Alter Bader
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist #140708
Harm Reduction Substance Use Counselor
Supervised by Scott Balderson LMFT #34280

A Little About Me
Life Can Be Messy, Painful & Beautiful.
I'm a lived-experience, harm-reduction, trauma-informed therapist who helps people navigate trauma, anxiety, addiction, relationships, identity struggles, feeling stuck or bored, and weekly check-ins to support your optimal flow.
My approach draws from multiple frameworks, but what matters most: we work at your pace.
Let's talk for a brief consultation to see if I can be of help.
Telehealth throughout California | Walk-and-talk therapy in Santa Barbara
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I Work With:
- Adults
- Adult Children of Alcoholics
- Adolescents (13+) and transition-aged youth (18-24)
- Children
- Couples/ Relationship partners
- Highly Sensitive People
- LGBTQI+ and Gender Expansive or Non-Binary
- Marginalized Individuals
- Men
- People of Color (POC)
- Sex Workers
- Teens
- Women
Types of Therapy I Do
- Child Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Individual Therapy
- Teen Therapy
- Walk-and-Talk Therapy
My Areas of Focus
- ADD/ADHD
- Addiction and Recovery
- Adjustment/Transition
- Anxiety
- Boundaries
- Communication
- Depression
- Food & Body Issues
- Gender and Sexuality
- Healing from Abuse and Neglect
- Intergenerational Trauma
- Life / Career transitions
- Male Issues
- Neurodiversity
- Non-ordinary Experience/Consciousness
- Perfectionism and People Pleasing
- Personal Growth
- Relationships
- Self Esteem/Self Criticism
- Sexual Assault/Abuse
- Spirituality
- Suicidal Ideas
- Teens
- Trauma/PTSD/C-PTSD
- Work Issues
My Treatment Approaches
- Attachment/Relational
- Existential
- Harm Reduction
- Humanistic
- Hypnosis
- Mindfulness
- Psychodynamic
- Trauma Informed
