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Military life comes with unique struggles that can have lasting effects on veterans and their families. The stress of service, war-related trauma, and adjustment coming back to civilian life can all take their toll. Members of the military and their loved ones may develop mental health concerns like PTSD, depression, and anxiety, making life more difficult than it could be.

This is where therapy can help. Whether you are located in downtown Bakersfield, Bakersfield Country Club, Csu Bakersfield, Downtown Bakersfield, or even Haggin Oaks, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Common Issues Military Veterans and Families Face

Here are some of the most prevalent issues facing veterans and military families:

  • Veterans: Combat injuries, addictions to narcotics, alcoholism, difficulties getting reacclimated to the civilian world, mental issues like anxiety and PTSD.
  • Military families: worry and sadness during deployment, concern for the well-being of the military member, financial struggles, a fear of being uprooted, lack of control, mental conditions like depression and anxiety, vicarious trauma.

It’s normal to have difficulty during military service or after exiting the military, and that’s why veteran and military family counseling exists. If you or your family are struggling, we recommend you explore your therapy options.

Seek Veteran/Military Family Counseling Now!

A licensed counselor will work with you and your family to explore and resolve the mental and emotional issues holding you back from enjoying life to its fullest. And Mental Health Match can help you find an experienced therapist in your area. Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

Bakersfield, CA Veteran and Military Family Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Tiffany Bell
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Together we will tackle your symptoms head on to get to the root issue. We will cover and find tools to adjust the frame work of ongoing struggles that you may be encountering, whether it is anxiety or depression. I will walk with you through the it!


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Together we will tackle your symptoms head on to get to the root issue. We will cover and find tools to adjust the frame work of ongoing struggles that you may be encountering, whether it is anxiety or depression. I will walk with you through the it!

Something to know about my approach is:

You will never leave wondering why I recommended a stratagy or skill/ have highlighted another issue. I take a practical approch to therapy interventions and make utilizing the skills needed to overcome your challenges as straight forward as possible

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • High-Functioning Autism
  • Parenting Children With ADHD
  • Parenting Children with Anxiety
  • Parenting Skills
  • Parenting Special Needs Children
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Trauma
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Kerstin Hern
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Explore stories and emotions + learn coping skills/exercises (CBT, mindfulness, compassion) to gain awareness and insights that empower you to change undesirable thoughts and behaviors. Together, we'll transform stress, self-esteem & relationships.


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Explore stories and emotions + learn coping skills/exercises (CBT, mindfulness, compassion) to gain awareness and insights that empower you to change undesirable thoughts and behaviors. Together, we'll transform stress, self-esteem & relationships.

Something to know about my approach is:

I use evidence-based tools, skills, neuroscience education + somatic work, mindfulness and creativity blended into each client's unique strengths and gifts. This creates a space to be vulnerable, open up, uncover insights, and achieve your goals.

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  • ADHD in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Complex Trauma
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  • Couples
  • Depression
  • Distress Tolerance
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Friendships
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  • Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)
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  • Inner Child
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Life Transitions
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Mood Regulation
  • Negative Self-Talk
  • Neurodivergence
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationship Skills
  • Reparenting Yourself
  • Self-Actualization
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Regulation
  • Self-Worth
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Sex Workers
  • Spirituality
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  • Stress
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Trauma
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Stephanie Gonzales
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Help you understand your feelings and your experiences, help you heal from your past and manage the present, help you see how their thoughts, good or bad, impact how they feel and what they do. We will create goals focused on your unique situation.


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Help you understand your feelings and your experiences, help you heal from your past and manage the present, help you see how their thoughts, good or bad, impact how they feel and what they do. We will create goals focused on your unique situation.

Something to know about my approach is:

My clients report feeling relieved to finally have a safe space to work through difficult feelings. I am responsive and engaged and provide feedback when needed. I don't leave my clients wondering what I am thinking.

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  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
  • Trauma
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Kevin Belsby
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Explore issues surrounding mood, relational or personal issues with a particular passion for improving familial and interpersonal relationships. We will strategize practical solutions with an eye toward familial healing and personal growth.


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Explore issues surrounding mood, relational or personal issues with a particular passion for improving familial and interpersonal relationships. We will strategize practical solutions with an eye toward familial healing and personal growth.

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I treat people as the experts in their own life experience. Our job together is explore the nature of their presenting issues and to discuss and strategize solutions that would best serve them and their loved ones toward agreed upon goals.

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Communication Skills
  • Faith and Spirituality
  • Geriatric
  • Marriage
  • Mood Disorders
  • Relational Trauma
  • Trauma-Related Disorders
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Kelsey Harper
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Together with comprehensive DBT therapy, I’ll help you manage overwhelming emotion so you can feel safe and grounded. I’ll help you practice relationship skills so you can connect closely and feel secure in them.


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Together with comprehensive DBT therapy, I’ll help you manage overwhelming emotion so you can feel safe and grounded. I’ll help you practice relationship skills so you can connect closely and feel secure in them.

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I provide ongoing feedback and support to highlight my client's strengths, motivate change toward their goals, and support their recovery each step of the way. I call upon science backed methods and a collaborative approach to work together.

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  • Borderline Personality
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
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  • Social Justice
  • Trauma
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Kelsey Harper remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,...