Therapists in Tulare County, CA
Olga A Raya
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Visalia, CA 93291
My experience includes working with diverse disorders, including trauma, depression, anxiety, interpersonal difficulties, co-occurring disorders, emotional regulation, ADHD, daily stressors, grief and loss, and family issues.
Hello, I am Olga Raya, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 12 years of experience working with adults, children, adolescents, and families. My approach involves warmth, honesty, insight, compassion, empathy, and respect. I have helped people of diverse backgrounds overcome life's obstacles. I encourage individuals to tap into their inherent strengths to find new, more constructive ways to navigate life's problems.
My experience includes working with diverse disorders, including trauma, depression, anxiety, interpersonal difficulties, co-occurring disorders, emotional regulation, ADHD, daily stressors, grief and loss, and family issues.
Hello, I am Olga Raya, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 12 years of experience working with adults, children, adolescents, and families. My approach involves warmth, honesty, insight, compassion, empathy, and respect. I have helped people of diverse backgrounds overcome life's obstacles. I encourage individuals to tap into their inherent strengths to find new, more constructive ways to navigate life's problems.
Wandalyn Lane
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Porterville, CA 93257
My experience is helping individuals work through traumas, depression/anxiety, relationships, and just being stuck in life.
My name is Wandalyn Lane, I am an LMFT, and I have provided services in mental health for over 20 years. My approach to therapy is solution-focused as well as empathy-based. I enjoy working with the entire family to build a healthy family unit. I believe that the individual, couple, or family coming to therapy must lead their work. I engage in the process with Brief Solution Focus, CBT, Family Systems, Narrative, Experiential, etc.
My experience is helping individuals work through traumas, depression/anxiety, relationships, and just being stuck in life.
My name is Wandalyn Lane, I am an LMFT, and I have provided services in mental health for over 20 years. My approach to therapy is solution-focused as well as empathy-based. I enjoy working with the entire family to build a healthy family unit. I believe that the individual, couple, or family coming to therapy must lead their work. I engage in the process with Brief Solution Focus, CBT, Family Systems, Narrative, Experiential, etc.
Denise Chmiel
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Tulare, CA 93274
Hello, my name is Denise Chmiel. I am a Marriage & Family Therapist in the State of California. My work with clients is client-centered, solution-focused, and trauma-informed. I approach my clients respectfully, warmly, and with a sincere desire to assist them with gaining insight, achieving their therapeutic goals, and feeling better. I am comfortable working with adults, older adults, and adolescents who are experiencing depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, sadness, and loneliness or who are stuck in situations that feel hopeless.
Hello, my name is Denise Chmiel. I am a Marriage & Family Therapist in the State of California. My work with clients is client-centered, solution-focused, and trauma-informed. I approach my clients respectfully, warmly, and with a sincere desire to assist them with gaining insight, achieving their therapeutic goals, and feeling better. I am comfortable working with adults, older adults, and adolescents who are experiencing depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, sadness, and loneliness or who are stuck in situations that feel hopeless.
McDermott Counseling
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Visalia, CA 93291
McDermott Counseling offers a modern, collaborative approach to therapy. Voted best Psychotherapy practice in Visalia 4 years in a row, we work with clients suffering from relationship concerns, family issues, trauma, conflict, depression, anxiety, sexuality, gender, blended families, anger management, and much more. We specialize in individual, couples, and family therapy as well as child and adolescent therapy. We work to provide you excellent service, a welcoming environment and solutions to your unique situation. We offer evening and weekend appointments and can often get you an appointment within the week.
McDermott Counseling offers a modern, collaborative approach to therapy. Voted best Psychotherapy practice in Visalia 4 years in a row, we work with clients suffering from relationship concerns, family issues, trauma, conflict, depression, anxiety, sexuality, gender, blended families, anger management, and much more. We specialize in individual, couples, and family therapy as well as child and adolescent therapy. We work to provide you excellent service, a welcoming environment and solutions to your unique situation. We offer evening and weekend appointments and can often get you an appointment within the week.
