Best Psychologists In Sacramento Near Me

4worldlovers:
Online and Phone Individual Therapy – Couples Therapy – Family Therapy – Group Therapy – Coaching


Using my longtime skills as a Psychotherapist, Counselor and Life Coach

I offer online psychotherapy for California and Pennsylvania residents and online coaching to people all over the U.S. and internationally, to help you live a more integrated, whole and authentic life—and feel more joyful, happy and peaceful.

Do you feel anxious and stressed? Do you get triggered by people or things that never used to bother you?

Are you a victim of sexual assault or harassment that has re-surfaced since the #metoo movement?

Do you suffer from depression, finding it hard to focus with all the distracting thoughts and worries in your mind? Are you feeling foggy and uncertain?

Does it seem like you have veered off-course from your life’s purpose?

Do you feel disconnected from your body? Are you gaining or losing weight?

Has an illness, a major life transition (such as divorce, job loss, death of a loved one) left you feeling hopeless or grieving from your loss?

At Soul Wisdom Therapy, I can help you learn to rely on your inner compass (your “soul wisdom”) to handle challenging emotions or situations as they arise.

And when you learn how to recognize and listen to your soul wisdom:

You wake up feeling well rested, energized and excited about the day.

You move from experiencing depression and hopelessness to allowing yourself to focus on self-care and pleasure.

You make the choice to stay present in the moment—mindful and aware—rather than numb yourself to unpleasant emotions with food, alcohol, drugs, TV or the internet.

You move through difficult emotions quickly and you feel peaceful, calm and at ease… everywhere.

You communicate effectively with your family, coworkers or spouse. You shift old habits and patterns allowing you to transform your relationships.

You remain in charge of your peace of mind, even as you navigate illness, change or loss.

I am a longterm and very experienced Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for Pennsylvania residents and certified Life Coach, dedicated to working with you on every level: mind, body and spirit.

My mindfulness-based approach quickly opens you to become more aware in each moment—helping you unearth the core issues or wounds that are contributing to your current challenges.

Therapy and coaching with me will help you get unstuck, love and trust yourself and others more fully and live with greater self-compassion, self-awareness, and, most importantly, self-love.

Almost everyone experiences some anxiety in their lives. But chronic or intense anxiety, phobias or panic attacks can leave you feeling trapped by your fears or concerns. With my therapeutic help, you will escape negative thought patterns, take control of your fears and feel calm and comfortable in your life.

Has chronic pain or chronic/life-threatening illness left you feeling helpless, overwhelmed or confused? With my guidance as your chronic illness and/or chronic pain treatment therapist, you will learn to better manage your condition, cope with or reduce difficult symptoms and find the relief you are seeking.

Are you out of alignment, unhappy or unfulfilled in your personal or professional life? Utilizing my hands on support and guidance as a life coach, I can help you learn to hold yourself accountable, overcome your challenges and create the life you want.

Have challenges in your relationship left you feeling misunderstood or uncertain about your future together? Are you worried about increasing tension or distance between you and your spouse? Or maybe you will be getting married and would like pre-marital counseling before you say “I do.” Couples therapy with me will help you and your partner discover where your negative, harmful patterns come from, why dysfunctional patterns show up in your relationship and how to work through them.

Diagnosing an eating disorder is often complicated. Even within a diagnosis – Anorexia or Bulimia, for example – the cause, symptoms and solution are rarely cut and dry. Eating disorder treatment with me can help you break free from patterns of unhealthy eating, overcome your anxiety around food and begin to feel comfortable in your body and with yourself.

To read a Sacramento Bee article on a new eating disorder called Orthorexia, in which I was interviewed, please click on this link: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/healthy-choices/article54132450.html

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.