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Counseling Sacramento, CA. Psychologist, Therapist Sacramento.

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Welcome to our network of mental health practitioners and therapists in Sacramento. Marriage counseling, coaching, individual and family therapy in Sacramento are powerful tools for effective change. Our professionals offer many forms of psychotherapy and help such as overcoming depression, life coaching, anger management, and marriage counseling. Sacramento counselors and credentialed psychotherapists are ready to help. Click on any of our professionals below to learn more.

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Kathleen Oravec
Kathleen Oravec, Supervised by Catherine O'Brien #40741

  IMF #55101
  Phone & Email: Contact Kathleen
  3112 "O" Street Midtown, Sacramento 95816
  • Couples Counseling 
  • Marriage Counseling 
  • Anxiety 
  • Children Of Alcoholics 
  • Codependency 
  • Depression 
  • Adolescent/Parenting Issues 
  • Co-Parenting 

""Maybe I should talk with someone" is often the first inclination a person has when considering therapy. After deciding to take the first step, it is important to chose someone who is a good fit. My approach is straightforward and solution focused."


Deborah Cohen
Deborah Cohen, MFT, MPH

  Marriage and Family Therapist
  Phone & Email: Contact Deborah
  2620 J Street, Sacramento 95816
  • Pre-Marital Counseling 
  • Chronic Illness 
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Issues 
  • Eating Disorders 
  • Grief And Loss 
  • Anxiety, Panic And Phobias 
  • Sexual Abuse 
  • Couples Counseling 

"If you obsess, worry a lot, have anxiety and negative self-talk, I can help. I offer tools and techniques to help you access your deeper wisdom and work through blocks to self-acceptance and contentment. I offer many therapeutic techniques and years of expertise"


Ray Brown
Dr. Ray Brown, LMFT, PhD, CHT

  Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
  Phone & Email: Contact Dr. Brown
  418 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 95816
  • Relationship Issues 
  • Anxiety/Stress 
  • Personal Growth 
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  • Anger Management 
  • Hypnotherapy 
  • Grief And Loss 
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"Are you suffering from feelings of anxiety, stress, depression, or anger? Are you having problems with a relationship? This is when psychotherapy can be useful and often life changing. Ray Brown is a Sacramento psychotherapist who can help. "


Catherine Zanzi
Catherine Zanzi, MA

  Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Intern #62308
  Phone & Email: Contact Catherine
  2620 J Street, Sacramento 95816
  • Marriage And Premarital 
  • Sexual Issues 
  • Parenting 
  • Spiritual Issues 
  • Grief & Loss 
  • Chronic Illness 
  • Career Transitions 
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"Compassionate, effective, and affordable. Focusing on marriage and premarital counseling, sexual issues, parenting, grief and loss, and chronic illness. Integrating mind, body, and spirit to help you live the life you were meant to live. Find joy and hope again!"


Jozeffa Greer
Jozeffa Greer, MFT

  Licensed Marriage Family Therapist
  Phone & Email: Contact Jozeffa
  2015 21st Street, Ste. 305, Sacramento 95818
  • Marriage Therapy 
  • Stepfamily Therapy 
  • Trauma - Ptsd 
  • Anxiety 
  • Bereavement 
  • Crisis 
  • Depression 
  • Personality Disorders 

"For 20 years it has been my privilege to work with hundreds of individuals and couples as they face challenges in their lives and relationships. With compassion I join with them to understand their situation and explore options so they can feel more successful."


Ann Naimark
Ann Naimark, MA

  Marriage and Family Therapist
  Phone & Email: Contact Ann
  2616 J Street,, Sacramento 95816
  • Groups 
  • EMDR 
  • EFT 
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  • Spiritual Clearing 
  • Women Making A Change 
  • Coaching 
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"Are you frustrated because you feel stuck, maybe a bit down, and have tried lots of ways to feel better? But it's not working and you don't know what else to do? I"


Nancy Laughlin
Nancy Laughlin, MA, LMFT

  Licensed Therapist, Counselor, Coach
  Phone & Email: Contact Nancy
  3101 I Street, Suite 204, Sacramento 95816
  • Anxiety 
  • Depression 
  • Dating And Relationships 
  • Self Esteem 
  • Life Transitions 
  • Career 
  • Unwanted Behaviors 
  • Co-Parenting 

"Answers to your problems are within reach. I'm here to help you find them. I can help you listen to the part of you that wants you to succeed - not the part that is afraid to. I believe there is no 'right' way -- just the best way that works for you."