Sandra Marquez-Mesquite
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Visalia, CA 93291
Welcoming new Clients in Downtown Visalia. Let’s get you started on your counseling journey today so that you may reach your fullest potential! As a therapist with over 20 years of experience in the counseling field, I have experience in working with Individuals, Couples and families as they face difficult periods in their lives due to divorce, infidelities or life transitions. I also work with individuals to help you learn new skills to manage your trauma, depression or anxiety so that you can get back to enjoying your life.
Welcoming new Clients in Downtown Visalia. Let’s get you started on your counseling journey today so that you may reach your fullest potential! As a therapist with over 20 years of experience in the counseling field, I have experience in working with Individuals, Couples and families as they face difficult periods in their lives due to divorce, infidelities or life transitions. I also work with individuals to help you learn new skills to manage your trauma, depression or anxiety so that you can get back to enjoying your life.
Kelly Ordonez
Psychologist, LCP
Verified Verified
Tulare, CA 93274
My experiences of working with individuals with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and everyday difficulties help me to create a supportive and effective therapeutic environment.
My name is Kelly Ordonez and I've been a licensed Clinical Psychologist for over 13 years. Whether you are new to participating in therapy or have had therapy off and on over the years, I will meet you where you are at. I like to empower people to use the tools they have and add some new ones into the rotation to support them in their mental health journey. I tend to work with clients of a variety of ages and life milestones. From college students, to newly adulting, from first time mothers trying to figure out their new identity to almost empty nesters trying to redefine their identity, I enjoy working with them all.
My experiences of working with individuals with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and everyday difficulties help me to create a supportive and effective therapeutic environment.
My name is Kelly Ordonez and I've been a licensed Clinical Psychologist for over 13 years. Whether you are new to participating in therapy or have had therapy off and on over the years, I will meet you where you are at. I like to empower people to use the tools they have and add some new ones into the rotation to support them in their mental health journey. I tend to work with clients of a variety of ages and life milestones. From college students, to newly adulting, from first time mothers trying to figure out their new identity to almost empty nesters trying to redefine their identity, I enjoy working with them all.
Cynthia Hernandez
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Visalia, CA 93291
Life can be messy. Things don't always go the way we plan. When that happens, we can feel stuck. Stuck in anger, sadness, and frustration which can lead to symptoms of anxiety, depression and feelings of helplessness It is my belief that people have the ability and strength to cope with life's unexpected turns and disappointments. Sometimes, we just need some extra support and encouragement to understand and process our complex feelings and realize the potential and resiliency that lies within.
Life can be messy. Things don't always go the way we plan. When that happens, we can feel stuck. Stuck in anger, sadness, and frustration which can lead to symptoms of anxiety, depression and feelings of helplessness It is my belief that people have the ability and strength to cope with life's unexpected turns and disappointments. Sometimes, we just need some extra support and encouragement to understand and process our complex feelings and realize the potential and resiliency that lies within.
Ana L Soto Grant
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Visalia, CA 93291
Waitlist for new clients
I am a Bilingual (Spanish) Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I specialize in working with issues relating to trauma, abandonment, depression, mood regulation, anxiety, family conflicts, and life transitions. My goal is to provide space for you to feel comfortable finding answers, processing emotions, and letting go of anything that is preventing you from living your best life. Therapy is a place where you are given space to be yourself, without judgement, so that you can reflect on what you are seeking in your life.
I am a Bilingual (Spanish) Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I specialize in working with issues relating to trauma, abandonment, depression, mood regulation, anxiety, family conflicts, and life transitions. My goal is to provide space for you to feel comfortable finding answers, processing emotions, and letting go of anything that is preventing you from living your best life. Therapy is a place where you are given space to be yourself, without judgement, so that you can reflect on what you are seeking in your life.
