Serving Oakland, Berkeley the Bay Area, and Beyond
Jeffrey Gianelli, LCSW
Onward Leading Therapy
Coming Home to Yourself:
Therapy for healing old patterns, reconnecting to your authentic self, and living with greater freedom and compassion. Grounded in mindfulness, informed by body and mind, and tailored to you individual journey.
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I’m Jeffrey Gianelli, Certified EMDR Consultant and Certified IFS therapist, co-developer of the Parts Informed EMDR Protocol. I am a therapist helping people move beyond the patterns that keep them stuck and reconnect with the wisdom, compassion, and authenticity within themselves. Working with me is about directly experiencing your fullest self- moving beyond the masks and to the core. Everything I offer to clients I have experienced myself as helpful and healing on my decades long road of trauma healing and personal/ spiritual growth. The path for me has been deeply rooted in mindfulness/ Buddhism, which is the foundation that I draw from.
I work with both couples and individuals, and do a lot of work with the LGBTQIA+ community.
I think outside the box to include approaches that consider the whole of the mind, body and spirit, including offering Reiki before and after sessions to open, ground and release. Please see my specialties below:
Why Choose Me
Healing That Goes Deeper Than Talk
EMDR
Healing trauma, anxiety, improving self worth, developing inner resources and strengths
East Bay Ketamine Assisted Therapy
Ketamine as a support for trauma work, treatment resistant Depression, and to facilitate insight and growth.
Breathwork
Using the natural power of the breath work to open up more fully to our own healing potential
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Understanding the parts of yourself more fully, releasing burdens from past experiences, ancestral healing, deepening presence.
Buddhist Based Psychotherapy
Using the teachings of the dharma to relate to oneself and the world in a way that brings greater freedom from suffering
Psychedelic Preparation and Integration Therapy
Being able to process experiences and apply them to your life in a lasting way
More ABout Me
My 3 step approach is customized to help your move forward
Step 1: Reveal
Uncover the roots of your struggles; Understand yourself more fully and deeply so that you can overcome self limiting patterns and beliefs.
Step 2: Heal
Heal from past traumas and difficult life experiences that shaped your beliefs and emotions so that you can become more grounded and learn how to respond instead of react.
Step 3: Take Action
Develop a path forward so that you can live a more intentional life, finding inner freedom and peace.
My Services
More About the Way I Work
01.
Safe and Supportive
I create a safe environment, giving you time and space to go at your own pace
02.
Collabrative
Work centered around your goals with a plan customized to your needs
03.
Structured
I will keep track and create the scaffolding needed to help you move forward in the direction you want to go
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Heart Centered
Our relationship is at the center of everything, regardless of the approach we use
Find Us
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Blog News
Articles From Onward Leading
Finding Direction During Life Transitions: Exploring Your Values in Therapy
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EMDR for Childhood Trauma: Exploring Experiences That Still Affect Adulthood
Childhood emotional wounds often follow us into adulthood as anxiety, hypervigilance,…
Therapy in the Bay Area & San Jose
EMDR, IFS, DBT, Somatic, and Other Therapeutic Approaches
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We offer a free, 15-minute, no-obligation consultation. Book a consultation now to see how we can help you.
