Business Details
Trusted Mental Health Therapy in Burlingame, CA
With over two decades of experience in the field of mental health, I have dedicated my practice to helping individuals cultivate stronger relationships, understand recurring life patterns, and build resilience. My approach emphasizes self-exploration and personal growth, supporting clients facing challenges such as depression, anxiety, strained relationships, and low self-esteem. Holding a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology and a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC45483), I integrate evidence-based modalities like Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy to address each client's unique needs.My practice prioritizes creating a body-compassionate environment, particularly through Health at Every Size principles, to help clients break free from diet culture and develop sustainable self-acceptance. By focusing on both immediate concerns and long-term emotional well-being, I aim to empower clients to navigate life's complexities with greater clarity and confidence.
Services
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy
Body Acceptance Counseling
Intuitive Eating Support
Highlights and features
- 20+ years of experience in mental health therapy
- Personalized approach combining multiple evidence-based modalities
- Specialized focus on self-exploration and pattern recognition
- Commitment to body-compassionate, weight-inclusive care
- Proven track record helping clients with anxiety and relationship challenges
Services
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) addresses depression, anxiety, and relationship challenges through practical, action-oriented techniques. This short-term approach helps clients identify distorted thinking patterns, develop coping strategies, and build self-efficacy through structured homework assignments. By focusing on present-day challenges rather than past experiences, CBT empowers clients to create measurable improvements in their daily lives through actionable skill-building.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy explores unconscious patterns and past experiences influencing current behavior. This approach increases self-awareness by examining unresolved conflicts and relationship dynamics, helping clients understand how early life experiences shape their present challenges. Through this deeper exploration of emotional roots, clients gain insights that facilitate lasting personal growth and improved interpersonal relationships.
Body Acceptance Counseling
Body Acceptance Counseling creates a weight-inclusive therapeutic space to address societal body image pressures. Using Health at Every Size principles, this service helps clients reject diet mentality, challenge unrealistic beauty standards, and develop self-compassion. By focusing on mental and emotional well-being rather than weight, clients learn to cultivate a peaceful relationship with food and their bodies through evidence-based, non-diet approaches.
Life Transition Support
Life Transition Support addresses challenges during pivotal adult development stages. This service helps clients navigate quarter-life crises, career dissatisfaction, relationship changes, and midlife reflections through personalized therapeutic strategies. By exploring identity beyond societal expectations, clients develop resilience and clarity during periods of significant personal transformation and uncertainty.
Intuitive Eating Guidance
Intuitive Eating Guidance helps clients rebuild healthy relationships with food through mindful practices. This non-diet approach teaches clients to recognize hunger cues, overcome emotional eating patterns, and develop food peace. By addressing underlying psychological factors affecting eating behaviors, clients learn to nourish their bodies without restrictive dieting or negative self-judgment.
People
Janelle Tamm Magnuson, MFT
Therapist
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 20 years of experience in mental health. Specializes in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and body-compassionate care. Holds a Master's in Counseling Psychology from Cal State University, East Bay.
Questions
What therapeutic approaches do you use?
I utilize Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy tailored to each client's specific needs and goals.
Do you offer virtual therapy sessions?
Currently, I only offer in-person and telephone sessions, not video conferencing platforms like Zoom or FaceTime.
What mental health issues do you specialize in?
I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, and body image concerns through personalized therapy.
How does your body-compassionate approach work?
My Health at Every Size approach helps clients reject diet culture, develop intuitive eating habits, and build confidence independent of body size.
What age groups do you work with?
I specialize in working with adults across their lifespan, particularly focusing on twenties, thirties, and forties life transitions.
