Therapeutic Services Offered

Providing individuals support for anxiety, emotional disturbance and mental blocks.

Affirming diversity and overcoming psychological challenges in an ever-changing world.

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brown trees beside lake with mirror-image reflection in water
Individual Talk Therapy Sessions

Personalized 1-hour in-person/telehealth therapy compassionately and effectively addressing psychological issues within a mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral framework. Attachment, parts work, somatics and creative visualization are also utilized in your collaborative care.

Experiential Intensives

Special sessions of 1 hour or longer, integrating Neo-Ericksonian and Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) trance work and pulling from clients' own unconscious material. Akin to psychedelic integration but with sober techniques to induce endogenous altered brainwave states. Clients have described these experiences as like, "dreaming while awake," or "natural tripping." Many report accelerated insights and positive change after these sessions.

Common Areas of Exploration

• Adjustment Distress, Anxious &/or Depressive

• Anxiety, Tension & Worry

• Balancing Tech Use

• Consciousness Expansion

• Coping Skills

• Creative Actualization

• Deconstructing Limiting Beliefs

• Ego-Balanced Achievement

• Emotional Stabilization

• Existential Questions

• Gender, Sexual & Relational (CNM, ENM, BDSM)

• Getting Unblocked

• Heart-Centered Healing

• Identity Exploration

• Inner Child/Reparenting

• Mind-Body/Somatics

• Metacognition/Mindfulness

• Navigating Alternative Subcultures

• Neurodiversity

• Parts Work/Shadow

• Problems of Avoidance

• Resiliency & Boundaries

• Sadness & Low Mood

• Sexual Trauma

• Spiritual Emergence

• Transcending 'Either/Or' Thinking

• Values Exploration

• WOC & Multiracial Issues

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top view of outdoor spiral stairs with owl in flight at center

Therapeutic Themes

Expert support for anxiety, identity, consciousness & creativity challenges.

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An old-fashioned typewriter displays a sheet of paper with the words 'Holistic Health' on it, set against a background of green grass.
Unblocking Creativity

Guidance for processing and releasing creative blocks and catalyzing generative flow. Honoring creativity as a birthright of beingness. Fostering creation impetus via authentic inspiration vs the scarcity mentality of pure ego striving.

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A young person with medium-length dark hair leans against a textured gray wall with eyes closed and an expression suggesting emotional distress or fatigue.
Multicultural Identity

Navigating identity issues revolving around the immigrant experience, "third culture kids," mixed race heritage, colonial mentality, reclamation & integration of indigenous roots and more.

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library books on brown wooden shelf with centered focus
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crowd of folks at San Francisco Pride festivities in Dolores Park
Neurodiversity Focus

Specialized support for neurodiverse individuals including those on the autism spectrum, ADHD or a combination (AuDHD). Affirming non-neurotypical needs and self-care within a "normie" world.

Gender, Sexual & Relational Diversity

Explore issues related to ethical consensual non-monogamy, kink, sex work, LGBTQ+ and other "alt sex" identities within a nonjudgmental, informed and compassionate space. Allyship and shared reality.

Client Feedback

Read what clients say about their experiences with Dr. Josie Valderrama.

"Dr. Valderrama provided a safe space for me to explore all the ways that I used to get stuck. I learned to have more patience and love myself, even the parts of me that I hadn't thought were worth acknowledging."

"The experiential sessions we did were so very beneficial. Not only did I see immediate results, the insights and motivation I gained over the long term was extremely impactful."