Bay Area
Psychotherapy
Training Institute
(925) 284-2298
3468 Mt. Diablo Blvd. #B201, Lafayette, CA  94549


Lee Berg, M.A. offers psychotherapy to adults, young adults, adolescents, couples, and families.  Through a warm, genuine, and respectful environment, she helps clients to alleviate symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress, create and maintain satisfying relationships, work through issues of grief and loss, trauma, and resolve the often-debilitating symptoms of PTSD. She is experienced in helping clients resolve family of origin problems, relational and family issues, and enhancing communication skills. In collaboration with her clients, she uses a variety of techniques tailored to meet clients’ needs and to help clients achieve their goals. She is trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing). She holds a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Saint Mary’s College of California.  She understands and appreciates the challenges and complexities of modern life and can effectively help clients manage these issues in an adaptive and rewarding way. Please visit her website at www.leebergcounseling.com.
Maureen Loftis, M.A. is a kind and compassionate therapist who works with adults, couples, adolescents and families.  Do you want to improve relationships with those that matter most to you?  Reduce uncomfortable feelings? Understand why you do the things you do?  Maureen works with clients struggling with anxiety, anger, relationship challenges, depression, grief/loss, substance issues, codependency, life threatening illnesses, family of origin dysfunction, young adult challenges, and divorce/blended family issues. She is a direct and solution-focused therapist who provides support and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges. You can learn more about her practice at: www.maureenloftis.com. Maureen obtained a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University. 
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Connie McCullar, M.S. works with depression, anxiety, family of origin issues, abuse, trauma recovery, men’s issues, grief/loss, physical/learning disabilities, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, ethnic/cultural issues, personal development, communication, co-parenting, parenting on the sports fields, sports psychology and anger management.  She seeks to build a strong therapeutic relationship based on honesty, patience, kindness and respect while utilizing an interactive, eclectic therapeutic approach to therapy, working to empower each client to create healthy boundaries and experience satisfying relationships. She provides a confidential and nurturing environment for clients to work through obstacles and achieve personal goals and authenticity.  Connie is a Certified Parent Educator and has worked in education, pharmaceuticals (social neuroscience specialty) and executive recruiting.  She earned a Master of Science degree in Clinical/Counseling Psychology from CSUSB and a Bachelor of Arts degree from U.C. Riverside. www.mccullarpsychotherapy.com
Grant Leitheiser, M.S. is an enthusiastic and optimistic therapist who works clients to regain a sense of hope that their lives can indeed be better. As a strength-based therapist, Grant works to empower adults, young adults, families, couples, and adolescents to develop goals and progress towards them. Grant's specialties include clients working through anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, PTSD/trauma, relationship difficulties, family issues/parenting, adolescent issues, ADHD, Asperger's, young adulthood/transitions, social differences, self-empowerment, and suicidal thoughts/safety assessments. He is currently drawn to the metaphor of life as an adventure as he believes it provides clients the possibility, challenge, and even excitement about the journey forward. Adventures are often difficult, but never impossible. Grant holds a Masters of Science from San Francisco State University. For more information please visit his website at www.grantleitheiser.com.
Jodi Schiller, M.A. has worked with people across the lifespan from children, to adolescents, to adults, to the elderly. She addresses mental health issues (bipolar, depression, PTSD), unhappy couples, addiction, sexual difficulties, Anxiety, "quirky" kids or adolescents, oppositional adolescents, families in crisis, parenting issues, somatic complaints, and low self-esteem. She welcomes clients in search of meaning. Jodi helps you face your demons, teaches you new skills for navigating emotional and relational difficulties, and facilitates your growth as an individual and as a member of your community and family. Jodi's practice is grounded in her experience as a theatre artist, writer, and director and her training as a drama therapist. She approaches each individual and family with an open mind and heart, helping them find and reach for their greatest potential.  Pain is often an opportunity for growth. Jodi helps you move through your pain into an expansive space of  greater possibilities, rewiring the mind to make more room for connection, peace, joy and love. Jodi has two children and practices mindfulness and gratitude every day. She teaches her children that we sign up for challenges the moment we are born. Our aim is to celebrate both our successes and our failures because without both, we wouldn't be complete.  www.Lafayettetherapist.com