So far so good. After just a few visits, I already know that…read moreI am glad I chose Allison from a crowded field. She is a good listener, has a wonderful and soothing office and is patient and flexible about the process. She is also very affordable for those on Blue Shield HMO insurance. I will update this rating after I gain more experience, which is the only reason why it is not a 5 star rating.

I have been seeing licensed counselors for most of my adult life, as I am an advocate of mental…read morehealth tune-ups. I have been seeing Allison for over four years, when I first started I was seeing her weekly and have now moved to every two weeks. She likes to use modern technology which is great for us busy people. She uses psychselect.com services which is HIPAA compliant; so I can send her electronic messages as well as schedule/cancel appointments without having to play phone tag. So nice! Also, she uses an electronic debit service so that I can process my co-pays in those cases where I don't have cash and on the flip side she doesn't have to deposit checks. As a therapist, she is extremely effective and provides constructive feedback pushing me to think through my emotional/psychological barriers. Also, Allison has a unique counseling philosophy where she blends cognitive, behavioral and spiritual. It continues to be the best fit for me and my strong spiritual beliefs. I also love how she maintains her space. She makes it very cozy, warm and inviting. She many times likes to burn aromatherapy oils which calms my mind down and actually helps for me to be more open.

I am very picky with whom I work with since I myself, is trained as a psychotherapist and healer…read more But Alison exceeded all my expectations. I felt safe with her very quickly. She is forthcoming, and has a great presence. She held sessions with kindness and compassion. She is sharp, really listens, remembers things you tell her, and has great insights. I loved adult play therapy. It helped me to get in touch with parts of myself I was feeling resistant to. I was little uncomfortable in the beginning to do play therapy but it was extremely helpful. It helped me to work with a hard part in fun way. I highly recommend her.

We had the privilege of having our kids "play with Alison". Some transitional issues in our small…read morechildren's lives, that I wanted to make sure as a parent, I wasn't missing anything. My six year old son enjoyed every second, felt safe and was able to articulate that he is sad not to be going back. What I appreciate is the fact, she gave me advice and didn't feel the need to keep seeing him. Kinda like you feel with the chiropractor who wants to just see you for the "business". She told him, he is always welcome but for now she didn't see the need. I agree with the previous review. She listens and remembers, is kind and very sharp. I would recommend her for all levels of therapy especially "play therapy" for young children.

She's the best help me the most Shes a smart doctor and…read moretells it like it is. I like her advice

I am reluctant to post this review due to privacy concerns, but I also feel compelled to offer a…read morewarning to any potential patients. Especially if you are in the recovery community, or seeking treatment for symptoms related to historical trauma, proceed with extreme caution if you choose to see this provider. I don't need to go into detail, because frankly, it's already been done for me by the multiple other reviewers who describe feeling judged, shamed, belittled and unsafe. When I left my first and last appointment with Dr. Borchert, I was physically shaking and nauseated, with significant brain fog, and barely able to check off a grocery list. I consulted my sponsor, therapist, support group and others, prayed, and meditated, but 30 plus hours after leaving her office, I am still not completely back to baseline. All of these are symptoms of being retraumatized- by a mental health professional whose purpose and duty is to create a safe space, build a therapeutic relationship, and ultimately assist in recovering from/coping with these exact kinds of issues and experiences. I cannot overstate what a profound betrayal it is to experience this with a licensed and educated professional from whom I sought help, in a setting in which trust and vulnerability is essential for effective treatment. Despite the lengthy replies to previous reviews, in which Dr. Borchert attempts to explain and rationalize this behavior, there is absolutely nothing that would make this conduct acceptable. Not only is it ethically questionable, but perhaps more importantly, it's potentially destabilizing and dangerous for the vulnerable adults who seek her care. It is particularly dangerous for patients with a history of substance use disorder. It was important for me to share this, because it was only after reading the accounts of other reviewers (many parts of which are almost identical to my own) that I finally felt some relief and validation, and was able to stop questioning my own sanity and emotional experience. The common denominator in all of these reviews is Dr. Borchert herself- and that should tell you all you need to know.

Now that my business in changing, Brenda is one of my most trusted colleagues to refer clients out…read moreto, whether they need Reiki, hypnotherapy, or spiritual guidance. She is a gifted teacher, absolutely authentic and full of integrity. I admire her deeply and highly recommend Brenda.

