Dr. Jan Rudestam, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist PSY10525

115 West Arrellaga Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Contact at: jrudestam@cox.net

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The Value of Psychotherapy

There are times when we can't rely on family and friends for the help we need. Psychotherapy and counseling can help you resolve problems or issues that interfere with your happiness. Psychotherapy can provide you with insights to help you understand and cherish yourself. Psychotherapy and counseling can help you identify your personal values and work toward your goals.  The great value of psychotherapy is that it helps you befriend yourself more fully.

My Psychotherapy Practice

 have been a licensed psychologist for over 35 years, helping adults and couples heal from their psychological difficulties, and manage life transitions and stress-related problems. I help my clients develop a more compassionate relationship with their feelings, particularly with depression and anxiety. I have worked with clients suffering from traumatic events of childhood and adulthood, sexual identity issues, grief and bereavement, and many other life problems. My goal is to help you befriend your own experience -- your feelings, physical sensations, thoughts and fantasies -- fully in the moment, so that you can forgive and befriend yourself.

In my personal development as a practitioner, I have integrated a number of psychotherapy models into my work primarily from a humanistic orientation. I have also come to integrate the wisdom of Buddhist psychology into my work. Buddhism has become my guiding theory, beginning with the observation that pain and suffering are a part of life. None of us is immune.

Buddhist Psychology also teaches that we can find happiness by cultivating good relationships, developing self-awareness and self-knowledge, and practicing mindfulness in everyday life.

My goal as a psychotherapist is to provide you with both the concrete tools and the insights that will clarify your values and move you into a life filled with meaning. It is a joy to continue to grow and develop in my work and in my life. I hope to share that joy with you.

Psychotherapy for:

          Anxiety
          Depression
          Stress
          Trauma
          Relationship conflicts
          Grief and loss
          Chronic pain and illness
          Separation or Divorce
          Sexuality or Sexual Identity
          Parenting problems

         Member of:

Santa Barbara County Psychological Association                                     
California Psychological Association                                                                
American Psychological Association
Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration