Persons with Disabilities therapists in Santa Maria, CA
Browse Persons with Disabilities therapists in Santa Maria, California. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Serving Persons with Disabilities
Jennifer Bearden
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Hi, I’m Jennifer, a psychotherapist dedicated to helping adults move beyond anxiety, self-doubt, and self-criticism to reconnect with their innate capacity to heal and thrive. My approach goes beyond traditional talk therapy, integrating evidence-based methods that address both mind and body for deeper, lasting change. Together, we’ll identify the roots of your challenges, work through barriers, and develop practical tools that foster self-acceptance, emotional balance, and more fulfilling connections. Having personally experienced the transformative power of quality therapy, I bring not only expertise but genuine empathy and understanding to our work—so you can step confidently into a life of clarity, connection, and growth.
26 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Serving Persons with Disabilities
Rose Snyder, EdM, PsyD, LLC
Psychologist, PsyD
I have worked in the field of psychology for 26 years now in various capacities, including group homes for children and community mental health centers; I've acted as the Director of Mental Health at a large urban preschool for many years, and also with people of all ages in private practice. My work in the last 5 years has focused more on trauma/EMDR and nervous system regulation (Polyvagal Theory with Stephen Porges) for adolescents and adults as well as parenting support with a speciality in parenting neurodivergent chilren. I have also spent time supervising both psychology trainees and marriage and family interns. I truly love what I do and am always adding to my professional skills over time.
23 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Serving Persons with Disabilities
Lisa Paer
Counselor/Therapist, LMFT, LPCC, EMDR Certified
I'm a neurodivergent trauma specialist who tailors therapy to your unique needs and challenges. I can help you gain insight into your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and provide practical tools for managing daily life. My approach includes validation, self-compassion, and acceptance, and I aim to create a safe space where you can be yourself.
11 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA (Online Only)
Serving Persons with Disabilities
TREATMENT AND TOOLS FOR TRAUMA
Licensed Psychoanalyst, PH.D., IN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND NEUROSCIENCE, CERTIFIED PSYCHOANALYST, PSY.A, & LICENSED PSYCHOANALYST
My background is in both psychoanalysis and neuroscience (doctorate) and I am also a Certified and Licensed Psychoanalyst. So I am able to bring both a background in research into mind/brain issues, and I am trained as a clinician. I have been working with trauma for many years, and most recently (2016) I have been working with traumatic brain injury patients (including professional athletes). I am grateful for my dual background in mind/brain, because all brain injured patients require both perspectives. In August of 2023 I published "The Complex Architecture and Healing of Traumatic Brain Injuries: Listening to The Brain" with Cambridge Scholars Publishing in the UK. This is the story (based on case histories) of the journey to find a "healing road" for all persons who have had serious disruptions in brain functioning. This is very, very challenging territory to work in. And in my experience, requires a great collaboration between doctor and patient. I am also the author of "Moon Over Seaville," the story of the hunt for a serial arsonist in Southern California (in 4 Episodes). Available everywhere under "Mystery/Thrillers." I have patients all across the country (via phone). Brain injuries can be healed!
36 Years Experience
Online in Santa Maria, CA
Serving Persons with Disabilities
Dr. Angel Enrique Pacheco, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Psychologist, Registered Clinical Psychologist
I am a Humanistic Behavioral Clinical Psychologist with over three decades of professional experience, specialized in behavior therapy and behavioral medicine. I am dedicated to helping people function and feel better by providing them with individual, couples, and family psychotherapy.
50 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.
Persons with Disabilities therapists in Santa Maria, CA Statistics
Persons with Disabilities therapists in Santa Maria, CA average 15 years of experience and charge around $229 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (78%), Trauma and PTSD (63%), and Depression (61%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$229
Accept insurance
36%
Offer sliding scale
60%
Gender ID
| 62% |
Female |
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| 28% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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| 4% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 53% |
In Person and Online |
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| 47% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 78% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 63% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 61% | Depression |
| 54% | Loss or Grief |
| 54% | Stress |
| 47% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 45% | Self Esteem |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 72% | Young Adult |
| 65% | Senior |
| 54% | Teen |
| 30% | Children |
Client Focus
| 100% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 89% | Women |
| 83% | LGBTQ+ |
| 64% | Men |
| 59% | Hispanic / Latino |