Mahesh Francis (AMFT 134572 and APCC 12508)

You are smart, intelligent, strong, courageous, talented, passionate, loveable, and you have so much to offer full stop! That being said you may also carry traumatic experiences in your body and mind, feel stuck, angry, or sad. You may also feel frustrated with yourself for your lack of ability to move past your past and get over what you been through. I am here to share that you don't have to walk this path alone, and having a supportive, professional, and experienced therapist could make all the difference in the world. As a therapist, it is my aim to support my clients as they do the healing work necessary to grow, change, integrate, and move forward in their lives. If we decide to work together, you can be assured that I will be 100% committed to our work together and that I will bring every psychological tool at my disposal to support you in your healing journey. We can’t change the past and what you been through, but it is possible to shift how you relate to it and change how it impacts you. I am interested in healing on a deep level. The type of therapy that I provide requires commitment, consistency, and a willingness to explore the deeper layers of your experience. I care about what happened to you, but more specifically, I care about how you experienced it and the meaning that you made from it. As humans, we make an internal road map based on our experiences and how we understand them. For example, if someone got beat up on a particular street, they may react by thinking that that street is unsafe and avoid it, think it isn’t safe outside, think they have to go back to that street and get revenge, think they need to move cities, lose trust in all people, or possibly even think it’s normal and not be significantly impacted. Two people can experience the same event, and one could leave traumatized, and the other could be fine. In short, your experience and how you understand it is unique to you! In therapy, our work would be to explore your experience and bring some healing to those experiences. Healing is an intense process, and it is also an exciting process because your world can open up and expand in new and amazing ways. It is not easy to stay loving life and stay working toward your dreams when you are carrying so much pain, grief, loss, trauma, and frustration. I am a firm believer that healing is possible and that no matter what we been through, we deserve to experience and express love. In the past, I have seen clients go through a full transformation in careers, family relationships, romantic relationships, and internal experiences. In addition to working with individuals, I also work with couples. In couples therapy, the aim is to bring healing to the relationship and hold space to process what has happened. Together, we seek to bring the truth to light in a way that can be understood, integrated, and processed. If there is something that needs healing in the relationship, we will explore it in a therapeutically appropriate and meaningful way. As a couple’s therapist, it is my job to honor both people in the relationship and hold space for present conflict as well as pain from the past. However, even in the midst of conflict, I never forget that we are here for healing, and I take that part very seriously. The process of honoring each person’s experience and learning some new ways to communicate can be incredibly powerful and often leads to major shifts in the relationship. My therapy orientation is psychodynamic, and my approach is relational. In addition, to talk therapy, I also utilize somatic tools in my practice to honor the body and check in with the nervous system. I am trauma-focused and utilize several therapeutic tools and approaches to support my clients on their healing journey. The truth is that I am very excited to meet you! If you resonate with what I wrote here or see my image and think I could be a good therapist for you, email me at mfrancis.mahesh@gmail.com and schedule a free video consult with me.