Narrative therapists in Santa Maria, CA
Browse Narrative therapists in Santa Maria, California. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
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Susanna La
Psychologist, Ph.D.
You may have spent much of your life being the responsible one—balancing family expectations, caring for others, and striving to succeed while your own emotional needs went unseen. From the outside, your life may look accomplished, but inside you might feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or quietly alone. You learned early on to prioritize everyone else’s well-being, often leaving little room to understand or care for yourself.
13 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Narrative
Amenah Arman
Therapist, MS-CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, Nationally Certified Counselor
Many people come to therapy feeling misunderstood or “othered,” even in spaces meant to support them. You may have tried therapy before and found yourself explaining your identity, culture, ambition, or creative life just to be understood. If you’ve struggled to trust that someone could truly “get it,” you’re not alone. I provide trauma-informed online therapy for founders, creatives, and high-performing professionals navigating burnout, anxiety, and chronic pressure.
7 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
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Alicia Stalker-Gallichio LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, SAP
I believe in the power of therapeutic relationship and am committed to helping you achieve your goals at your own pace. Whether you are seeking support for personal growth or coping strategies, I am here to guide you on your journey.
21 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
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Mia Turner
Therapist, MA, RYT, ASDCS, LMFT, NPT-C, CMNCS, CMIP
✨ By virtue of holding space for you to make meaning out of your experiences, intersections of identity, and personal and ancestral past, I specialize in providing Culturally Conscious, Liberation-Oriented, Neuro-affirming, Trauma-Informed, Nervous System-Centered, and social justice-aligned offerings of healing that align with your desire to unify mind, body, and spirit, healing both present and intergenerational wounds, and connecting with self, others, and surroundings.
10 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
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Gail Kirk Poust
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Are you having difficulty recognizing yourself lately? Do you lie awake even when you're exhausted, dread dates on the calendar no one else notices, or rehearse how to seem okay before you walk into a room? Are you trying to be everything for everyone while always putting yourself last? You don't have to keep faking it or struggling through it alone. These experiences that deserve real care. I specialize in reproductive mental health to support adults through infertility and the ache of trying to conceive, pregnancy loss, the upheaval of pregnancy and postpartum, PMDD, perimenopause, OCD and intrusive thoughts, and life with chronic pain or illness. The version of you that feels at home in your own life isn't gone. Let's go find it together.
12 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Santa Maria is a Central Coast California city in Santa Barbara County with one of California's largest proportions of Latino residents and an economy anchored by agriculture, oil, and wine production—particularly in the nearby Santa Maria Valley wine region—and the mental health landscape reflects the specific challenges of a working-class agricultural community where many residents are farmworkers or their family members, facing occupational health risks, economic precarity, immigration stress, and limited access to services. Marian Regional Medical Center provides health services, and community health organizations serve the significant uninsured and underinsured farmworker population, though the gap between mental health need and available culturally competent Spanish-language care is persistent. Common therapy concerns include farmworker stress and occupational health, immigration trauma and undocumented status anxiety, family and intergenerational dynamics in a community navigating significant acculturation pressures, and access barriers in a city where the majority population is often underserved by formal mental health systems.
Narrative Therapy therapists in Santa Maria, CA Statistics
Narrative Therapy therapists in Santa Maria, CA average 14 years of experience and charge around $199 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (89%), Relationship and Marriage Counseling (69%), and Depression (66%).
Average years in practice
14 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$199
Accept insurance
46%
Offer sliding scale
54%
Gender ID
| 66% |
Female |
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| 25% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 64% |
In Person and Online |
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| 36% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 89% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 69% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 66% | Depression |
| 66% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 60% | Stress |
| 53% | Self Esteem |
| 51% | Loss or Grief |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 64% | Young Adult |
| 55% | Teen |
| 53% | Senior |
| 33% | Children |
Client Focus
| 65% | Women |
| 54% | LGBTQ+ |
| 40% | Asian |
| 39% | Men |
| 38% | Hispanic / Latino |