Best Cognitive Behavioral Therapies In Sacramento Near Me

4worldlovers: “In every adult there lurks a child – an eternal child, something that is always becoming, is never completed, and calls for unceasing care, attention, and education. That is the part of the personality which wants to develop and become whole.”

Growing up, I had the kind of childhood one has to survive.

In order to survive I created coping strategies to block out as much darkness as I could. This protection system served me beautifully for many years. A full body of armor developed as a child began to hold me back as an adult.

That same curious, smart survivor child had a calling very young, to help other children.

Being the first person in my family to finish high school in Sacramento, I impulsively moved out as soon as I could to attend college in San Diego. Luckily, yoga quickly became part of my lifestyle and the gateway to my lifelong healing quest. In college, I learned how to teach children through art as an elementary school teacher. My personal relationships were hard. Anxiety was constant. Balancing stress and accomplishing academic success felt impossible. My family didn’t know how to support me and I felt alone, like an imposter and undercover listless - like a balloon floating in space on the verge of popping.

My brutish armored-up protector parts led the way charging fullsteam ahead. Working at restaurants and taking far more than a full time course schedule I was able to unconsciously numb myself (read: protect myself the only way I knew how) by staying fantastically busy. All The While, it became clear that the role of classroom teacher was not mine, I enrolled in a school psychology graduate program while also working at a foster care facility. Connecting with these amazing children gave me a profound sense of purpose and deeper understanding that assessments told only a fraction of the story. My desire was to connect with the wholeness of a human. As a result, I pivoted to a school counseling program. In between here, a life changing adventure of donating a kidney to a boyfriend. This experience gave me a glimpse into the intimate reality that death plays in our lives, connecting me deeply to my soul (clarity, he survived but there was a moment of complication).

The time came to move back to Northern California as I got to complete a school counseling internship in Davis. Where I discovered and fell madly in love with Art Therapy. Shortly after, while working as a school counselor in San Francisco I entered my second graduate program in art therapy psychology. My path lead me to the San Francisco Zen Center where I entered a training program in Buddhism. This relationship with Buddhism taught me how to include mindfulness into the cracks of my armor. It furthered my understanding of darkness, non-attachment and death. I was able to start a relationship with my own darkness. At art therapy school I was fascinated by existential psychotherapy. As these intense programs were concluding I had a miscarriage. Devastated, I tried again and was blessed with my greatest teachers thus far; my wise, amazing, sensitive twins. After the grueling licencing path and challenging postpartum I obtained my LPCC (licensed professional clinical counselor) in 2013.