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Becoming More Resilient

by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Dec 13, 2023 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Depression, Emotions, Grief, Happiness, Joy, Love, Psychotherapy, Relationships

In psychology, resilience means being able to adapt to life’s misfortunes and setbacks without prolonged periods of distress. Ask yourself, when something goes wrong, do you tend to bounce back or fall apart? The good news is there’s actually a roadmap for...

When Grief Complicates Depression: How to Cope with Sadness

by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Nov 6, 2022 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Depression, Grief, Psychotherapy | 0 comments

Grief and depression are similar, sharing some of the same symptoms. Yet each is a distinct experience and understanding the distinction is important for several reasons. For many people, receiving a diagnosis of depression and seeking treatment can be literally...

Dealing with Depression and Anxiety While Sheltering in Place

by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Mar 24, 2020 | Anxiety Treatment, Depression, Grief, Stress Management | 0 comments

Almost all therapists in California have shifted from in-person sessions to phone therapy or video conferencing in order to abide by the Bay Area’s shelter-in-place order.  The impact of the global pandemic and the associated restrictions have led to added...

How Psychotherapy Helps Prolonged Grief Disorder

by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Nov 22, 2017 | Anxiety Treatment, Depression, Grief, Psychotherapy | 0 comments

Grief is one not only one the sadness and lowest points in a person’s life, it can also be the most disabling. In the past few decades, researchers have diligently been examining the difficulty many people have processing grief and have discovered that around 10...

How Grief Complicates Terminal Illness

by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Oct 25, 2017 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Depression, Family Therapy, Grief

As modern medicine has made huge advances the process of death itself has changed. It has been transformed from an often sudden event into a lengthy process that begins with a terminal diagnosis. The diagnosis along with its subsequent prognosis is many times the...

Overcoming Grief With Psychotherapy

by San Jose Counseling Therapist | Apr 9, 2017 | Anxiety Treatment, Counseling, Depression, Grief, Psychotherapy | 0 comments

There’s a huge debate among mental health professional as to whether grief can actually ever be overcome. Those who argue that it cannot claim that the best that we can hope for when processing grief is that it be managed. Either way, there are things that a grieving...
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RANDI FREDRICKS, PH.D., LMFT

Randi Fredricks, Ph.D is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, licensed to practice in California MFC47803. As a psychotherapist, best-selling author, and published researcher, she provides counseling and psychotherapy services online from her private practice in San Jose, California.  She has written books on mental health and alternative treatments, including Healing & Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health, Fasting: An Exceptional Human Experience, Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Anxiety, and Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Depression. She has conducted and published research on communication, relationships, and fasting in mental health.

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