Sharon Skelton
Sharon Skelton, MFT

  Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
  Phone & Email: Contact Sharon
  2621 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento 95816
  • Grief/Loss 
  • Childhood Abuse/Neglect 
  • Traumatic Memories/ Emdr 
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  • Anxiety 
  • New Parents 
  • Couples 
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"Helping the Grieving Heart Heal"


Joan Fellows
Joan Fellows, M.A. MFC

  Licensed Marriage, Family, Individual Therapist
  Phone & Email: Contact Joan
  1421 16TH Street, Sacramento 95814
  • Trauma, Complex Developmental 
  • Anxiety 
  • Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress 
  • Depression 
  • Self Esteem 
  • Relationship Issues 
  • Addictions 
  • Stress Related Issues 

"I believe that within each of us there is an inner longing to feel whole, balanced and alive. This inner sense of wholeness grows out of an awareness of self, a radical acceptance of self as well as the courage to change that which stands in our way."


Sue Duroncelet
Sue Duroncelet, LCSW

  Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  Phone & Email: Contact Sue
  1731 I Street, Sacramento 95811
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy 
  • EMDR 
  • Couples Therapy 
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  • PTSD 
  • Trauma 
  • Phobias 
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"I have two areas of specialty that I am passionate about: EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) for Couples and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Both approaches are well researched and highly effective. I use them because they work!"


Pete Nielsen
Pete Nielsen, SAP, CADC-II, LAADC

  Substance Abuse Professional and Interventionist
  Phone & Email: Contact Pete
  Location Near Therapist: Sacramento, CA
  • Addiction Counseling 
  • Dot Sap Assessments 
  • Substance Abuse Professional 
  • Individualized Care 
  • Drug And Alcohol Treatment 
  • Non 12-Step Treatment 
  • Family Recovery 
  • Business Owner & Professionals 

"specialize in exceptionally effective and confidential addiction treatment. My clients are my priority. Many of my clients are professionals, physicians, local business owners, and public figures. They come to me because they know I will give them the best care."


Carla DeFraine
Dr. Carla DeFraine, Ph.D.

  Licensed Psychologist
  Phone & Email: Contact Dr. DeFraine
  Location Near Therapist: Sacramento, CA
  • Individual 
  • Couples/Family 
  • Co-Parenting After Divorce 
  • Grief 
  • Avoiding Custody Litigation 
  • Adoption Issues 
  • Children 
  • Child Behavior Issues 

"Dr. DeFraine received her degrees from Harvard and Vanderbilt. She is warm, intelligent, kind, and incredibly effective."




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Welcome to our California listing of values-centered therapists in Sacramento CA. Counseling in California with Theravive aims to restore individuals, resolve deep issues, and heal relationships with powerful and effective psychotherapy. Whether you are seeking anger management Sacramento, grief counseling, addictions help, healing in a relationship- whatever the need, we are here for you. If you have stumbled upon our Sacramento Counselor page, we invite you to consider the many benefits a Sacramento therapist or psychologist in California can provide you. Perhaps you need help with finances, or treatment for stress, anxiety, a struggling marriage, a past trauma, loss of a loved one, a difficult child, or low self esteem? With compassionate, yet professional Sacramento counseling, you can expect to be treated with dignity and respect in a safe and non-judgmental environment. All of our counselors in Sacramento, California uphold clear and caring values and will work together with you to achieve your unique therapeutic goals. You have made an important first step in your journey. Theravive's Sacramento family counseling network is here to help you. Please contact a Sacramento Counselor with any questions you may have about starting therapy.

Family & Marriage Counseling in Sacramento. Therapists Who Care.

