Pacific Islander therapists in Oakland, California CA
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Serving Pacific Islander
Synapse Therapy and Healing | Alexis Collins, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LCSW
Hello! You can call me Lexi. I'm so glad you're taking this step. As a therapist, my greatest passion is helping people move from feeling overwhelmed and disconnected to feeling centered, stable, and deeply safe in themselves.
I hold a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California (USC) and have received specialized training in trauma-informed modalities such as CBT, TF-CBT, DBT, and attachment theory.
In addition to individual therapy, I have experience working in intensive outpatient programs (IOP), crisis intervention, and community-based services. I’ve supported individuals on probation, survivors of domestic violence, and those who have experienced exploitation or trafficking, offering trauma-informed care with compassion and respect. My background also includes supporting clients through major life transitions, postpartum adjustments, abandonment wounds, relational trauma, and the challenges of coping with borderline traits—especially the impact of stigma, misunderstanding, and invalidation that can deepen emotional wounds.
My clinical experience has taught me that true healing comes from a warm, attuned relationship. I approach every session with deep empathy and patience, tailoring our work to your unique needs. Ultimately, I'm here to support you in healing emotional pain, building resilience, and reclaiming your sense of agency in your own life.
5 Years Experience
Online in Oakland, California (Online Only)
Serving Pacific Islander
Susan Madson
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
My most common therapy techniques that I use first is client centered therapy approach. I start where the client is most comfortable and work on building a safe environment for the client. My first goal is to build a therapeutic relationship with my client. Then my goal is to work with strength based, cognitive behavioral therapy, DBT, solutions focused, interpersonal therapy, narrative therapy, and mindfulness therapy techniques. I use an eclectic approach as each client is different and has different needs. My goal is to help the client's to identify the fact that sometimes therapy is identifying the small steps that client is making towards their treatment goals.
20 Years Experience
Online in Oakland, California (Online Only)
Serving Pacific Islander
Su Boudreau, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Domestic Violence Counselor
At LiveConscious, helping clients prevent and reduce burn outs from work and relationships are one of the main goals in addition to improving mental health. The common issues clients seek therapy for are stresses from familial dynamics, intimate relational patterns, and work, with or without some sort of mental health symptoms. As a licensed therapist in Marriage and Family Therapy, experienced with clients with various conditions for both children and adults. LiveConscious clinicians help clients navigate their main concerns by providing education around the topic, exploring creative solutions to problems, and guiding you to arrive at the sound solutions or to learn necessary coping skills to better manage your stressors or mood symptoms. The holistic view of the problem and care are the foundational practice at LiveConscious. A side note, you cannot meditate away all your life problems, especially for those tough or chronic issues. It can be misleading that there are people out there as if teaching a meditation technique alone will fix all your life issues. It's a false advertisement as if learning a trick, such as a meditation technique, will prevent or improve your core issues. Individually tailored therapy treatment at LiveConscious is such a comprehensive and deeper level of transformation that deals with aspects that such learning some meditative technique alone cannot fix/improve.
10 Years Experience
Online in Oakland, California (Online Only)
Serving Pacific Islander
Eric Olsen
Life Coach, PTSD, Trauma Triage, BSc Social Sciences, DoD Career Councilor, SARC, DAPA, Pre Licensed Human Intelligence / Psychology, Life Coach. | Professional Support: LSSBB, PgM, Bluestone PMP,
As a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience, I specialize in a comprehensive range of support services that create clarity, resilience, and personal growth. My expertise includes:
Trauma Recovery: Utilizing cutting-edge practices for comprehensive healing from complex trauma, including sexual assault and PTSD. This includes Grief mitigation and support.
Behavioral and Cognitive Coaching: Offering Behavioral Intelligence Coaching, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Mastery, and Logic-Based Therapy (LBT) to address issues such as depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and ADHD.
Addiction and Recovery: Providing tailored support for overcoming addictions, with a focus on Alcohol, Drug Awareness, and Addiction Relief Coaching.
Personal and Professional Development: Guiding individuals through Career Counseling, Personal Financial Management, and Personal Leadership and Ethics Coaching.
Health and Wellness: Supporting clients in achieving their health and wellness goals, managing panic disorders, work-life balance issues, anger management, Post Election Anxiety, and family dynamic challenges.
I am committed to delivering tangible results, breakthroughs, and transformations through highly effective tools and conscious real-time awareness techniques. My services are available online, offering flexibility and accessibility to clients worldwide.
16 Years Experience
Online in Oakland, California (Online Only)
Serving Pacific Islander
Josie Valderrama
Psychologist, PsyD
My approach is eclectic, inclusive and multi-modal--reflecting the complexity and paradox within each of us. I specialize at the intersection of gender, sexual and relational diversity + ethnic diversity + neurodiversity. Respectful of clients' spiritual grounding and cultural identity. Geared towards achieving greater balance, peace of mind and effectiveness in life. As a creative writer, I am seasoned in working with fellow creatives to support their generativity and self-acceptance. Often, my work is with alt high achievers addressing everyday anxieties as well as broader existential issues. Prior sojourns in Dotcom era tech, journalism and the entertainment industry inform my real-world perspective. Well-traveled, bohemian, intellectual and transpersonal within the therapeutic milieu, I collaborate with clients in both practical and transcendent processes.
10 Years Experience
In-Person Near Oakland, CA
Online in Oakland, California
Serving Pacific Islander
Jeremi R McManus
Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT
I have supported hundreds of couples over the past 15+ years and look forward to helping you get yours where you want it to be. Poor communication? Broken trust? Endless arguments? I look forward to hearing from you.
20 Years Experience
In-Person Near Oakland, CA
Online in Oakland, California
Serving Pacific Islander
Alex Ly
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
You're feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and drained by the pressures and demands placed on you. You try to make others happy and work as hard as you can, yet you never feel like it's good enough. You never feel "good enough" and you are reminded of that daily. You feel disconnected from your own life and trapped in a cycle of anxiety that can leave you feeling like you're watching your life from the outside, unable to reach in and make a change.
In your relationships, this gap widens, leaving you longing for a deeper bond. Yet, as you try to analyze and solve these feelings as if they were mere problems, the solutions become more elusive.
8 Years Experience
In-Person Near Oakland, CA
Online in Oakland, California
Serving Pacific Islander
Mary Knoblock, DNH
Hypnotherapist, DNH, RTT Practitioner, Hypnotist, Holistic Naturopath Practitioner, Spiritual Counselor
Mary Knoblock, Holistic Health Practitioner, Doctor of Natural Health DNH, Duke Certified Integrative Medicine Health Coach, Emotion Code Practitioner and Hypnotist, Clinical Rapid Transformation Therapy Practitioner and Kings College London MSc Psychology & Neuroscience Candidate 28’ with over 10 years experience helping clients with Depression, Anxiety, Addictions, Anorexia, Sports Performance, Chronic Pain, Mood Disorders, PTSD, Complex Trauma, Health and Wellness Goals, Childhood trauma, Fibromyalgia, Auto Immune disorders, Panic Disorders, Cancer, End of Life, Bipolar Disorder, and more - offering modalities that are highly effective all via online sessions from anywhere in the world.
10 Years Experience
Online in Oakland, California (Online Only)