Services
I support clients who are queer, trans, gender-expansive, poly, engaged in kink communities, or exploring identity.
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, narrative, and depth-oriented, and uses CBT and DBT tools. I work most often with clients navigating anxiety, relationships, trauma, emotion regulation, self-care, confidence, identity exploration, and life transitions. Ways I may offer support include reflection, somatic exploration, coping tools, active listening, and humor. I find that clients in my practice often engage in longer-term work and meaningful change, and transition out of therapy when they feel they have met their goals, feel more supported, can cope well, and have developed new ways of understanding their stories. I encourage clients to identify goals and let me know how best to support them.
Adolescent & Parent Therapy
I work with youth ages 13 and up, and parents who have children of all ages. Some areas I treat with youth include: friendship skills, emotion regulation, anxiety, self-esteem, building 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, and neurodivergent youth. With adolescents, I use many of the same therapy modes as with adults, as well as social-emotional learning (SEL) tools, art, play, DBT for teens, and social skills practice. With parents, I address skill-building, decreasing / increasing behaviors, fostering positive parent-child interactions and attunement, and school-based issues.
About Me & Fees
Rosalie Stillford, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #156294
Welcome to my practice. My name is Rosalie. I am a somatic, narrative, 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 portion of my practice for sliding scale fees. 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.