Services
I support clients who are queer, trans, gender-expansive, poly, engaged in kink communities, exploring identity, and allies.
I also welcome musicians, artists, writers, and helping professionals, and those with unique or isolating lived experiences.
I make space for discussion of power and privilege and how it impacts our experiences and mental health.
Adult Individual Therapy
My approach is somatic, relational, and depth-oriented, and draws from CBT and DBT. I work most often with clients navigating anxiety, relationships, trauma, emotion regulation, self-care, self-confidence, identity exploration, and life transitions. My practice supports and welcomes clients from queer, trans, gender-expansive, poly/ENM, and kink communities, as well as allies. Our work together may include somatic processing, building coping tools, exploring patterns and prior experiences, examining thought patterns, and humor. I encourage you to identify goals and let me know how I can best support you.
Adolescent & Parent Therapy
I work with youth ages 13 and up, and parents who have children of all ages. I work with teens on: friendship skills, emotion regulation, anxiety, self-esteem, coping tools, adjusting to change, fostering a positive school experience, OCD/PANS, and identity formation. I welcome teens working to maintain growth after completing IOP or residential programs. With teens, in addition to the approaches I use with adults, I also utilize social-emotional learning (SEL) tools, art, DBT for teens, and targeted social skills practice. I work with parents on how to support their teen and on building a positive parent-child relationship.
About Me & Fees
Rosalie Stillford, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #156294
Welcome to my practice. My name is Rosalie. I am a somatic, relational, cognitive, and depth-oriented psychotherapist. I feel honored to do this work and to get to know and support clients. I find the therapeutic relationship can be a powerful place to foster increased healing, acceptance, connection, and growth.
I am a CODA (Child of a Deaf Adult) with DeafBlind and DeafDisabled parents, and primarily lived with extended family as a child. Due to my upbringing, I feel that I'm well-positioned to support clients with unique lived experiences, and those who often feel alone in their experience, on the outside, or in the margins.
I received a BA in English from UC Berkeley in 2003, Multiple Subject Teaching Credential in 2005 and MA in Education in 2006 from Cal State East Bay, and MA in Counseling Psychology from The Wright Institute in 2015. I bring over 20 years of experience as an elementary school teacher. My early therapy training included working with children through young adults in West Contra Costa and SF agencies.
I'm an East Bay native, proud to call Oakland home. I enjoy spending time with my friends, family, and cats Archie and Calvin, as well as playing violin, hiking, dance, camping, yoga, and reading. These activities inform and enrich my therapy practice.
Training
I am currently training in Somatic Experiencing, in the intermediate year. Somatic Experiencing is a body-based approach that aims to support nervous system regulation, process overwhelming experiences gradually and safely, and build connection and presence in daily life. I have also completed foundational training in DBT, PCIT (Parent-Child Interaction Therapy), narrative therapy, and psychodynamic approaches. I enjoy working from an integrative approach, as this addresses the many aspects of being human.
Fees & Consultation
$220 per 45-50min individual session. I offer weekday afternoon and evening sessions. I reserve a limited portion of sliding scale fee spots. Should my full fee exceed your means, please ask about my sliding scale availability.
Contact me below to schedule a free 20 minute consultation, to help determine if my services may be a good fit for your needs. I will get back to you as soon as I'm able, generally within 1-2 business days.
510-545-2241
3099 Telegraph Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705
This office is not wheelchair accessible.
There is one flight of stairs leading up to the office.