Hi there, I’m Samantha (she/her). I am a mixed-race, queer social worker and therapist living on Muwekma and Confederated Villages of Lisjan Territory. Currently, I offer individual telehealth to residents of California and Oakland walk-and-talk therapy. I have always held a deep passion for connecting with people through the mess and beauty that is being human. I arrived to therapy work from a lifetime of exploring and witnessing healing in communities, families, individuals, and myself. I show up in the therapy space as an ally in peoples’ journeys, honored to be present with their vulnerability and transformation. I am Bay Area-born and raised, with Japanese and European roots. Walking near bodies of water, knitting, and my cats (who enjoy popping into the telehealth background) fill my cup these days.

Therapy is a powerful space to tend to your whole self and tap into not just your feelings, but also your needs, history, identity, fears, and strengths. I am a strong believer that “there are no bad parts, only burdened ones” (Richard Schwartz). I invite you to bring your whole, complicated self to the space and leave any masks at the door. In therapy, I strive to create a space of curiosity, collaboration, and safety that is judgement-free and tailored to the unique needs of each person. I hold deep respect for your experiences, identity, personal power, and inner wisdom.

My orientation is integrative, using psychodynamics with an emphasis on relational and attachment-based work. Basically, I focus on how early relationships and unconscious processes shape how we exist today. My work is trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally attuned. I use the therapeutic relationship as a grounding space to explore patterns, nurture insight, and support new ways of relating.

Additionally, I am dedicated to my own learning and unlearning processes to work towards anti-racism. I seek out supervision around working with neurodiversity, disability, and queer, trans, and gender-expansive clients; exploring privilege; and maintaining ethics and competence in private practice settings.

My Global Health education, early experiences in case management with refugees and immigrants, and personal experiences exposed me to how systems impact the wellbeing and mental health of people. Through social work training and learning to be a therapist, I felt my values, education, and experiences all click into place.

My clinical experiences spread across nonprofit, public health, community-based, and county systems. I specialize in and am particularly passionate about work with young adults, especially after providing therapy to students in a university counseling center and supporting young people in the community experiencing complex mental health challenges. My background is rooted in working with young adults through trauma (systemic, intergenerational, sexual, racial, etc.), community violence, substance use/recovery, psychosis, disordered eating, and grief.

To me, therapy is a meeting space of connection, vulnerability, compassion, and awareness that should be accessible and always culturally-attuned.

Life and people continuously inspire me as a magical, messy, resilient experience. I support people in understanding and naming what they’re needing at this time in their life, learning the stories and parts that shape who they are, and creating a space where they can be themselves and talk openly without judgement. My role is to help you feel more grounded and empowered.

• Adolescent: 13-17
• Young Adult: 18-25
• Adults: 26-65

• Individuals
• Families

• Children of Immigrants
• Children of Parents with Addiction
• Fat
• Gender Nonbinary / Non-Conforming / Fluid / Agender
• Health At Every Size (HAES)
• Highly Sensitive People
• Indigenous / First Nations
• Intersex
• Lesbian
• Men
• Migrants / Immigrants / Refugees
• Multiracial
• Neurodivergent
• Polyamorous / Non-Monogamous
• Queer
• Transcultural Adoptee
• Transgender

• Anxiety
• Body Image
• Codependency
• Complex Trauma, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)
• Depression
• Grief or Loss
• Intergenerational Trauma and Healing
• Medical Trauma and Healing
• Multigenerational Family Systems
• Racial / Ethnic / Cultural Identity
• Self-Esteem/Worth/Compassion
• Self-Harm
• Stress
• Stages of Life

• Attachment Theory
• Family Systems
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Liberation / Decolonized Psychology
• Motivational Interviewing
• Narrative Therapy
• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
• Relational Therapy
• Somatic Psychotherapy
• Trauma-Informed

• Asian-American
• Chronic Illness/Pain
• Cisgender
• Multiracial
• Neurodivergent
• Queer
• White / European Descent
• Woman

• Spiritual (non-specific)

Telehealth (CA residents)

Lake Merritt, Oakland

• Credit Card

$175

• Evenings
• Weekdays

I’d love to hear from you if you think we’d be a good fit or with any questions you may have. Free 15 minute consultations are the first step to working together and a great way for us to get to know each other better. Email, call, or reach me via contact form at my website with a few days and times that work for you and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

taketa.therapy@gmail.com
510-722-0528
www.taketatherapy.com

Rayne Banneck, LMFT #124607

12/11/2025