Gabe Raff
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
I have more than 10 years experience helping, couples, individuals and adult families.
I'm open to whatever you want to explore. People find me to be accepting and curious. I am serious, engaged and will give my full attention to helping you understand how you got to where you are and how to get towards where you want to be. I use the past as it relates to and interferes with the present and will share my thinking with you.
Services
Individual Psychotherapy
I work with adults that are struggling with stress, burnout, or feeling overwhelmed by work or personal relationships. You may be feeling isolated and cut off from friends or romantic partners.
Together we can take curious eye to your feelings and relationships. It is possible to break out of patterns holding you back.
Couples Therapy
If you are a couple coming into therapy you may be having the same fight again and again, stuck in destructive patterns or just not feeling like you are on the same team. You may be asking yourself if you should even continue on together? While conflicts around money or the division of household chores are often the grounds in which the battles are fought, the underlying issues of communication, deep hurt, and feeling unfulfilled often go unaddressed. Let’s first ease the pain, stabilize the relationship, and from there move towards building a more satisfying and happy relationship.
Adult Family Psychotherapy
Sometimes the challenges have piled up too high and you feel stuck with your loved ones. Family therapy as adults is a good way to improve parent child or sibling relationships. It may be brought on by a loss and the grief that follows or maybe you would like to improve communication. It's not too late to try and repair a relationship.
What to Expect your first Session
Currently all my sessions are through zoom. The first visit can sometimes feel scary or intimidating. I will help you walk through what brought you into therapy.
Our first few sessions will involve an evaluation of your needs. By the end of the evaluation, I will be able to offer you some first impressions of what our work will include if you decide to continue with therapy. You should evaluate this information along with your own opinions of whether you feel comfortable working with me.
Psychotherapy is not easily described in general statements. It varies depending on the personalities of the psychotherapist and patient, and the particular problems you bring forward. There are many different methods I may use to deal with the problems that you hope to address. Psychotherapy is not like a medical doctor visit. Instead, it calls for a very active effort on your part.
Therapy involves a large commitment of time, money, and energy, so you should be very careful about the therapist you select. If you have questions about my procedures, we should discuss them whenever they arise. If your doubts persist, I will be happy to help you set up a meeting with another mental health professional for a second opinion.
I offer a free 20 minute phone consultation to ensure that this is a good fit.
Get In Touch
Tel: 510.646.1046
Call, Text or Email today to set up a free 20 minute Consultation.
Teletherapy only currently.
Qualifications
MA Counseling Psychology from The Wright Institute
Graduate of The Psychotherapy Institute Post-graduate Training Program
Memberships
CAMFT
Board Member, The Psychotherapy Institute