Who We Help
Individuals
Couples
Families
Adolescents 13-18 yrs
Gain new insights and strategies for your healing, growth and development through a supportive, collaborative and non-judgmental therapeutic relationship.
As licensed marriage and family therapists, we focus on creating meaningful change through understanding, communication, and connection. We work collaboratively with you to navigate life’s complexities, fostering resilience and emotional well-being all from any location you can connect online.
Hello! I am a licensed marriage and family therapist with almost 30 years of experience working with adults, adolescents, parents, couples and families in a variety of clinical settings.
I seek to help individuals regardless of their background, race, beliefs, gender, sex or sexual preference.
I have an optimistic and hopeful approach to life that is reflected in the work I do with my clients. I have tremendous respect for the myriad of ways in which people are able to adjust and heal and therefore I provide an integrative approach to psychotherapy, depending on individual needs and preferences.
I believe that people have a propensity toward physical and emotional health. My goal is to offer support, guidance and direction as my clients work to achieve a satisfying and healthy life.
My Background
My Affiliations
My Fees
Bruce is passionate about helping individuals, couples and families as they navigate through life’s changes and challenges. In therapy, Bruce will be there to help you feel a little lighter as you navigate the demands of your life, ease the burdens of past experiences and begin to exist with a refreshed sense of clarity and direction.
Prior to becoming a counselor, Bruce earned his MBA and owned and operated many businesses. After years of success as a business executive Bruce began to prepare for retirement and to spend more time with his amazing wife, three daughters and grandchildren. However, that path would change unexpectedly.
Bruce’s wife had been working hard in her battle with depression. Sadly, depression overcame her, and she regrettably took her own life. After her death, Bruce became committed to doing whatever he could to support anyone suffering with depression, anxiety, and grief.
At St. Mary’s College of California, Bruce earned his Masters in Counseling and became a therapist. He has continued to earn many certifications including becoming certified in Applied Neuroscience for Treating Anxiety, Panic and Worry, Certified ADHD Professional, Certified Grief Counselor Specialist and certified trauma, neuroplasticity.
Bruce is dedicated to work alongside you as you discover a path in therapy that is unique to your goals, free from judgement and moving at a pace that is comfortable for you.
To learn more about Bruce Sorenson, please visit his website at www.brucesorensontherapy.com
Amy is a warm and empathetic counselor who prioritizes the specific needs of each of her clients as they navigate unique circumstances in their lives. Amy knows that beginning therapy can feel overwhelming and even scary, but staying in an untenable situation is no friendlier. She invites you to join her in a partnership between counselor and client that can become a catalyst for the insight and meaningful change you seek. She shares in your hope for a healthier life and is dedicated to supporting you on your journey.
In therapy, Amy’s role is to create a safe and supportive space for your feelings and thoughts in order to explore present challenges, gain clarity over confusion, learn new skills, and nurture calm amid the noise of your life. You will find yourself in a welcoming, non judgmental environment, where you are respected and can feel accepted for being yourself. Therapy can be brief, taking only a few sessions, or lengthy for deeper work. It all depends on you and your particular needs and goals. If you are unsure of what that looks like for you, Amy can help you by reflecting the feelings you can’t yet identify, and clarifying the direction that feels best to you.
In addition to being a counselor, Amy is an artist, mother, former architectural designer, and advocate with ample experience counseling individuals and groups. As a parent, her support of her own daughter’s intensive journey with neurodiversity was a compelling inspiration to her becoming a therapist. Since receiving an MA in Counseling from Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, Amy has worked as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist for several years, specializing in the treatment of adolescents and their families. Amy now welcomes clients of all ages– individuals, couples, and families. She works from a trauma-informed multicultural lens, and is ready to support a variety of counseling concerns including trauma, anger management, anxiety, depression, end-of-life and terminal illness, immigration and refugee concerns, grief and loss, perfectionism, relationship issues including couples, family conflict and attachment, foster youth and adoption supports, school stress and achievement pressure, suicidality, addiction, ADHD and OCD, and LGBTQIA concerns. Amy pulls from various therapeutic modalities to tailor the best approach for each client.
Amy believes deeply in the transformative power of therapy and looks forward to supporting you. More information can be found on Amy’s website at amypernicktherapy.com
Art has worked in a variety of roles throughout his career. From an advertising and media executive, to coaching high school baseball, to conducting life design workshops, and most recently working with undergraduate and graduate students in the Counseling and Psychological Services department at Saint Mary’s College of California. The common thread in these varying roles has been Art’s empathy to understand people and help them work through whatever challenges they may be facing.
When confronted with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship issues, Art uses his compassion and broad experience to help his clients accept and work through deep emotions as a part of living. Art’s ultimate goal for his clients is to help them live authentically by tapping into their personal meaning so they can be who they are, and not a version of who others may want them to be.
Art was graduated with honors from Saint Mary’s College of California receiving his Master of Arts degree in Counseling. To learn more about working with Art, please visit: wagneramft.com