Services and Modalities Offered
Overall Approach
You're likely here because something in your life feels stuck, overwhelming, or difficult to shift, even when you understand yourself well.
Many people I work with notice patterns like overthinking, avoidance, people-pleasing, perfectionism, emotional reactivity, or feeling immobilized after difficult relationships or major life events. They may understand themselves well and have insight into what is happening, yet still struggle to turn that awareness into meaningful change. These experiences do not always fit neatly into a single label, and many people feel like different parts of themselves are pulling in different directions.
In our work, we slow things down enough to understand what is happening internally and what is keeping those patterns in place. From there, we work collaboratively to create new ways of responding that actually hold up in daily life.
My approach is holistic, individually tailored, integrative, and flexible- I draw from CBT, DBT, and ACT, along with exposure informed strategies when avoidance patterns are present.
Internal Family Systems informed work can help clarify internal parts and conflicts, and somatic practices or EFT Tapping may be used to support nervous system regulation when emotions feel intense or stuck.
Alongside this, we make room for reflection, insight, and psychoeducation so you can better understand your own patterns without added shame.
There is also often space for humor along the way. Not as avoidance, but as something that naturally shows up when we are able to step back from a pattern and see it with a bit more perspective. Many clients find that this helps soften intensity, create relief, and make difficult material feel more workable without losing its depth or seriousness.
You do not have to fit into a single category or have everything figured out to begin. We start with what is present and build from there.
Behavioral Therapy & Coping Skills
CBT • DBT • ACT • Emotional Regulation
Sometimes we understand what we should do, but still find ourselves repeating the same emotional and actionable patterns. Behavioral therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy provide practical tools to help you understand the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors while building skills for emotional regulation, communication, boundaries, and meaningful change. Together, we focus on increasing self-awareness while creating realistic strategies that work in everyday life.
Anxiety, Depression & Emotional Wellbeing
Anxiety • Depression • Stress • Overwhelm • Avoidance Patterns
Anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm can affect how you think, feel, connect with others, and move through daily life. You may find yourself overthinking, feeling stuck, avoiding things that matter to you, or struggling to reconnect with motivation and joy. Therapy can help you understand these patterns, develop coping tools, and create more flexibility in how you respond to difficult emotions and life stressors.
Life Transitions & Identity Shifts
Women’s Life Transitions • Relationships • Career Changes • Reinvention
Life transitions can bring both growth and uncertainty. Changes such as relationship shifts, career changes, caregiving roles, health challenges, or major life milestones can leave you questioning who you are and what comes next. Therapy provides space to process these changes, reconnect with your values, and rebuild a sense of identity, confidence, and direction.
Burnout & Health Challenges
Burnout • Chronic Illness • Medical Stress
When life demands become overwhelming, burnout can impact your energy, relationships, sense of purpose, and ability to care for yourself. Chronic stress and health challenges can add another layer of emotional strain, grief, frustration, and uncertainty. Therapy can support you in understanding the emotional impact of these experiences, developing sustainable coping strategies, and finding ways to reconnect with yourself while navigating what has changed.
Specialized Services
Relationship Challenges & Emotional Abuse
Narcissistic Abuse • High-Conflict Relationships • Boundaries
Relationships that involve emotional invalidation, manipulation, conflict, or unhealthy patterns can leave you questioning yourself and your own perceptions. Whether you are healing from a narcissistic relationship, navigating a difficult family dynamic, or learning to set healthier boundaries, therapy can help you rebuild self-trust, strengthen your voice, and create more clarity in your relationships.
Trauma Recovery
Medical Trauma • Religious Trauma • Relational Trauma • PTSD Symptoms
Some experiences leave a lasting impact on how we see ourselves, others, and the world around us. Trauma can show up through anxiety, emotional reactivity, avoidance, hypervigilance, shame, or feeling disconnected from yourself. A trauma-informed approach can help you process difficult experiences, understand protective patterns, and move toward greater safety, self-compassion, and healing.
Supporting a Loved One
Mental Health • Addiction • Caregiver Stress
Supporting someone you care about through mental health challenges, addiction, or emotional struggles can be deeply exhausting and complicated. You may feel responsible for holding everything together while losing sight of your own needs. Therapy can help you navigate these relationships with greater clarity, establish healthier boundaries, and learn how to offer support without sacrificing yourself.
Chronic Pain, Illness & Medication Change Support
Chronic Pain • Health Conditions • Medical Changes
Living with chronic pain, ongoing health challenges, or significant medical changes can affect every area of life. These experiences often involve grief, frustration, uncertainty, and the challenge of adjusting to a version of life that may look different than expected. Therapy can support the emotional and psychological aspects of navigating health challenges, while helping you build coping strategies, self-compassion, and resilience. Medication-related support is provided in collaboration with prescribing providers.
