I see Kevin Bergen weekly and think he is terrific. He helped me more in one session than I could…read morehave ever dreamed. He's very easy to talk to and very intuitive. I highly suggest an appointment with him to see for yourself why he's so good and to see how he can help you.

This is a great office to come to. The people are friendly, the atmosphere is warm and inviting,…read morethere's plenty of parking in the lot and it's an easy place to find, right across the street from Costco. There are actually several different therapists there who all do slightly different forms of therapy. I haven't tried them all, but I can tell you that Roxane Polk is a great group facilitator.

I have referred to Dr. Moali several times for outpatient therapy for eating disorders, sex therapy…read more& general mental health because I know the person I am referring will get the best quality of care from a professional that truly cares and is quite astute as a psychologist. Dr. Moali is a trusted leader in the mental health field & I am so grateful that she & her team are such a good resource for individuals, couples and families.

Dr. Nazanin is a very empathic and non-judgmental psychologist and she is a remarkably qualified…read moreand dedicated clinician. Over the years, I have consulted with Dr. Nazanin Moali and have recommended her podcast Sexology to many clients as a unique and informative resource.

Jenny Moon is unbiasedly, an excellent therapist and individual. It is difficult to capture in…read morewords, how skilled and gifted she is as a therapist and also as someone who provides a service. She is extremely knowledgeable and excellent in her skill set and this is made clear to you in how you experience her intuitive, deeply compassionate and effective care. It is very difficult to find a qualified, trustworthy, and experienced Asian American therapist who can understand so many of the nuances that coexist within multiple cultures and generations, and then on top of that, finding someone who you can immediately feel you can be yourself with and trust is not easy! I've seen so many friends go through therapist after therapist unsuccessfully, and I can genuinely and honestly say that Jenny's practice should not be overlooked. I've confidently referred clients to her team of amazing therapists. Book a session with her!

Jenny has helped me throughout the years and her calm, quiet strength and grace provides a safe…read morespace to open up. Everything you say has weight and you never feel like she's taking anything lightly no matter how silly you think you sound. She helps guide you through whatever journey or path you're on at that time and ensures that you feel safe while also providing you tools to feel strong and confident on your own. A true gem of a human!

Dr. Panvini was recommended by a dear friend. The way she spoke about realization during sessions…read morehelped me understand- this was someone I wanted to work with. My partner and I have very busy lives and needed help working on our relationship. We had reached a stagnant point. Couples therapy is its own magical type of therapy and Dr. Panvini helps us have AHA moments since day 1. From inception, Loreli has been angel. She's the office manager that greets us with kindness and a beautiful smile and genuine "how are you". I feel blessed to have found this amazing practice and Dr. Panvini specifically.

So I've tried quite a few therapists and interventions and it wasn't until working with the…read morewonderful people at Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates that I really felt that emotional healing was possible and that I could start to see the light at the end of the tunnel following decades long depression. Havening techniques and other techniques have helped me (someone who defaults to over-intellectualizing) get out of my head and into my body which I've found is imperative for healing emotional trauma. With all that said I'm really here to share my experience with the Neurofeedback training done with Rebecca Turner. Having done so much healing and reprocessing through talk therapy, I still felt that my thought patterns were like a hose turned all the way up, whipping around, unable to catch, and control, soaking everyone around me. The initial brain mapping (which is done first to know what areas of the brain to target for training) reflected with tangible data what I was experiencing inside. Ms. Turner described it to me like "your two hemispheres are yelling at each other" which turned out to be one of the most validating things my brain has ever heard about itself. The neurofeedback training process itself is not as complicated and/or intimidating as the name sounds. If one is doing eyes open training, you essentially attach some small sensors to your head using a conductive goop and watch a tv show while the screen brightens and dims in response to the information collected by the sensors and neurofeedback program. For "eyes closed" training, you listen to lyric-less music while the music adjusts the volume to help train your brain. And it all works. I feel good about myself. Shame is now a passing emotion instead of a state of being. Rumination is down ten-fold as my hemispheres aren't "yelling at each other". My thoughts and feelings don't control me as much and/or send my on a downward spiral. If you are someone who feels your emotions are often become too much for you to handle that even standard therapy couldn't alone help, might I suggest neurofeedback?

