Joel Decker, MA, SEP, MFT

My therapeutic approach is informed by Buddhism, Jewish mysticism, and Somatic and Existential Psychotherapy. I am trained in Somatic Experiencing; an approach allowing trauma survivors to track their “felt sense,” using the body to restore the nervous system’s inherent capacity to self-regulate. I’m a clinical member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and have a Masters of Counseling from John F. Kennedy University with on-going post-degree training in working through the effects of trauma on the body/mind.

Somatic Psychotherapy
Practical, Warm, and Informative
Psychotherapy in Oakland, Berkeley
and THE surrounding Bay Area.

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