WELCOME

It takes courage to take this first step; to seek help when we are stuck. People seek therapy for many reasons. Unsatisfying relationships, feelings of powerlessness, anxiety and lingering effects of painful past experiences are some of the reasons that we are motivated to make a change. Working with a therapist can provide a unique relationship where the focus is on you, your challenges and your perhaps hidden potential for immense growth.  

Together we can create a space that is free of judgment and open for exploration. As you begin to understand yourself in new ways, you can embrace parts of yourself previously felt to be unlovable, while strengthening your capacity to live your life more fully.  

 
 
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ABOUT

I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (License #84129) in the state of California and have worked in the mental health field for the past fifteen years. In this time I have worked in schools and clinics with adolescents, adults, families and couples. I have experience with a wide variety of people diverse in race, age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and life history. I strive to continually inform myself of different cultural identities and world views in order to better serve those who may feel marginalized. 

Professional Organizations

Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California

Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology

International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. 

Conferences, Lectures, Seminars and Trainings

East Bay Intensive Study Group: Contemporary Views of the Unconscious

The Subject is Social

Back to Psychoanalytic Basics: Contemporary Perspectives on Early Theoretical

Structures

What’s Going On? Race, Culture, Trauma and the Collective Unconscious

PINC Early Career Case Conference

Emotional Reactions to Chronic Mental Illness

Treating Schizophrenia

Exercise Therapy for Patients with Psychiatric Disorders

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Communicating Across Cultures

Applied Suicide Interventions Skills Training

Ethical and Legal Issues in Clinical Practice

The 5 Sexes & How We Experience Them

Trauma-Informed Care

Building Self Efficacy and Youth Leadership in Early Psychosis Intervention Programs

In the Same Boat: Diversity, Power, Privilege and Our Linked Fate

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Spirituality & Healing in Clinical Practice 

 

 

 

HOW I WORK

The challenges we face in relationships and being in the world are often a reflection of our early relationships and previous events. We may spend years repeating patterns that no longer serve us while not knowing how to change. I will work with you to gain deeper insight into your past while paying attention to how it affects you now in your personal, social and professional life. I work from a relational, psychodynamic perspective to support growing insight and lasting change. I may also include aspects of cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, solution-focused and narrative therapy in my approach as needed. We will work together to create a therapy that is attuned to your particular needs, challenges, and strengths.

SERVICES

Individual Therapy

Individual therapy can be an opportunity to address a current life issue, or shift long standing problems to move toward healing and growth. Weekly therapy sessions provide a space to explore and begin to understand how your past and current circumstances inform your beliefs about yourself, what you are capable of and what limits becoming more of who you would like to be. Often we repeat past coping strategies and behaviors that protected us earlier in life but have now become limiting and leave us feeling lonely, unfulfilled or out of touch with ourselves. Together we can bring compassion and awareness to these patterns and learn how to let them go to achieve greater connectedness, self-confidence, power and freedom. Some of the issues I help people with:

•    Depression

•    Anxiety, Panic, Fear

•    Relationships

•    Trauma and PTSD

•    Addictions

•    Identity Issues

•    Career Concerns

•    Obsessions/Compulsions

•    Social Anxiety

•    Unhappiness

•    Self-Esteem

•    Life Transitions

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FEES

My fee for a 50min session is $200. I have some flexibility in adjusting my fees to make therapy an affordable and sustainable endeavor for you. Please see my office policies under forms for more information.

CONTACT

Please fill out the form below or give me a call to get started with setting up an appointment or to ask any questions about my practice. I look forward to hearing from you and helping in any way that I am able.

 

Jonathan Willett, MFT

3871 Howe St.

Oakland, CA 94611

510-629-0853