Walnut Creek Therapists specializing in Parenting

Poppy Haines

I am able to help parents navigate the difficulties of raising children and in particular, those who have been diagnosed with a neurological disorder, depression, or anxiety.

Leslie Hemedes

I work with adolescents, young adults, and adults. I specialize with concerns related to relationships, self-esteem, Women's concerns, depression, anxiety, trauma, parenting concerns, emotion regulation, role/life transitions, difficulties finding balance, academic/work stress, and self-defeating thought and behavior patterns.

David S. Wu

I support my clients in honoring their unique identities, pay attention to their present moment, their bodily and minds states with presence and kindness (a simple working definition of mindfulness). My clients, in turn, can move lovingly towards their current struggles, mend and heal, clarify and envision, and grow and root in wisdom. They can also develop loving relationships with their chronic symptoms which can include: grief, stress, anxiety, depression, focus/attention, anger, etc.

Alvin Gregorio

Personal and professional relationships take effort and have a new meaning in this current time of social unrest and a global pandemic. You might be an overwhelmed parent. Or perhaps you are burnt out from working-from-home. You may be in a challenging relationship. Or maybe you are simply feeling out of sorts and trying to make sense of it all. When we're stressed we often forget who we are and what is important to us. Let's work on finding balance and finding yourself.

Nicole Kangas

I help women with a range of issues including relationship difficulties, stress and mood issues, low self-esteem, work and life transitions, work-life balance, grief and loss, trauma recovery, and more. My practice also has a special commitment to helping women and their partners with the emotional and psychological issues related to reproductive health, including infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, postpartum mental health, birth trauma, NICU experiences, parenting concerns and more.

Sharon Flynn

Drawing from my own experience as a parent and using both trauma-focused CBT and behavioral therapy frameworks, I have helped caregivers to provide attunement for their child, set consistent limits, improve communication/cooperation, as well as helped caregivers manage their own stress in order to enhance stability in the home.

Anny Papatheodorou

Whether your struggle runs deep or is an interim situation, together we can create possibilities for you to manifest a life you love with the life you have. With support, you can rewrite your story as you embark on your inner quest of becoming more of who you really are. Our purpose together will be to make meaning out of your experiences, as well as highlight opportunities for symptom relief, expansion, and healing.

Ines Vaniman

If you are starting a new phase in your life, you feel lost, sad or anxious. Maybe you just feel "stuck" and want to figure out a new way of doing things. Perhaps you can't seem to get out of your head and you feel disconnected from everyone around you. If you just had a baby or you just lost someone. If you need help managing your children's behavior or you want to take your life on a different path. All of these are just a few of the many good reasons that bring people into my office.

David Matz

I work with children, adolescents, and adults. It is my goal to work in partnership with you and the appropriate family and community members to consider all factors which may be influencing your mental health and well being. Together we will design a plan to support your own resilience and innate healing response.

Cynthia Mansur

I'm committed to helping people have happier lives and more satisfying relationships, and will make every effort to get to the heart of the matter so you can start feeling better right away.

Tessa Barrows

We are all moving at an accelerated pace these days at work and home which can lead us to lose our sense of self -- connection with ourself and others. Relationships suffer due to the inability to set limits and boundaries, or express needs and feelings in a way that can be heard. Many of my clients of all ages seek support with navigating life transitions, relationship issues, daily stress and anxiety, and releasing shame, self-doubt and negative beliefs like "I'm not good enough."

Shohreh Schmuecker

I have supported parents, caregivers, and future parents and their children in addressing emotional, relational and behavioral needs. I am rostered in Child-Parent Psychotherapy through the UCSF Child Trauma Research Program. I completed my Post Master's Clinical Fellowship at UCSF Children's Hospital in Oakland in the Early Intervention Services Department where I received specialized training on child-parent therapy.

Zoltan Nabilek

Therapy can help you heal emotional wounds and realize your true potential. Through this process individuals work one-on-one with a professional—in a safe, caring, and confidential environment—to explore their feelings, beliefs, or behaviors. They work through challenging and important personal history, identify aspects of their lives that they would like to change, set personal goals, and work toward desired changes.

Julie Levin

I work with people who are over-achievers and over-givers. These are strategies we use to feel needed, to ensure a sense of belonging. But the price we pay for these behaviors is high. When our value is determined by winning the approval of others, it's always precarious - because people are moody and difficult.

Katherine Jewett

Katie Malone

I specialize in working with those who are neurodivergent and who wish to find self-acceptance, connection, and growth. Neurodivergent individuals I work with tend to identify as gifted, highly sensitive, autistic, ADHD, learning different, and intense. I also specialize in working with identity, primarily gender, sexuality, and the LGBTQ+ community. I work with all ages and groups including children, teens, adults, couples, and families.

Grace Malonai

I support adults, teens, children, parents, couples and groups who are ready to feel better, suffer less, to forge connections, to learn more about themselves, to gain new tools for self-regulation, to learn to communicate better, to build self-esteem, to gain self-efficacy at school or work, figure out next steps, and/or to have a therapist who really gets neurodivergent people, including those with Autism, giftedness, ADHD, learning differences, high sensitivity and intensity.

Wendy AMFT, APCC

I have a special affinity for gifted and highly sensitive people, as well as those who are experiencing grief. I work with adults, children, couples and families who are ready to to gain self-understanding, self-compassion and thrive.

Katherine Milano

I have experience working in Community-Based, Inpatient, Outpatient and School-based settings. I have a passion for helping clients find solutions and meaning in their lives. I offer coping skills to help clients manage during times of challenges and stress.

Robyn Holmes-Cannon

I offer 19 years of experience helping adults and youth overcome trauma, chronic anxiety, panic, depression and ADHD-related symptoms. I specialize in trauma resolution - both big 'T's' and little 't's' as traumatic experience is identified by the impact of the events on the individual at any given point in time and often continues to impact a person's life until resolved.