Monique Gonzales
Marriage & Family Therapist, IMFT
Verified Verified
Porterville, CA 93257
This age frame allows me to utilize modalities I am most skilled to treat symptoms of depression, trauma, anxiety, panic attacks, and relational or family conflict.
Hi there, I'm Monique! I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and have practiced providing therapeutic services for nearly 10 years. Therapy to me is helping individuals work through real-life experiences in a way that is relatable and most manageable to themselves. Outside of my profession, I can be found enjoying cooking and entertaining family and friends, cheering on my sons at a soccer field, and spoiling my dog, Tommy. My style provides a safe, non-judgmental space to share, explore, process, and gain insight into past and present experiences hindering growth.
This age frame allows me to utilize modalities I am most skilled to treat symptoms of depression, trauma, anxiety, panic attacks, and relational or family conflict.
Hi there, I'm Monique! I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and have practiced providing therapeutic services for nearly 10 years. Therapy to me is helping individuals work through real-life experiences in a way that is relatable and most manageable to themselves. Outside of my profession, I can be found enjoying cooking and entertaining family and friends, cheering on my sons at a soccer field, and spoiling my dog, Tommy. My style provides a safe, non-judgmental space to share, explore, process, and gain insight into past and present experiences hindering growth.
Darla Griffith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Visalia, CA 93292
Hi there, I'm Darla Griffith and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years experience working in the areas of anger management, emotional disturbance, stress (including job stress), coping skills, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and self esteem. I provide services in person but also via telehealth which allows for services anywhere in the state of California.
Hi there, I'm Darla Griffith and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years experience working in the areas of anger management, emotional disturbance, stress (including job stress), coping skills, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and self esteem. I provide services in person but also via telehealth which allows for services anywhere in the state of California.
David W Toms
Associate Clinical Social Worker, ACSW
Verified Verified
Visalia, CA 93291
Waitlist for new clients
I have experience working with individuals across the lifespan and have helped clients with a range of mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, substance use, ADHD, anger management, self-harming behaviors, oppositional defiant disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
You are not alone! As your therapist, I am committed to your healing and providing a safe, non-judgmental space where we can work through any negative self-talk and find solutions. We will explore therapeutic approaches, including but not limited to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Interventions. Together, we can confront anxiety and depression head-on.
I have experience working with individuals across the lifespan and have helped clients with a range of mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, substance use, ADHD, anger management, self-harming behaviors, oppositional defiant disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
You are not alone! As your therapist, I am committed to your healing and providing a safe, non-judgmental space where we can work through any negative self-talk and find solutions. We will explore therapeutic approaches, including but not limited to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Interventions. Together, we can confront anxiety and depression head-on.
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Trinity Flores
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Visalia, CA 93291
I specialize in trauma, anxiety, depression, and ODD.
Hi, my name is Trinity Flores, LCSW, and I have a holistic approach with a goal to provide helpful tools and skill-building that can be used beyond the completion of therapy. I aim to provide a safe space for clients to utilize tools to improve the quality of their lives and relationships to reach their fullest potential. I take a client-centered approach to therapy and see therapy as collaborative. The most common theoretical approaches I use are solution-focused, trauma narrative, cognitive behavioral therapy, and managing and adapting practices.
I specialize in trauma, anxiety, depression, and ODD.
Hi, my name is Trinity Flores, LCSW, and I have a holistic approach with a goal to provide helpful tools and skill-building that can be used beyond the completion of therapy. I aim to provide a safe space for clients to utilize tools to improve the quality of their lives and relationships to reach their fullest potential. I take a client-centered approach to therapy and see therapy as collaborative. The most common theoretical approaches I use are solution-focused, trauma narrative, cognitive behavioral therapy, and managing and adapting practices.
Sarah Yang
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Visalia, CA 93291 (Online Only)
I am experienced in working with individuals experiencing depression and anxiety.
