Antonieta Contreras
Psychotherapist - LCSW
I believe in emotional health. Having emotions is as natural as your appetite, and that having emotional difficulties is as human as experiencing hunger; Processing our emotions in therapy is as necessary as any other visit to a doctor: either for a check-up, when there are initial symptoms, or once the problem has already manifested and is making our life somehow dysfunctional. I avoid labels or focusing on pathology; instead, I concentrate on helping my clients to overcome the doubts, difficulties or challenges that get in the way of a calm, stable and fulfilling life.
I’m well-versed in neuroscience and its latest findings on trauma, anger, depression, impulsivity, sexual problems, and all emotional grievances. Thanks to neuroscience, brain/mind are better understood, and I am committed to the paradigm shift. I use Neurofeedback for brain regulation/optimization and perception improvement, which helps emotions, performance, concentration, sleep, focus, learning….
I’ve spent my life learning about people by living in different countries/cultures, practicing more than one religion and profession. As a therapist, I’ve worked with hundreds of clients and know how to get a better/happy life regardless of experiences or circumstances. I trust the mind’s capacity for self-healing.
Skills and Expertise
Trauma
Spirituality
Sexual assault
Sexual Addiction
Sexual Abuse
Sex Therapy
Relationship Issues
Personality Disorders
Parenting
Paranoia
Marriage Couseling
Marital Therapy
Isolation
Infidelity and Affair Recovery
Individuation
Identity Issues
Highly Sensitive Persons
Forgiveness
Fear
expats
Entitlement
Emptiness
Emotional Intelligence
Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
Divorce
Couples therapy
Couple Counseling
Career Counseling
Breakups
Attachment Issues
Anxiety
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Treatment Orientation
AEDP
Coaching
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Contemplative
DBT Informed Therapy
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
EMDR
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Gestalt
Harm Reduction
Humanistic
Hypnotherapy
IFS
Meditation
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Narrative
Neurofeedback
Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
Solution Focused Therapy
Somatic
Trauma Focused Therapy