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

  • Holistic Mental Wellness Therapy Center | Oakland CA | 94610
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Isaac Sussman

  • Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker

ASW 78092

Master of Arts in Social Work

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How I Can Help

I am committed to guiding my clients toward a deeper experience and understanding of themselves and their lives. I assist with the unfolding of their own natural processes of change and growth and work to foster a sense of self-acceptance and curiosity as they begin to open up to themselves more and more.

In this process of opening up, great distress and pain often accompany possibilities for connection and joy. Therefore, I find it crucial to help clients befriend the difficult places inside of themselves in the service of developing a sense of wholeness and integration.

I find that all of this lends to a way of experiencing life that is more centered, grounded, and resilient. While guiding clients in this manner, I help them to access a newfound connection to their own empowerment and choicefulness. By engaging with the utmost respect for the ways in which my clients decide to respond to and shape their lives, I help to instill in them the courage to be who they are.

About Me

I am a New Yorker by birth and upbringing, and a relatively recent transplant to the Bay Area. Before becoming a psychotherapist, I was highly considering two different career paths, music and academia. My primary instrument is piano and I love to play improvisational music and to listen to rock, blues, and jazz. My academic interests are philosophy and religion, especially Indian religion, which I studied in both undergraduate and graduate contexts. But neither music nor academia provided me with the sense of wholeness and connection that I yearned for, nor the combined utilization of my emotions and my intellect that I value so much about being a therapist. In my free time, I enjoy being outdoors in the sunshine, travelling, listening to music, and getting lost in conversation.

Client Ages
  • Young Adult: 18-25
  • Adults: 25-65
  • Seniors: 65+
I Provide Therapy To
  • Individuals
  • Premarital Couples
  • Couples
  • Persons in Polyamorous Relationships
  • Coworkers
  • Founders
  • Other:

Other Dyads (i.e. mother-daughter, siblings, friends, etc.)

Musicians, Other Creative Types, People Struggling with Existential Crises (i.e. fear of death), Persons Experiencing Life Transitions, People with Mystical Perspectives, People of South Asian Descent, Persons in Polyamorous Relationships

Supplemental Training or Certification Completed
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Humanistic Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy
  • Other:

Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy, Non-Violent Communication

Types of Payments Accepted
  • Cash
  • Check
Full Fee

$120 (50-minute session for individuals); $200 (75-minute session for couples and other dyads)

Sliding Scale Range

$80-$120 (for 50-minute session for individuals); $140-$200 (for 75-minute session for couples and other dyads)

Sliding Scale Openings

Yes

Phone

(917) 439-3694

Email

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Office Address

Online

Availability
  • Tuesday Afternoon
  • Wednesday Morning
  • Wednesday Afternoon
  • Thursday Afternoon
  • Friday Afternoon
Scheduling Instructions

Please call me at (917) 439-3694 and leave a message or email me at IsaacDSussman@gmail.com. If you leave a voice message, I will get back to you within 24 hours. My response time with email is slower. I will want to speak briefly with you over the phone about your needs and then set up an initial session in which we will each be able to assess whether or not it feels like a good match.

Supervisor Name & License Type/Number

Leslie Bell, LCSW 21528

Last Updated

04/13/2021

Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center

We offer affordable teletherapy (therapy by phone and by video) throughout the Greater Bay Area and California. Please call us today to schedule a preliminary meeting. Our services are offered in multiple languages during day and evening hours, 7 days per week. Compassionate and dedicated, our clinicians will provide you with care sensitive and responsive to your needs.

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

We offer a supportive private practice internship program, allowing pre-licensed clinicians (AMFT/ASW/APCC) to earn an income, accrue hours towards licensure and develop the clinical and entrepreneurial skills required for success in private practice. During the Coronavirus pandemic, we are continuing to accept new associates, helping them to launch practices as teletherapists. We also occasionally accept newly licensed clinicians, helping them to launch their private practice careers.

Services

In response to the Coronavirus, we now focus on providing teletherapy (therapy by phone and video) to our clients. Teletherapy can be helpful to individuals of all ages, including children and teenagers. Couples and families can also benefit from the convenience, flexibility and effectiveness of teletherapy. Please call or write us today to learn more about our services.

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