Since 1992, Merrie Sennett has worked in private practice, agencies, and hospital settings with a wide range of people who seek help in handling stress, anxiety, depression, trauma/abuse, psychosis, crises, grief, body image concerns, compulsive eating, transition, stage of life issues, and relationship concerns. One of her main specialties is recovery from trauma/abuse and she utilizes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)--a very effective tool--as well as techniques from other trauma therapies. She has an integrative approach and uses tools such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and skill-building, cognitive-behavioral elements, focusing on strengths, and psycho-education. Merrie is warm and approachable and her clients say that they feel safe with and accepted by her.
Merrie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a BA in psychology from UC Berkeley and an MA in counseling psychology from John F. Kennedy University. She is passionate about helping people achieve well-being and access their full potential.
Specialties:
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Adjustment disorders
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Anxiety disorders
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Body image
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Career/work issues
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Child abuse
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Codependency issues
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Compulsive eating
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Co-occurring disorders
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Crisis intervention
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Depression
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Dissociative disorder
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Dual diagnosis
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Grief/Loss
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Group therapy
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Individual therapy
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Life management counseling
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Life problems
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Men’s issues
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Mood disorders
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Obsessive compulsive disorder
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Occupational issues
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Phobias, panic disorder
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Personality disorders
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Post-traumatic stress disorder
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Serious mental illness
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Sexual/Physical abuse
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Spirituality
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Stress management
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Trauma
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Women’s issues
