Alianza Counseling Group
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Kimberly Arce, ASW 123632
Supervised by Maria M. Mosqueda, LMFT 82439
I'm a 1st generation Chicana therapist rooted in inclusivity, compassion, and trauma-informed care I serve children, adolescents, and adults trying to stabilize sleep conditions, traumas, psychosis, and crisis. My approach blends a variety of evidence-based therapies, including CBT, DBT, ACT, TF-CBT, CBT-I, strength-based, and I’m EMDR trained.
Are you experiencing difficulty regulating your emotions and/or controlling your thoughts? Perhaps a traumatic event continues to interrupt your ability to connect with loved ones or manage your responsibilities? Are navigating relationship issues? Maybe you’re starting to have thoughts of harming yourself and you’re quite not sure how to stop it or what it means? It can be painful to do the work and I’m here to help carry the weight of that with you. Together, we can create a plan to overcome major life events and past traumas.
I encourage you to reach out for a free 15-minute consultation if my approach resonates with your current experience. Keep in mind It can take time to find the right therapist – I hope I can be that therapist for you. I recognize it is difficult to feel motivated during challenging times, and I deeply appreciate your effort in trying something new.
Services Provided: Individual and Family Therapy. Virtual Only.
Areas of expertise: PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Immigration/Acculturation, Sleep & Insomnia
Contact Information:
P: 510-519-1581
E: kimberlyarceasw@gmail.com
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
I’m originally from Mexico and have lived in the Bay Area for over 30 years. My interest in the mental health field started while attending Ohlone College and continued through my undergraduate studies at UC Santa Cruz where I graduated in Psychology.
I have worked extensively with adolescents since the early 2000s in a variety of settings. Prior to becoming a therapist in 2009, I worked in the field of Positive Youth Development designing and implementing school-based programs such as peer mentoring, peer education, youth advisory boards, and after-school psycho-educational groups focused on health and positive body image.
In 2009, I graduated from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (now Sofia University) with a Masters in Counseling Psychology and became a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in 2014. From 2009 to 2020, I worked primarily in under resourced communities and primarily with young people of color and recent immigrants from Central America and Mexico, including unaccompanied minors. I have provided mental health services to youth of color and their families in settings that include juvenile correctional facility, home-based services, adolescent substance abuse program, residential program, schools, and clinics.
Over the course of my career, I have gained expertise in the area of recent immigrant mental health and have presented in national and regional conferences and forums on trauma and immigrant mental health. In 2018, I was published in the Perspectives Journal in France.
In 2015, I started my own private practice where I support youth, adults, and families from diverse backgrounds and socio-economic status and where I continue to support individuals in addressing a variety of mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, eating and weight disorders, and immigration and acculturation issues.
Services Provided: Individual and Family Therapy: In-Person & Virtual. Immigration Evaluations/Evaluaciones para Migración. Education & Consultation/ Educación & Consulta.
Areas of expertise: Depression, Anxiety, Eating Disorders & Disorder Eating, Adjustment Disorders, Acculturation/Integration issues, Stress, Family conflict due to cultural and/or immigration issues.
Contact Information:
P: 510-603-3335
E: maria@mariammosquedalmft.com
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Soy originaria de México y he vivido en el Área de la Bahía por más de 30 años. Mi interés en el campo de salud mental comenzó cuando asistía a el colegio de Ohlone y continuo durante mis estudios en la universidad de UC Santa Cruz donde me gradué en Psicología.
He trabajado extensamente con adolescentes desde los 2000s en varios lugares. Antes de ser terapeuta en el 2009, trabaje en el área de Desarrollo Positivo de Jóvenes diseñando e implementando programas en las escuelas como mentoría, educación sexual, mesa directiva de jóvenes, y grupos psico-educacionales enfocados en salud e imagen corporal positiva.
En 2009, me gradué del Instituto de Psicología Transpersonal (ahora Sofia University) con una maestría en Psicología de consejería y obtuve mi licencia en California como Terapeuta Familiar y Matrimonial en 2014. Desde 2009 al 2020, trabaje ante todo en comunidades de bajos recursos y ante todo con jóvenes de color y recién inmigrados de Centro América y México, incluyendo menores sin acompañantes. He otorgado servicios de salud mental a jóvenes y familias de minorías en lugares como correccional de menores, servicios en casa, programas de use de substancias, programa residencial, escuelas, y clínicas.
En el transcurso de mi carrera, he obtenido expericia en el área de salud mental de recién emigrados y he presentado en conferencias y fórums nacionales y regionales sobre el trauma y la salud mental del inmigrante. En el 2018, fui publicada el Perspective Journal de Francia.
En el 2015, comencé mi propia practica privada donde continúo apoyando a jóvenes, adultos, y familias de diverso fondo cultural y socio-económico y donde continúo apoyando a individuales a abordar problemas de salud mental como la ansiedad, depresión, estrés post traumático, trastornos alimenticios y de peso, y problemas de aculturación e inmigración.
Maria M Mosqueda, LMFT 82439
Pre-Licensed Professional, ASW
Fees
Individual Sessions $140
Couple Sessions $150
Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
Cigna/Evernorth
Out of Network
Melissa Nicolle Martinez, LCSW 110333
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Owner & Director of Alianza Counseling Group
Hello! I am a Latina identified, bilingual clinician. I acquired my postgraduate degree from NYU, and have provided Mental Health services to diverse populations since 2017. I have experience working with children, adolescents and adults in both schools and outpatient settings. My ideal client is open to engage in therapy, they are willing to both identify and work through triggers together, in order to set therapeutic objectives to reach their goals. I utilize clinical interventions that are relevant to each client, every session is different and catered to your needs.
I work from a trauma informed lens and strength based approach, highlighting a clients own strengths and resilient qualities to inform the clinical work.
My goal for all clients is to empower them to use and acquire strengths to combat negative thoughts and feelings and to learn to unpack past traumas in a way that gives them hope, power and control over the life they choose to live.
Services Provided: Individual Therapy. Virtual Only.
Areas of expertise: Anxiety, Depression, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Grief, Infidelity, Parenting, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Self-Harming, Sexual Abuse, Stress, Teen Violence, Trauma and PTSD
Contact Information:
E: mmartinezpplcsw@gmail.com
P: 925.344.2603
Fees
Individual Sessions $140
Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
Cigna/Evernorth
Modern Health
Out of Network
Fees
Individual Sessions $140
Family & Couples: $150
Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
Card, Cash, Check
Insurance
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna/Evernorth
Lyra
Modern Health
Out of Network