I have never found a therapist quite like Payton. She is an incredible listener, offers thoughtful…read moreinsight, and really is gifted at what she does. She created a warm and accepting environment. I have never felt judged and genuinely look forward to our sessions. I have had a variety of therapists and Payton just has something no one else has had. I highly recommend.

*after posting this review, 2 random reviews popped up in defense of this...within hours. They are…read moreboth 5 stars which leads me to believe the rest of the reviews may not be real. I am now validated in why I chose to write this. I actually came back on here to delete my review because I started feeling bad, and then when I saw the new fake reviews, I decided to leave it up. I am actually considering filing a formal complaint with the state licensing board of Psychology. I came to this therapy center based on reviews and seeking safety and understanding while navigating an extremely difficult and confusing relationship with my ex-husband, who is a covert narcissist and also works in a high powered job. In the beginning, she gained my trust, she listened, validated my experiences, and made me feel seen for the first time in a long time. I felt like I could work on the relationship despite some deeply disturbing foundational truths. However, I felt rushed to fix the relationship before addressing the financial and emotional abuse. Something felt off. I realized a few sessions in the therapist was an associate (with a supervisor), but I wasn't informed of this. It caught me by surprise that she asked her supervisor his opinion and shared that with us. I started to feel our situation was beyond her expertise. I stuck it out and over time, things shifted dramatically. After my ex had a 1:1 with her and shared his version of events, the therapist's attitude toward me changed completely. She began to dismiss my concerns, silence me so that he could speak but didn't silence him when he interrupted me, she minimized my experiences, and even reframed deeply painful events in ways that aligned with his narrative. Events that I told her in a 1:1 were beyond traumatic for me. She wanted us to co-parent which is understandable, but romanticizing my trauma was tone deaf. I left the last session feeling retraumatized, unsafe, and blamed for dynamics that were rooted in manipulation and control. He is now using me firing her against me too and has now called me bipolar. A very common thing for narcissists to say to try to devalue and confuse their victim. It's not true. Maybe he told this therapist that too and she took the bait? He's very smart and manipulative. I have trauma response that is anxiety, and once you leave a narcissist they lose their energy supply. They panic. They call you crazy and start to convince others you are. It was devastating to realize that someone I had trusted with my healing could be swayed so easily by appearances and authority, especially when working with a client already in a power-imbalanced and emotionally abusive situation. Literal facts about financial abuse and gaslighting in sessions. It was horrible. She couldn't spot this abuse. She did spot my trauma but then diminished it to please him. I share this review not out of bitterness, but to caution others: if you are leaving or recovering from a relationship with a narcissistic or manipulative partner, please make sure your therapist is deeply trauma-informed and understands the dynamics of coercive control and narcissistic abuse. Trust your gut!!! If something feels off, it probably is. Lisa assured me after I complained she would change things and take swift action, but I still fear for others who may experience this. What action would she take? How can this be prevented? Something horrible could have happened to a more fragile person. Maybe this review will save a life. Maybe Lisa did take me seriously and take action and make sure that will never happen again. But I can't risk it. I hope someone reading this will get some support from this and make sure they understand that not all therapists are skilled to handle narcissists or trauma. 1 star because Lisa did call me to apologize, she was very nice and helpful and told me she understood. (Fast forward a week I'm updating this to alert others she actually manipulated me and made promises that were not genuine. She was only trying to save her business and didn't care about me. She even sent me a ChatGPT response in her first response of my complaint and I let that go thinking maybe she was tired but now I see she didn't actually care.) I just can't not warn others...something was a miss here, and it could have ended in a very different way for someone else. Most victims of narcissists end up harming themselves because no one believes them. I will say this therapist is lucky I have another therapist outside of her and lucky that I realized what my narcissistic ex had done to her. She was so easily influenced by him, a hard lesson to learn, and luckily nothing tragic happened as a result of this manipulation taking over. Thank you for reading I hope you ask a lot of questions before booking, be very careful and make sure the therapist can pivot if needed, and make sure the therapist is a good fit first. Trust your gut.

