Hi, I’m Tsveta

As a therapist, my work is deeply shaped by my own life journey. I was born and raised in Eastern Europe and immigrated to the United States in my early twenties—a transition that profoundly influenced my understanding of identity, belonging, resilience, and change. Returning to school as an adult was not just a professional decision, but a personal calling rooted in curiosity, self-discovery, and a genuine passion for understanding the human experience.

I work with individuals and couples, offering a compassionate and collaborative space where clients can explore their inner world, relationships, and life transitions.

I believe that healing happens in relationships—through safety, presence, and authenticity. Therapy is a space where all parts of you are welcome, and where growth unfolds at a pace that honors your nervous system and lived experience.

Outside of the therapy room, I find grounding and inspiration in nature and in the companionship of loved ones and my beloved dogs. These connections continually remind me of the importance of attunement, balance, and compassion—qualities I strive to bring into my therapeutic work.

I have a counseling degree from California State University of East Bay and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT96983) with more than a decade of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults through a variety of treatment modalities around a vast number of issues. 

I provide individual, couple, family, and group therapy services to people who would like to make changes in their lives, struggling with effects of developmental trauma, mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, marital problems. 

I provide supervision to postgraduate students on a weekly basis, while they are finishing the necessary categories in mental health services for a total of 3000 hours before they are able to sit down for their licensing exam, per the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) regulations for mental health professionals.

My Approach

My mission is to empower you to heal past trauma and move through adversity.

My approach is holistic, through-the-body, integrative and tailored to each person’s unique needs. I draw from mindfulness-based practices, Internal Family Systems (IFS), trauma-informed care, attachment-based therapy, person-centered and strength-based approaches, as well as existential and interpersonal frameworks.

Together, we focus not only on healing wounds, but also on reconnecting with inner strengths, values, and meaning. We will transform relational wounds to life-giving opportunities and access your true potential.

My Values

  • Integrity and Authenticity: supporting you to stand in your truth

  • Humanity and Compassion: meeting you where you are right now

  • Learning and Growth: curiosity and development

  • Empowerment: choice, power and self-actualization

“I have had the privilege of knowing and collaborating with Tsveta as a fellow therapist, and I hold her work in the highest regard. What truly sets Tsveta apart is her ability to weave humor and depth seamlessly.

She knows how to bring levity into the room without ever minimizing the seriousness of a client’s experience, creating a space that feels both safe and alive. Her presence is grounded, authentic, and deeply attuned, and it’s clear that her clients benefit not only from her clinical expertise, but from the humanity she brings to every interaction.””
— C. T

Treatment Specializations

Although I would consider myself an eclectic therapist combining many different therapeutic models, I am most resonated with the following treatment modalities:

  • Trauma-Informed Therapy

  • Attachment-Based Therapy

  • Neurofeedback

  • EMDR

  • Culturally Sensitive

  • Multicultural

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Person-Centered

  • Strength-Based

  • Bibliotherapy

  • Existential

  • Interpersonal

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

  • Play Therapy 

I also deeply base my work on the following approaches to therapy on a case-by-case or on an as-needed basis:

  • Somatic work

  • Mindfulness

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

Certifications, Trainings & Seminars

  • DBT is an empirically validated approach for working with a range of mental health issues. Designed to empower clients to establish mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.

  • The tri-phasic stage model remains today’s state-of-the-art treatment approach for all but single incident trauma. During this training, you will learn the goals of each stage, along with the therapeutic tools to reach those goals.

  • Blending skills on CBT, DBT, REBT, Psychodynamic, and Family & Group Therapy strategies with innovative addiction treatment models and proven strategies for uprooting shame to restore order to a hijacked brain reward system.

    Link: View Program

  • An exploration into the role the overactive brain plays in anxiety, PTSD, depression, chronic stress and more. How evidence-based, practical methods can improve well-being.

    Link: View Program PDF

  • Treatment that helps extremely dysregulated children build trust and increase self-esteem.

    Link: View Program

  • Treatment strategies to help clients understand their goals behind suicide and self-harm and learn new ways to achieve these goals.

    Link: View Program

  • Hailed by Dr. van der Kolk, the world’s leading expert in trauma, IFS (Internal Family Systems therapy) is “the treatment method that all clinicians working with trauma should know.”

  • The most up-to-date and effective treatment for today’s students.

  • Brainspotting training and certification