“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye”
-The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Hi, I’m Libra Kaplan (she/her).
I’m an associate Marriage and Family Therapist in the Bay Area, offering individual and couples therapy. My style of care is collaborative, compassionate, and creative. I incorporate brain-based approaches with arts-based methodologies.
Many of my clients are women with ADHD who grew up with adverse childhood traumas, such as addiction in the household.
Specialties include:
Anxiety
Peri/ Menopause/ Mid-life
Mood Disorders
ADHD / Neurocomplexities
Grief and Loss
Shame, Guilt, Perfectionism
Emotional Regulation
Self-Esteem
My approach is not linear because therapy is not a linear process. I incorporate evidence-based tools, expressive arts interventions, depth psychology, somatic awareness, intuition, and dream wisdom. For psychology nerds, it is an integral approach that combines transpersonal, existential, strengths-based, liberation psychology, multicultural, Indigenous ecology, psycho-spiritual symbolism, and Jungian metaphysics.
I provide a space that is: Shame-free, LGBTQ+ friendly, Neurodivergent affirming, and heart-centered.
Creative psychotherapy that bridges all your layers- mind, body, heart, and soul.
About me
I’m an artist, Jewish, spiritual, cisgendered female, born in the 70s to hippie parents, raised in the Gen X era. A prolific dreamer, an old soul, a spirit having a human experience.
In my previous career as an interior designer for nearly twenty years, I learned to see themes underneath what was being said. Walking alongside my clients (mostly women and couples in mid-life or therabouts) during distress, when their homes were in upheaval and everything was messy and anxiety-provoking. One of the many hats I wore was that of a vision holder and honest and trustworthy guide.
These are skills I carry into my work as a creative therapist.
My training is in expressive arts therapy, which uses a non-pathologizing lens of creativity—drama, movement, visual art, writing, somatic intuition—as an inroads to working with the psyche. It is a holistic way to approach challenges as teachers, to dialogue with them, feel into them, and learn about ourselves. Every problem contains a gift (a lesson) if we are willing to do the work of discovery.
Education
Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology in Expressive Arts Therapy
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA.
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
Sessions are available in person in Oakland (Montclair Village) and online via Zoom.
Individual sessions: $175 for 50 minutes.
Couples sessions: $225 for 50 minutes.
I accept Aetna, Carralon, and Telus Health insurance. For all others, I can provide a superbill for you to submit to your insurance company.
Sliding scale fees are available. Please inquire.
Let’s see if we’re a good fit.
I offer free 15 minute consultations where you can tell me about your therapy goals, ask questions, and I can describe what I offer. These consultations are a perfect opportunity for us to get a sense of each other and see if we have healing chemistry. Please book a consultation using the button below.