Raissa Alvero
Raissa Alvero
AMFT - Associate marriage & Family therapist
Gender
Female
Ethnicity/Nationality
Filipino
Language / Dialect
Tagalog
community
LGBTQIAA+ / Queer Allied
Neurodivergent Friendly
Racial Justice Allied
Familiarity with Faith
Wicca / Paganism
Catholicism
Buddhism
Focus
Attachment
Burnout
Depression
Family Conflict
Grief and Loss
Historical / Intergenerational Trauma
Internalized Oppression
Life Transitions
Relationship Issues
Marriage Issues
Trauma and PTSD
Treatment
Depth Therapy
Gestalt Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Jungian Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Nonviolent Communication
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Somatic Therapy (Body-Centered Therapy)
Trauma Focused
Modality
Children / Teens
Family
Relationships (Couples & Non-Monogamous)
About
I hold space for people who are working through life transitions, identity and relationship issues, family of origin conflict and healing from all forms of trauma. I utilize depth-oriented, liberation-focused and trauma-informed approaches to support people in gaining deeper awareness of the underlying issues that impact their relationships, sense of self and sense of belonging in the world.
Therapy is a dedicated space for deep thinking on your life; a place to navigate personal struggles and deepen self-understanding, to allow yourself to feel and to grow. It is also a way to strengthen relationships—with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us. Together, we focus on cultivating self-awareness, shifting unhelpful patterns, building fulfilling connections and developing new ways of being, thinking and doing that open pathways forward.
I identify as a first generation Filipinx immigrant with a multicultural background and welcome folks of all intersections of identity to my practice. Many of the people I work with feel stuck, grapple with trust and intimacy issues or find themselves weighed down by worry, guilt or unresolved emotional injuries. I have a particular interest in helping my patients recover from chronic stress, family dysfunction and difficult experiences in childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. My therapeutic style is warm, thoughtful, capacious and unhurried.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist eligible to serve California residents. I earned my Master’s degree at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco where I received focused training in Integral Counseling Psychology - an integrative and holistic mind, body, spirit approach to psychology and wellbeing. Prior to becoming a therapist, I was in the arts and non-profit sectors for ten years where I worked closely with artists, creatives and Filipina women professionals & entrepreneurs.
Qualifications
LMFT#131664
Years in Practice: 4
School: California Institute of Integral Studies
Location
Telehealth and in person at:
2925 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94705
Online / remote services available
Pricing
$180 — $250 per session
Limited Sliding Scale slots available
Accepted Insurance
Out of Network
