hope & healing for yourself and your relationships
We make sure your specific health needs are addressed
“The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud.”
Buddhist Proverb
A trauma-informed approach
to mental health
Looking for a welcoming & safe space to cope with the stress of your life?
Not even sure where to start?
We're here for you.
We partner with people impacted by trauma, abuse, narcissism, family separation, divorce, foster care & adoption who are looking for new ways to live their lives
Whether you have been struggling for a while or have a recent change that's causing stress, we can work together to rebuild the best version of yourself & your family
Carey Gil, LCSW
Founder Carey Gil has spent over 20 years supporting Bay Area families in their growth and healing. She firmly believes in the human power to triumph and blossom after hardship and trauma because she has borne witness to it hundreds of times.
With training and experience working extensively with foster youth, foster/adoptive families, divorce/coparenting and families in crisis, she is a wise and encouraging voice to guide you on your journey. She loves supporting families to bond, repair relationships and grow, and to support individuals in their personal trauma healing.
Her greatest learning is done at home parenting her own children. She is also a Lecturer and Faculty Field Liaison at the SJSU Graduate School of Social Work where enjoys sharing her passion with the next generation of helping professionals.
Services
Individual counseling
Grow from your experiences, heal your trauma and develop new ways to cope with this crazy world
Supporting adolescents, young adults and adults to develop the best version of themselves!
Family counseling & parent coaching
Rebuild strong, safe and supportive family relationships using creative and innovative techniques designed by neuroscience and attachment experts
Get practical tips on how to create the family you've always wanted!
classes & Trainings
Creating healthier and wiser communities through classes, groups and trainings offered across the Bay Area
Offered in small or large groups
Creating Real Support & Real Solutions for Complex Problems, Together
How can we help?
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Trauma-Informed Parent Training & Coaching
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Experiential Therapy
CoParenting Counseling
specialized Evaluation services
Helping Your Dreams Come true...
Home study/adoptions
- SAFE Home Study Certified
- Decades of experience assessing, teaching and coaching domestic and international foster youth & their families
Immigration
- Experienced provider of culturally competent mental health counseling and assessment to refugee & immigrant populations
- Translation services available
Certified Family Trauma Specialist
Treatment specialties
Evidence-based treatment for survivors of trauma that incorporates mindfulness, expressive arts and holistic family involvement to make new meaning of stressful life experiences
Therapeutic approach that addresses ways to handle strong emotions, improve your relationship and self-advocacy skills, and increase your self-awareness
Not just talking!
Enjoy expressive arts & activities, such as role-playing, movement, arts, music, and play alongside talk-based services based in the latest & best trauma recovery research
Premier TBRI Practitioner in the Bay Area!
Trauma-Informed Parenting
Trust-Based Relational Intervention Model (TBRI)
Groundbreaking therapeutic model that incorporates attachment, biology and brain science to give caregivers practical advice on how to set up home environments for success, foster healthy relationships and discipline emotionally sensitive youth effectively.
After experiencing stress or trauma (i.e. adoption, abuse, family separation) kids often lose their ‘voice’ – and feeling of safety and trust in adults. "Traditional" fear-based parenting strategies often bring out the worst in these kids-- making them feel more unsafe, unloved, disconnected.
Caregivers end up frustrated, confused and sad-- this isn't what they want from their family relationships!
We'll work together to build a customized parenting plan with concrete ways to improve your child's behavior and your parent-child relationship. Your family will never be the same!
rates & payments
Affordable, Quality Mental Health Care
Payment Options
It is our mission to improve access to quality trauma-informed mental health care by offering partnerships with insurance panels and affordable private-pay rates
Individual Therapy/Coaching: $175/hr
Family Therapy Rate: $200/hr
Group: $50/pp
Credit card or cash app
In-Network Insurance Panels:
EAP
Lyra
Evernorth (Cigna)
Optum (United Health Care)
Valley Health Plan (Commercial)
Sliding Scale Available: Scholarships for current/former foster youth and DFCS families; VHP Medi-Cal
We'd love to hear from you!
Carey Gil, LCSW #26685
6203 San Ignacio Ave Suite 110
San Jose CA 95119
Telehealth services available
408-479-8878
follow us here
Classes & Trainings
We share our expertise with individuals, agencies & corporations via webinars and live seminars across the Bay Area to help grow a healthier and wiser community
Topics include:
Trauma Informed Care & Parenting
Attachment Based Parenting/ TBRI
Resiliency and Trauma Recovery
Cross Cultural Blended Family Dynamics
Child Development & Trauma
Bonding & Attachment (Foster/Adopt/Blended families)
Parenting Teens in the 21st Century
Successful CoParenting (divorce/open adoption/foster care)
Parallel Parenting
Supporting Your Child Through Crisis (Separation, divorce, grief)
Contact us for availability and rates