Vinodha Joly, LMFT

Therapy Practice

“Helping you connect with your innate resources and empowering you to make the changes necessary for a more fulfilling life.”

About us

I offer a warm, collaborative space where you can connect with your innate strengths. We explore challenges together, helping you uncover personal resources and find clarity. This process is for anyone ready to make lasting changes towards a more fulfilling life. Our sessions focus on practical strategies. This supports you to build confidence and navigate your unique path forward.

Approach

Building on the clarity you bring, we move into a paced, practical rhythm that balances safety with forward movement. In our Pleasanton office, working in English, sessions feel focused and collaborative: we notice patterns, gently name what’s happening in your body and thinking, practice short tools between meetings, and selectively process difficult memories when the moment feels contained. This steady, body-aware pacing supports people recovering from trauma, managing anxiety or burnout, and those seeking sustainable personal growth.

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Basic information

Languages:

English

Fees:

Sliding scale

Pleasanton, United States

In-person

Services

Services Offered:

Counseling
A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.
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Trauma Counseling
Counselling specifically for people affected by traumatic events, focused on processing what happened and reducing symptoms like flashbacks and hypervigilance.
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Grief & Loss
The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss.
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Psychotherapy
In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.
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Individual Therapy
One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.
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EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, a therapy that uses guided eye movements to help the brain process and integrate traumatic memories.
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Works With:

Adults
Elderly
Individuals

Staff Employed:

Registered Counselors
A counselor who is formally registered with a professional or regulatory body.

Area of expertise

Organisation Focus Areas:

Abuse
Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.
Anxiety
Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.
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Mood Disorder
A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.
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Stress / Burnout
The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).
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Personal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition that develops after a traumatic event, causing flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and emotional numbness.
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Trauma
The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.
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