I'm Judy Noddin, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Oakland passionate about helping people heal from trauma and anxiety, and thrive through creativity. We are living in a challenging time of great uncertainty and also great possibility for growth, healing, and change. If you are experiencing feelings of overwhelm, anxiety, or depression you are not alone.
Therapy is a place where you can bring all of your stress and fears and be held with compassion and understanding. I offer HIPAA compliant Telehealth video and phone sessions and currently have openings for new clients. You are feeling overwhelmed by the uncertainty of the times we are living through and your usual coping strategies are no longer working or aren't enough.
You are feeling that your "well" is empty--that you don't have relationships and/or regular practices that nurture and nourish you. Perhaps you have a constant buzz of anxiety or fear in your body and have difficulty relaxing, feeling safe and accessing a sense a well being.
Therapy is a place where you can bring all of your stress and fears and be held with compassion and understanding. I offer HIPAA compliant Telehealth video and phone sessions and currently have openings for new clients. You are feeling overwhelmed by the uncertainty of the times we are living through and your usual coping strategies are no longer working or aren't enough.
You are feeling that your "well" is empty--that you don't have relationships and/or regular practices that nurture and nourish you. Perhaps you have a constant buzz of anxiety or fear in your body and have difficulty relaxing, feeling safe and accessing a sense a well being.
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I named my practice Garden Heart Counseling and Healing Arts because I believe in the healing power of creativity and the natural world.
I grew up in Hayward California at a time when Hayward was still relatively rural.
I am deeply grateful for the opportunities I had as a child to explore the woods, play in the creeks and run through the grassy fields on my Welsch pony, Mr. Ed.
My father was traumatized, first in his childhood and then from serving in battle and losing his leg in World War II.
I grew up in Hayward California at a time when Hayward was still relatively rural.
I am deeply grateful for the opportunities I had as a child to explore the woods, play in the creeks and run through the grassy fields on my Welsch pony, Mr. Ed.
My father was traumatized, first in his childhood and then from serving in battle and losing his leg in World War II.
While most psychotherapy begins with talking and words, the person engaging in the process can soon begin to get in touch with an inner world that is more complex than just verbal language--this internal world may include words, but also imagery, metaphor, memory, symbolism, body sensations and deep emotion.
Once a person begins to tap into these inner experiences, talking alone is often not enough to understand, process or contain the entire experience.
Words may even become barriers to issues that contain unconscious information or have their source in early pre-verbal memories.
Once a person begins to tap into these inner experiences, talking alone is often not enough to understand, process or contain the entire experience.
Words may even become barriers to issues that contain unconscious information or have their source in early pre-verbal memories.
I work with adults and am trained and experienced in a variety of therapeutic methods.
I utilize talk therapy, mindfulness techniques, somatic attachment therapy, internal family systems (IFS), sand tray and expressive arts therapies including: drama therapy, drawing, journaling, poetry, guided imagery, ritual, and movement.
Together we can choose the methods most comfortable and effective for your issues and individual style.
Is your relationship stuck in a pattern that is painful and confusing and leaves you questioning the value of being together?
I utilize talk therapy, mindfulness techniques, somatic attachment therapy, internal family systems (IFS), sand tray and expressive arts therapies including: drama therapy, drawing, journaling, poetry, guided imagery, ritual, and movement.
Together we can choose the methods most comfortable and effective for your issues and individual style.
Is your relationship stuck in a pattern that is painful and confusing and leaves you questioning the value of being together?
If you have traumatic experiences from the past that remain unhealed, this likely clouds your present experience in a way that makes it difficult for you to see yourself and your choices in life clearly.
We come into the world with bodies and minds wired to allow us to connect to others and also to survive in a potentially hostile environment.
When our sense of safety and well-being feels threatened (physically, emotionally, or relationally) our bodies and minds jump into action to protect us.
Our first line of defense is to seek support and safety through social connection.
We come into the world with bodies and minds wired to allow us to connect to others and also to survive in a potentially hostile environment.
When our sense of safety and well-being feels threatened (physically, emotionally, or relationally) our bodies and minds jump into action to protect us.
Our first line of defense is to seek support and safety through social connection.
If you are either currently in a relationship with a person who abuses substances, or grew up in a home where one or both parents abused substances, you may struggle with a set of unhealthy thought and behavior patterns known as codependency.
You may find yourself "guessing at what is normal."
This may include being confused about what a healthy relationship looks and feels like.
It may also involve a tendancy to make unhealthy choices in life.
You might tend to put other's needs before your own and struggle with setting and maintaining healthy boundaries-even with yourself.
You may find yourself "guessing at what is normal."
This may include being confused about what a healthy relationship looks and feels like.
It may also involve a tendancy to make unhealthy choices in life.
You might tend to put other's needs before your own and struggle with setting and maintaining healthy boundaries-even with yourself.
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