Dexter Young, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Oakland, CA
Online only
About me
Now accepting new clients for online sessions. Free 30 minute consultation.
22 years of experience in the SF Bay Area mental health community. Licensed therapist since 2006. Also previously worked as a social worker with UCSF.
Trained in EMDR, Trauma-informed therapy, DBT, EFT and basic IFS. Currently serving all residents of California via tele-therapy.
Let's identify how to help you manage your mental health better, develop tools for coping with anxiety, stress and relationship issues.
Will come up with a short-term treatment plan to help you connect with resources and support you already have and develop it more through the course of therapy.
Please ask me any questions about therapy, my approach and let me know how I can best help you. You got this and good that you are reaching out!
License
License(s)
Education
California Institute of Integral Studies
Fees and insurance
Cost per session
$150 - $250Sliding scale
YesAccepted payment methods
- Check
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Paypal
- Zelle
- Venmo
- Credit Card
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Accepted credit cards
- Visa
- Mastercard
- American Express
- Discover
Specialties and clinical interests
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Gender Identity
- Grief & Loss
- Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs)
- Internet/Social Media Addiction
- LGBTQIA+
- Race-Based Traumatic Stress (RBTS)
- Relationships
- Self-Esteem
- Stress/Stress Management
- Suicidality
- Suicide Loss
- Trauma & PTSD
Therapy types
- Art Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Mindfulness
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
- Trauma-Informed Therapy
Community specialties
- LGBTQIA+
- Biracial
- Trauma Survivors
- Immigrants
- Asian
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Faith-based specialties
- Buddhism
Licensed to see clients in
Years in practice
Service types
- Therapy / Counseling
Types of clients
- Adults (18+)
- Older Adults (65+)
- Individuals
- Couples
Languages
- Tagalog
- English
- Chinese
Website and social media