain confidence, and develop more fulfilling ways to move through life. I am motivated by helping people find the hope that change is possible, even when it feels nearly impossible.
Do you need relief from anxiety or depression? Are you and your partner fighting and trying to move forward together? I often help people who are exactly where you are. A collaborative, focused relationship with a caring professional can be a life-changing experience. I have a goal oriented and interactive style, and my goal is always to help you move forward - at your own pace - with ease and acceptance. Check out my website and call for a phone consultation to see if I'd be a good fit for you.
Do you need relief from anxiety or depression? Are you and your partner fighting and trying to move forward together? I often help people who are exactly where you are. A collaborative, focused relationship with a caring professional can be a life-changing experience. I have a goal oriented and interactive style, and my goal is always to help you move forward - at your own pace - with ease and acceptance. Check out my website and call for a phone consultation to see if I'd be a good fit for you.
Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
Oakland, CA 94610
Therapy provides such a rich opportunity for growth and learning, helping persons to recover from the aftermaths of trauma, abuse and loss, meet the hardships of their lives and thrive. In times like this, with so much anxiety about our collective welfare, it can be an invaluable lifeline. In response to the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, we are now offering teletherapy (therapy by phone and online by video) for all our clients, whether new or established. Also called telehealth or telebehavioral health, teletherapy can provide vital care and support to individuals, couples and families.
Therapy provides such a rich opportunity for growth and learning, helping persons to recover from the aftermaths of trauma, abuse and loss, meet the hardships of their lives and thrive. In times like this, with so much anxiety about our collective welfare, it can be an invaluable lifeline. In response to the Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, we are now offering teletherapy (therapy by phone and online by video) for all our clients, whether new or established. Also called telehealth or telebehavioral health, teletherapy can provide vital care and support to individuals, couples and families.
I view therapy as a collaborative process where we work together to understand the challenges you are facing. My initial goal is to provide empathy and relief, while working in the longer term to help you feel more open and able to access parts of your experience that may be hidden. This can be scary and vitalizing, and I view work with each client as a unique journey where the path to healing unfolds over time. For me, the ultimate goal of therapy is to help you both accept and challenge yourself, and thereby become more fully who you are.
I view therapy as a collaborative process where we work together to understand the challenges you are facing. My initial goal is to provide empathy and relief, while working in the longer term to help you feel more open and able to access parts of your experience that may be hidden. This can be scary and vitalizing, and I view work with each client as a unique journey where the path to healing unfolds over time. For me, the ultimate goal of therapy is to help you both accept and challenge yourself, and thereby become more fully who you are.
Sholonda C Jackson-Jasper
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Oakland, CA 94605 (Online Only)
Our practice is built on a foundation of compassion, curiosity, and open, honest communication. We create a safe space where clients feel heard, respected, and valued, making it possible to explore sensitive issues with love and understanding. With a background enriched by diverse professional and life experiences, we offer insights and interventions that resonate with a broad spectrum of clients, including ethnically and culturally diverse older adults, veterans, youth, and adult re-entry offenders, as well as those grappling with symptoms associated with bipolar disorder, anxiety, stress, and trauma.
Our practice is built on a foundation of compassion, curiosity, and open, honest communication. We create a safe space where clients feel heard, respected, and valued, making it possible to explore sensitive issues with love and understanding. With a background enriched by diverse professional and life experiences, we offer insights and interventions that resonate with a broad spectrum of clients, including ethnically and culturally diverse older adults, veterans, youth, and adult re-entry offenders, as well as those grappling with symptoms associated with bipolar disorder, anxiety, stress, and trauma.
There are times in our life when difficulties lead to thoughts and feelings inside of us that we are uncomfortable with. Ignoring those feelings doesn’t exactly make them go away often leaving us frustrated and feeling stuck. So what can you do? Well, I can tell you that counseling is a helpful way to find relief and healing for those struggling with mental and emotional suffering, relationship conflicts, daily stress, and unhealthy behavior patterns.
There are times in our life when difficulties lead to thoughts and feelings inside of us that we are uncomfortable with. Ignoring those feelings doesn’t exactly make them go away often leaving us frustrated and feeling stuck. So what can you do? Well, I can tell you that counseling is a helpful way to find relief and healing for those struggling with mental and emotional suffering, relationship conflicts, daily stress, and unhealthy behavior patterns.
Hello! I am glad you are here! I believe our success in the ‘game’ of life is directly related to the quality of our relationships and the ability to establish and maintain, lifelong, healthy relationships. My experience extends to having worked with culturally diverse individuals, couples, and families of all ages, who are encountering life’s challenges. I have worked in both government settings and community mental health settings, helping clients to cope with and heal from such issues as chronic mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness, grief, and trauma.
Hello! I am glad you are here! I believe our success in the ‘game’ of life is directly related to the quality of our relationships and the ability to establish and maintain, lifelong, healthy relationships. My experience extends to having worked with culturally diverse individuals, couples, and families of all ages, who are encountering life’s challenges. I have worked in both government settings and community mental health settings, helping clients to cope with and heal from such issues as chronic mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness, grief, and trauma.
Vivian Dent
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Oakland, CA 94611
Not accepting new clients
I'll help you explore your feelings and relationships. Together, we'll work to discover what really matters to you and how you can live your life more fully and happily.
Depression, anxiety, painful entanglements, and the lingering effects of damaging experiences sap life of its joy. I have wide experience treating these problems and helping people improve their relationships, work lives, and sense of self.
I'll help you explore your feelings and relationships. Together, we'll work to discover what really matters to you and how you can live your life more fully and happily.
Depression, anxiety, painful entanglements, and the lingering effects of damaging experiences sap life of its joy. I have wide experience treating these problems and helping people improve their relationships, work lives, and sense of self.
For three decades I have been privileged as a marriage and family therapist to make a difference in people's lives. Though I am most known for being a Jungian-oriented therapist and author, my training in pastoral counseling and spiritual direction, my experience in long-term psychodynamic treatment, and my long-standing interest in all the many forms and expressions of human sexuality, as an "out" gay therapist and activist, are areas of expertise that come together in my work to help clients find a way to be their deepest, healthiest and most authentic selves.
For three decades I have been privileged as a marriage and family therapist to make a difference in people's lives. Though I am most known for being a Jungian-oriented therapist and author, my training in pastoral counseling and spiritual direction, my experience in long-term psychodynamic treatment, and my long-standing interest in all the many forms and expressions of human sexuality, as an "out" gay therapist and activist, are areas of expertise that come together in my work to help clients find a way to be their deepest, healthiest and most authentic selves.
Grace Cain
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Oakland, CA 94610 (Online Only)
If you are feeling lost, broken, overwhelmed, or in need of something more from your life, therapy can help reconnect you to yourself. I provide depth-oriented psychotherapy to couples, adults, and teens online in California. I enjoy supporting people who feel stuck due to depression, anxiety, and distress related to past and present trauma. I also work with couples seeking to build or re-build safety, trust, authentic communication, intimacy, and a deeper understanding of each other. I have experience working within the LGBTQI+ community and welcome people who occupy non-conforming gender and sexual identities.
If you are feeling lost, broken, overwhelmed, or in need of something more from your life, therapy can help reconnect you to yourself. I provide depth-oriented psychotherapy to couples, adults, and teens online in California. I enjoy supporting people who feel stuck due to depression, anxiety, and distress related to past and present trauma. I also work with couples seeking to build or re-build safety, trust, authentic communication, intimacy, and a deeper understanding of each other. I have experience working within the LGBTQI+ community and welcome people who occupy non-conforming gender and sexual identities.
Mieke Bryant
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
San Leandro, CA 94578 (Online Only)
If you've every felt like you were in a "space of stuck" you are not alone. Many individuals struggle to pinpoint the barriers to living an enhanced life that optimizes their potential. Trauma, and historical experiences can contribute to this state of suspension. You have the opportunity and capability to change direction, no matter how long you've felt like you were in a never ending cycle. It is not too late and you are not alone. The addition of my therapeutic services, support, and effective coping skills can be the catalyst for positive momentum. NOW is the time to get the results you crave.
If you've every felt like you were in a "space of stuck" you are not alone. Many individuals struggle to pinpoint the barriers to living an enhanced life that optimizes their potential. Trauma, and historical experiences can contribute to this state of suspension. You have the opportunity and capability to change direction, no matter how long you've felt like you were in a never ending cycle. It is not too late and you are not alone. The addition of my therapeutic services, support, and effective coping skills can be the catalyst for positive momentum. NOW is the time to get the results you crave.
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Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT, NCC
Verified Verified
Alameda, CA 94501 (Online Only)
Are you over self-criticism and shame spirals? Are you ready to stop believing you are “too much” or “not enough”? Have you learned to sacrifice your needs to show up readily for others? Do you struggle to take up space? You want healthy, fulfilling relationships, but cannot seem to break painful patterns, like people pleasing, codependency, perfectionism, scarcity mindset, and social anxiety. If you're ready to heal wounds from childhood, attachment and relationship issues, generational trauma, or from masking neurodivergence and having your sensitivity misunderstood, let's explore how curiosity and compassion can change your life.
Are you over self-criticism and shame spirals? Are you ready to stop believing you are “too much” or “not enough”? Have you learned to sacrifice your needs to show up readily for others? Do you struggle to take up space? You want healthy, fulfilling relationships, but cannot seem to break painful patterns, like people pleasing, codependency, perfectionism, scarcity mindset, and social anxiety. If you're ready to heal wounds from childhood, attachment and relationship issues, generational trauma, or from masking neurodivergence and having your sensitivity misunderstood, let's explore how curiosity and compassion can change your life.
Deanna (Dee) Watt
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
Berkeley, CA 94707 (Online Only)
Hello! My general orientation is Jungian, which means to me that together we seek the kind of self-realization your own inner self will reveal. Whether you are anxious, depressed, suffering from relationship troubles or low self-esteem, I will see you as a whole person. We will discover together your own creative and powerful ability to find clarity about the kind of change needed to solve your personal problems. Some of these problems may come from past experience that needs to be healed. We will surely grow in this process...both of us!
Hello! My general orientation is Jungian, which means to me that together we seek the kind of self-realization your own inner self will reveal. Whether you are anxious, depressed, suffering from relationship troubles or low self-esteem, I will see you as a whole person. We will discover together your own creative and powerful ability to find clarity about the kind of change needed to solve your personal problems. Some of these problems may come from past experience that needs to be healed. We will surely grow in this process...both of us!
Clients reach out to therapists because they have a need to heal some aspect of themselves or their life. They are being challenged, as we all are, because each life is a Master Class and no one is born with an instruction manual. Carl Rogers firmly believed that the human being by design is striving towards wholeness, light and dark, good and bad. I have over 40 years of work with clients. I am conversant with religious and spiritual practices, both personal and in community. As a Latinx gay man, I am sensitive to intersectionality, internalized oppression, and immigrant trauma.
Clients reach out to therapists because they have a need to heal some aspect of themselves or their life. They are being challenged, as we all are, because each life is a Master Class and no one is born with an instruction manual. Carl Rogers firmly believed that the human being by design is striving towards wholeness, light and dark, good and bad. I have over 40 years of work with clients. I am conversant with religious and spiritual practices, both personal and in community. As a Latinx gay man, I am sensitive to intersectionality, internalized oppression, and immigrant trauma.
I have a history of working with trauma, couples, adolescents, ADHD and substance use disorders. I work hard at empowering clients to move past struggles that hold them back and to find a sense of agency and purpose. I use a variety of different therapies and techniques including EMDR, somatic therapies, trauma informed treatment and CBT to name a few of the modalities I offer to clients.
I have a history of working with trauma, couples, adolescents, ADHD and substance use disorders. I work hard at empowering clients to move past struggles that hold them back and to find a sense of agency and purpose. I use a variety of different therapies and techniques including EMDR, somatic therapies, trauma informed treatment and CBT to name a few of the modalities I offer to clients.
Wendy Rolon
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Oakland, CA 94609 (Online Only)
From birth to death, we experience periods of happiness, sadness, anger, anxiety, overwhelm and grief. The challenging periods can feel intense; I believe they can also offer us an opportunity for transformation and growth. I bring open-hearted curiosity to our work together. My goal is to help you gain self-understanding and self-compassion, giving you the skills to better navigate challenges, and to enjoy a more expansive life. I have an affinity for those who are experiencing any type of grief, caregivers and also for neurodivergent people. Let's work together and get you the support you need.
From birth to death, we experience periods of happiness, sadness, anger, anxiety, overwhelm and grief. The challenging periods can feel intense; I believe they can also offer us an opportunity for transformation and growth. I bring open-hearted curiosity to our work together. My goal is to help you gain self-understanding and self-compassion, giving you the skills to better navigate challenges, and to enjoy a more expansive life. I have an affinity for those who are experiencing any type of grief, caregivers and also for neurodivergent people. Let's work together and get you the support you need.