Mind-Body & Experiential Approaches
EFT Tapping • Somatic Work • IFS-Informed Work • Symbolic Imagery/Tarotpy
Not everything we experience can be fully understood through thoughts alone. Mind-body and experiential approaches offer additional ways to explore emotions, patterns, and internal experiences through awareness of the body, nervous system, symbolism, and personal meaning. Depending on your goals, we may incorporate EFT Tapping, somatic practices, Internal Family Systems-informed work, or Symbolic Imagery/Tarotpy to support deeper insight, emotional processing, and personal growth.
If you have come to this website and you believe you are feeling suicidal or having a mental health emergency, please know that you have options and you can call 911, 988, or the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK).
Coaching vs Therapy
Did you know you can work with Cecily as an Emotional Freedom Technique Coach or Tarotpy Coach and not as a psychotherapy client?
Both Emotional Freedom Technique and Tarotpy are modalities that are offered for psychotherapy clients interested in these alternative treatments. However, you can work with Cecily as a coach and not as a psychotherapy client if you would like to exclusively receive these services.
There are some crucial distinctions that you must consider, however, regarding the differences between Coaching and Therapy.
PSYCHOTHERAPY:
If you work with me as a psychotherapy client, you are likely using your insurance, and I am contracted with most major insurance providers.
As a psychotherapy client using insurance, you will receive a mental health diagnosis billable code, a treatment plan, and our work together will include psychotherapy interventions. This may be the most appropriate route for you.
While EFT or Tarotpy may or may not be part of our work together in therapy, our work also frequently focuses on learning about family dynamics, navigating challenging people, relationships, unhelpful patterns, and evidence based coping strategies from Cognitive and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
All work must be subject to the jurisdiction and laws governed by my license as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California.
You must be physically located in the State of California to receive psychotherapy services, but if you are a coaching client, you can be located anywhere!
COACHING:
You may also work with me as an Emotional Freedom Technique Coach or receive a Tarotpy Coaching Session. If we are exclusively working together in this fashion, you will not be receiving a mental health evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment plan.
Our coaching goals will be suited to the modality. For example, I would not be teaching you DBT interpersonal skills or providing education on Family Systems if we work together with me as your EFT Coach. You will, however, learn an excellent stress relief tool that can reduce anxiety, improve relaxation, reduce cravings, and even reduce limiting beliefs!
Please keep in mind coaching sessions would not be covered by your insurance.
Both EFT and Tarotpy Coaching sessions will run about 60-90 minutes in order to achieve the maximum benefits of these modalities.
How do I know if Coaching or Therapy is best for me?
I offer a complimentary consultation regarding these methods to determine which route would be best suited for you on your healing journey.
The most crucial aspect is that the right modality is selected for you, and if Psychotherapy is deemed a more appropriate method for you than coaching, or vice versa, it is important for ethical purposes and your well-being that you may not “switch back and forth” between being a therapy client and a coaching client.
Big takeaways-
Coaching is NOT COVERED by insurance
Psychotherapy IS USUALLY COVERED BY insurance (I accept many major insurances)
You do not need to be in California for Coaching services
You Must be present in California for Psychotherapy services
For ethical reasons, you may not alternate between being a coaching client and therapy client
Coaching sessions will be focused on EFT Tapping and Tarotpy
Psychotherapy sessions require a mental health assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan, and will involve modalities that only a licensed therapist is trained to deliver, such as education on family dynamics, personality disorders, DBT, and CBT.
Complimentary Consultation
This is an important step in your therapy journey. Our conversation can assist you to determine if we are a great fit to work together. If we determine I am not the best fit for you, I am happy to provide referrals. Your wellness is your number one priority, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Rates and Insurance
I am currently an insurance provider through most major insurance panels through practice management/billing organizations - Rula (Formerly Path Mental Health), and Headway. Please note I am not covered by Magellan insurance. Please reach out to me directly to inquire about options and availability: CecilyLongoMFT@Proton.Me.
Out-of-pocket rates are $200 per 50 minute appointment for individual sessions. I may offer a sliding scale based on financial need, although these spaces fill up quickly. Credit Card via Ivy Pay or Venmo accepted. All sessions are conducted via Telehealth, and HIPAA compliant Telehealth link will be provided to you before our session. Late cancel fees apply.
I look forward to hearing from you and helping you develop healthier relationships, fill your “tool box” of coping skills, and assist you to feel more empowered in your life!
Cecily Longo, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, MFC#86591