What is Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is an interpersonal relationship in which you and your therapist talk and think together about whatever is causing you emotional or psychological distress in your day to day life. This may include not liking or feeling good about yourself; difficulties in relationships with others; feelings of loneliness, alienation or marginalization; childhood or recent traumas or losses; self-defeating behaviors; or chronic anxiety or depression.

Generally psychotherapy will focus on understanding your current life difficulties in the context of your past and present experiences in your family as well as the larger world including social-cultural forces such as sexism, racism and other forms of oppression. Psychotherapy works through the co-creation of an open and trusting relationship between you and your therapist in which you can come to understand yourself more deeply in order to feel more alive and empowered to live your life the way you want to. This takes time and a commitment of weekly sessions as human beings are unique and complex.

Additional Information

THERAPISTS

Our therapists are advanced or post-graduate students working toward licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Social Worker or Psychologist. They are supervised by an outstanding faculty of senior clinicians.

APPOINTMENTS

To request a counseling appointment, or for more information, please call our Counseling Request Line at 510-524-8288. A therapist will respond within 24 hours to your call for information and/or an appointment. We are unable to respond to e-mails regarding counseling. Appointments are available every weekday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

FEES

Fees are on a sliding scale, based on income, allowing for flexibility and affordability. Clients may submit for reimbursements from some insurance plans. We regret we cannot take Medi-Cal.