Center for Mindful Psychotherapy is a non profit collective of approximately 100 Associate Marriage and Family Therapists in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can learn more about each of them from perusing our Therapist Directory. In our Conversations with Clinicians series, we interview therapists so that you get to know them in more depth. They share more about...[ read more ]
Center for Mindful Psychotherapy is a non profit collective of 80 Associate Marriage and Family Therapists in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can learn more about each of them from perusing our Therapist Directory. In our Conversations with Clinicians series, we interview therapists in more depth. They share more about the work that the do, the clients that they...[ read more ]
There are many different ways to approach therapy for addiction / substance use. You may want to quit using all substances or some substances, reduce your use, reduce the harms associated with your use, or make no changes and just discuss the role it's playing in your life right now. Those are all perfectly okay ways to show up to...[ read more ]
We're back today with another California therapist interview from our Conversations with Clinicians series. Meet Kaye Reeves, a former staff attorney in the California appellate courts who is now working with us as an associate therapist. Kaye is inspired by the growth and change of doing this work. Let's learn more about working with this therapist, who is located in...[ read more ]
Conversations with Clinicians is our therapist interviews series. It provides an opportunity for you to get to know more about one of our associate therapists. Moreover, you can learn about different therapeutic orientations, reasons people become therapists, and what they recommend in terms of media, Bay Area locations, and more. Today, meet California East Bay therapist Mark Resch. He is a...[ read more ]
Welcome back to Conversations with Clinicians where we interview one of our associate therapists. We like to give you this opportunity to learn more about the way that they work. Moreover, they give us some great tips and resources that we hope you'll find helpful. Today, meet Julie Peters. She is a California therapist providing Telehealth therapy. What is Your...[ read more ]
There are many different approaches to therapy that can inform the way that a therapist works. In addition to official therapeutic modalities (such as cognitive behavioral therapy or emotionally focused therapy), other experiences and education might inform your therapists' approach to working with you. Therapists are human, with different lived experiences and personal interests. The whole of their lives informs their...[ read more ]
There's a tired cliche that therapists become therapists because they need therapy. There can be a bit of truth to that, although perhaps not in the way you'd expect. Often, therapists have done a lot of their own therapy. They've seen how powerful the work can be, so much so that they're inspired to help others along the same path....[ read more ]
Therapists often have other jobs before becoming therapists. Some of them even have entire first careers. Only later, when they've gained some life lessons, do they return to school to get their graduate degree and become a licensed therapist. In the meantime, they gather interesting human experiences. Therapists are humans after all. So, we asked some of our California therapists...[ read more ]
Meet one of CMP's associate therapists: Erma Kyriakos, a California therapist who is providing therapy through Telehealth only at this time. In this interview we learn more about her approach to therapy, what inspires her to do this work, and what some of her recommendations are for people seeking various tips for self-care and resources. What is your therapeutic orientation?...[ read more ]