Ingrid Tsong is a Northern California therapist and a member of the Center for Mindful Psychotherapy collective. Her talent lies in looking at the client from an integral, holistic perspective to offer healing not just for the problem you might immediately find yourself facing but also for broader, deeper growth. If you're not entirely sure that you want to be...
Odessa Avianna Perez is a California therapist who specializes in working with issues of oppression and marginalization using a trauma-informed Somatic Psychotherapy approach with a focus on mindfulness, attachment, nervous system regulation, and dance and movement therapy. In this interview we learn more about her work. Plus, she gives us some great recommendations. Where is your office located? Working only virtually for...
Sofía Escudero is a bilingual (Spanish/English) San Francisco Bay Area therapist who is part of our associate therapist team here at Center for Mindful Psychotherapy. She is currently seeing clients via Telehealth only but hopes to offer in-person East Bay (Oakland or Berkeley) appointments soon. Learn more about her approach to her work in the interview below. What are your...
Things are changing around us yet again in terms of living in a pandemic. San Francisco has dropped most of its mask mandates for now. People are making more plans, attending parties, going back to work in offices, and booking plane tickets. Even if you work in a restaurant or a hospital where you've had to go be amongst many...
Earlier this year, a TikTok video by Zaid Khan talked about "Quiet Quitting," and ever since the term seems to be everywhere. The term has taken on some controversy, with people on one side saying that it's all about setting healthy boundaries for a good work-life balance and people on the other side insisting that it's a form of checking...
It can feel really challenging trying to figure out who the right therapist is for you. After all, you're going to develop a relationship with this person in which you might be vulnerable and open. As a result, you want to choose the right person. And yet, how do you decide? In PART ONE of this blog series, we discussed...
Perhaps you know that you are ready to start therapy. However, you aren't sure quite where to begin. It can feel like a daunting exercise at first. How do you find a therapist? We asked ten of our associate therapists for guidance in finding a therapist. In this post, we'll cover specifically how to start looking for therapists and narrowing...
Dena Ehrlich is one of Center for Mindful Psychotherapy's Associate Marriage and Family Therapists. These therapists work in the San Francisco Bay Area, using a holistic approach that incorporates mindfulness, somatic therapy, and many other techniques. We interview these therapists to learn more about their individual work. This way, you can get a sense of what therapy with them is...
We recently shared a video over on TikTok with 10 signs that therapy might be right for you right now. Therapy offers different benefits at different life stages and transitions. It can be right for you for many different reasons. But we wanted to discuss some common reasons people seek out therapy that you may or may not already be aware of....
Have you heard the word "burnout" a lot lately? Although coined in the 1970's, the term really started to get used a lot in the past couple of years. This is due in large part to the number of healthcare workers who have experienced burnout as a result of the pandemic. However, burnout isn't just something that happens to people...