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Therapy for Men

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  • Overcome shame about desire

  • Find out the underlying causes in dysfunctional relational dynamics/distress

  • Help you to process past relationships, traumas, injuries

  • Deal with rejection, disappointment, and low self-esteem.  Process confidence issues.

  • Overcome anxiety and depression, CPTSD

  • Process insecurities about lovability and performance

  • Become connected and comfortable with their own and others emotions

  • Understand themselves and process their relationships

  • Identify and communicate needs and feelings

  • Clarify their relationships to addictions

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Therapy for Women

  • Find out the underlying causes for their low self esteem, lack of desire, and insecurities

  • Overcome insecurities around sense of self and others

  • Identify and communicate needs and feelings

  • Learn to communicate clear boundaries and lower their chances of boundary violations and abuse

  • Learn communication skills and emotional regulation

  • Work through underlying pain and disappointment so they can shift unhealthy relationship patterns

  • Discover what they want and process what gets in the way of that 

  • Process issues around giving/receiving

  • Move beyond shame about self expression

  • Become familiar with their body and strengthen mind-body connection 

  • Heal from and embrace the identities that are important to them

Therapy and Coaching for 
Couples

 

  • Become more aware of the parts you play which escalate conflict between you

  • Repair ruptures​

  • Learn to become a safe haven and secure base for each other

  • ​Help you to create meaning and purpose

  • Deepen intimacy

  • Become creative and communicative to transform your long-term relationship sex from boring to mind-blowing

  • Move past their sexless marriage or low sex relationship to find a healthy sex life again

  • Learn more loving and connecting forms of communication and address long-term resentments

  • Heal from an affair/infidelity/betrayal

  • Bridge differences in desires

  • Negotiate around points of contention or conflict 

  • Heal from the effects of sexual dysfunction on the relationship

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Adolescent/teen and Family Therapy

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  • Help your adolescent/teen/adult children better process challenging emotions and experiences that have happened or are happening in their life

  • Ensure progress by helping your adolescent/teen/adult children know they can lean on you in times of need

  • Heal from attachment ruptures that threaten family relationships and make it difficult to bond as a family

  • Create meaning and purpose together

  • Strengthen the parent-child relationship

  • Support your children to become more resilient

  • Help your children overcome negative coping strategies that threaten their sense of self and ability to connect with others

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COPYRIGHT © 2024 MARGARET MCKENNA AKA "PALOMA" IS A TRAUMA-INFORMED, SEXUALITY AND RELATIONSHIP ASSOCIATE THERAPIST- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Margaret Mckenna or Paloma is a registered Marriage and Family Therapy Associate #146598, MA

Trauma Informed, Experiential, Attachment-Based Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Works, Inc.

Supervised by Dena Hall, LMFT # 49464

Sierra Family Therapy Center

In person, Online or Hybrid

‪(530) 270-9205‬

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