Trauma and PTSD therapists in Berkeley, CA
Find experienced trauma and PTSD therapists in Berkeley, California who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
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PTSD/Trauma
Jesse Whittle-Utter
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #79783
I use EMDR and somatic therapy to help identify and release many forms of trauma including sexual, physical, emotional, and developmental.
18 Years Experience
In-Person in Berkeley, CA 94709
Online in Berkeley, CA
PTSD/Trauma
Barbara Lynn Allen
Hypnotherapist, MS. CCHT. DCEP
I offer expertise in energy psychology, clinical hypnotherapy, energy medicine and wise, empathic counseling for men, women, couples and teens. Our work together will relieve your anxiety, depression, PTSD, addictions and more while building inner strength for your life, work and relationships.
37 Years Experience
In-Person in Berkeley, CA 94709
Online in Berkeley, CA
PTSD/Trauma
Rebecca Rothberg
Psychologist, Psy.D., M.A., R.Y.T.
I specialize in cultivating a safe space to support clients in acquiring the necessary internal resources to navigate the complex and often overwhelming territory of trauma and PTSD - helping clients heal, grow, rebuild, and make meaning following devastating experiences.
9 Years Experience
In-Person in Berkeley, CA 94705
Online in Berkeley, CA
PTSD/Trauma
Charis Khoury
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I see trauma in a broad sense- any experience that was too overwhelming to process in the moment and is stored in the body/mind. Gently, we can integrate and find freedom from these experiences.
16 Years Experience
In-Person Near Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
PTSD/Trauma
Robyn Holmes-Cannon
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Trauma is painful and often very hard to overcome without some form of help. The approach I use is client-centered, meaning we work through your experiences at a pace that feels safe to you and in a way that is empowering and offers ongoing resources. The treatment methods most often practiced are EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Internal Family Systems, The Flash Technique and Emotional Freedom Technique, all proven, highly effective trauma-informed approaches.
25 Years Experience
In-Person Near Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
PTSD/Trauma
Mia Turner
Therapist, MA, RYT, ASDCS, LMFT, NPT-C, CMNCS, CMIP
Specialized support for trauma, complex trauma (C-PTSD), developmental trauma, attachment trauma, racial trauma, medical trauma, religious trauma, identity-based trauma, intergenerational trauma, and the impacts of systemic oppression, marginalization, and chronic invalidation. This work is particularly attuned to the experiences of neurodivergent, disabled, chronically ill, LGBTQIA2S+, BIPOC, multicultural, and other multiply marginalized individuals whose trauma often exists at the intersection of personal experiences and larger social systems.
My approach integrates EMDR, somatic therapy, polyvagal-informed practices, mindfulness, parts work, expressive arts, neuropsychotherapy, attachment-focused work, and liberation-oriented healing. Rather than asking what is wrong with you, we explore what happened to you, what happened around you, what happened within you, and the ways your nervous system, body, relationships, and sense of self adapted in order to survive.
Trauma often lives far beyond conscious memory. It is carried in the nervous system, muscles, breath, sensory experiences, patterns of tension, hypervigilance, perfectionism, people-pleasing, over-functioning, shutdown, dissociation, emotional overwhelm, chronic self-monitoring, difficulty resting, difficulty trusting, or a persistent feeling of being disconnected from yourself, your body, or your needs. Many of these responses reflect the intelligence of a system that learned how to survive under difficult circumstances rather than evidence that something is wrong with you.
This work invites a deeper understanding of the body's role in both survival and healing. Through attention to sensation, emotion, movement, breath, imagery, nervous system states, and the wisdom held by different parts of self, space is created for greater regulation, flexibility, self-compassion, and choice. Healing is not approached as fixing, erasing, or becoming someone different, but as gently reconnecting with the parts of yourself that may have been hidden beneath protection, adaptation, or survival.
As a multiply marginalized clinician whose work is informed by both professional expertise and lived understanding of trauma, culture, gender, neurodivergence, disability, chronic illness, and systemic oppression, I recognize that healing is rarely about symptom reduction alone. It is often about reclaiming connection to your body, your voice, your needs, your culture, your values, your relationships, your joy, your interests, your communities, and your capacity to move through life with greater authenticity, agency, and self-trust. The goal is not to return to who you were before trauma, but connecting with safe-enough states and reclaiming connection to self, community, embodiment, joy, agency, and the parts of you that existed long before survival became necessary.
10 Years Experience
Online in Berkeley, CA (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Thea Integrative Therapy: Celine R. Williams
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT #155675
Trauma and PTSD has a way of building up in our system and creating blocks in our ability to be present, achieve our goals, and self regulate. Thea Integrative Therapy understands how nefarious trauma can be when left unfelt, unexpressed, and unwitnessed. We strive to create a safe space either virtually in California or in our office in Lafayette, CA, in order to support you in sharing your experiences.
Importantly, sharing one's experiences with trauma is not enough to support our body, mind, and spirit in rebalancing from fight, flight, freeze, or fawn activation. In order to disentangle from nervous system activation and trigger reactivity, we need to *feel* the feelings associated with the trauma, while being witnessed by a safe and supportive figure. That's where we come in.
We are here to support you in the messy trenches of trauma processing, and offer you guidance to allow you to safely process and get back on track.
5 Years Experience
In-Person Near Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
PTSD/Trauma
John Jakubowski
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT MACP LPCC
Trauma therapy has come light years in the last decade. You do not have to relive, or dig up past experiences to heal. I work with both trauma and attachment disruptions, in order to heal going forward and flourish. Through a myriad of relational tools, let's change the landscape and help you get on with your life.
7 Years Experience
In-Person Near Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
PTSD/Trauma
Sarah Wagner LMFT Corp
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, MBA
Trauma can impact how you experience safety, connection, and trust—both internally and in relationships. I approach trauma work through an attachment-based, developmental lens, recognizing that overwhelming experiences often shape protective patterns that once helped you survive.
Using Internal Family Systems (IFS), we gently work with parts that carry fear, shame, anger, or numbness. Emotionally Focused principles guide our work toward strengthening secure attachment and emotional safety. Therapy focuses on nervous system regulation, unburdening traumatic experiences at a pace that feels manageable, and restoring a sense of stability and self-trust.
6 Years Experience
In-Person Near Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
PTSD/Trauma
Nes Pinar Psychotherapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Many people feel discouraged when traditional talk therapy doesn’t create lasting change, especially when unresolved developmental trauma is shaping how they function today. I help clients understand how early experiences—often subtle, forgotten, or considered “normal”—continue to influence their adult lives in powerful ways. My approach is warm, informed, and deeply attuned, supporting you in making sense of your history so you can make more intentional choices and create a better tomorrow.
15 Years Experience
In-Person Near Berkeley, CA
Online in Berkeley, CA
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Berkeley, CA Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Berkeley, CA average 16 years of experience and charge around $207 per session. 99% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (66%), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (40%), and Psychodynamic Therapy (40%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$207
Accept insurance
37%
Offer sliding scale
47%
Gender ID
| 70% |
Female |
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| 25% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 63% |
In Person and Online |
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| 36% |
Online Only |
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| 1% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 66% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 40% | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) |
| 40% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 36% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 33% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 32% | Somatic Therapy |
| 31% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 61% | Young Adult |
| 49% | Teen |
| 47% | Senior |
| 25% | Children |
Client Focus
| 61% | Women |
| 44% | LGBTQ+ |
| 35% | Men |
| 25% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 24% | Asian |