The life changing process of counseling Sacramento CA offers you and your family professional therapy with a foundation towards reconciliation and freedom from painful situations and restoration of broken relationships.  The counselor or psychologist you work with will help you develop a plan to work through the issues and help to maintain the changes you want to make in your life.  When life events take your energy and increase your stress level, you may experience a sense of life being dull and listlessness in being motivated to begin to change your situation.  A therapist can help you to see the successes along the way as you begin healing and provide encouragement and support through the initial stage of healing.  Begin with counseling Sacramento CA today and use the knowledge of your therapist to find hope and healing for your life. As you start to experience the positive differences in your life, you will have an increased sense of strength to continue this direction after counseling has concluded. 


Providing Help From A Sacramento Marriage Counselor. The Right Psychologist or Counselor in Sacramento, CA

When looking for adept psychotherapy Sacramento, counselors are dedicated to facilitate with you to be free from your quandaries. Through solid values, Theravive is unremitting in finding a well respected marriage counseling Sacramento therapy service, CA. There are periods where treatment can be trying and hard to do – it is not always easy, and not without some rudimentary resistances. But through a dedicated to Christian marriage counseling Sacramento, psychologists in California offer therapy that maneuvers increased freedom for your life. If you need to find higher ground, there is never a reason to feel restrained, please call us for an initial consultation, to see if we are the best fit for you.

Sacramento, CA mental health professionals are also knowledgeable on a wide variety of more technical psychological concepts, for instance psychoanalysis, or the topic of: correlation coefficient.


Our expertise includes: abuse, gambling addiction therapy, alcohol addiction, sex addiction psychotherapist, computer addiction, self-esteem counselor Sacramento, career counselling and financial / debt / spending help. Additional specializations include depression counselor Sacramento, trauma counseling, Christian counseling Sacramento, Christian counselor, child psychologist and stress relief. Other specialities are grief counseling Sacramento, CA, stress treatment therapy, anger management counselor Sacramento, anxiety treatment, burnout, psychological testing and assessment California, communication therapist, depression treatment, aging parents, eating disorders, and panic therapy.

Related Sites:
City of Sacramento
California Coalition for Counselor Licensure
American Psychological Association
Family.org
MentalHelp.Net Mental Health

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Sacramento is the Capital City of the state of California, situated along the Sacramento River and south of the American River’s confluence in the Central Valley.  In the early 1800s a Spanish explorer named the city after the Spanish term ‘sacrament’. With a population of nearly half a million, the city is the core cultural and economic location of a four-county metropolitan area population of over two million including El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo.  Counseling Sacramento is a process of commitment to positive change to implement into your world and circumstances. Efficient and compassionate therapy guide our practitioners to help you navigate life's hurdles.   The Greater city area has been noted as the most liveable and integrated region, and the largest Metropolitan area in the Central Valley. Home to numerous families and children, it is the fourth-largest city behind Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay and San Diego.  The original Old Sacramento still exists as a tourist venue. 

In 1839 John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant, established Sutter’s Fort, or New Switzerland, which caused Sacramento to grow more quickly due to the protection requirements.  The previous Indians who lived on acorns from oak trees and fruits, bulbs, seeds and roots left little evidence of their time spent there.  When the California Gold Rush emerged, Sacramento became a distribution point along with a commercial and agricultural center.    Consider the value of therapy with Christian Counseling Sacramento CA to empower you with spiritual based insight for better living. Counseling Sacramento CA with a values-based therapist is designed to better your life through overcoming the issues you face.  Wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the Pony Express and the First Transcontinental Railroad all emerged at this point of commonality.  The city has some nicknames attached to its informality.  Most commonly heard are Sactown, Sacto and Capital or River City.  The State University System has twenty-three campuses with the University of California Davis near the capital.

Find the help you need for your life and your family with marriage Counseling Sacramento. Your couples therapist or family psychologist Sacramento is there to help. With the aid of a licensed counselor in Sacramento CA, you will find new hope again.

On Self-Concept (External Quote Not Necessarily Endorsed by Theravive):    People with negative or harsh self-concepts generally feel very bad about themselves. They have internalized their shame, instead of dealing with it and overcoming the situations or behaviors that brought it about. When terrible things happen, it is not necessarily because of something you did. Think back on your life, look for that moment of change; if you can’t find it, it may be because it never occurred. Look at small children: they are born relatively self-confident. You were born the same way. You did nothing in your infancy to make you hate yourself—it is more likely that you were happy then, all children want to be happy, and it is usually life experiences that affirm whether a person likes or dislikes who they become.

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