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Melinda White, MFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT28729) Berkeley, CA

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Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Anxiety

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Panic Disorder

Adult ADHD Screening/Diagnosis

Parent Consultation

Compulsive Hoarding and Clutter

Social Phobia

Depression

Tourette Syndrome

Insomnia

Trichotillomania (hairpulling) or Skinpicking

 

Anxiety

  • Understand how your automatic thoughts raise anxiety
  • Learn coping strategies to lower anxiety
  • Learn to act despite feeling anxious
  • Learn assertiveness skills
  • Improve self-esteem

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

  • Become better organized
  • Learn how to break tasks into manageable steps
  • Improve initiation and follow-through on tasks
  • Learn to give yourself credit for accomplishments
  • Learn to stop self-critical messages
  • Improve your communication skills

Adult ADHD Screening/Diagnosis

  • Initial assessment for adult ADHD
  • Referrals to psychiatrists for further assessment or medication as needed
  • Referrals to psychologists or learning specialists if in-depth psychological or academic testing is required
  • Education about the treatment components for ADHD

Compulsive Hoarding and Clutter

  • Understand factors which make you vulnerable to hoarding and acquiring
  • Learn specific skills to reduce clutter and hoarding
  • Learn organizational techniques
  • Learn self-talk that can reinforce getting your needs met without hoarding and acquiring
  • Reduce clutter

Depression

  • Learn how your negative thoughts influence your feelings and behavior
  • Develop support systems
  • Identify triggers to depressed mood
  • Improve self esteem
  • Develop coping methods to improve your mood

Insomnia

  • Learn behavioral techniques to get a better night’s sleep
  • Learn how sleep hygiene guidelines can help you
  • Use cognitive behavioral techniques to reduce your worries about sleeping

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  • Understand how your obsessions and/or rituals affect you
  • Learn how to deal with your intrusive thoughts and impulses
  • Develop a hierarchy that helps you face your fears at your pace
  • Use exposure and response prevention to regain control of your life

Panic Disorder

  • Recognize and understand panic attacks and their physical and psychological effects
  • Learn relaxation and breathing techniques
  • Learn techniques that help you stop avoiding feared situations
  • Learn to recognize triggers to panic and strategies to deal with them

Social Phobia

  • Learn to identify thoughts that hold you back from social interactions
  • Use coping strategies to counteract those thoughts
  • Learn to face the social situations you fear
  • Learn assertiveness skills
  • Expand your choices in life

Parent Consultation

  • Learn specialized techniques to deal with the challenging job of parenting a child with ADHD, learning disabilities, or behavior problems
  • Learn how to adapt the methods to fit your family

Tourette Syndrome

  • Use awareness training to determine what increases or decreases tics
  • Understand premonitory urges that occur before tics
  • Learn to better manage tics through competing responses and social support

Trichotillomania (hairpulling) or Skinpicking

  • Determine what triggers your hairpulling or skinpicking
  • Learn emotional self regulation techniques
  • Use competing response training and/or fiddle toys to reduce pulling or picking

 

Melinda White, Berkeley Therapist, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist providing treatment for clients in Berkeley, Oakland, Albany, El Cerrito, Walnut Creek, and Orinda. Melinda specializes in treating anxiety, ADHD, Adult ADHD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Depression, Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, and provides consultations for parents of children with ADHD. The information presented on this Berkeley Therapist website is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as professional advice for any of the anxiety, depression, and other social disorders mentioned above.

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