Life transitions therapists

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, 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.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, SSW, CCTP

Tricia Cassady is a licensed master social worker in Troy, Michigan, who works with adults, couples and groups. Much of her practice centers on women and mothers who feel worn down after years of keeping everything together. She helps clients sort out how ADHD, chronic stress, burnout, perfectionism, old family patterns and hormonal shifts such as PMDD and the postpartum period can overlap. She also sees clients for trauma, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns, and welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. Her approach is neuroscience-informed and draws on attachment-based work, ACT, CBT, DBT and compassion-focused therapy. Sessions are offered in person in Troy and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Jenna Sielaff is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with 13 years in practice. She works online with adults, couples and families. Her focus includes anxiety, depression, life transitions and communication problems, as well as family conflict, parenting stress and couples working to restore trust after a breach. She also supports people recovering from narcissistic abuse and those dealing with OCD or postpartum concerns. Viewing each person as part of a larger system, she takes a warm, collaborative approach that builds on strengths, drawing on emotionally focused, attachment-based, family systems, internal family systems, narrative and CBT methods. Sessions are virtual.

Licensed Master Social Worker, LCSW

Emily Millman is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years in practice who runs North of Now Therapy from Royal Oak, Michigan. She offers trauma-informed telehealth for adults coping with grief, infertility, pregnancy loss and the postpartum period, as well as anxiety, trauma, OCD and big life changes. Many of her clients seem fine to others while feeling overwhelmed or disconnected inside. She also works with couples and with family and caregiving stress. Her methods include EMDR, CBT, emotionally focused and psychodynamic therapy, mindfulness and motivational interviewing, used with compassion and at the client's pace. All sessions are online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

LaLoni Sims is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Tacoma who works with teens, adults and couples. She helps clients heal from the internalized message that they are the problem, which can leave people feeling stuck, overwhelmed or not good enough. She works with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, self-esteem, life transitions, couple and family issues, eating disorders, postpartum concerns and LGBTQ+ issues. Her approach is integrative and client-centered, using narrative therapy to help clients separate themselves from their problems, along with CBT, Internal Family Systems and solution-focused work. She values a relaxed, honest therapeutic relationship and checks in on it often. She sees clients in person in Tacoma and online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Kelly Allred is a licensed psychologist in Seattle who works with teens, adults and older adults. She treats anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, ADHD, sleep problems, chronic pain and illness, relationship concerns and everyday life stress, and also helps with grief, substance use and bipolar disorder. She sees each client as the authority on their own experience and builds treatment around their values and background, setting clear goals together and checking in regularly to make sure therapy stays useful. She has extensive training in CBT, DBT, ACT and mindfulness, and also uses exposure and response prevention. She has immediate openings and sees clients in person in Seattle and online.