Octave

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Susan Bolea

LMFT

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Location

Virtual, California

Insurance Accepted

Anthem Blue Cross Of CA, Aetna, Health Net/MHN

Communication Style

Affirming, Challenging, Empowering, Mindful, Warm

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Focus areas

Adoption/Foster Care, Alzheimer’s/Dementia, Anxiety, Couples Therapy, Depression, Divorce, Family Conflict, Grief, Life Transitions, Panic, Relationship Concerns, Self-Harm, Stress, Substance Use, Women's Issues, Workplace Stress

Experienced with

Asian / Pacific Islander community, Geriatric clients, Parents, Blended families, Students

Years of Experience

7+

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Together we'll strive to understand the life events, health, and relationship issues that have interrupted or sidelined you.

License number

#99858

Therapy style

When clients seek help reclaiming their optimal path, I accompany them. Together we'll strive to understand the life events, health, and relationship issues that have interrupted or sidelined you. I utilize myriad fun and “ah ha” provoking techniques to help you open up to your truth and recognize who you are at present. This can mean creating something just for you at any moment during a session. My job is to establish security and space for you to relax during our exploration. My background in literature, the arts, and intuitive studies means I call on metaphor and expressive arts to advance your therapeutic goals. Together we lay the groundwork for habits that work for you specifically and that will endure for a lifetime; honoring self-compassion and acceptance. My approach incorporates Attachment, Arts Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, Solutions-Focused, Gottman, Emotionally Focused, and Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing modalities.

Approaches

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Couples [The Gottman Method]
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Harm Reduction
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational
  • Solution-focused
  • Strengths-based

Education

MA - Marriage and family Therapy, John F. Kennedy University

Interests

I am a founding member of an Arts Board. I love to cook, read, visit museums, exercise in nature, and go to the beach anywhere anytime.