Mindfulness Centered Psychotherapy

Therapist Berkeley, Group Therapy, Relationship Counseling

Mindfulness Centered Psychotherapy

Helping people feel more comfortable in their own skin and empowered in their lives

Would you like to feel strength within yourself during times of transition?
Would you like to feel like the answers you need are available within yourself?
Would you like to feel like you can be intimate and open with others?
Would you like to feel like you can get your needs met in relationships?
Would you like to feel more lovable and desirable?
Would you like to feel comfortable in your own skin?
Would you like to feel like you can find a partner who shares your life and passion?
Would you like to feel like your feelings and needs are important?
Would you like to feel like you can communicate better?
Would you like to recover from grief and loss?
Would you like to feel more at peace with your emotions?
Would you like to live life without debilitating depression and anxiety?
Would you like to stop having the same arguments over and over?
Would you like to release patterns of shame and guilt?

Therapist Berkeley

Ivan Skolnikoff
I am Ivan Skolnikoff, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Berkeley. I practice mindfulness centered psychotherapy to help people feel more comfortable in their own skin and empowered in their lives. My work as a therapist is significantly informed by my training in Hakomi Mindfulness-Based Experiential Psychotherapy and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (somatic therapy approaches). I work with individuals, teens/adolescents, couples and groups.

Mindfulness psychotherapy specialties

Trauma Therapy

  • Therapy for trauma can help people heal and regain their wholeness and strength. For information about my approach to treating individuals with Trauma using Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and EMDR Therapy, learn more here.

Anxiety Counseling

  • Mindfulness centered psychotherapy for anxiety can help you feel more grounded in facing day-to-day challenges.

Addiction Counseling

  •  Therapy for addictions can help bring more awareness of your underlying needs and find more effective ways of self-soothing.

Depression Counseling

  • Therapy for Depression can increase your self-expression and aliveness.

Therapy for Shame

  • Therapy for Shame can help you develop more compassion for yourself and others who have suffered.

By attending to these issues, therapy can help you increase your confidence in your authentic self.