Meeting mental-health and spiritual care needs through depthful inquiry, psychotherapy, earth-based wisdom traditions, somatic practices and mindfulness.
MEET CHARISSE
Hello and welcome. Taking the first steps to find the right therapist and may provoke a myriad of feelings and become a journey itself. My hope is you hold gentle compassion and ease as you move through your quest.
Steeped in Transpersonal psychology and Buddhist psychology frameworks, I offer a humanistic and human centered approach to working in session. Drawing upon various modalities and frameworks like CBT, IFS, somatic based practices, EMDR and depth psychology. I practice online and in person in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
I acquired my practicum hours through a hospice and palliative care clinic in the Bay Area focusing on grief, bereavement, loss, life-meaning exploration, compounded grief, dream processing, anxiety and depression.
I hold a Masters Degree in integral counseling psychology, provisional licensure as an associate Marriage Family Therapist AMFT#149131 and a bachelor of science in psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies with a strong social justice and systems approach. I’ve taken extensive
Spiritual coursework grounded in Buddhist psychology, hold advanced comprehensive pilates and postural analysis certification and host equine mindfulness retreats.
To learn more about me and my approach to working therapeutically, please go to me “about me” page. I look forward to learning more about you and what your goals are for therapy. My hope is you find your ideal therapist provider, who supports your highest good.
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