It's Complicated

Ally Guida Smith

Counsellor

Available for new clients

I specialise in:

At a glance
Oakland, United StatesAvailable online only
Usually responds within 4 hours

About me

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and have been working both here and internationally with individuals and families in psychotherapy. I am a mom to two kids and have lived or worked in over 50 countries. My family is multiracial and I am fluent in Spanish. I love to dance, write, travel and work with plant medicine and other spiritual tools.

I speak:

EnglishSpanish

Location:

East 11th Street 2744, 94601 Oakland, United States

Approach

I believe in the whole person and focusing on strengths to solve problems. I believe deeply in de-pathologizing and radical acceptance of all parts of ourselves. I believe you are the one healing yourself and making the life you want with my support. I welcome all of you and embrace all the dark and light of your experience. I use somatics and neurobiological aspects of stress and trauma theories in practice via talk, guided imagery, expressive arts, motivational interviewing and a deeply relational way and meet you exactly where you are.

Services

Individual Session

€125 45 min Online

Couples and Families

€225 45 min Online

Family

€225 45 min Online

Insurances

Private Pay
At a glance
Oakland, United StatesAvailable online only
Usually responds within 4 hours

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Next available: Sep 20