Malinda Bilbrey, LMFT - California Therapist at Grow Therapy

Malinda Bilbrey

Malinda Bilbrey

(She/Her)

LMFT
14 years of experience
Solution oriented
Warm
Intelligent
Virtual

Hi There! I'm Malinda. I'm a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist with over 14 years of working as a mental health provider. Our day-to-day lives have gotten so challenging and sometimes it's difficult to know what to do or who to turn to. I provide telehealth support virtually. I am here to provide the support you are looking for. I am honored you are ready to start your mental health journey with me today.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

I promote a non-judgemental, supportive space, for you to share your experiences with me to grow to the person you have been missing or want to be. I will be there every step of the way as your coach, guide, cheerleader, parent or any way you might need someone to show up for you. Take the first steps to new possibilities, and explore what's inside of you that hasn't been there before. I am passionate about giving individuals the tools they need to live without distress. I mainly work with clients who have anxiety or depression that gets in the way of healthy relationships, career satisfaction, or self-worth. Often, my client's mental health becomes exacerbated by trauma or major life changes like divorce, loss of work, or climate change, which leave clients to struggle with feeling sad, lonely,

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

It turns out we all have some kind underline trauma at some point of your life we have experienced. It's a difficult time in our lives we can't simply wrap our head around or move on from it. I practice specialty model called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and I am trained in Brain Spotting . EMDR and Brain Spotting trauma therapies help individuals’ brains to process the painful memories that provides deep healing that talk therapy just doesn't provide that comes with trauma, while also giving clients emotional regulation tools. I encourage clients to move through their therapy journeys at their own pace so they can benefit from a greater understanding of the self.

About Malinda Bilbrey

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Licensed in

Appointments

Virtual

My treatment methods

EMDR

I am in the certification process with model and have been practicing EMDR since 2020. This is a trauma model but is used for almost every issue in life that was difficult to adjust through from childhood to adulthood . This is a 8-phase protocol approach which is intensive work that target trauma events and negative thoughts.