Therapy should be a safe place where you can debrief, process your thoughts, find clarity and work out issues without any judgement or negativity. My approach has always been client centered-working through presenting problems that affect day-to-day activities. I believe individuals should feel comfortable, supported, respected and valued when seeking help during vulnerable times.
I am experienced in working with individuals experiencing depression and anxiety.
Therapy should be a safe place where you can debrief, process your thoughts, find clarity and work out issues without any judgement or negativity. My approach has always been client centered-working through presenting problems that affect day-to-day activities. I believe individuals should feel comfortable, supported, respected and valued when seeking help during vulnerable times.
Shavonne Garibay
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Porterville, CA 93257
Hello and welcome! I am a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 10 years of experience in providing compassionate care to individuals facing a variety of challenges. My expertise lies in crisis management, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and brief therapy. Individuals experiencing anxiety and/or depression are who I tend to work with most frequently. However with my background in crisis work, I have experience working with individuals who have experienced trauma, grief, and loss, and I am skilled in helping them build resilience and coping skills.
Hello and welcome! I am a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 10 years of experience in providing compassionate care to individuals facing a variety of challenges. My expertise lies in crisis management, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and brief therapy. Individuals experiencing anxiety and/or depression are who I tend to work with most frequently. However with my background in crisis work, I have experience working with individuals who have experienced trauma, grief, and loss, and I am skilled in helping them build resilience and coping skills.
Elvira Martin del Campo
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Visalia, CA 93277
Hi, my name is Elvira Martin del Campo, I'm a licensed MFT. I'm Bilingual and Bicultural in English and Spanish. I've been a therapist for 32 years working with diverse clients who had substance use disorders, depression, anxiety, grief, Trauma/PTSD. I have extensive experience working with individuals and families with issues including substance abuse, loss, grief, trauma, LGBTQ+, HIV/AIDS, and other challenging life events. I like to work with my clients to build their strengths while recognizing the impact that trauma, history of abuse, attachment wounds, sadness, anxiety, grief, and addiction have had on them.
Hi, my name is Elvira Martin del Campo, I'm a licensed MFT. I'm Bilingual and Bicultural in English and Spanish. I've been a therapist for 32 years working with diverse clients who had substance use disorders, depression, anxiety, grief, Trauma/PTSD. I have extensive experience working with individuals and families with issues including substance abuse, loss, grief, trauma, LGBTQ+, HIV/AIDS, and other challenging life events. I like to work with my clients to build their strengths while recognizing the impact that trauma, history of abuse, attachment wounds, sadness, anxiety, grief, and addiction have had on them.
Erika Morales
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Tulare, CA 93274
My work has focused on trauma, family relationships, domestic violence/intimate partner violence, depression, and anxiety.
Therapy can be highly transformative when combined with intention and intuition. I'm a Chicanx Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California, born and raised in Los Angeles. I work with BIPOC-identified individuals open to learning new ways of healing and growing. Each client brings unique lived experiences and I do my best to provide a safe and open space in order for the client and therapist to be vulnerable during sessions.
My work has focused on trauma, family relationships, domestic violence/intimate partner violence, depression, and anxiety.
Therapy can be highly transformative when combined with intention and intuition. I'm a Chicanx Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California, born and raised in Los Angeles. I work with BIPOC-identified individuals open to learning new ways of healing and growing. Each client brings unique lived experiences and I do my best to provide a safe and open space in order for the client and therapist to be vulnerable during sessions.
James L Carr
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Visalia, CA 93277
I am experienced in Trauma Focused Therapy, for PTSD, marriage therapy, individuals suffering with Depression/Anxiety/ADHD, having specialized in Children's Mental Health for the past three years.
