Holistic Mental Wellness Therapy Center | Oakland CA | 94610

Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center in Oakland, CA helps families, couples, individuals and children with mental health, trauma, grief and life changes

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Emily Howard, MA

Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #88162

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My own experience with depression and anxiety led me to this work, and for that I am grateful. Psychotherapy has given me the opportunity to examine the story I have been telling as my own from new and different perspectives. I have had the opportunity to sit with uncomfortable feelings and have learned ways to keep cool as they moved through and beyond me.

As part of my personal adventure, therapy has been a space to experience an affirming and non-judgmental witnessing, a safe space to practice being myself. It is by no means easy. It’s quite grueling actually. However, the reward has been a growing ability to live my life with a presence, awareness and acceptance of my experience without depression and anxiety hijacking my contact with this weird and beautiful world.

In my role as therapist, my goal is to co-create a safe and non-judgmental space for your story to unfold, with you more and more becoming the author. Whether you are navigating through a personal crisis or find that relating to life in an ever-changing world is a source of anxiety or depression, we can explore ways to find a balance that feels realistic and sustainable. Together, we can build these skills and the confidence to face life's challenges with clarity and confidence.

My vision of therapy is one of a collaborative process, where we work within a flexible framework unique to each client’s personality, challenges and needs. Most of our work begins with exploration, often in the form of conversation. However I also draw from a variety of other expressive arts such as creative writing, music, movement, and always humor. I also tap into prior experience from my background in nutrition and wellness coaching, as well as my ongoing career as a hairstylist.

I am deeply committed to working with clients who are struggling with feelings of ‘otherness’. My heart's passion and particular specialization is in working with women in dialogue about body image. In particular, working with women living with issues concerning Alopecia and other medically related hair loss. This is something dear to my heart, as I believe my own experience with alopecia has been essential in my quest for self-acceptance and inner strength.

I work with both individuals and lead support groups to help clients’ learn to accept and embrace who they are, and tap into the well of strength and resilience they already possess.

Everyone has a different reason for coming to therapy. My hope is for you to come as you are. Together we can sit with:

  • Grief/Loss
  • Life transitions
  • Career challenges
  • Relationship concerns
  • Coming out
  • A harsh inner critic and issues of self-esteem
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Body Image
  • Feelings of ‘Otherness’
  • Visible and Invisible Disability
  • And many of the other trials, tribulations, challenges and joys of our shared humanity.
Office Locations

870 Market Street
Suite 417
San Francisco, California 94102
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Website

feellessshitty.com

Phone

(415) 255-2604

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Languages Spoken
  • English
Services Offered
  • Individual Therapy
  • Couples Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Child & Adolescent Therapy
Payment & Fees

My full fee for individual sessions is $120, however, I reserve a few spaces for those experiencing financial hardship or those in need of a sliding scale.

My couples and family sessions are $150 and usually run 1.5 hours.

Supervisor

Rawna Romero, MFT#41466

Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center

Holistic Therapy for the San Francisco Bay Area Community

510-394-5065
admin@gratefulhearttherapy.org

MAILING ADDRESS
360 Grand Avenue, #46
Oakland, CA 94610

TIN: 20-5284226/NPI: 1942650239

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Internships

Grateful Heart offers a supportive private practice internship program that allows pre-licensed clinicians (LMFT/LPCC) to earn an income, accrue hours towards licensure and develop the clinical and entrepreneurial skills required for success in private practice.

Services

Our therapists offer affordable psychotherapy services throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area. We serve children, teens, adults, couples, families and groups, providing them with therapeutic support sensitive to their needs.

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Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center is a 501(c) nonprofit organization providing psychotherapy services for children, teens, adults, couples, families and groups, internships for pre-licensed MFT/LPCC clinicians
and educational opportunities for mental health practitioners.