Joshua Elbaum

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT158443

Ludmila Cantamissa

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A Little About Me

Though I am from the Bay Area, I spent over a decade in New England as a performing artist and bodyworker. My background as a musician and writer gives me a unique perspective on working with creatively oriented clients, though I see people from all kinds of backgrounds. People tend to come see me when they feel stuck, either at a crossroads or at the beginning of a healing journey. I work with relationship issues, anxiety, depression, ADHD and executive functioning, complex trauma and more.

It is through relationship that we build capacity to weather the ups and downs of life. I aim to create a container where the parts of yourself that have so far lived in darkness can be seen and understood, one that honors both our felt sense and the stories we tell. No matter what you are going through, you don't have to do it alone.

I am genuinely interested in understanding the unique details and textures of your experience, in accepting of where you are coming from, while being committed to your growth. In the same session I may laugh with you at the absurdities of life, or follow you to the depths of your grief. You can depend on me to be honest, sensitive, and present.

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5725 Oak Grove Avenue
Oakland, California 94618
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  • English
I Work With:
  • Activists
  • Adults
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics
  • Adolescents (13+) and transition-aged youth (18-24)
  • Artists
  • Children
  • Couples/ Relationship partners
  • Disabled
  • Highly Sensitive People
  • Immigrants/First Generation Americans
  • Interracial/Multiheritage Couples
  • LGBTQI+ and Gender Expansive or Non-Binary
  • Marginalized Individuals
  • Men
  • People of Color (POC)
  • Poly and Open Relationships
  • Sex Workers
  • Teens
  • Women
Types of Therapy I Do
  • Couples Therapy
  • Individual Therapy
  • Teen Therapy
My Areas of Focus
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Addiction and Recovery
  • Adjustment/Transition
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar
  • Boundaries
  • Chronic Illness/ Pain
  • Communication
  • Depression
  • Effects of Privilege and Oppression
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Grief and Loss
  • Healing from Abuse and Neglect
  • Individuation
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • LGBTQ+ Issues
  • Male Issues
  • Nervous System Regulation
  • Neurodiversity
  • Non-Monogamy/Polyamory
  • Non-ordinary Experience/Consciousness
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Perfectionism and People Pleasing
  • Personal Growth
  • Psychedelic Integration
  • Psychosomatic Illness
  • Relationships
  • Self Esteem/Self Criticism
  • Spirituality
  • Stress/ Burnout
  • Suicidal Ideas
  • Trauma/PTSD/C-PTSD
My Treatment Approaches
  • Attachment/Relational
  • Hakomi
  • Mindfulness
  • Object Relations Theory
  • Psychodynamic
  • Somatic
  • Trauma Informed

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