I'm dedicated to helping you overcome the depression, anxiety, and other emotional difficulties that are holding you back from your success and peace of mind. I want to see you truly thrive. Working together, we can help you gain the clarity and confidence for going forward in your life. My approach to therapy is compassionate, interactive, solution-focused, core-level work, and focused on gaining new perspectives and new skills. You can feel better, stronger, clearer and more confident, as an individual and in your relationship. My aim is to strike the right balance between careful listening and providing helpful information and feedback to you. Sometimes you'll just need to get things off your chest, other times you'll need real answers about important questions. We'll start where you are, and we'll go forward together from there. It's really an honor as a therapist to walk alongside you on your journey from depression, anxiety, or relationship problems toward strength, clarity, and peace of mind. In our work together, I'll be dedicated to helping you understand what's gone wrong, both emotionally as well as practically, and then finding ways to work through and overcome those difficulties. I want you to have hope that you *can* feel much better. Please contact me with any questions you might have, or for a free 30-minute phone consultation.

I work with couples, families, and individuals who are interested in improving their relationships, and people who are struggling with strong emotions like anxiety. I believe that the quality of our relationships, both with ourselves and others deeply affects our overall well-being. Healing, in my view, happens both individually and within the dynamics of our connections with others. I recognize that building and maintaining strong partnerships requires effort, but I know that the rewards of healthy relationships are invaluable. I earned my BA from UCSB and my Master's in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, with a certification in Somatic Psychotherapy. I have also trained at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, which has deepened my understanding of how unconscious processes and early relational patterns influence present behaviors. I help clients uncover emotions, thoughts, and patterns affecting their relationships, guiding them toward deeper self-awareness and lasting change. My background as a yoga teacher and trainer for over a decade has shaped my holistic approach, allowing me to integrate somatic awareness and mindfulness into my work. In addition to my psychoanalytic and somatic training, I also use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help clients strengthen emotional bonds and foster secure attachments. This blend of psychoanalytic exploration, somatic awareness, and EFT offers a comprehensive approach to healing and improving relationships. I work with clients both online throughout California and in-person in Santa Barbara.

I can make this very easy for you: unless you’re looking for a specific technique, the only way to tell if your therapist is a good fit is by being in a relationship with them. This can be virtual or in person, but we’ve known for a long time that the primary determining factor in successful therapy is the alliance. While a resume and credentials may be a starting point, I think you’ll find it’s rarely the deciding factor. For therapy to "work," you have to be vulnerable. To be vulnerable, you need to feel safe. To feel safe, you need to trust. This is the first layer of a deep, intimate, successful relationship that I model. Some people have never experienced this before: the idea that you can be heard, truly and deeply, and not be judged, blamed, or put in a box. Walk with me. You're not alone in this.

There was a 2-3 year time period (almost 15 years ago) where I seriously thought my husband was trying to hurt me, or at least didn't love me! We had already been married, raised 4 children and even been in ministry for over 3 decades! Yet we didn't understand ourselves or each other well. My husband was going through some horrendous things as a pastor, and even though I wanted to support him, I wasn't helping! I didn't understand why my reaction was so strong to him and he didn't understand why his reaction was so strong to me! Not a good situation for either of us. Truth be told, we both saw each other's reactivity a lot more clearly than we saw our own! It scared me when my husband got so angry at his situation. I'd seen rage growing up and I was trying to convince him it wasn't all THAT bad! I didn't mean to, but I was invalidating his deep feelings of betrayal and anger. This was not a time to "Pump Sunshine!" He saw me turn from supportive wife to "aligning with his enemies". I didn't mean to, but that's what it felt like I did! I saw him as intentionally shooting holes in the bottom of our sinking boat, and I was already bailing water as fast as I could. I was trying to keep myself safe. Thank God I finally realized (it felt like I was giving up!) that I was NOT HELPING! I chose to be less "positive" and gave myself permission to just reflect back to him how terrible his situation was. I initially thought this would make things even worse!!!, but found that the more negative MY reflection was, the less negative HIS was. (It was a very tough situation!) This was what we needed! We were polarized. Like on a teeter totter, the more I tried to be positive the more negative he got. When I could move closer to the middle, he could also be less extreme and we could both still feel heard. We were both less reactive! What I know now is that my childhood need to feel safe, was being answered NO by his rage and I didn't know what to do with my fear! His highest emotional need, left over from his childhood, was triggered when I overlooked and minimized his dire situation. We were both unknowingly answering each other's highest emotional need with a HECK NO! We react to others who regularly push our buttons and forget to find out WHY those buttons are even there! I want to help you understand why you react and help put you back in the driver's seat of your life. Let's clarify your highest emotional need and help you take back your life! Let's identify the scramble you fall into to get your needs met, as well as your super-power, the relational gift you offer to the world. Our biggest PAIN can lead us to our life-giving PASSION! I naturally develop potential in others and get jazzed over incremental steps toward hope and healing. I can help you get unstuck! The world NEEDS who you were meant to be.

