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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Jessica L. Roper

she/her

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

LMFT 123101

Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology

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How I Can Help

As one can observe in nature, our innate impulse is to heal. Sometimes our access to this resiliency is along an ever-winding path. Life—relationships, behaviors, community, culture—impacts our ability to fulfill this impulse. In our sessions we will creatively collaborate to rediscover and widen your access to the path toward healing. We will hold your innate wisdom and resiliency alongside the parts of you that feel incongruent, sticky, stubborn, and shameful, honoring that each part deserves to be listened to without judgment. We will learn how to find balance in the fullness of you.

My Background and Experience

I received a master’s degree in counseling and somatic psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Colorado College. I have completed training programs with the Hakomi Institute of California, the Creative Mindfulness Institute in EMDR, and in the structural dissociation model of treating trauma with Janina Fisher. Over the past 15 years, I have worked in various therapeutic settings, including intensive outpatient programs, residential programs, and post-incarceration services. I currently balance my private practice with my role as a crisis clinician at Willow Rock Crisis Stabilization Unit. Beyond therapy, I enjoy spending time in the woods, near or in freshwater, cooking nourishing meals, indulging my senses, and hanging out with my dogs. I recharge through mindful silence, connecting with loved ones, and by creating.

My Approach

I aim to meet each new relationship with a sense of reverence, care, and deep listening, attending to the human desire for warmth and a steady, direct presence. In session, we will practice mindfulness, compassion, and body awareness to gain insight into your experience, as well as to deepen below your conscious narrative to that which may not yet be known. We may do guided meditations or dream reflections, use expressive arts, find tools to meet the waves of emotions that emerge, listen to body sensations, practice embracing complexity, or engage in thoughtful dialog. Together we will collaborate and co-create sessions that welcome all of you.

My Values

I welcome you to be as you are, where you are. This space is held as political, social, personal, and spiritual, with a hope that we can (re)discover ways for your body to feel a sense of ease and agency in the world. I consider nature a guide for healing in its cycles, interdependence of life, and depths beyond stillness. We can find inspiration in nature’s nurturance, its (intergenerational) resiliences and traumas, in the way darkness is necessary for the light.

Client Ages
  • Youth: 12-18
  • Young Adult: 18-25
  • Adults: 25-65
I Provide Therapy To
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Groups
Other Areas of Expertise/Interest
  • Activists
Supplemental Training or Certification Completed
  • EMDR
  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy
  • Other:

Feminist Psychology; Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy

More About My Practice

To honor my deeply held value of making psychotherapy accessible regardless of your financial situation, I have a wide sliding scale with limited availability and consider those who are able to pay my full fee as actively contributing to this accessibility.

In our initial consultation, we will spend some time reflecting on your finances to determine whether my sliding scale would be appropriate for your financial situation. If I do not presently have any slots available, I can add you to my waitlist as well as provide you with some lower fee referrals.

Types of Payments Accepted
  • Cash
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Full Fee

$170

Sliding Scale Range

$60-$130

Sliding Scale Openings

No

Phone

(510) 686-4450

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Office Address

419 30th Street Suite 4, Oakland, CA

Additional Office Address

582 Montgomery St Suite 1402, San Francisco CA

Availability
  • Tuesday Afternoon
  • Tuesday Evening
Supervisor Name & License Type/Number

Abbie Endres, LMFT 43308

Last Updated

08/13/2021

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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