Linsay Preston, LMHC, LPCC
Counselor, LMHC, LPCC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Berkeley, CA 94705 (Online Only)
Telehealth/online counseling available for residents of Massachusetts, California, and Hawaii, IFS Level II trained. Reactions to life changes and negative self talk can leave us feeling disempowered. Finding a therapist that will work well for you is the first step towards discovering skills to improve your overall quality of life. Through a supportive, holistic approach I empower individuals with the ability to decrease the impact of anxiety or depression. I am compassionate, straight-forward, and encourage collaboration. A somatic approach to Internal Family Systems, IFS, facilitates deep healing and change.
Telehealth/online counseling available for residents of Massachusetts, California, and Hawaii, IFS Level II trained. Reactions to life changes and negative self talk can leave us feeling disempowered. Finding a therapist that will work well for you is the first step towards discovering skills to improve your overall quality of life. Through a supportive, holistic approach I empower individuals with the ability to decrease the impact of anxiety or depression. I am compassionate, straight-forward, and encourage collaboration. A somatic approach to Internal Family Systems, IFS, facilitates deep healing and change.
Therapy2Thrive
Marriage & Family Therapist, NCC, RPT-S
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Pleasanton, CA 94566
Are you feeling alone, overwhelmed & lacking hope in your life? Are you just making it through the day....staying in your marriage, tolerating your teens or hiding in your work and wondering "How did I get here?" Therapy2Thrive Ruby Hill Counseling Center, Inc. is here to help. We provide clients with a therapeutic relationship that provides thoughtful, caring counseling building trust and hope for healing. We work with our clients with practical research based counseling skills and interventions to assist you in making choices that lead to more joy and less distress.
Are you feeling alone, overwhelmed & lacking hope in your life? Are you just making it through the day....staying in your marriage, tolerating your teens or hiding in your work and wondering "How did I get here?" Therapy2Thrive Ruby Hill Counseling Center, Inc. is here to help. We provide clients with a therapeutic relationship that provides thoughtful, caring counseling building trust and hope for healing. We work with our clients with practical research based counseling skills and interventions to assist you in making choices that lead to more joy and less distress.
Pamela Zelnik
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Berkeley, CA 94707 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Feeling stuck, confused, in limbo or in transition can be so painful. With focus and support, taking those first few steps can feel more approachable, as you try new strategies and skills for managing difficult challenges, improving well being, and leading a fuller life.I bring a warm, supportive, practical and interactive approach to working with clients. Together, we collaborate to uncover and identify your concerns and obstacles as well as strengths, hopes and pleasures.
Feeling stuck, confused, in limbo or in transition can be so painful. With focus and support, taking those first few steps can feel more approachable, as you try new strategies and skills for managing difficult challenges, improving well being, and leading a fuller life.I bring a warm, supportive, practical and interactive approach to working with clients. Together, we collaborate to uncover and identify your concerns and obstacles as well as strengths, hopes and pleasures.
Hello! Welcome to my personal profile. I am Steve Foster, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist The majority of my experience has been in working with couples, married and otherwise, to improve communication in their relationships. "Taking the war out of words",and learning to take one another's perspective increase the likelihood of success in intimate relationships. I've also worked with those coping with substance dependency. I am a strong believer in the value of family, and in the power of living a clean and sober, recovery-centered life. Please feel free to call me to discuss your concerns.
Hello! Welcome to my personal profile. I am Steve Foster, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist The majority of my experience has been in working with couples, married and otherwise, to improve communication in their relationships. "Taking the war out of words",and learning to take one another's perspective increase the likelihood of success in intimate relationships. I've also worked with those coping with substance dependency. I am a strong believer in the value of family, and in the power of living a clean and sober, recovery-centered life. Please feel free to call me to discuss your concerns.
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Number of Therapists in Alameda County, CA
3,000+
Average cost per session
$185
Therapists in Alameda County, CA who prioritize treating:
92% | Anxiety |
88% | Depression |
78% | Relationship Issues |
72% | Self Esteem |
67% | Trauma and PTSD |
66% | Grief |
66% | Stress |
Average years in practice
12 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
70% | Aetna |
59% | Cigna and Evernorth |
54% | UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH |
How Therapists in Alameda County, CA see their clients
64% | In Person and Online | |
36% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
77% | Female | |
20% | Male | |
3% | Non-Binary |