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Melanie Castellari, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in CA More info Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, LMFTs, are mental health professionals trained in family systems who can diagnose and treat mental health issues and substance misuse with psychotherapy and counseling.

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Hi there, I'm Melanie!

I have an eclectic approach to therapy, working with my clients within the time and space that they are in while providing guidance and empathetic listening. I enjoy working with individuals and couples who need to reduce their angst and increase their enjoyment of life, themselves, and one another.

My approach

I work with clients exactly where they are at, understanding trauma and past therapy provides a context for the individual's comfort. In the first session in addition to getting to know preferences and goals I also like to ensure coping mechanisms are in place to get to our next session.

My focus

I work with clients one-on-one or as a couple. My specialty is couples, however, I enjoy doing individual self-development work as well as behavior and crisis management. Working to ensure individuals fully maximize their individual potential. I believe communication is the base for a full, intimate, and engaging relationship.

My communication style

I enjoy creating a safe nurturing environment free from distractions in a safe place to be yourself. No topic is off bounds, meeting people where they are and helping them to get where they need to be.

My journey to mental healthcare

I have a strong family history of mental illness and addiction, I am just trying to help make the world a better, freer, happier place. Increasing couple's intimacy through communication is my primary focus in couples' work.

My goals for you

I allow the clients to set their own goals as well as make changes to those goals while keeping a reminder of those they have set. I don't think that therapy is linear therefore works where we need to work instead of a firm focus.

My first session with you

In the first session, I do a little history but also want to get to the root of what is going on to allow for learning and practicing coping.

About Melanie

Specialities

  • Addiction
  • Adoption
  • Alcohol Use
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Career Counseling
  • Child Abuse or Neglect
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Impulsivity
  • Chronic Pain
  • Chronic Relapse
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Cultural Stress
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence
  • Drug Abuse
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Eating Disorders
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Family Conflict
  • Gambling
  • Gender Identity
  • Grief
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Impulsivity
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Job Stress
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Legal Stress
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Marital/Pre-marital
  • Mood Disorders
  • Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiance
  • Panic Attacks
  • Parenting
  • Peer Relationships
  • Personality Disorders
  • Psychosis
  • Relapse Prevention
  • Relationship Issues
  • School Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Self-Harming
  • Sex Therapy
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Sleep or Insomnia
  • Sports Performance
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Thought Disorders
  • Transgender Issues
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Weight Loss
  • Women's Issues
  • Borderline Personality

Methods

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Adlerian
  • Attachment-based
  • Biofeedback
  • Behavioral Activation
  • Child/Parent Psychotherapy
  • Client Centered Therapy
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing (CPT)
  • Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Complicated Grief Therapy (CGT)
  • Couples Therapy
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Eclectic
  • EMDR
  • Existential
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Exposure Response Prevention
  • Family Systems
  • Family Therapy
  • Gestalt
  • Gottman Method
  • Grief Therapy
  • Heart Centered
  • Holistic
  • Humanistic
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Interpersonal
  • Marital
  • Mindfulness-Based
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Multicultural
  • Multidimensional Family Therapy
  • Narrative
  • Object Relations
  • Person-Centered
  • Positive Psychology
  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Psychobiological Approach Couples Therapy (PACT)
  • Psychodynamic
  • Reality Therapy
  • Relational
  • Schema Therapy
  • Sex Therapy
  • Solution Focused
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Somatic
  • Strength-Based
  • Structural Family Therapy
  • Supportive
  • Transpersonal
  • Trauma Focused
  • Trust-Based Relational Intervention
  • The Daring Way

Practice

License

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) More info Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, LMFTs, are mental health professionals trained in family systems who can diagnose and treat mental health issues and substance misuse with psychotherapy and counseling.

Accepted insurance providers

  • Aetna, Cigna, Optum, Anthem, MHN, Kaiser Permanente (Southern Ca), Tricare West, and Blue Shield of CA

Languages spoken

  • English

Allyship

  • LGBTQIA+ aligned

Education

  • Master in Counseling (MC) Counseling Psychology - National University (04/2011)

Session Information

  • Video session
  • 60 minutes

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