Dr. Priscilla Sobremonte, LCSW

That background gave her experience with high-stress and crisis situations. Dr. Sobremonte later worked in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as a psychiatric clinical social worker.

There she provided care in inpatient and outpatient settings and with special units serving people with chronic severe mental illness. She also worked at Kaiser Permanente doing therapy and crisis intake, and served in Veterans Health Care as a medical social work supervisor and program coordinator. Since starting independent practice in 2006 she has used a collaborative process to build treatment plans.

She commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, existential ideas, and narrative approaches to help clients address anxiety, stress, trauma, addiction, grief, parenting pressures, and relationship concerns. Phobias are among the areas she lists as a focus.

She created a guided therapeutic journal called Therapeutic Journaling: Making Sense of My Life, based on narrative journaling, for clients who want a structured way to process life events. She does not provide employer time-off or disability verification letters.