About Therapy

Are you looking for…

  • Relief from anxiety, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, and sleep problems?
  • Ways to get unstuck?
  • Change and alternatives with balance?
  • Healing with respect?
  • Solutions with compassion?
  • Opportunities to transcend the past? To thrive?

Using trauma-informed, evidence-based, bodymind therapy approaches, Beverly develops custom treatment plans that work.

There is a widespread belief in our world that expressing emotions is all that is necessary for good mental health. At the same time, many people fear the expression of emotions. The reality is that emotions are very important sources of information, but they are not meant to rule us.

Psychotherapy is about more than venting stress and problems. It’s about identifying the challenges, roadblocks, speedbumps, and triggers that have held you back on your life path, resolving any barriers from the past, and learning new ways of changing and transcending with the goal of thriving! It’s about improving your life and cultivating happiness, peace, and well-being. It’s about discovering and nurturing your authentic self and owning the resources you already have while developing new ones. It’s about seeing and embracing the complex and unique being you truly are.

BodyMind Psychotherapy with Beverly

Beverly’s psychotherapy services are based on principles of wholeness, positive psychology, and evidence-based practices. Her style integrates strengths-based therapies, movement, somatic interventions, behavioral interventions, and expressive arts with cutting-edge techniques such as EMDR Therapy and EFT.

Clients often have complex, co-occurring issues that include anxiety, shame, depression, anger management, compulsive eating, weight issues, problem gambling and other addictions, brain injury, and history of childhood abuse or domestic violence. Beverly  specializes in post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI/PTSD), strong reactions related to current political events, patriarchal traumatic stress injury (PaTSI), weight management, exercise resistance, head injury, and the distinctive issues common to adult children of mentally ill parents (ACMI). When working with first responders, active military, and veterans, she incorporates understanding of the unique job and personal stressors they experience.

Beverly offers professional and confidential psychotherapy services, welcoming clients from all religions, ethnic backgrounds, cultures, and sexual orientations. As a therapist she sees her role as one of a facilitator, providing an environment that is gentle and safe for exploration and discovery while incorporating the qualities of mindfulness, creativity, wholeness, spirituality, humor, and resilience.

You are the expert on you. If something Beverly suggests feels uncomfortable or not a fit for you, please bring it up in session. You never have to say or do anything you do not want to.

Services Offered:

  • Individual, trauma-informed psychotherapy for adults
  • EMDR Therapy – Eye Movement, Desensitization, and Reprocessing Therapy
  • Remote/online therapy via secure client portal when appropriate
  • Complimentary appointment reminders via text, email, or phone
  • Collaboration with other healthcare professionals
  • Treatment Summaries
  • Workshops
  • Presentations to groups and schools

Goals and Benefits of Psychotherapy

Many factors affect the therapy process. It’s not always possible to predict the exact methods or outcomes of therapy. Sometimes the therapy moves in an unexpected direction, or life events (change in job, death in family, etc.) change the focus of therapy. Sometimes, the results of therapy may not be what you originally expected and can even be unsettling. For example, you may discover that you have a career interest that changes the direction of your life or the relationships you currently have.

Through regular treatment planning and updates, Beverly aims to help you reach your goals and minimize the disruptions to your life. In the beginning it may not feel like anything is improving, and occasionally it may feel like things are getting worse. Please let Beverly know about these feelings, as well as giving her the time to gain a full understanding to put together a treatment plan with you.

Therapy Skills & Tools

Many tools and skills are learned in the course of psychotherapy to help you improve the quality of life and relationships. Some basic tools and skills that work for a variety of issues are:

  • Self-regulation – Being able to keep your emotions, thoughts, behaviors, energy, and internal physical state within a healthy range is known as self-regulation.
  • Grounding – These techniques help you connect to the solid foundations in your life and the ground beneath you, providing a sense of safety when life is difficult.
  • Resourcing – This is a special form of EMDR Therapy, used to help you call on the resources you have in your life and to internalize new ones, resulting in feeling empowered to manage life.
  • Anxiety management – Several skills can help manage anxiety, including body awareness, deep breathing, visualization, and progressive relaxation.
  • Anger management – Managing anger isn’t just about preventing violence and aggression. It is about learning appropriate ways to express anger and to move excess anger energy out of your body to prevent it from accumulating into rage. Anger energy can be very productive in bringing about change when used appropriately.

Please visit the Resources page for downloadable self-help tools.

Confidentiality & Limits

Confidentiality is essential to trust in the therapy room, and every effort is made to protect your confidential information. It is important to know that there are certain instances where Beverly may be required by law to release information:

  • If there is reasonable suspicion of abuse of a child, disabled person, or an elderly person, she is required to report it to appropriate authorities.
  • If a client is a danger to him/herself or to others, she must take appropriate steps to ensure everyone’s safety.
  • In the event of a court order to appear in court or produce your records when you have not signed a release form, Beverly will work with an attorney to take whatever steps allowed to protect your privacy.
  • When third parties pay for treatment, such as insurance plans that pay for therapy or regulatory agencies that have mandated therapy, they may require some confidential information. In these cases, Beverly will discuss the information being released ahead of time with you and ask you to sign a Release of Information Form that describes what may be released and to whom.

Additionally she may consult with other professionals from time to time to ensure the best treatment possible. The focus of these consultations is treatment options and approaches, information that will identify you personally is not used.

Client files are maintained for seven years after treatment ends, with the exception of files for minors. Those files are maintained until the child reaches age 25 or for seven years, whichever is longer.

Ethics/CA Complaint Process

As a MFT licensed by the state of California,  Beverly is bound by professional ethical standards. These standards provide guidelines for therapist conduct. To learn more about these ethical standards, please visit the following links:

Complaint Process

Therapists in the State of California are governed by the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS). When a therapist commits an illegal or unethical act, there is a complaint process for consumers. The BBS receives and responds to complaints regarding services provided within the scope of practice of (marriage and family therapists, licensed educational psychologists, clinical social workers, or professional clinical counselors). You may contact the board online at www.bbs.ca.gov, or by calling (916) 574-7830. More information can be found at: BBS Consumer Complaints