Our Therapists
The partners you need to live empowered and connected.
Our team of compassionate therapists is here to help you feel seen, heard, and validated.
We work with you to build a strong connection, so you feel safe to fully speak your truth.
We understand it takes time to find the right therapist that you feel comfortable with. And it takes a lot of courage!
That’s why we do everything we can to help you get to know us a bit more.
Melissa Antoun MA LMFT
My name is Melissa Antoun LMFT (She, Her, Ella) and I have been guiding individuals, teens, and couples through trauma through a multicultural, liberatory lens for the past 6 years. My specialties include multicultural, first-generation, couples, male-identified, domestic violence survivors, and adolescents. My approach towards healing is relational, collaborative, and non-judgemental and supports self-inquiry, emotional expression, self-acceptance, and radical self-compassion. I provide bilingual services (English/Spanish).
I believe that intergenerational trauma highly impacts our lives and because we are wounded in a relationship, we can heal in a relationship.
My goal is to help you feel heard, seen, and respected in your story. That you can find a space where you can encounter your experience with curiosity and increased empathy and compassion — a space to explore yourself and come to love yourself.
I enjoy gardening, walking my dog Truffle, interior design, and traveling whenever I get a chance!
Melissa Antoun (she) I speak Spanish, French and Arabic.
Chynna Bell AMFT
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Chynna is Caribbean American and a Womanist in every way. Her mother’s Trinidadian roots and her father's Puerto Rican heritage are integral to who she is, how she loves herself, and how she loves others.
In different counseling iterations over the years, first as a substance abuse counselor and later as a case manager, she watched patients wrestle with their pain while knowing there was a better way but lacking the skills and knowledge. For her, it is not about solving issues for her patients, but rather introducing more light for them, so that they are able to see their own path to liberation from pain.
Over time, Chynna learned the deep power of curiosity and the roaring strength of silence. She learned to love the non-linear healing and wholeness that inevitably reveals itself to patients. She believes in each patient, and that the goals for change they set out for themselves are attainable. It is imperative to her that it is the patient's goals, not her own, that are primary.
The value she adds to the lives of her patients is that she approaches her work from a strengths-based perspective. In assessment, she spends time identifying her patient's strengths, because these can often be overlooked. Drawing upon these strengths, Chynna helps patients see their own resources for change and growth.
Unlearning long-held patterns is important work that requires patience. Having patience as a guide to help patients learn to replace unhelpful patterns is key to developing healthier ways of seeing themselves, others, and the world. Chynna knows wellness is achievable so she continues to offer hope and possibility as patients grow toward their goals. Her practice is unique in the way she infuses humor throughout her work.
Chynna hopes that patients graduate from working with her feeling confident in their abilities to recognize and meet their needs with deeper knowledge and commitment to their own healing journey.
Chynna Bell (she)
Tessa Hernandez (she)
Anum Rathor MA AMFT
Anum is a first-generation South Asian American. As a first-generation American, she sees the value in breaking down the stigma surrounding seeking help and the importance of eliminating the negative connotations or assumptions that are attached to therapy.
She wishes to be a voice for those that have not found theirs yet. She speaks Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi fluently and is currently learning Arabic. She enjoys working with adolescents, adults, and couples.
Anum believes therapy is about creating a safe space for the patient to open up about what they want to address with no judgment. She is driven to make sure her patients feel comfortable, respected, and validated. Through the use of various evidence-based practices, Anum enjoys working with patients to cater to their emotional needs through the use of. She has experience working with people who have experienced trauma, anxiety, and depression as well as with people who engage in substance use and risk behaviors.
She feels lucky to have worked with individuals from various sexual orientations, religious, and cultural backgrounds. She wishes for her patients to graduate from therapy feeling liberated and empowered to take on the world and to be able to process their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a healthy way.
Anum Rathor (she) I speak Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Wendy Taylor MA AMFT
My name is Wendy Taylor. I graduated from The California Institute of Integral Studies with a Masters in Integrative Therapy. I have been working as an AMFT therapist for 3 years. I am in my third year working at California Pacific Medical Center and started my second year at Soul Centric Counseling Center. My specialties include Mindfulness, CBT, IFS, and Somatic Experiencing. I work with couples, teens, eating disorders, and childhood trauma.
My approach to therapy is that everyone is different and has different needs. I will meet you where you are. I think it is important to have a connection where the client feels safe to express themselves as they are without judgment. It takes courage, patience, dedication, and a lot of compassion to look at oneself and make changes to be happier and more fulfilled. Humor helps too! I feel honored to be part of the process of changing one's life for the better.
I believe therapy can be life-changing. I think just to be seen, heard, and validated is healing in itself. I think it is a process and there is no one way. But just showing up is brave. We all need support, even if that isn't what we've been taught.
My goal as a therapist is to help empower my clients. It is my truest desire to help support and guide my clients to understand themselves on a deeper level. It is not about eliminating struggles but meeting the struggle with compassion and understanding. It is my hope that my clients will feel seen and understood without judgment. And together, we can find skills and tools to help deal with the ongoing adventure/ challenge of life.
I love film and theater, being "Aunt Wendy", yoga, and going to live music. I am passionate about the power of plant medicine and psychedelics in a therapeutic way to help heal.
Wendy Taylor (she)
Maria Thompson AMFT
She//Ella
Maria is a first-generation Mexican-American woman who has worked in the mental health field and with the geriatric population for over 10 years. She has provided grief counseling, transitional support through life changes with couples, families, and groups of unrelated persons.
We are all individuals who require different interventions for navigating our personal goals and challenges/changes in life. The process of creating individual plans based on a patient's strengths and resources is a creative process that helps Maria find joy and excitement in the work that she does. She loves that her work allows patients to build their toolbox for managing phases in their lives. In addition to being a psychotherapist, Maria is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS), Substance Use Disorder Rehabilitation Counselor (SUDRC), and Zumba Instructor.
Maria Thompson (she) I speak Spanish.
LaToya Washington MA AMFT
LaToya is an African American woman who provides comprehensive counseling and crisis intervention services. Working as a counselor is not only a job but rather a passion. LaToya views her role as a facilitator who helps to guide her patients to and beyond the goals they have set for themselves. She believes it is important to help her patients find their own answers. One way she adds value to the lives of her patients is by offering space with the opportunity to restore or heal one's relationships with self and others. LaToya enjoys collaborating with patients to identify and discover their core values and how they can apply them to their current lifestyle.
LaToya Washington (she) I speak ASL.
Karla Amanda Brown MA, CA LMFT #103907
Karla is a Silicon Valley-located psychotherapist. She is the Founder & CEO of Soul Centric Counseling Center as well as Soul Centric Collective, an organization dedicated to promoting group psychotherapy around the world.
As a clinician, Karla works with people to find steadiness in their lives after early childhood trauma, toxic relationships, problematic substance use, and harmful or unfavorable behaviors. She does her best to meet clients where they are, in order to turn the intensity down a few percentage points at a time. She finds that working slowly, yields working smoothly, and that tends to create sustainable living and increased quality of life.
Karla is also passionate about leading adult relational growth groups and working with couples or family members who find it difficult to connect due to interpersonal and ideological differences, as well as marginalization and social location complexities.
She embodies an understanding of treatment options within and beyond the field of counseling. She believes it is best to make use of both head and heart while supporting clients with learning to live this way as well. Karla serves on the boards of the Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society (NCGPS), the Council for the Advancement of Self Leadership in Indigenous Communities, and the AEDP & Racialized Trauma Vision Collective.
Karla Amanda Brown (she) Founder & CEO
