Deborah Essex, MFT
Individual, Couples and Family Therapy
510-548-8980
email: therapyde@gmail.com
When life gets tough,
I'm here to help.
Throughout life, we are sometimes confronted with what can feel like overwhelming challenges. During times of stress even the best of us can become anxious, angry or confused. When under stress, positive communication with loved ones can break down and relationships can become filled with tension. This can end up making us feel frustrated and unhappy.
If you’re feeling stuck or are having trouble adjusting to a new transitions, I can help.
Are you looking for new ways to understand what has been troubling you? Would you like help learning positive coping strategies to alleviate anxiety, depression and stress? Are you looking for support in healing from a traumatic past? Or, would you like some help to overcome anxieties, fears and self-doubt? I can guide you to become more attuned to your inner feelings, learn how to expresss feelings in ways that can help you get your needs met. I help people of all ages navigate difficult situations with school, work, and within their families. Having support will make it easier for you to face changes, find your voice, and prioritize your physical and mental well-being.
Every family is different. Whether married, single, divorced, adopting, fostering, or creating a blended family, understanding every parent, and every kids is different, and decephiring how to best your child is is essential. I have much experience working with children of all ages and can offer parenting support, including how to improve communication, set boundaries, understand tempermental differences, and how to encourage both compassion and independence in your growing kids. I can help you build a supportive relationship with your kids that fosters love, trust, respect and understanding.
Daily relationship struggles and "walking on eggshells" around a partner is not healthy; it is emotionally draining. Are you constantly arguing and upset about "whose right, and whose wrong?" Healthy relationships require dedicated effort, positive, clear communication and understanding how to adapt to your partner's unique temperment and needs.
Therapy can help you decipher how negative communication patterns or mis-matched beliefs could be causing mix-ups. We can look at whether experiences and traumas from your past, or false notions about what makes a healthy relationships could be interfering with you enjoying a fulfilling, secure relationship right now.
Most clients prefer the convenience of virtual sessions.
I offer in-person visits on THU & FRI for clients with safety protocals in place.