This last year my daughter (2 yrs) really struggled with her emotions. She did not adjust well to a…read morenew baby brother and became easily overwhelmed, throwing tantrums, sleep regression, night terrors, you name it. The worst part being that she pulled her own hair out...about half her head. At a complete loss on how to handle this we reached out to Dr. Brittany Beyerlein...Thank goodness we did!! She helped us through one of the toughest parts of my life. We started with a few get to know you sessions, my daughter played with toys and we gained a lot of knowledge about PCIT- Parent Child Interaction Therapy. This type of therapy was what helped us turn a bad situation into a manageable one. PCIT helped us with how to handle tantrums, challenging behaviors and simply how to make our stressed out kid feel great and loved even though another baby was invading her space lol. Dr. Brittany is personable, down to earth and knowledgeable. If you are considering seeing her or contemplating the PCIT course-do it. You won't regret it. Thank you sooo much!

I took my daughter to Britney Beyerlein and we could not be happier.... she was so patient, kind,…read moreand such a great match for my daughter..... I felt so comfortable and knew my daughter was in good hands..... Britney was super professional and knowledgeable about our issue and I don't know what we would have done without her... I recommend her to anyone that needs child therapy.... my daughter loved her so much too!

Sophie was great to me! I came to her during a difficult time and her help really got me out of a…read morejam. I would really recommend her.

Wow! Sophie knows her stuff. She is extremely knowledgeable, experienced, she's not afraid to call…read moreyou out, she is real, dedicated and present. Sophie has helped me navigate many challenging chapters of my life over the years, divorce, challenges with parenting, menopause , dating and rebuilding my life as a single mother. I believe working with her has made me stronger more self aware and honest with myself. Don't no show on her tho... she will charge you and make you process it, everything with Sophie is a therapeutic process, this woman is no joke. You're lucky if you can get on her schedule.

I LOVE this place. It took me forever to find a good therapist, and at some point I almost felt…read morelike giving up. Elena is absolutely amazing. She is so sweet, caring, and understanding. I am so grateful for her and for the impact she's had on me. I couldn't recommend this place more!

A very important person in my life passed away in the beginning of 2023. It was sudden and…read moretraumatic. I didn't realize I held all the grief in and avoided dealing with it properly. When I noticed some of the grief turn into anger, that was when I decided to seek professional help. I searched for therapists that specialized in grief and loss which lead me to my current therapist. For privacy reasons I will not disclose any names but they know who they are. It was important to me to find a therapist with a similar background and gave this place shot. I was provided a free 15 minute consultation that went well. It helped break the ice and answered all my concerns. I do the in person sessions twice a month and it has been life changing. I have good days, bad days and really bad days so having this service clears up a lot of things. Their office is 5 minutes away from mine and was easy to find. I'm so grateful that this resource exist!

I went here when I was 5 yrs old and she was the best then and she's the best now!…read more Very caring person I use to draw many pictures!

I can't say enough Great things about Dr. Nancy and my experience with the Bay Area Counseling…read moreCenter. Dr. Nancy was referred to me by a close friend during a difficult time in my life. After one text, Dr. Nancy agreed to see me the following day. She was just what the Dr. ordered. She was compassionate, helpful, caring and her care helped me recover and gain the confidence I needed to push on. There are few people like Dr. Nancy. If you are looking for a great therapist, look no further.

Good return calls. Very organized and have a lot of people to choose from. I give this business 5…read morestars

Updating my review all these years later because the staff here is SO phenomenal. My employer pays…read morefor my health insurance, and they recently carved out behavioral health claims to a separate provider, which I was not aware of. Liz from First Step Counseling really assisted me in navigating these health insurance challenges and she was even willing to work out a payment plan that suited my needs (in the event that my new insurance was going to be too difficult to deal with). Liz also found a way to squeeze me into the schedule, despite all of the therapists being booked and at capacity. Liz went above and beyond to help me during a time when I really need it. First Step Counseling actually cares about the lives they are changing which is so rare in today's world where most companies just want your money. Kudos to this entire office for the great work they do.