I hold a deep faith in the essential beauty and goodness within each person. This conviction inspires my commitment to support individuals in their growth, healing, and evolution. My approach—called Psychology of Joy®—is dedicated to helping people reconnect with their inner wholeness and create lives of greater balance, fulfillment, and meaning. Psychology of Joy is rooted in the truth that all beings are essentially divine, and innately capable of joyfully co-creating and evolving every facet of their inner and outer lives in harmony with all other beings. All anyone needs to achieve this is true education and loving guidance, which Psychology of Joy provides.

I feel the greatest privilege to sit with you and help. Often I can bring you immediate relief from shame, anxiety, or depression simply because you've been too alone with your feelings: now they can be shared. Then we can start together to resolve the painful cycles you feel stuck in. With relief comes hope and confidence. Everyone has a well of healing within them, awaiting skillful help and kindly empathy to open. When you feel safe, loneliness is lessened. As trust in your own healing grows, the inside of you, perhaps once feared, begins to become a nourishing resource. You are coming home to yourself.

Are you looking for a happier and healthier way to live your life? Unpleasant feelings and experiences can affect the way people choose to live their lives. There are many positive ways to deal with these unpleasant emotions. Through discussion and exploration we can find ways to work through life's roadblocks in order to find a happier healthier path for your life. I am a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) in Sacramento located in Northern California. My license allows me to counsel people with an array of symptoms to better their ability to have more happy productive relationships and lives. I work with many symptoms including depression, anxiety, fear and anger. All these symptoms affect one's relationships with others. I specialize in couples counseling to assist with more effective communication, parenting to help parents find more effective ways to parent their difficult or challenging children and trauma abuse issues or intense situations that lead to a disturbance in life. The individuals and families that I see are able to see more clearly how awareness can lead to their desired change. For more information about my experience and practice you can visit my website or to schedule an appointment call me.

Many women (especially in the fast-paced, competitive environment of the Bay Area) struggle to balance the multiple roles we have acquired. In doing so, we may consistently feel invalidated due to the expectations we place on ourselves andor external (partners, parents, family members, work, society) pressures. We may ignore andor begin to forget about our true selves attempting to become someone we think we should be at this time in our lives, andor someone we think others want us to be. In the process, we may question our feelings andor silence our intuition. We may be left with self-doubt, low-self esteem, anxiety, depression, body image issues, career issues (including impostor syndrome), addiction, andor relationship problems. After many years in the academic, corporate, and start-up environments of biotechnology (research, project management, product coordination, senior management, and executive management), I became interested in the unique challenges women continue to face in their work environments (including academic settings) and in their personal lives (as daughters, sisters, friends, mothers, partners, community members) with a desire to make it all work. In 2007, I changed my career to follow my passion to support and help to empower others find their voices, identify their strengths, tap into their intuition, and meet their goals. These intentions aim to reduce suffering, improve relationships, and increase quality of life. My style is warm, empathic, respectful, and non-judgmental. I work in collaboration with you to set clear goals at the beginning of treatment. We will continue to track your progress and objectives throughout our work together, as I am dedicated to offering the highest quality of care. If you are struggling with a life transition (changes at workcareer, student, new parent, relationships, etc.), or want to gain insight regarding specific patterns in your life, please contact me to see how I may help, or I will refer you to someone who can support you in reducing your suffering and improving your quality of life.

