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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Ketki Chavan

  • Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

AMFT #126822

Ketki Chavan, M.A., AMFT #126822 Associate Marriage & Family Therapist M.A in Counseling Psychology & Expressive Arts Therapy

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How I Can Help

Liberating people of color & couples from cultural, sexual, & religious trauma through
trauma informed approaches, decolonized cultural practices, and art & dance
movement therapies. You CAN reclaim your multicultural identities, womanhood, body,
sexuality, & spirituality, so that you can reclaim your power and live your life. What
blocks you from stepping into your power? I will listen to you:

● “My cultural upbringing & painful past experiences hold me back…I just want to
feel safe enough to be myself”
● “I want to make my immigrant parents proud but I also want to live my life &
dreams…am I worthy of love?”
● “It feels like I’m a bridge between multiple lands & cultures but belong to
neither…I feel alone and want my community.”
● ”Sex, sensuality, my body, & intimacy bring me discomfort & shame…but I want
to feel connected to my body & sexuality.”
● “ My toxic partners & extremist religions always told me I was wrong…now I
always feel like I’m doing something wrong and want to trust myself more.”
● “Being a woman with fluctuating cycles & hormones in a hustle work culture is
overwhelming …I just want to slow down & feel more feminine.”

About Me

As a South Asian, Indian American woman, I know what this journey entails. You don’t have to embark on this path alone. My intent is to empower you so you can speak your truth, feel more at “home” in yourself, body, identity, and live your dream life!

When we work together:

Everything is an invitation.
I am gentle & compassionate. My wish is to empower you to decide what feels right for you and speak your truth. You aren’t expected to do something you don’t want to do
Healing can be creative & playful.
In moments when life feels heavy or when words don’t do justice to how you really feel, together we will explore creativity, dance, music, art, & poetry, in that creativity can reach deeper parts of ourselves words cannot.
You are welcome just as you are. Your culture is welcome.
I just want you to be you in a world that's constantly trying to change you
My Background and Experience

From nonprofits to state agencies, such as The Liberation Institute, residential treatment centers like Progress Foundation, and universities such as San Francisco State University, I’ve liberated individuals, couples, and women’s groups to navigate multicultural experiences, sexuality, their bodies, sexual trauma, & religious trauma.

My Approach

I make therapy accessible to people across cultures through bridging eastern practices with western talk therapy. In addition, to talk therapy, I embrace creativity, music, dance, and art as healing tools in moments when words don’t do justice or when you have a desire to self-express and explore through other ways than just talking.

My Values

I am passionate about decolonizing therapy & indigenous healing practices for bodies of color and empowering BIPOC populations to remember, reclaim, & reawaken all the wisdom that has either been lost or buried due to colonization.

Client Ages
  • Young Adult: 18-25
  • Adults: 25-65
I Provide Therapy To
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Groups
Other Areas of Expertise/Interest
  • Artists
  • Immigrants
  • Persons Recovering from Traumatic Events/Experiences
  • Persons with Histories of Childhood Sexual Abuse
  • Persons with Histories of Physical or Emotional Abuse
  • Women
  • Other:

Racial Trauma, Spiritual Seekers/Practitioners 

Supplemental Training or Certification Completed
  • Expressive Arts Therapy
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy
  • Other:

Dance Movement Therapy

More About My Practice

Women & Femme Groups: Reclaiming Sexuality through Sacred Dance
Couple’s Sex Therapy Workshops

Languages Offered in Addition to English
  • Other:

Hindi (proficient), Marathi (proficient)

Types of Payments Accepted
  • Cash
  • Credit Card
Full Fee

$175

Sliding Scale Range

Although sliding scale spots are currently full & I do not take insurance, I may offer a “superbill” that can be submitted to your health insurance provider with which you can request a reimbursement for most PPO plans. You are responsible for payment of the fee during the time of service, however, your insurance may reimburse you for some portion of the fee. Please check with your insurance carrier directly to see if they cover out-of-network therapy.

Sliding Scale Openings

No

Phone

(301) 974-1661

Email

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Website

awakenyourshakti.com

Office Address

Online Therapy Currently

Scheduling Instructions

Email awakeningyourshakti@gmail.com to book a Free 30-minute Consultation with me. Send your name, contact info, and any questions you have for me.

Supervisor Name & License Type/Number

Supervised by Rawna Romero, LMFT 41466

Last Updated

04/14/2022

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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