Sylvia Chamberlain, LMFT

Sylvia Chamberlain is a California LMFT with 30 years of clinical experience. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts from Humboldt State University. Sylvia combines her years in practice with personal experience of healing to address common life stresses and relational struggles.

She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, anger, and intimacy concerns. She also works with parenting questions, career strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and trauma and abuse. Her additional focus areas include jealousy, multicultural concerns, phobias, prejudice and discrimination, self-harm, and sexual assault and abuse.

Sylvia uses a mix of approaches in her work. Those include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Mindfulness, Narrative Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Attachment-Based Therapy. In sessions she helps clients notice patterns, name what is happening, and try practical steps to change unhelpful responses.

Her background includes supervising graduate trainees toward LMFT licensure at Antioch University from 2020 to 2021. Outside of clinical training she studied dance, yoga, meditation, and Native American philosophy and culture, all of which inform how she understands movement, regulation, and identity.

People who choose her often want straightforward tools for managing strong feelings and repairing relationships. She invites clients to talk through what is getting in the way and to learn hands-on skills for calmer interactions and clearer boundaries.

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