I work with my clients on gaining new perspectives, restoring balance, and increasing well-being in their lives. I am an experienced Clinical Psychologist (20 years) and also a certified yoga teacher and use a holistic, integrative approach to psychotherapy. With this holistic framework, I blend both traditional methods and mind-body work for those who are interested in this approach. I blend mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, positive psychology and health psychology tailored for individual needs. After reviewing a person's unique factors of past and present concerns, I incorporate mind-body awareness to increase their sense of well-being, decrease stress, and improve their confidence to handle life's challenges. I work with adolescents, women, and men who are going through a variety of concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, emotional eating, and relationship problems. A portion of my practice focuses on women's issues, health psychology, adjustment to college life, eating concerns, sleep issues, trauma, and cross-cultural issues. I also counsel those dealing with life transitions such as a break-up, new job, or loss of a loved one. In addition, I see those dealing with past trauma, post-partum anxiety & depression, fertility & pregnancy issues, adoption, and parenting. My work includes advanced training and experience with children, adolescents, and adults on mindfulness meditation and relaxation training.

Are you struggling to show up in relationships, to work, at school, or with family the way that you want to? Feeling like everyday life is harder than it should be, while getting overwhelmed thinking about how to change it? Maybe you even tell yourself "I should be able to do this, what's wrong with me?" If so, you’re probably familiar with sadness, anxiety, and resentment as everyday emotions that are leaving you feeling tired, burnt out, unmotivated, stuck, or hopeless. Or maybe you're not even sure how you feel but you know something is just off... So many of us go through these thoughts and feelings at different stages of our lives, for different reasons, and it can be exhausting. However, you don’t have to deal with them by yourself. For almost 10 years I've been helping teens and adults untangle the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, that are negatively impacting their lives so that they can feel less burdened by day to day existence. I offer a combination of practical skill building, psychoeducation, and normalizing how you respond to the world around you based on your unique history. Knowing what makes you tick, will help you to feel more confident in how you navigate daily life. My approach is built upon a foundation of evidence based techniques combined with humor, creativity, and sensitivity to your needs, that can help you to make some useful changes in your life. Getting started is oftentimes the most difficult part and you’ve already made it past that first hurdle. So feel free to reach out for a free consultation or checkout my website to learn more about the work that we might be able to do together.

Hello! I'm so proud of you for taking this step towards change. I am a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT) who provides compassionate and trauma-informed therapy for adults and teens. I specialize in working with anxiety, trauma, relationship concerns, and emotional regulation, and I use evidence-based approaches to support clients in developing greater self-awareness, autonomy, and confidence. My approach is creating a safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their experiences, build effective coping skills, and move toward meaningful change. I believe therapy is a collaborative process, and I work alongside clients to better understand their patterns, strengthen emotional resilience, and cultivate lasting growth. Whether you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or simply seeking deeper self-understanding, I’m here to support you.

You may feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns that you can’t seem to break, whether that’s in your relationships, family, or within yourself. Maybe you’re longing to feel more secure, more understood, or simply more like yourself again. If you’ve landed here, you’re probably carrying a lot, and you don’t have to carry it alone. I’m Majica, and I offer a calm, grounded space to slow down, untangle what's been knotted, and start making sense of the emotional cycles you’re caught in. My approach is relational, compassionate, and attuned to the uniqueness of who you are. I specialize in emotionally focused therapy (EFT), a deeply researched model that helps individuals and couples repair trust, deepen emotional connection, and heal old wounds. In our work together, we’ll move at your pace. I’ll help you name what’s happening under the surface: the fears, the longings, the protective strategies. We will then gently explore how these patterns show up in your relationships and your body. This process isn’t about fixing you, it’s about helping you feel more whole, more connected, and more able to show up fully in your life and your relationships. Clients often tell me they feel deeply seen and safe with me. I bring warmth, clarity, and a steady presence, and I hold space with genuine care and curiosity. I believe change happens in relationships and that therapy can be a powerful place to practice new ways of being, relating, and healing.