Michael Kohnen, LMFT

Michael Kohnen, LMFT
Profession(s): Counseling, Social Work, Social Work
License Status:  I'm a licensed professional.
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My Approach to Helping

When you experience a loss, through death or illness or some other occurrence, you can easily become unfocused, deeply wounded, or desperate in trying to make sense out of your life. Routines become empty, values are questioned, emotional pain seems endless. It seems impossible to find meaning in the soul's experience. You can lose track of what is important. As a therapist I try to interact with you at all levels. We can deal with and relieve some of your current symptoms with various energy and somatic techniques. But more importantly, I want to work with you to place your symptoms in their context. How is the pain part of the meaning of your life? How does it serve you? How can you retain stability and even grow from it? My approaches are gentle and sensitive and move at your pace. I have particular experience with grief counseling, with counseling for life transitions, with religious and spiritual problems and with addiction counseling. I also use EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) which is particularly effective with anxiety, fears and addiction symptoms.
 

Services I Provide

  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
 

Ages I Work With

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders
 

Languages I Speak

  • English
 
 

Therapy Approaches I Use

  • Art Therapy
  • Body-Mind Psychotherapy
  • Clean Language, Symbolic Modeling, & Metaphor Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
  • Creative Art Therapy
  • Depth Therapy
  • Dreamwork & Dream Analysis
  • Emotional Freedom Technique
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Jungian Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
  • Person Centered / Rogerian
  • Process Oriented Psychology
  • Psychodynamic
  • Somatic Experiencing
  • Soul-Centered Psychiatry
 
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Locations & Maps
Office 1: 
5161 Sobrante Ave
El Sobrante, CA 94806 United States
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Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
  • Addictions (Drug & Alcohol)
  • Addictions (Other)
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Bereavement
  • Bipolar
  • Caregiver Issues/Stress
  • Compulsions
  • Control Issues
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Emptiness
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • Family Problems
  • Forgiveness
  • Grief & Loss
  • Habits
  • Impulsivity
  • Isolation (Emotional & Social)
  • Life Purpose/Meaning/Inner-Guidance
  • Men's Issues
  • Midlife Transition
  • Obsessions
  • Post Traumatic Stress
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Religion
  • Spirituality
  • Values Clarification
  • Worry