Therapists in California

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Margaret Barry is a licensed clinical social worker in Walnut Creek with 32 years in practice. She works with preteens, teens, adults and older adults, and specializes in anxiety, depression, OCD and trauma. She also works with first responders, and helps with grief, family concerns, substance use and LGBTQ+ issues. Her aim is a space where each client feels heard, safe and free to be themselves, pairing nurturing support with concrete tools for managing emotional stress, building self-acceptance and living more in the present. Her methods include EMDR, exposure and response prevention, ACT, CBT, IFS and mindfulness, and she runs OCD group therapy. She sees clients in person in Walnut Creek and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC

Jillian McCoy is a licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed professional clinical counselor in Berkeley. She works with teens, adults and older adults who feel overwhelmed by sadness, fear, loneliness or shame, or who sense something is off without knowing why. She helps with trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, life transitions, family concerns, substance use and bipolar disorder. Her work explores how past experiences shape present choices and self-image, and she draws on EMDR, Internal Family Systems, CBT, cognitive processing therapy, DBT and somatic and psychodynamic approaches. Colleagues describe her as warm, grounding and collaborative, with room for humor. She offers a free consultation and sees clients in person in Berkeley and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Kalani Perreira is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Piedmont, with eight years in practice and more than two decades in the mental health field. He works with adults, couples and families, and has a special interest in couples therapy and in people coping with transitions, disconnection, isolation and grief. Much of his work centers on healing attachment wounds and trauma, including complex, historical and intergenerational trauma. He also helps with anxiety, depression, substance use, eating disorders and LGBTQ+ concerns. Using a relational, psychodynamic approach with Brainspotting and family systems work, he helps clients connect past and present to build self-awareness. He sees clients online.

Psychologist, MA, PhD

Dr. Morgan Bartholomew is a licensed psychologist based in Palo Alto with three years in practice, part of a group practice of psychologists. She works with adults and older adults facing trauma, ongoing stress, anxiety, depression and chronic illness, and also helps with grief, OCD, life transitions and relationship concerns. She especially enjoys supporting LGBTQIA+ clients, and her work is rooted in cultural humility. Her approach is compassionate and evidence-based, using CBT, cognitive processing therapy, prolonged exposure, ACT, DBT, IFS and mindfulness-based methods to help clients feel more grounded and live by their values. A free 15-minute intake call is available. She sees clients online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Peter Chan is a licensed psychologist in San Francisco, licensed in California and New York. He works with adults and couples on depression, anxiety, stress, relationship and communication problems, low self-esteem, loss and life transitions, as well as acculturation, sexuality and coming out. He has extensive experience with professionals and entrepreneurs and with LGBTQ and Asian clients, and helps clients understand how culture shapes the way they see the world. His approach is warm, collaborative and tailored, balancing practical coping skills for current problems with insight for the future, and draws on CBT, EMDR, psychodynamic and emotionally focused methods. He sees clients in person in San Francisco and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Kari DelReal is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 11 years in practice, listed in San Jose. Her main focus is relationships: she helps couples improve communication, deepen emotional connection, break unhelpful patterns and handle conflict in healthier ways. She also sees preteens, teens, adults and older adults individually for anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, grief, stress and postpartum concerns. Her style is direct and structured, with an emphasis on practical skills, and she draws on the Gottman Method, emotionally focused therapy, CBT, ACT, DBT and Internal Family Systems. She offers in-person couples therapy in Campbell and online sessions throughout California, and a free consultation through her website.

Family Therapist, LMFT, M-RAS

John Amos Burt is a licensed marriage and family therapist in San Francisco with 21 years in practice. He works with teens, adults, couples and families dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar disorder and other ongoing mental health challenges, often alongside substance use or relapse. He also sees clients with ADHD, OCD, eating disorders and life transitions, and has a strong interest in men's mental health, including an upcoming men's group. His approach is flexible, using practical tools from functional analysis, CBT, DBT, ACT and attachment-based work. Beyond therapy, he provides diagnostic assessments and case consultation. All sessions are offered online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, LPCC

Audrey-Mischa Kirk is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Encinitas who also holds an LPCC license and has six years in practice. She works with adults, older adults and couples on anxiety, perfectionism, feeling overwhelmed, depression, trauma and relationship concerns, and as a mother she brings personal understanding to parents navigating change, including the perinatal season. Her work is somatic and trauma-informed, with EMDR at its center, and she also uses ACT, attachment-based therapy, IFS, CBT and mindfulness. She has a background supporting high-achieving clients such as athletes and business owners. She sees clients in person in Encinitas and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Phil Howard is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Carlsbad, California, with 11 years in practice. He enjoys a varied, diverse caseload and welcomes adults and older adults who want things to change, whatever their circumstances. He works with relationship concerns, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress and bipolar and other mood disorders, as well as men's issues, parenting, sleep problems and body image, and he welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Having worked with many people who felt their lives had slipped out of control, he holds a hopeful view of human resilience. His methods include CBT, ACT, compassion-focused and solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing and strength-based work. Sessions are online.