Thoughtful Therapy for Women and Teen Girls in California
Feel More Like Yourself and Enjoy Life More Fully
When You Don’t Feel Like Yourself
At times, life just feels harder than it should. You may be anxious, unhappy, stressed, or stuck in the same relationship patterns. You may be doing everything you’re supposed to do and still wondering why you don’t feel better.
Your life may seem complicated right now, but that doesn’t mean it has to stay this way. Sometimes it helps to have someone who can look at the whole picture with you, understand what’s really going on, and help you make changes that work for your life.
Move Toward the Life You Want
Enjoy Life Again
Know Yourself Better
Build Healthier Relationships
Handle Stress Differently
Ways We Can Help
Sometimes you know exactly what you want help with. Other times, you just know something isn’t working. We’ll look at what’s going on, what may be keeping you stuck, and what can help you move forward in a way that works for you.
Individual Therapy
There are times when you may not feel like yourself, but it’s hard to pinpoint exactly why. You may be dealing with anxiety, depression, self-doubt, relationship concerns, grief, parenting stress, or a major life change. Individual therapy gives you the space to look more closely at what’s happening, recognize patterns that may no longer be working for you, and find strategies that fit who you are and the life you want to have.
EMDR Therapy
Sometimes painful experiences from the past can get “stuck” and continue to affect you long after the experience is over. You may notice anxiety, panic, difficult memories, relationship struggles, or reactions that seem bigger than the situation in front of you. EMDR helps your brain reprocess those experiences so the memories can become less distressing and have less of a hold on your life.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
You can have good coping skills, know yourself well, and still find yourself feeling stuck. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy offers another way to explore thoughts, emotions, and experiences that may be difficult to access through talk therapy alone. Your therapist works with you before and after your ketamine sessions to prepare for the experience, make sense of what comes up, and integrate those insights into your everyday life. Ketamine is prescribed and managed separately by a licensed medical provider.
Relationship & Sex Therapy
Relationships can bring out parts of ourselves that we don’t always understand. You may be struggling with communication, trust, emotional or sexual connection, mismatched desire, body image, or experiences from the past that are showing up in your relationships now. Therapy can help you understand those patterns, communicate more openly, and create healthier, more satisfying relationships.
Therapy for Teen Girls
Being a teenager has never been simple, and today’s teens are navigating school pressure, friendships, social media, family expectations, identity, and the constant pressure to measure up. Therapy gives teen girls a private place to talk about what’s actually happening in their lives, better understand their emotions, build confidence, and develop ways of handling stress that work for them.
Resiliency Training
Resilience is not about pretending stress doesn’t affect you. It’s about learning how to respond when life gets demanding. Drawing from years of experience providing resiliency training within military settings, we focus on practical skills that support emotional, cognitive, physical, and social well-being. Training can include stress management, communication, navigating adversity, and developing strategies you can actually use when the pressure is on.
About Women’s Therapy Institute
Women’s Therapy Institute was created with a simple idea: women deserve a place where they can better understand themselves and what’s affecting how they feel. For more than 10 years, our therapists have worked with women and teen girls through the challenges that show up in everyday life, while also paying attention to the experiences and expectations that may be underneath them.
Our team brings different backgrounds, specialties, and perspectives to the work. That allows us to meet you as an individual rather than assuming there is one way to approach therapy. We’re interested in the whole picture of who you are and what has shaped you, so the work we do together makes sense for your life.
We believe there is strength within you, even when it’s difficult to see. Our approach combines science and common sense, using evidence-based therapy without making therapy feel clinical or impersonal. We take the work seriously, but it doesn’t have to be all gloom and doom. Therapy can also be a place to gain insight, recognize your strengths, and start enjoying your life more fully.
Mabel Yiu
CEO & LMFT
Frequently Asked Questions
Who do you work with?
Women’s Therapy Institute primarily works with adult women and teen girls, as well as people who identify as women. Our therapists bring different areas of experience, which allows us to support clients through many different stages of life and concerns.
What can I expect from therapy?
Therapy looks a little different for everyone. We’ll spend time understanding what’s happening, what may be contributing to it, and what you would like to be different. From there, we work together to find strategies that make sense for you rather than trying to fit you into a one-size-fits-all approach.
What kinds of concerns can I bring to therapy?
You don’t need to have everything figured out before you come in. Some people know exactly what they want to work on, while others simply know they haven’t been feeling like themselves. Our clients come to us for support with anxiety, depression, relationships, trauma, grief, parenting, intimacy, identity, life changes, and other concerns that are affecting how they feel or live their lives.
Do You Accept Insurance?
Insurance coverage can vary depending on your plan and therapist. Please contact us to confirm your insurance benefits and discuss your options. We also want to make therapy accessible and offer sliding-scale and free therapy options. Call us to learn more about what may be available.
Make More Room for Joy in Your Life
You don’t have to know exactly what you need before reaching out. Booking a free consultation is simply a first step. We’ll talk about what’s going on, answer your questions, and see how we may be able to help. Sometimes that first conversation is all it takes to begin moving toward a life with more joy, laughter, and optimism.
