
Empathic.
Empowering. Effective.
Bountiful Health
East Bay Therapy & Counseling | Orinda, CA
Therapy for the seasons in life when you feel lost, not enough, or unsure of what comes next…
Helping you return to yourself, ease the struggle, and move forward with trust.
If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Are you feeling…?
Stuck and disconnected, holding it together on the outside while quietly falling apart inside?
Like you’re always bracing for what’s next, showing up, fixing, smoothing things over, yet deep down, you feel numb, overwhelmed, and far from joy or meaning?
Caught in moments where you cry in the car, snap and feel ashamed, or look in the mirror and barely recognize yourself, or worse, feel self-hate?
Like you've learned to over-function, stay small, and put others first, but now feel exhausted and unsure of who you really are?
Like you’re walking on eggshells in a relationship, grieving a life you thought you’d have, or wondering how you lost yourself along the way?
Deeply disconnected from your worth, constantly tending to others while feeling invisible in your own life?
And Maybe You’ve Started Asking Yourself…
“Why is my life like this?”
“Why can’t I just be happy?”
“What’s wrong with me?”
“Is it too much to want peace?”
“Will I always feel this way?”
Welcome, I’m Anita.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Co-founder of Bountiful Health.
Life’s hardest moments can leave you feeling overwhelmed, unmotivated, emotionally distant, or unsure of who you are.
Maybe you have a deep sense that life could feel…
– more enjoyable
– less heavy
– freer
– just… better
If so, you're not alone. And your feelings matter.
You don’t have to have it all figured out.
At Bountiful Health, therapy begins with the simple act of showing up as you are.
Tired. Overwhelmed. Lost. Vulnerable. Angry. Confused.
All of you is welcome here.
This is a space for real connection,
a place to move at your own pace,
to be gently met where you are,
and to begin the process of change without pressure or pretense.
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Have You Ever Thought…
“I’ve done everything right… so why do I still feel this way?”
“I’m paralyzed by anxiety, and I don’t know how to make it stop.”
“I’m scared that depression will take over my life, and the sadness won’t ever go away.”
Maybe you find yourself...
Scrolling endlessly just to escape your thoughts
Overeating, skipping meals, or drinking just to cope
Zoning out for hours in front of the TV or games
Feeling self-critical, ashamed, or exhausted by your inner world
Or maybe relationships feel harder than they should, full of anxiety, disconnection, or disappointment, even when you’re trying your best.
You’re not alone.
And there’s nothing wrong with you for feeling this way.
Life Doesn’t Have To Stay This Way
At Bountiful Health, we support individuals who feel overwhelmed, stuck, disconnected, or unsure of who they are or where they’re going.
Whether you’re navigating burnout, a major life transition, self-abandonment, or a deep sense that something’s off, therapy can help you reconnect to yourself and realign with what truly matters.
Many of our clients come to us in survival mode. From the outside, everything may seem fine. But inside, there's exhaustion, self-doubt, and a quiet longing for more:
More ease. More authenticity. More meaning.
The old strategies, overfunctioning, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and avoiding conflict, just aren’t working anymore.
You're ready for something deeper. More sustainable. More real.
This is where therapy at Bountiful Health comes in.
Reasons People Often Start Therapy with Us
*Manage anxiety, overthinking, or emotional overwhelm related to stress or past experiences
*Reconnect with a sense of well-being, self-trust, and deeper life satisfaction
*Break free from perfectionism, people-pleasing, or feeling never enough
*Heal shame, low self-worth, or the impact of childhood emotional neglect, both obvious and subtle
*Navigate depression, emotional numbness, or feeling stuck or disconnected
*Set healthy boundaries and express needs without guilt or fear
*Improve relationships at home, at work, or in dating by cultivating self-understanding
*Recover from relational trauma, attachment wounds, or painful past dynamics
*Cope with grief, loss, or the stress of major life transitions
*Clarify your identity and direction during times of uncertainty or change
*Create more meaningful connections and ease persistent loneliness
*Shift out of survival mode and begin living with more clarity, intention, and ease
*Move toward personal or professional goals that align with your values
From Struggling to Surviving
…to Something More
At Bountiful Health, we don’t believe in quick fixes. The journey towards healing and transformation takes time, safety, and support.
When you begin to feel truly seen, something shifts. The patterns that once kept you stuck start to soften.
