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Dr. Candy Caceres is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with dual licensure in California and Florida. She earned her MA in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University and later completed her Doctorate in Psychology, with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy, at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

I support adults and teens who are navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, or overwhelming life experiences. My training includes EMDR, TF-CBT, CBT, and mindfulness-based approaches, and I focus on helping clients reduce distress, build resilience, and feel more grounded and empowered. As a bilingual English/Farsi therapist and immigrant, I value cultural sensitivity, identity awareness, and creating a non-judgmental space where clients can explore their experiences safely and authentically.

Melissa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (CA LCSW #130126) who is passionate about helping individuals find better alignment with their values to create a life worth living. Melissa has experience working with trauma (she is trained in EMDR), substance use, anxiety, depression and life transitions. Melissa has worked in the outpatient, intensive outpatient and residential settings since becoming a social worker in 2020. Melissa employs an individualized, eclectic approach including interventions from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to meet the needs of each client. Melissa is passionate about social justice and uses a systems approach that views individual clients in the context of interconnected systems like family, community and society.

Hello there! :) I’m Daisy, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker passionate about helping children, teens, adults, and families navigate life’s challenges with support and compassion. I create a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients can feel safe, understood, and empowered to grow. I am bilingual in English and Spanish and provide a culturally sensitive environment. My background includes working with children and families through complex life stressors, parenting challenges, trauma, anxiety, and major transitions. I believe healing happens through connection, practical tools, and feeling truly seen.

I am currently accepting new clients. Life can feel loud, confusing, or just plain heavy, and you do not have to sort through it alone. I work with children, teens, and adults navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, mood changes, personality-related struggles, and big emotions. Whether you are looking for support for your child or for yourself, our work can help you feel more understood, more steady, and better equipped for everyday life.

Holly believes that true healing begins in a space where you feel seen, heard, and understood. She offers a compassionate and empowering sanctuary for individuals navigating the complexities of narcissistic abuse and trauma recovery. If you are feeling overwhelmed, trapped in cycles of self-doubt, or struggling to untangle yourself from toxic dynamics, Holly helps you reclaim your voice, rebuild your self-trust, and step into a life grounded in clarity and peace.

With over eight years of clinical experience, Holly has provided therapy across a diverse range of settings, including inpatient and outpatient hospital, school-based therapy, substance use disorder treatment, private practice, nonprofit, and community mental health. She has worked with all ages, individuals, couples, families, and groups. She is most passionate about her work with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault at a nonprofit agency. Before she became a therapist, she worked in special education, with children who have autism spectrum disorder. In all her experience prioritizing the art of relationship and the sacred healing in expression even at times without words. Holly is also passionate about the arts and expressive arts therapy.

Hello! Thank you for considering me as a potential therapist. I have worked in social services related occupations for over thirty years. I am humbled daily and appreciate working with people wherever stage they are in their life.

My name is Claire Pinkston MS/MSC. I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADCII). I’ve been in the counseling field for almost 20 years. I believe that we all face challenges engaging fully in life, owning our choices, connecting with other people, and making our lives meaningful. How we think about ourselves, others, and the future has a tremendous impact on how we feel and what we do. My goal is to help you understand the factors influencing your thinking, feelings, and choices, and make changes that will improve your life. I especially like working with people who are motivated to dig in and do the work, because change requires change.

I am a highly skilled and compassionate therapist specializing in relationship conflict, anxiety, identity conflicts, and managing intercultural differences as a person of color. With over 15 years of experience in the field, I have helped numerous individuals and families overcome challenges, heal emotional wounds, and build healthy relationships. I specialize in working with members of the AAPI community; individuals in STEM fields; and individuals wishing to find better overall balance.

Have you been overwhelmed with trying to navigate through the ways you show up in your relationships with others, making you question your own self-identity? The goal is to help you navigate through these feelings/emotions with self-curiosity and compassion. I want to help hold space for my clients to explore these new tools through self-discovery.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with unique, down-to-earth mindfulness approaches to therapy. I emphasize awareness, acceptance, and a sense of humor in knowing and loving oneself. My therapeutic work integrates evidence-based modalities including Control Mastery Theory, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), and Buddhist psychology.

I am also trained in Brainspotting, a powerful trauma- processing modality, and have extensive experience working with clients navigating addiction, chronic pain, and major life transitions.