Best Counselor Oakland Near Me

4worldlovers: Specializing in anxiety, depression, and relationship treatment using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy.


If you are feeling lost or uncertain, but you know you want to be somewhere different, you are in the right place.


Struggling with stress and worry? Feeling sad or alone? Need help getting motivated? Low confidence and self esteem?


Improve your mental health through supportive psychotherapy and counseling with me online or in-person today.

Get counseling & therapy near you in Oakland in the Historic Temescal District with Chloe Demisch, LCSW


I have over 10 years of extensive training and experience with Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). I have found it to be the best long-term solution for anxiety and depression.

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) has proven to be effective with a wide range of mental health problems including stress & depression, panic attacks, phobias, low self esteem & confidence, and insomnia, just to name a few.

Using ACT, I will help you create mindfulness skills to unravel unhelpful thinking patterns that block you from your greatest potential. I will help you explore and clarify what’s most important to you so that you can have a compass to guide you whenever you are lost or stuck.

If you’ve been struggling with the same problems for years, then psychotherapy can help you find some answers.

Trying to understand why you feel certain things or act certain ways is much more productive with the support of a mental health professional.

Chloe Demisch, LCSW has over a decade of clinical experience to help unravel your psychological blocks.

When your symptoms are getting worse or getting in the way of living your life, then it may be time to seek professional help.

Perhaps you’ve tried to heal using books, online advice, friends, or social media. In therapy with me, you get custom-tailored care just for you.

I am a licensed clinical social worker in the San Francisco Bay Area with over 15 years of professional experience in mental health. In my practice, your confidentiality and privacy is my priority.

Too often our feelings and experiences are invalidated by society, our family and friends. The cornerstone of our therapy together will be to help you feel heard and understood in an atmosphere of legitimization and respect. Together, we can find insight and direction.

Finding your path can be a little scary sometimes. Full of uncertainty. Lack of answers. The unknown. If you are tired of the “what-if”, then together we can only go forward and upward.

Relationships are exciting and rewarding, but they can also be challenging.

In our work together, we will remove blocks to your confidence and vulnerability.

Anxiety is tough. It is an uncomfortable feeling. But the good news is that anxiety is completely normal. Life is like the ocean, full of ups and downs. Let’s learn to ride the waves.

Anxiety manifests itself differently. Symptoms can include sleeplessness, phobias, physical tension, and even panic attacks. In our sessions, I’ll teach you how to deal with these feelings of uncertainty and the unknown.

You don’t feel like yourself and you don’t know why.

There is a sense of emptiness in your gut and you don’t know how it got there. Or maybe you do and need to talk it out.

Maybe you look happy on the outside. But you don’t quite feel that way on the inside.

Book today and find out how we can turn things around for the better.

Maybe you’re thinking about a career change, or you need help finding purpose in your work. Your job might be causing you a lot of stress. Perhaps you’re struggling with imposter syndrome, or a difficult manager.

Psychotherapy with Chloe Demisch, LCSW can help you learn important conflict resolution and communication skills to use with coworkers or managers. Get counseling to clarify your values and explore career paths. Cope with anxiety caused by work or burnout.

Being here is your first step. Your path to a new you.

It’s scary, isn’t it? New beginnings. New life stages.

4worldlovers:
You are a unique, complex and wonderful person. You were born 'whole', energetic, and ready to receive what the world has to teach and offer. But over time, life's challenges can erode your confidence. Disappointments, illnesses, relationship issues, family confilicts, or career stress can leave you feeling less than fulfilled. The good news is, the only thing in the way of you living fully - is you. And the only path to finding and living there already lies within you.


We believe that through our attention to, and alignment with, all three dimensions of our being — body, mind, and spirit — we are most equipped to live our best life to the fullest…experiencing wonder, joy, and overall wellbeing. By training your active mind to choose the beliefs, perceptions and assumptions that fuel your passion and potential, listening to the wisdom of our bodies, and hearing our spirit’s calling, you CAN create the life you were born to live. Let us show you how.


Individuals looking for new ways to address everyday life stressors commonly turn to a professional for help. You may have noticed that you have developed patterns of thinking, behaving or relating that are not working anymore; or maybe they never did. We can help you understand and change those patterns.


The mind and body are closely connected -- thoughts, feelings, and physical experiences interact in many ways. Learning effective ways to connect mind and body and to integrate thinking and feeling can help with solving problems, changing behavior, and experiencing greater calmness, well-being, and life satisfaction.

Do you ponder about the meaning and purpose of your life? Guided self-reflection can show you that that everything is an opportunity to see yourself more clearly. In all life’s difficult moments there is opportunity to open to your awareness and gain the potential to make conscious choices rather than relying on your habitual responses.

"You will find our practice to be a warm and inviting atmosphere. Our holistic approach which means we incorporate a multiethnic perspective as well as spiritual, psychological, mind, and body perspectives. We are strongly committed to supporting people to recognizing their dreams and living their lives to the fullest. We examine with people the underlying concerns that have hindered them from leading a more successful, happy, fulfilled, and vibrant life. We believe in helping people to have clear informed choices as opposed to operating from a “knee jerk” reaction in order that people can understand why and how to behave differently. Many come into treatment because they have engaged in repeated patterns of behaviors and not understanding why they have not been able to stop despite their knowledge of knowing that they want to do different. In brief, my staff and I work with these repetitive patterns to interrupt the cycle so that change can occur.

We consider ourselves to be active clinicians, engaging you in the treatment in a cooperative and empowerment mode. At Vernita Marsh & Associates, our style is also known to be pragmatic - providing education regarding the problem and symptoms, offering insight concerning what has maintained the problem, and assisting you in finding practical solutions.

Regardless of what brings you here today, let me say 'Welcome'. My staff and I look forward to meeting you, and appreciate the opportunity to work together to help guide you on the path toward total wellness."

"Getting to know myself through you has been an amazing journey. If I hadn’t been there I wouldn’t believe it. I did not know how disturbed and traumatized I had been, and I didn’t know how wonderful life could be now. I continue to be amazed at the person I have become. Words and money could never thank you enough."