A new relationship with yourself begins to take shape, one rooted in clarity, self-trust, and wholeness.
The Therapy Journey:
How It Unfolds, Step by Step…
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1. Reach Out
Start with a free consultation-
A space to be heard and see if this feels like the right fit. -
2. Show Up
Transformation begins with the simple, courageous act of showing up, which is no small thing. It’s brave. It’s vulnerable. And it’s the first step toward real change. -
3. Set Goals
Clarify what matters most. We’ll set intentions together, rooted in your needs and pace. -
4. Weekly Connection
Meet weekly to explore what’s been keeping you stuck and what you need to grow and flourish. -
5. Pause & Reflect
Therapy offers a pause, a chance to slow down and listen inward. Here, we begin to reflect, with curiosity, on what’s been held in, avoided, or asking for attention. This is where the healing begins. -
6. Relate
In the safety of the therapeutic relationship, you begin to notice how past dynamics show up in the present. Together, we tend to long-held relational wounds. This becomes a space where the connection itself can be healing, offering a new way of relating to yourself and others. -
7. Reclaim
You reconnect to your needs, boundaries, and identity. As trust deepens, your inner voice becomes clearer. You begin to name your needs without guilt, set boundaries with more ease, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that have felt forgotten. -
8. Reshape: A New Way Forward
Over time, something shifts, and you start moving through life with more presence, self-trust, and ease. You speak to yourself with more kindness and feel a growing sense of peace that ripples outward into your relationships, work, and sense of self.
Inner Changes:
What You May Begin to Experience Over Time…
A deeper connection to yourself and your emotions
→ Feeling more whole, grounded, and in touch with what matters most.
Less overwhelm, overthinking, and emotional spiraling
→ More calm, clarity, and the ability to respond instead of react.
Increased self-worth and self-trust
→ Advocate for your needs with more ease. Trust your voice, your limits, and your desires, without apology.
Quieter inner critic
→ Replace harsh self-talk with understanding, and begin relating to yourself with more kindness.
The ability to set boundaries without guilt
→ Untangle the fears that make it hard to speak up, and honor your needs with clarity and self-respect.
Relief from shame and self-criticism
→ Offer yourself the compassion you’ve long given others.
Healing the impact of past relationships
→ Experience what it’s like to be seen and supported, making space to repair old relational wounds.
More emotionally safe, fulfilling relationships
→ Show up more honestly, with less fear and more freedom to be fully yourself.
Why Choose
Bountiful Health?
Therapy Where You Feel Truly Seen
Therapy at Bountiful Health is not just about talking, it’s about being met. Not just the parts you’ve learned to manage, but the ones that hurt beneath the surface; the messy, tender parts you’ve carried alone for too long. You don’t need to arrive with answers. You can come confused, overwhelmed, angry, sad, or shut down and still be welcomed as you are.
This is a space of attunement where you can pause, breathe, and feel into what’s real. We don’t rush. We listen beneath words, beneath silence, for what’s been hidden or waiting to be known. Together, we create a space where your body can begin to relax and your truth can begin to emerge.
Our work is relational, intuitive, and alive. We draw from psychodynamic, attachment-based, and relational approaches, among others, to explore how your past still echoes in the present. We bring in tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) when helpful, but what guides us is what’s unfolding between us, right here, right now.
Healing begins not with fixing, but with being met. Over time, something inside begins to settle. You feel more at home in yourself, more connected, more able to live from a place of truth and trust.
This is therapy that helps you reclaim your voice, your worth, and your way forward.
People often choose Bountiful Health when:
They’re ready for more than coping
They want to feel truly seen and understood
They’re tired of holding it all together alone
Something deeper is asking to be heard
They long to feel safe in their own body and story
Challenges We Frequently Work With
You might not always find the right words for what hurts, but if it’s weighing on you, it matters. These are some of the struggles we help clients explore and work through:
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Anxiety, Stress, & Overwhelm
You don't have to let anxiety dominate your everyday life or emotions. We’re here to help you manage it.
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Depression, Emotional Disconnection & Inner Emptiness
If you're experiencing isolation due to depression, we’re here to offer support.
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Perfectionism, Shame, & Low Self-Worth
If you're struggling with perfectionism, shame, or low self-worth, we’re here to help you explore these patterns with compassion.
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Relationship Issues & Attachment Wounds
Navigating relationships can be complex. We’re here to guide you through these complexities to help you form healthier connections.
