Positive Psychology focuses on the positive influences in the client’s life, such as institutions, optimistic emotions, and character strengths.
Positive Psychology therapists believe that emotional and mental factors lead to happiness, so they help clients identify happiness from moment to moment.
Positive Psychology utilizes positive emotion, engagement, and meaning to enhance the client’s life. The therapist will ask the client to maintain a journal of positive experiences each day in detail. Keeping a gratitude journal helps rewire the brain, offsetting ruminations of negativity. The client becomes more attentive to their expectations and memories of events, creating a more balanced perspective.
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My therapeutic training has been centered on experiential, culturally sensitive, and inner work necessary for becoming a healer. I focus on assessing individual client needs and providing compassionate therapeutic interventions to families, couples and children. My specialties include: Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Depression, Chronic Pain, and Trauma, Loss, Insomnia related to stress, Alcohol ...
Counseling is a hero's journey. It begins with your desire for a better life. It is this inherent calling inside you that is a first positive indicator from the beginning! I practice from an eclectic orientation based on years of doctoral-level experience which includes: doctoral educator, psychology research scientist, writer, and innovator. During COVID-19 I have elevated my online counseling...
We are a small private practice, established to grow a brand based on transparency in therapy, clinicians who are passionate about their jobs and ongoing interpersonal and professional growth. Our clinicians are trained to treat all mental health diagnoses. Contact us for help selecting which therapist may meet your personal needs including scheduling, insurance coverage, and unique styles. Our...
I once heard, "everything you want is on the other side of fear." Therapy can help bridge the gap of where you would like to be and where you are. I collaborate with clients to identify goals and address barriers to change. I have Masters degrees in both Counseling and Psychological Services and in Clinical Psychology (with a trauma focus) and am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. I ha...
I have been working in the counseling field for over 7 years. I dedicated my career to ongoing training and learning new and progressive techniques that work. Although I have extensive experience working with children and adolescents, I have over 4000 hours of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of adult disorders and family therapy. My ideal client can come from any walk of life and any....
I enjoy working with a wide variety of clients of various ages and from various cultures and backgrounds. I am particularly suited to help individuals cope with various physical, sensory, and learning challenges. My goal is to help my clients empower themselves and cope with many challenges including: anxiety disorders, mood disorders, various disabilities, trauma/PTSD, and LGBTQ+ challenges, t...
NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. We are living in precarious times. Our world has been turned upside down and the secure future we've strived to build is collapsing around us. We are all experiencing a fair amount of anxiety and fear. If you have a history of anxiety and trauma, that becomes compounded in the era of the pandemic. Now more than ever, you need support, healing, and tools for navigating...
The heart of my work is helping people in their 20s and 30s who want to restore healing, peace, and balance to their lives. I take a collaborative, practical, and compassionate approach and empower you to recognize and utilize your strengths as a means of moving through fear, sadness, and insecurities. My aim is to support you as you move toward increased healing and wholeness in your life. Whi...
*** Currently not accepting new clients*** I use a variety of approaches to meet the unique and individual goals of my clients. I strive to help my clients work through the challenges of their past, integrate their present and strive towards their future. I believe relationships form the foundation for healing and encourage my clients to explore a variety of holistic healing practices in additi...
Deep breath! You're ready for change, but not sure how that's going to look. My name is Elizabeth Aubert and I'm an LPC. I have worked with individuals, couples, families, and organizations in mental health, to create positive and lasting behavioral change. So, I know that personal transformation is possible! I specialize in working with children and families, couples, addictions, trauma, anxie...
I have been providing counseling and psychotherapy to individual adults, couples, children, teen and families in the Santa Cruz area since 1970. I love helping people discover their inner strengths and figure out how to utilize those strengths to create a better life and relationships. I see my role as a combination of coach, mentor, cheerleader and midwife. I utilize a versatile, directive...
Are you anxious, depressed, grieving a loss, feeling the effects of trauma, or having difficulty navigating life changes and challenges? The current coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has many feeling especially distressed, isolated and insecure about what the future holds. Perhaps there is simply an underlying sense of discontent, a lack of meaning/purpose or burnout. Therapy can teach you...
I believe that every individual is capable of making positive changes to improve their lives. Some changes can be more difficult than others, and I believe therapy can help individuals navigate through difficulties and other stressors. My goal as a therapist lies in working to help my clients overcome obstacles and life stressors by teaching skills to improve thoughts, overall mood, and move...
I support adults, adolescents, and children alike in navigating challenges to include anxiety, depression, grief, and feelings of overwhelm. I employ a person-centered, individualized, strengths-based approach to help each client achieve his or her identified goals. As both a counselor and an art therapist, I employ both traditional counseling ("talk therapy") as well as image-making and the...
Tracey works with individuals, groups and families who are struggling with mental health and substance abuse issues. She specializes in working with individuals who are going through life transitions, are survivors of trauma and/or abuse, or who are experiencing relationship challenges, depression, anxiety, ADHD, or substance abuse issues. Tracey works with a range of clientele including youth,...
