Forgiveness therapists in Fresno, CA
Browse Forgiveness therapists in Fresno, California. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Forgiveness
Kim Christine Stevens
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, MA
Learning and practicing forgiveness in a healthy and empowering way can be a very freeing experience.
11 Years Experience
Online in Fresno, CA
Forgiveness
New Beginnings Christian Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Forgiveness can be one of the most freeing—but also most challenging—steps in emotional and spiritual healing. Whether you are struggling to forgive yourself or someone else, unresolved hurt can keep you trapped in anger, resentment, or shame. In therapy, we help clients gently explore the pain, understand the impact of holding onto it, and work toward releasing it in a way that honors both their feelings and God’s truth. Through faith-informed guidance and practical therapeutic tools, forgiveness counseling supports healing, emotional freedom, and restoration—helping you experience peace, wholeness, and healthier relationships.
15 Years Experience
Online in Fresno, CA
Forgiveness
Lisa Abrams-Misbeek
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Therapy can help you acknowledge mistakes, accept responsibility by taking ownership of your actions, treat yourself with kindness and understanding, is key to letting go of guilt and shame. You'll learn to see past mistakes as opportunities for personal growth and development. We'll focus on steps that you can take to heal and progress.
15 Years Experience
Online in Fresno, CA (Online Only)
Forgiveness
Stuart Kaplowitz / Serene Pathways Counseling
Counselor/Therapist, MFT
I think forgiveness is much harder than people believe. It may take time to process and be ok with hurt or anger that you may have felt.
33 Years Experience
Online in Fresno, CA
Forgiveness
Kristin Robert
Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT
Forgiveness is not forgetting, excusing, reconciling, or surrendering the right to name what happened. It does not require restored access, renewed trust, or freedom from anger, and it cannot be demanded on someone else’s timeline. When forgiveness becomes meaningful, it is a personal release from carrying the injury as an ongoing obligation, not a pardon that protects the person who caused it from accountability. Therapy can help separate forgiveness from reconciliation, grieve what cannot be repaired, and determine what peace looks like when boundaries, distance, or no contact remain necessary.
3 Years Experience
Online in Fresno, CA
Fresno sits at the center of California's San Joaquin Valley and serves a largely agricultural economy, with therapists frequently addressing the mental health effects of seasonal work instability, rural poverty, and the physical and psychological demands of farmworker life. The city has large Hispanic, Hmong, and Southeast Asian communities — many with refugee backgrounds — creating demand for multilingual and culturally informed therapists who work with intergenerational trauma, resettlement stress, and identity. Community Regional Medical Center and UCSF Fresno provide institutional mental health resources, while the California State University Fresno psychology program feeds practitioners into the local community. Fresno's relatively limited therapy density compared to coastal metros makes telehealth an important access route for residents across the Central Valley.
Forgiveness therapists in Fresno, CA Statistics
Forgiveness therapists in Fresno, CA average 15 years of experience and charge around $208 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (64%), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (44%), and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) (40%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$208
Accept insurance
32%
Offer sliding scale
49%
Gender ID
| 60% |
Female |
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| 29% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 59% |
In Person and Online |
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| 41% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 64% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 44% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 40% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 38% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 37% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 36% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 35% | Somatic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 57% | Senior |
| 56% | Young Adult |
| 51% | Teen |
| 24% | Children |
Client Focus
| 71% | Women |
| 54% | Men |
| 44% | LGBTQ+ |
| 41% | Christian |
| 33% | Buddhist |