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Grief & Loss
If you're seeking support to navigate grief after a loss, we’re here to help you through the healing process.
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Life Transitions & Identity Shifts
Facing a life transition? We’re here to help you navigate these changes with support and guidance.
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Trauma & PTSD
Struggling with Trauma and/or PTSD? Let us help you heal from past wounds and regain a sense of security.
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Personal Growth
If you're yearning for more confidence, clarity, and connection with your authentic self, we’re here to support your journey toward personal growth and lasting emotional well-being.
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Teen Counseling
Support to help your teen grow, thrive, and overcome life's challenges.
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Therapy for Therapists & Helping Professionals
A supportive space for therapists and helping professionals to explore their own emotional needs, prevent burnout, and reconnect with themselves, without having to hold it all together.
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Therapy for Third Culture Kids (TCKs)
Growing up between cultures can leave you feeling like you don’t fully belong anywhere. Therapy provides a space to explore identity, feelings of rootlessness or grief, and make sense of the unique challenges and strengths that come from living between worlds.
These challenges often overlap… and so do our lives.
WHATEVER shape your struggle takes, you DON’T HAVE TO carry it alone…
We’re here to support you through it all.
FAQs
About Relational, Integrative Therapy
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Relational therapy is a form of talk therapy that places the therapeutic relationship at the heart of the healing process. It’s based on the idea that our early relationships shape how we understand ourselves and connect with others—and that many emotional struggles stem from disruptions or wounds in these connections.
In relational therapy, the therapist is not a distant expert, but an engaged, attuned presence. The relationship you build with your therapist becomes a powerful tool for healing - one that offers space to safely explore vulnerability, trust, boundaries, and emotional connection in real time.
Rather than focusing only on symptoms or coping strategies, relational therapy helps you make sense of the deeper patterns that influence how you think, feel, and relate to the world. As you explore these dynamics together, you begin to experience new ways of being in relationship, with others, and most importantly, with yourself.
This approach is especially supportive for those navigating issues like low self-worth, trauma, perfectionism, relationship struggles, or a sense of disconnection. Through consistent, compassionate connection, relational therapy offers the opportunity to rewrite internal narratives, restore emotional safety, and support lasting change.
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Integrative therapy is a flexible, personalized approach that draws from multiple evidence-based methods, like psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, attachment-based, and mindfulness practices. Rather than using a one-size-fits-all model, it tailors the work to your unique personality, needs, and goals.
This approach allows your therapist to adapt over time, meeting you where you are emotionally, exploring deeper patterns when you’re ready, and incorporating practical tools to support real-life change. It’s especially helpful for clients navigating complex challenges like trauma, self-worth struggles, or life transitions, because it honors both depth and adaptability.
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Relational integrative therapy combines the depth and healing power of a strong therapeutic relationship with a flexible, personalized approach to care. It draws from a range of evidence-based modalities, such as psychodynamic therapy, cognitive-behavioral techniques, attachment theory, and mindfulness, to meet your unique emotional needs and goals.
At its core, relational integrative therapy is grounded in the belief that healing happens in the context of safe, attuned relationships. The therapy process is deeply collaborative: we’ll explore your patterns, relationships, and inner experiences together, using the therapist-client relationship as a foundation for insight and growth.
This approach is especially helpful for people navigating complex trauma, anxiety, depression, self-worth challenges, or life transitions, because it honors both your story and your strengths. As your needs evolve, the work adapts with you, supporting meaningful, lasting change in a way that feels authentic and sustainable.
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Trauma-informed therapy is an approach that understands how past trauma, whether big or subtle, can shape the way you think, feel, and relate to others. It emphasizes emotional safety, trust, and collaboration, and recognizes that healing happens best when you feel supported and in control of the process. A trauma-informed therapist works at your pace, helps you feel grounded, and gently explores what’s beneath the surface without re-traumatizing or rushing you.
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Depth therapy is a type of therapy that helps you explore the deeper roots of what you're feeling, not just the symptoms on the surface. Instead of focusing only on quick fixes, we look at patterns, past experiences, and how your inner world may be shaping how you feel today.
In our work, we integrate depth therapy by creating a safe, supportive space where we can go at your pace. Together, we’ll gently explore what’s underneath anxiety, low self-esteem, or stuckness, so you can better understand yourself, heal old wounds, and make lasting change.
For answers to general therapy
& service-based questions…