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Self-harm means hurting yourself on purpose. Some people self-harm as a way to release painful emotions, such as low self-worth, poor body image, depression, or anxiety.

Self-harm is a coping mechanism that has both physical and emotional consequences, from infection to shame to putting yourself at risk for more severe actions such as suicide. (If you feel like you may take your own life; immediate support is available. Please call 800-273-8255 or text HOME to 741741.)

If you self-harm, help is available to learn other coping mechanisms that are better for your physical and emotional health. The first step is talking to a trained therapist who can help you understand your behaviors, their root causes, and how to feel better.

Wherever you are located in California from Alameda to Yucaipa or even Montclair, or anywhere else nearby, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

How can self-harm therapy help you?

A self-harm therapist can help you address the root causes of self-harm and get you to a more stable, comfortable place in your life. Specifically, a therapist for self-harm can help you:

  • Develop positive coping mechanisms
  • Learn to regulate your emotions
  • Heal sources of pain such as past trauma
  • Feel more confident in who you are
  • Relieve feelings of anxiety and depression
  • Understand and prevent triggers

If you are still curious of how a self-harm therapist can help you, read this personal story about self-harm, trauma, and the benefits of therapy.

Get Self-Harm Therapy Today!

If you are self-harming, you should seek professional treatment as soon as possible. You deserve to learn new ways to cope that help you improve your life. There are proven treatments and tools available to you.

Mental Health Match can help you find an experienced self-harm therapist in your area. Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Holly Strickland
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Therapy can look many different ways, and no issue is too big or too small to examine. I look forward to collaborating together to create a relationship and a space that supports you to find how therapy can best serve you, wherever you are right now.


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Therapy can look many different ways, and no issue is too big or too small to examine. I look forward to collaborating together to create a relationship and a space that supports you to find how therapy can best serve you, wherever you are right now.

Something to know about my approach is:

I especially enjoy working with those who are new to therapy and/or ambivalent about therapy. Many people have questions, reservations, preconceived ideas, and judgments about what therapy is and what it means to be someone who seeks out therapy.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Addictions
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Life Transitions
  • Mental Disorders
  • School Issues
  • Self-Harm
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Traumatic Loss
  • Workplace Issues
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Nathan Hale
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Help you learn what things you can control in life and what things you can't control in life. To do this, you will learn skills and techniques that will help you manage better those things you can control in life and let go of those you can't.


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Together, we will:

Help you learn what things you can control in life and what things you can't control in life. To do this, you will learn skills and techniques that will help you manage better those things you can control in life and let go of those you can't.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which is a therapy that helps you better understand and make change to your thoughts and behaviors. In addition, I am trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, to help with psychological flexibility.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Acute Grief
  • Acute Stress
  • Adult ADHD
  • Aging and Getting Older
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Anxiety Management
  • Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Behavior Change
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Bipolar II
  • Bisexuality
  • Boundaries
  • Complicated Grief
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Driving Anxiety
  • Gay
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Identity
  • Illness Anxiety Disorder
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • Job Stress
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Balance
  • Life Changes
  • Manic Depression
  • Men
  • Mild Depression
  • Negative Self-Talk
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Seasonal Depression
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Worth
  • Sexuality
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Work Stress
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Amber Simpson
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Together we will discuss current challenges, family history, perspective, life experiences and anything else you wish to address.


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Together we will discuss current challenges, family history, perspective, life experiences and anything else you wish to address.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am client-centered and goal-focused therapist. When beginning therapy we will work to understand the challenges that are leading you to seek support and collaborate to identify goals you want to work towards.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abortion
  • Affairs and Cheating
  • Blended Families
  • Borderline Personality
  • Career Counseling
  • Christian Counseling
  • Co-Parenting
  • Couples
  • Crisis
  • Cutting
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Family Planning
  • Family Trauma
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Health Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Manic Depression
  • Mood Disorders
  • Mood Swings
  • Parenting
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Pregnancy
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Harm
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Teen Depression
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Jill Durby
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Together we will help you reduce suffering, improve relationships, and feel comfortable with emotion. We examine what is holding you back, while working to practice new skills to get "unstuck" from old patterns and moving towards the life you want.


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Together, we will:

Together we will help you reduce suffering, improve relationships, and feel comfortable with emotion. We examine what is holding you back, while working to practice new skills to get "unstuck" from old patterns and moving towards the life you want.

Something to know about my approach is:

My work is grounded in therapy proven to be effective in practice, not just theory. I primarily use a CBT model, where together we will examine thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and make meaningful changes towards achieving your desired goals.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adults
  • Anxiety
  • Borderline Personality
  • Children
  • Distress Tolerance
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Harm
  • Teenagers
  • Young Adults
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Jonathan Mattice
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(If couple) Discuss helpful background information, communication styles and we'll collaboratively come up with goals while identifying your desired areas of focus. For individual work, we'll start with you and what you'd like to work on.


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(If couple) Discuss helpful background information, communication styles and we'll collaboratively come up with goals while identifying your desired areas of focus. For individual work, we'll start with you and what you'd like to work on.

Something to know about my approach is:

I focus on improving communication and relational connection through a unique use of Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman and DBT skill building. I don't just sit back and listen. You can expect active engagement during our sessions.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adolescent Anxiety
  • Anger Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
  • Christian Counseling
  • Codependency
  • Communication Skills
  • Confidence
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Connection
  • Coping Skills
  • Couples
  • Crisis
  • Dependent Personality Disorder
  • Distress Tolerance
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Existential Crisis
  • Faith/Religious Deconstruction
  • First Responders
  • Goals/Accountability
  • Graduate Students
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • High Anxiety
  • Job Stress
  • Life Adjustment
  • Loving Someone with a Mental Health Disorder
  • Mild Depression
  • Pastors and Clergy
  • Pedophilic Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (POCD)
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Purity Culture Recovery
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Skills
  • Religious Trauma
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Self-Expression
  • Self-Harm
  • Social Anxiety
  • Starting College
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Teen Anxiety
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Trauma
  • Working Professionals
  • Young Professionals
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