Therapy Specialties

Choosing to enter therapy is an important and personal decision — the right support can have a profound effect on your life and your happiness. Our goal is to help you find the best therapist for your particular issues and your life circumstances. The pages below introduce some of the specialty areas the therapists in our East Bay network commonly work with, each written to help you understand the concern a little better and to give you a sense of how counseling can help.

Emotional difficulties rarely fit neatly into a single box, and most of these topics overlap in real life. Read whichever ones speak to your situation — and remember you do not need to arrive with the “right” label. For broad background on the conditions described here, the National Institute of Mental Health maintains plain-language overviews many people find helpful.