Brenda was introduced to me 7 years ago by a friend & student of hers after having a profound…read moreexperience with hypnotherapy. The first session I had with Brenda started with about 20 minutes of counseling & then lead into conscious hypnotherapy & energy work. When I drove away I could feel my heart chakra vibrating strongly & I wept tears of joy. I had felt cleared of a heaviness I carried & felt so at peace knowing that I had a trusted person to move forward with to heal my life after a divorce. Brenda's words & energy will give you the tools to change what it is you truly desire. Her sessions are guided by your highest light & potential. I'm grateful to say she's a dear friend now & I have referred her dozens of clients from my own practice that she has helped. I give her my highest recommendation to anyone in need if shifting their reality to the next level.

This is a firsthand review of my wife's experience with the sounding heart. If yelp would like me…read moreto share the receipts of the five times that she went to this therapist, I will be happy to forward those receipts to Yelp for proof of payment and firsthand experience. And Shira Stone can continue to report this review all she wants, but this is the truth and it will be posted everywhere, because the truth can't be silenced. My wife came to Shira because she was having an affair, she felt trapped and she wanted to get out of the affair and wanted a strategy to come clean with me to see if we can fix this horrible situation and have a chance with each other again. This totally unprofessional so-called therapist who clearly hates men and brings her bias into her client's sessions, told my wife that I was just a "Corporate America Man" who had to know about the affair and all I must think about is money, so just fly free, move forward and embrace this 3 year affair. This advice was so unprofessional it defies words. My wife was lying, leading a double life, she was broken inside, vulnerable and felt trapped by the affair. My wife turned to drugs and alcohol to numb her feelings and this is advice that Shira gives her! Encouraging a cheating wife to go forward into the darkness and the web of lies verse advising honesty and accountability. Absolutely unbelievable.

I have been seeing Shira for years, and I am fortunate to have found her! When I started, I was…read moredealing with a lot of trauma from a dysfunctional home, which left me without basic life skills and my world in total chaos. Through many mental health crises, Shira provided a safe space where I always felt supported ! ​Over time, she helped me gain control of my life and build a much better situation for myself. She has a way of holding me accountable for my actions without ever being judgmental. There is still more work to do, but I know she will be there as I continue to heal. I am grateful for everything she has done and for the support she continues to provide! Thank you!

It's hard to put into words how much Kathy helped me during a rough time in my life. It's like some…read morehigher power connected us. She always listened without judgment, she gave recommendations that were always helpful and on point, and she was the guiding force that helped me change careers, which has made my life so much less stressful and fulfilling. I will be forever grateful and I can honestly say I am stronger mentally and emotionally after working with her. I highly recommend!

I only wish I had found Kathy earlier in my life. I didn't know this level of skill in a counselor…read morewas a possibility. She brings a perspective that I not only can't see on my own, but would never even think of. This is the guidance I've needed to help me escape my personal, inner 'jail.' I first saw her because I was scheduled for a surgery and was feeling panic. She was so comfortable right off the bat, that it was easy to get right to work. She didn't use hypnosis in the way I assumed one did it: e.g. "visualize yourself calm at the hospital." Instead she introduced me to the inner part of myself that was feeling the terror, so I could calm that part down. I went into the surgery feeling amazingly relaxed & surrendered. The post-surgical recovery was something else (rough!), and I continued to see K. because I didn't want to have a medical phobia, going forward. Now I see her regularly (going on 1 year) since I have finally found someone who is truly helping me deal with the backlog of 'stuff' in my life. I don't want this 'stuff' to manifest as another crisis of some kind, I just want it cleared. K. is a blessing to me because she has got me off the track of coping, and onto the track of growing. It's a huge relief. I encourage anyone to at least treat yourself to the introductory phone call or visit. And then report back to us. :) Oh, one last really important thing: Her rates are reasonable! Practically speaking, without that, none of this would have been possible for me. I am super grateful.

