Therapist Profile

Name:
Kip C. Leake, M.A.
Professional Title:
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Email:
Email
Location:
3468 Mt. Diablo Bl Ste. B201 Lafayette, CA 94549 UNITED STATES
Phone:
(925) 297-5196
Website:
www.kipleakecounseling.com
License Number
LMFT83312
Practicing Since:
2009
Additional Licenses:
Marriage and Family Therapist #83312

Personal Statement

Personal Statement:
I build on the power of the therapeutic relationship to foster self-discovery, authenticity, and coping skills. Are you feeling stuck? Cynical about relationships? Depressed or anxious? Confused? Overwhelmed? Are your habits self-sabotaging? I help people through these challenges using a psychodynamic and relational approach designed to promote clarity, insight, and growth. Issues of special interest are life transitions such as aging, grief, divorce, retirement, job loss, the empty nest, coming out, and career change. I believe safety, confidentiality, and compassion are essential to success in therapy. For those struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other forms of trauma, I offer EMDR therapy. Specifically, I have had excellent results working with adult children of alcoholics (ACA) who are driven to make bad choices because of a worldview skewed by their childhood trauma.

About My Practice

Office Hours
Evening appointments available
Services
Individual, couples, child, and family psychotherapy/counseling.
Insurance
Private Pay, Sliding Scale
Credit Cards Accepted
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Free Initial Consult
No
Offers Teletherapy
None

Education

Degrees
BA from UC Berkeley MA from John F Kennedy University

Area of Specialty

Specialites:
Addictions
ADHD-Attn Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
Adolescents
Anger Management
Attachment Therapy
CoDependant/Adult Children of Alcoholics
Depression/Clinical Depression
EMDR
Ethnicity/Multi-Cultural Relationships
Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Questioning
Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming
Issues of Abuse (Abused)
Issues of Abuse (Trauma)
Men's Issues
Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
Relationships
Trauma

Other

Theoretical Orientation
Cognitive-Behavioral
Control Mastery
Emotion Focused Therapy
EMDR-Eye Movement Desensitization/ Reprocessing
Family Systems
Narrative
Psychodynamic
Somatic
Certifications
Languages Spoken
English
Ethnicity
European, Caucasian (Non-Hispanic)

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