Debra Milinsky, LCSW

  • 40 years of Experience
  • United States
  • Berkeley, California
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Specialties: Abuse and/or Neglect, Anger Management, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Bullying/Harassment, Career Counseling, Child Abuse and Neglect, Marital / Premarital, Depression, Domestic Violence, Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, Education/Personal Development, Elder Abuse, Family Conflict, Gender Identity, Grief, Immigration/Newcomer, Interpersonal Relationships, Life Transitions, Multicultural Issues, OCD, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Psychosomatic, Self Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Disorders, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality Issues, Stress, Trauma / PTSD, Women's Health, Women's Issues

Specialties

Abuse and/or Neglect, Anger Management, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Bullying/Harassment, Career Counseling, Child Abuse and Neglect, Marital / Premarital, Depression, Domestic Violence, Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, Education/Personal Development, Elder Abuse, Family Conflict, Gender Identity, Grief, Immigration/Newcomer, Interpersonal Relationships, Life Transitions, Multicultural Issues, OCD, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Psychosomatic, Self Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Disorders, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality Issues, Stress, Trauma / PTSD, Women's Health, Women's Issues

Languages

English

Age Group Focus

Adolescents, Adults, Children, Seniors

Treatment Approaches

Advocacy, Art Therapy, Behavioral, Body Centered Psychotherapy, Coaching, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Crisis Intervention, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), Dialectical (DBT), Dream Work or Analysis, Eclectic, Education Consultation, Emotionally Focused, Ericksonian, Evaluation/Diagnostic, Family-Based Treatment (FBT), Feminist, Gestalt, Gottman Method, Imago, Information and Referral, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Jungian, Long-Term, Low-Energy Neurofeedback System (LENS), Mediation, Meditation/Relaxation, Mindfulness Based Approaches, Narrative, Parent Guidance, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Play Therapy, Prevention, Psycho-Educational, Psychoanalytic, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic, Relational, Satir, Sex Therapy, Short-Term (Brief Treatment), Social Support, Systemic, Transactional Analysis (TA), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Issues

Addiction, Adoption, Aging, ADHD, Behavior Issues, Dissociative Disorders, Factitious Disorders (Munchausen Syndrome), Men's Issues, Pain Management, Psychoses/Major Mental Illness, Sleep or Insomnia, Spirituality, Suicidal Thoughts

State License

California

About Debra Milinsky

Experienced, licensed Berkeley individual, couple, family, and women's group psychotherapist.

I can help you with personal concerns, couple, pre-marital and marital therapy, child, teen, family problems, work pressures; Mother - Daughter relationships.                          

Together we create a safe place to explore:                                                                           

:: Stress, anxiety, fear  

:: Depression, anger, feeling overwhelmed 

:: Emotional, sexual trauma

:: Loss, grief, remorse  

:: Shame, guilt, self-doubt  

:: Sexuality concerns  

:: Individual, marital, family therapy for bi-polar, eating disorders  

:: Managing anger; improving assertiveness skills

:: Effects of abuse/ co-dependency on self-confidence, relationships, family life.

In practice 35+ years with adults, adolescents, children, couples, all kinds of families.

~ Anger & Assertiveness Women's Therapy Support Group meets weekly in Berkeley office. Call 510-525-7575 for info about joining the group.                        

~ Offices in Berkeley and Vallejo.

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