I reached out for support due to the extreme anxiety I was confronting in anticipation of…read moreaccompanying my husband to Seattle for a bone marrow transplant. The plan was for us to find a house sitter in CA, put my private practice on hold (for an indefinite number of months), and then become Henry's full time caregiver, protector, and lifeline while he was slowly recovering within a scrupulously sanitized, sterile environment after his immune system had been completely wiped out. I was terrified of watching him go through this process, and I was especially feeling ill-equipped to succeed in such a perilous "life and death" situation/assignment. I pictured that, under duress, in a medical crisis when we were living all alone, 8 miles away from the nearest hospital, my own "red alert" reactions would cause me to exponentially exacerbate the problem instead of being a calm, steady, effectively caring presence. Just thinking about this possibility triggered a flood of flight and freeze signals associated with severe anticipatory PTSD. So, I tried several of the biofeedback options offered by Santa Cruz Neurofeedback Center after an initial individualized brain mapping session. I discovered that a technique which involves working to subtly control the volume and clarity of a piece of music, while holding the corresponding intent to modify my paralyzing reactions in anticipation of specific situations, actually did allow me to gradually "reset and self-regulate" even when focusing upon the most dreadful possibilities. My biofeedback assignment was to experiment with feeling into "finding" a center point inside which was a combination of "calm", "intentional", "highly focused and aware", but "lacking any sense of effort". As I managed to stumble upon an internal approximation of that designated combination, this, then, naturally lit up certain parts of my brain which were correlated with those attributes. In turn, when the necessary parts of my brain lit up (painlessly connected to electrode sensors), this somehow caused the music I was hearing through headphones to become less discordant. Rather than stopping and starting, or becoming almost inaudible, the musical soundtrack played smoothly and optimally, subliminally training my brain to progressively "dial in" a desired set point - something which I don't think I would have ever fine-tuned this well, or this easily, in a simply rational or a more willful way. These results gave me a lot of comfort and encouragement, and also, as a bonus side effect, I was able to achieve much deeper, more visceral benefits from my lifelong meditation and mindfulness practices - even though I had been pretty successfully working with these methods for many decades - just with less dramatic progress. Throughout this biofeedback treatment process, I recurrently observed how reimagining and then experientially implementing some familiar, lifelong spiritual approaches and concepts assisted me very practically in achieving our targeted treatment goals while also opening new doors and windows into some other positive, but entirely unanticipated insights and breakthroughs. Henry had a brain tumor removed which neurologically impacted regions related to balance, impulse control, executive function, and judgment as well as something like the breakdown of his Wake/Dream barrier. However, he was still able to tap into an observer self - and sometimes capable of acknowledging these kinds of deficits, not just experiencing the consequences. One benefit he gained from regular Neurofeedback sessions included an empowering sense of exercising clear intent and agency during a time when he was terrified of losing these capacities. He set a goal of actively working toward "shifting his relationship with" increasingly intrusive altered states that caused him to see, hear, and sense non-consensual phenomena as if they were physically present. Henry described a reduction in his anxiety whenever the Neurofeedback process mirrored his capacity to identify this type of intention and then offered measurable evidence of progress (i.e. when what happened on the training screen during a session visibly responded to his intent). His mood responded positively to the musical component of his customized protocols as well which utilized a long list of his all time favorite songs. As an LMFT, I have also referred many clients to Santa Cruz Neurofeedback to facilitate everything from more effective management of chronic anxiety to better addressing ADHD symptoms or otherwise enhancing variants of intentional self-regulation which significantly benefit mood stabilization, better focus, or concentration. There are numerous other potential benefits - plus Langdon, Aimee, and their whole treatment team are highly skilled, delightful people with whom to collaborate.

Compassionate place where I learned a great deal. I also learned about compassion meditation which…read morehas been wonderful!

Alison helped my family during a very difficult time when we were facing some life-changing…read moredecisions while also coping with being new parents. She helped us see things from each other's point of view, which isn't easy for us, and helped us work on communicating in ways that the other can understand. I cannot recommend her enough.

I was referred to Alison during an especially difficult time in my life as I was navigating…read morepostpartum depression and I am so lucky to have been connected to her. I have had incredible growth and healing through working with Alison. I highly recommend her to anyone I know looking for a therapist. She's great with kids and couples too. I have gone through some very challenging transitions in my life and her skills and compassion kept me afloat till I could find my footing again. Something that I really needed in counseling was a refreshingly honest approach and she was able to meet me there. Through working with her I now have a better grasp of the areas where I was mostly unconscious and at the mercy of my symptoms. I have learned both practical skills for coping and worked deeper patterns related to my past. Alison brings true presence, compassion, perspective, experience and insight to our sessions.