W Ellen Raboin
I am a Marriage Family Therapist licensed in California. I have been supporting people do things differently for more than 40 years-first as a process engineer, then as an organization development consultant, and now as a mental health professional.
I have been supporting people do things differently for more than 40 years-first as a process engineer, then as an organization development consultant, and now as a mental health professional.
I can help you clarify your desired direction, take the next most meaningful step, and keep trying as we learn more about what is working.
First session
In our initial time together I will ask questions to support you in developing a well formed desired outcome. This will enable you to set a direction for your therapeutic journey and allow us to chose relevant supporting methods. For example, if we are working with a single traumatic event, I might go directly to hypnosis or neurolinguistics programming, or if you and your partner want to reshape your relationship to include more intimacy, we might start with attachment theory.
Strengths
I am trained in many modalities which provides options for you. We could be working with your private inner world where you are experiencing internal conflict, then we might shift to an outer focus looking at your relationships in the world. My extensive training allows the therapy to be fluid and adaptable as best fits the change you want in your situation.
Ideal clients
People who have a felt need for change are generally most motivated for change work. Most of my clients want to work with issues that have impacted their relationships at home and at work- such as anxiety, OCD, panic, phobias, PTSD, depression, and relationship issues.
Treatment methods
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
One of my favorite tools from ACT is the MAP (Mindful Action Planning) tool that can be summarized as : I am here now noticing my thoughts, and accepting my feelings WHILE doing what I care about.
Attachment-based
Understanding out attachment style can help us be mindful of the secure and insecure ways we relate to each other and other choices we can make.
Adlerian
I use Systemic Family Constellations as a way of putting the inner image of out in front of us so we can see how things are related. For example: what is your relationship to anxiety, or to your work, or family.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Noticing that all experience can be understood as an interaction between thoughts, feelings, (inter)actins, an beliefs gives us the map we need to change our experience.
EMDR
When we have experiences that were too much, too fast, too painful, and we are not able to "process" the experience, it stays in our body. EMDR focuses on resourcing you and facilitating the processing so your past doesn't take away your present.
Location
Virtual sessions
In-person sessions3075 Citrus Circle, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, Suite 165
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- CaliforniaLicense 143449