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Our therapeutic areas of focus include ADHD, anxiety, grief, trauma, financial therapy, and counseling for executives and professionals. We take a thoughtful, clinical approach that looks beyond surface symptoms. Therapy creates space to explore the patterns shaping your emotions, behavior, and relationships. We listen closely, ask meaningful questions, and pay attention to what’s underneath your experience. Some clients seek tools and structure, while others need space to reflect, slow down, or untangle long-standing patterns. 


Grounded in evidence-based practices with a trauma-informed lens, we tailor each session to support insight and steady progress. This is a space to feel seen without pressure, to gain insight without judgment, and to make changes that actually feel possible. We adapt our approach based on what’s clinically appropriate and emotionally grounding. Whether helping a teen work through emotional overwhelm, guiding a couple toward clearer communication, managing grief or navigating career stress, our aim remains the same: more clarity, more relief, more solutions. 


We focus on creating clarity in your thoughts and emotions, strengthening resilience, and enhancing your ability to cope with challenges both personal and professional. We meet you with respect, understanding, and clinical expertise to foster change that feels authentic and achievable. With compassion and care, we help you build practical skills while deepening self-awareness towards growth at your own pace.

We Help With:

  • Mental Health: depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder, PTSD

  • Addiction: substance use concerns, gambling, compulsive behaviors

  • Relationships: marriage struggles, family conflicts, patterns 

  • Stress: career pressures, overwhelm, stress management

  • Grief and Loss: coping with death, divorce, major life changes

  • Identity & Life Transitions: gender, sexuality, cultural stress

  • Self-Esteem: low self-worth and building a positive self-image

  • Behavioral: emotional regulation, impulsivity, time management

  • Personal growth: self-discovery, goals, healthy choices

  • Physical: ADHD, chronic illness, pain management, health conditions

Our Counselors with Current Availability

Victoria Del Bino, AMFT

Ashley Nazario, LCSW

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What we help with:
  • Mental Health: depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder, PTSD

  • Addiction: substance use concerns, gambling, compulsive behaviors

  • Relationships: marriage struggles, family conflicts, patterns 

  • Stress: career pressures, overwhelm, stress management

  • Grief and Loss: coping with death, divorce, major life changes

  • Identity & Life Transitions: gender, sexuality, cultural stress

  • Self-Esteem: low self-worth and building a positive self-image

  • Behavioral: emotional regulation, impulsivity, time management

  • Personal growth: self-discovery, goals, healthy choices

  • Physical: ADHD, chronic illness, pain management, health conditions

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If you're ready to learn more, we invite you to get in touch. We can explore your needs and help with next steps. Please complete this form and our intake team will contact you for a brief phone consultation.


Or, click this link to schedule a consult directly:

https://calendly.com/ivycreektherapy/consult


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Our Preferred Evidence-Based Treatments

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an empirically supported treatment that helps change distressing thought patterns that contribute to anxiety and depression. Through CBT, you'll learn to identify and challenge negative thoughts, reframe irrational beliefs, and replace them with healthier, more realistic perspectives. CBT also focuses on breaking patterns of self-doubt and worry by learning how to re-evaluate situations and adopt more constructive thinking. These tools empower you to make lasting changes in how you think and respond.

  • ERP is a structured therapy that helps reduce distress from obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. It involves gradual, guided exposure to feared situations or thoughts without doing the habits or rituals you usually do to feel better. This process helps decrease anxiety over time and breaks the cycle of obsessions and rituals. You remain fully present and supported throughout, learning new ways to tolerate discomfort and regain control. ERP is especially effective for OCD, skin picking, hair pulling, and related anxiety challenges. Sessions are available in person and via telehealth throughout California.

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness principles to help individuals manage emotions, navigate challenges, and improve relationships. It focuses on four key areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. By building these skills, DBT empowers individuals to replace destructive patterns with practical, lasting strategies that promote resilience, balance, and a greater sense of control in daily life.

  • EMDR helps your brain reprocess stuck memories so they no longer feel overwhelming or intense. Unprocessed experiences can trigger or worsen anxiety, shame, distress, and physiological reactions. After EMDR, difficult experiences often feel neutral, distant, or easier to manage. We use techniques like eye movements or handheld tappers to activate both sides of the brain, supporting your brain’s natural ability to heal and make sense of the distressing experiences. Sessions follow a structured 8-phase protocol to help you build resilience and process memories, while fully awake and alert. EMDR is effective for distress related to loss, illness, trauma, childhood wounds, and relationship pain. 

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If you're ready to learn more, we invite you to get in touch. We can explore your needs and help with next steps. Please complete this form and our intake team will contact you for a brief phone consultation.


Or, click this link to schedule a consult directly:

https://calendly.com/ivycreektherapy/consult


Interested In:
Insurance Preference
Preferred Location for Therapy

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1870 Olympic Blvd

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

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Our therapeutic areas of focus include ADHD, anxiety, grief, trauma, financial therapy, and counseling for executives and professionals. We take a thoughtful, clinical approach that looks beyond surface symptoms. Therapy creates space to explore the patterns shaping your emotions, behavior, and relationships. We listen closely, ask meaningful questions, and pay attention to what’s underneath your experience. Some clients seek tools and structure, while others need space to reflect, slow down, or untangle long-standing patterns. 


Grounded in evidence-based practices with a trauma-informed lens, we tailor each session to support insight and steady progress. This is a space to feel seen without pressure, to gain insight without judgment, and to make changes that actually feel possible. We adapt our approach based on what’s clinically appropriate and emotionally grounding. Whether helping a teen work through emotional overwhelm, guiding a couple toward clearer communication, managing grief or navigating career stress, our aim remains the same: more clarity, more relief, more solutions. 


We focus on creating clarity in your thoughts and emotions, strengthening resilience, and enhancing your ability to cope with challenges both personal and professional. We meet you with respect, understanding, and clinical expertise to foster change that feels authentic and achievable. With compassion and care, we help you build practical skills while deepening self-awareness towards growth at your own pace.

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