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Victoria Chau, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Victoria Chau, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Albany, California
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Professions: Marriage & Family Therapist, Psychotherapist, Mental Health Counselor

Languages: English

Telephone: 775-510-2872

My Approach to Therapy

I'm a depth-oriented psychotherapist specializing in helping adults define themselves, process trauma, and feel more connected in relationships with friends, family, and partners. My practice combines humor, depth, and real relationship to help clients understand themselves. I work with people who, despite their best efforts, feel lonely, rejected, and anxious. I join clients in making sense of, and finding meaning in, past trauma, unmet expectations, and complicated relationships. We will go beyond comfort or numbing, and stop pretending there is a simple solution. In therapy, you can find a version of yourself that feels truer and more livable than what you’ve picked up to survive. If you’d like to invest in a partnership focused on earning enough trust to do deep and meaningful work, I invite you to connect with me.

My Practice & Services

The clients who find me want to feel like they are talking to a real person. I’m a good fit for people seeking help with big, ambiguous dread, and for those who feel a general aversion to current “wellness” trends. I believe a lot of the products or messages we’re sold to help us feel better are more about keeping up appearances than they are about the truth of how messed up our world is, and about all the lengths we’ll go to belong somewhere. I love parsing through the anxious, spiraling thoughts we get stuck in, and helping clients find relief in hard truths.

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

Initial reasons people reach out: Feeling lonely and rejected by the people around you, and anxious that the life you've fought to create will collapse in on itself. Having a profound feeling of not belonging anywhere. Feeling haunted or even cursed by your childhood, your past choices, or by a larger power. Having a sense that you?ve gotten as far as you can on your own, with a wariness for anyone selling a quick fix.

Expertise & Specialties

Age Groups I Work With

Adults

Groups I Work With

I work with adult children of immigrants, biracial and mixed-race people, Asian Americans, young adults, and adults navigating life changes. I also support adults experiencing relationship distress, loneliness, dread, spiraling hopelessness, and feeling stuck. I work with adult children of parents with mental health challenges, including personality-related challenges, as well as those with other family members who are living with mental health challenges.

Therapy Services & Specialties

Concerns & Challenges Addressed

AbandonmentAdjusting to Change / Life TransitionsAngerAnxietyAttachment IssuesBipolarBlended Family IssuesBody Image

Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods

Culturally Sensitive TherapyDepth TherapyExpressive Arts TherapyIntegration of different therapy modelsObject RelationsPerson-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy)Psychoanalysis / Modern PsychoanalysisPsychodynamic

Industries & Communities

Entertainment IndustryEducationSelf-Employed and Freelance ProfessionalsLGBTQ+BIPOC

Location & Contact