I have experience working with the LGTBQ community and am uniquely qualified to work with First Responders, Police, Fire and EMT/Paramedics, having worked as a Police Officer for 25 years. I am acutely aware of the traumas associated with those fields. I have been working with the LGBTQ community for the past 3 years, helping in dealing with gender identity issues as well as acceptance of who you are. I work with families, individuals and couples experiencing a variety of difficulties. I am experienced in Trauma Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behaviors Therapy as well as others. Let me help you with your issues.
I am experienced in Trauma Focused Therapy, for PTSD, marriage therapy, individuals suffering with Depression/Anxiety/ADHD, having specialized in Children's Mental Health for the past three years.
I have experience working with the LGTBQ community and am uniquely qualified to work with First Responders, Police, Fire and EMT/Paramedics, having worked as a Police Officer for 25 years. I am acutely aware of the traumas associated with those fields. I have been working with the LGBTQ community for the past 3 years, helping in dealing with gender identity issues as well as acceptance of who you are. I work with families, individuals and couples experiencing a variety of difficulties. I am experienced in Trauma Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behaviors Therapy as well as others. Let me help you with your issues.
Gerardo Castro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Visalia, CA 93277
I provide a safe and comfortable environment so you can start your healing and feel better. I have seen clients improve with the right guidance, motivation, and applying more effective coping strategies. If you struggle to manage your emotions, have difficulty trusting others, experience poor self-control, un-healthy relationships, un-healthy partners, get anxious, have poor communication skills, feel stressed out, low self-esteem, depressed, feel stuck/in a fog, and dwell on the past, give me call so we could talk. I am bilingual, English and Spanish speaking, and accept mostly PPO insurances. I offer free phone consultations.
I provide a safe and comfortable environment so you can start your healing and feel better. I have seen clients improve with the right guidance, motivation, and applying more effective coping strategies. If you struggle to manage your emotions, have difficulty trusting others, experience poor self-control, un-healthy relationships, un-healthy partners, get anxious, have poor communication skills, feel stressed out, low self-esteem, depressed, feel stuck/in a fog, and dwell on the past, give me call so we could talk. I am bilingual, English and Spanish speaking, and accept mostly PPO insurances. I offer free phone consultations.
The Lotus Healing Center
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Three Rivers, CA 93271 (Online Only)
I'm an LCSW with extensive experience in treating OCD and Anxiety Disorders as well as well as Depression. I believe in meeting a client where they are at and partnering with them to meet their goals. I believe that it is not just my job to "treat the symptoms" but to help you find lasting change and give you the skills to continue to grow and maintain that change long after our time together. I've worked in some form of human services since 2000. I started as a Social Worker in the community working with foster and probation youth and progressed to private foster care.
I'm an LCSW with extensive experience in treating OCD and Anxiety Disorders as well as well as Depression. I believe in meeting a client where they are at and partnering with them to meet their goals. I believe that it is not just my job to "treat the symptoms" but to help you find lasting change and give you the skills to continue to grow and maintain that change long after our time together. I've worked in some form of human services since 2000. I started as a Social Worker in the community working with foster and probation youth and progressed to private foster care.
Selina Barnett
Psychologist, LCP
Verified Verified
Porterville, CA 93257
Hello, I’m Dr. Selina Barnett, licensed psychologist. My approach to therapy is client-focused Christian therapy specializing in anxiety and depression. I work with clients between the ages of 16 - 99. Utilizing ERT, CBT/trauma informed, SFT, motivational interviewing, and symptom management. People often talked to me like they knew me for years. I began to wonder if there was a way, I could make a career of helping others. Opportunities in psychology soon presented themselves and the rest is history.
Hello, I’m Dr. Selina Barnett, licensed psychologist. My approach to therapy is client-focused Christian therapy specializing in anxiety and depression. I work with clients between the ages of 16 - 99. Utilizing ERT, CBT/trauma informed, SFT, motivational interviewing, and symptom management. People often talked to me like they knew me for years. I began to wonder if there was a way, I could make a career of helping others. Opportunities in psychology soon presented themselves and the rest is history.
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Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.