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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Paul LeBars

he/him

  • Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

AMFT 118000

Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology

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How I Can Help

In response to California's Shelter in Place, I'm now offering Telehealth/Online Therapy services by video or phone for short-term or long term work.

You’re not broken, though at times in life we can feel that way. Reaching out for support can be difficult, but it is the first step to feeling like life is working again. I help individuals and couples facilitate their process of living a fuller, deeper, more authentic, and balanced life through mindfulness-based and somatic psychotherapy. It’s an honor to sit with my clients and be a part of their journey.

About Me

I hold a master’s degree in transpersonal psychology from John F. Kennedy University as well as a bachelor’s in English literature with a minor in cross-cultural studies in language and art from San Francisco State University. I’m also certified in all levels of Reiki training. I enjoy studying many spiritual paths and healing modalities. Music, art, yoga, nature, meditation, and stories of the resiliency of the human spirit continue to inspire me. 

My Background and Experience

My specialties include working with:
• Highly sensitive people, empaths, and introverts
• LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identified) issues and community
• Anxiety-related issues, stress, and trauma

My Approach

My approach is client-based and mindfulness-based, as well as warm, lighthearted, and relational. We start with where you are, working to integrate all parts of yourself with kindness and self-compassion, going at a comfortable pace that allows healing to happen organically. I believe healing involves being authentic, and allowing all parts of oneself to be discovered, expressed, and embraced. My trust in this process comes from my work with clients and my own personal growth work.

Client Ages
  • Youth: 12-18
  • Young Adult: 18-25
  • Adults: 25-65
  • Seniors: 65+
I Provide Therapy To
  • Individuals
  • Premarital Couples
  • Couples
Other Areas of Expertise/Interest
  • Artists
  • Interfaith Couples
  • LGBTQIAA+ persons
  • Men
  • Persons Recovering from Traumatic Events/Experiences
  • Persons Struggling with/Recovering from Addiction
  • Persons with Histories of Childhood Sexual Abuse
  • Persons with Histories of Physical or Emotional Abuse
  • Persons with Disabilities

LGBTQ Folks Healing from and Repairing Religious Trauma

Supplemental Training or Certification Completed
  • Humanistic Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy and The Highly Sensitive Person/Empaths

More About My Practice

Working with mindfulness-based psychotherapy allows you to get curious and uncover some of the core beliefs and patterns that may be holding you back from living your fullest life. Through this work you can access different parts of yourself, known and unknown, bringing into awareness how you’re organized in life and how you may be reacting, consciously and unconsciously.

This allows you to become more present, have more choice, and change unconscious patterns. It also allows you to identify your unique and innate strengths and resources. We mostly grow from new embodied experiences, not just new ideas. This work allows that discovery and integration to happen as well helps you to identify possible tools to incorporate and help weather the storms of life.

Types of Payments Accepted
  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card
Full Fee

$150

Sliding Scale Range

$90-$150

Sliding Scale Openings

Yes

Phone

(510) 761-7242

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Website

paullebarspsychotherapy.com

Office Address

444 34th Street, Oakland, CA 94609

Availability
  • Monday Morning
  • Monday Afternoon
  • Monday Evening
  • Tuesday Morning
  • Tuesday Afternoon
  • Tuesday Evening
  • Wednesday Morning
  • Wednesday Afternoon
  • Wednesday Evening
  • Thursday Morning
  • Thursday Afternoon
  • Thursday Evening
Scheduling Instructions

Please contact me for an initial 15-minute phone conversation to see if are a good match and to set up a session.

Supervisor Name & License Type/Number

Rawna Romero, LMFT 41466

Last Updated

07/28/2020

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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