Therapy2Thrive®

…Pleasanton family counseling, the concept of building on your courage, your strength and your hope for healing

Pleasanton Family Counseling

Therapy2Thrive® supports the family’s overall health and well-being through skill development and shared growth

Individual Counseling

Therapy2Thrive® Pleasanton counselors provide individuals with thoughtful, practical and supportive guidance

Pleasanton Marriage Counseling

Therapy2Thrive® uses the latest marital research and methods to support couples in creating a relationship that can stand the test of time

Teen Counseling

Therapy2Thrive® Pleasanton teen counselors work with teens to support their development of themselves while still maintaining their relationship to their families

Pleasanton Child Counseling

We interact with your child’s inner world through the use of “Play Therapy” to help children cope with difficult emotions, create solutions to their problems, and develop healthy self-esteem

Family Counseling at Therapy2Thrive® Pleasanton

Pleasanton marriage and family therapists and counselors at Therapy2Thrive® of the Ruby Hill Counseling Center, Inc. provide a compassionate and caring family counseling approach. We focus on the relationship you build with your Pleasanton counselor as a key to develop the trust and foundation to be able to make the choices and changes you want to make to reach your goals.

Family counseling at Therapy2Thrive® Pleasanton is intended to assist you in building your strength and courage to manage personal pain, and build strength from surviving to thriving as you define these concepts in your life. Therapy2Thrive® includes assessment, treatment planning, goals and interventions developed on a case by case basis. Your treatment is based on your individual needs. We provide a counseling and therapy approach that is client-centered and results-oriented. Committed to learning and applying the most up-to-date research based methods in the field of psychotherapy.

The mission of Therapy2Thrive® is to provide clients with a therapeutic relationship that provides thoughtful, caring foundation that builds trust and safety for our clients. Therapy2Thrive® works with our clients with practical research based counseling skills and interventions to assist people in making choices to lead to more joy and less distress.

All Therapy2Thrive® licensed counselors and registered associates in Pleasanton address people’s concerns in a compassionate and results-oriented manner. Individual and Family counseling often requires the sharing of personal and private details and your comfort with whom you work is extremely important to us. We invite you to explore our website to learn more about us and the family counseling services we provide in our Pleasanton counseling center.

Pleasanton family counselor

Therapy2Thrive® is the concept of building on your courage, your strength and your hope for healing

Does T2T accept insurance? How does insurance work?

Therapy2Thrive® Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists can accept insurance as out-of-network providers. Therapy2Thrive® counseling center in Pleasanton will provide you with a Super Bill for you to submit to your insurance company in order to receive reimbursement. Another option to consider is submitting the Super Bill to your Flexible spending account as some companies may provide reimbursement for therapeutic services.

Therapy2Thrive® therapists support a philosophy where you make the choice in therapist and the length of treatment without the intrusiveness of an insurance company’s oversight.  As a result, Therapy2Thrive® counseling center Pleasanton does not hold contracts with any insurance medical plans, preserving your privacy to choose the therapist that best fits your needs and to decide on both the type and length of treatment that supports you meeting your counseling goals.

Therapy2Thrive® Marriage and Family Registered Associates are ineligible to provide insurance services due to their pre-licensure status.

Notice about this Challenging Time

Therapy2Thrive® Ruby Hill Counseling Center, Inc. is open during this challenging time as mental health is an essential service. We offer online HIPPA compliant video conferencing and phone and/or FaceTime options depending on your needs. If you are a new client, please contact us by phone or via email through our website email contact.

Please check our blogs. We are offering a series on coping during this challenging time.

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Our Pleasanton Counselors

Kelly Shah, MA, LMFT #107969

Kelly Shah, MA, LMFT #107969

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Kelly specializes in working with youth, individuals and families to help empower and bring healthy balance and harmony into daily living. With a deep understanding and appreciation for the complexities of human nature and relationships, Kelly utilizes a collaborative, culturally sensitive and strengths-based approach to the therapeutic process to meet each person where they are at and help identify strengths in moving towards personal wellness and self-growth. She integrates techniques from many clinical strategies including Play Therapy, Family Systems, Person-Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness all tailored to suit the needs a diverse range of client(s).
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Annie Chen, MS, AMFT# 122425  APCC# 8737

Annie Chen, MS, AMFT# 122425 APCC# 8737

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor

Annie has been working with diverse populations, including individual adults, couples, children, adolescents, families, and parenting skill groups with parents in the Bay Area for several years. She is a practitioner becoming certified in DDP-Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, also known as AFFT-Attachment-Focused Family Therapy. She was also well-trained and experienced in Play Therapy, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), Theraplay, and Behavioral Psychotherapy.

More about Annie…

Nicole Manning, AMFT# 147110

Nicole Manning, AMFT# 147110

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

Nicole Manning specializes in working with first responders, utilizing her personal experience in the field to provide tailored interventions for stress management and trauma recovery. She offers individualized treatment plans focusing on anxiety, anger management, and boundary establishment. Nicole uses evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Prescriptive Play Therapy (PPT), and Eco-Systematic Structural Family Therapy (ESFT) with her clients.

More about Nicole…

Leslie Baker, MA, LMFT, NCC, RPT-S #28252

Leslie Baker, MA, LMFT, NCC, RPT-S #28252

National Certified Counselor, Certified Gottman Therapist, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor

Leslie is the Owner/Director of Therapy2Thrive® Ruby Hill Marriage & Family Counseling Center in Pleasanton CA. She provides compassionate, practical and solution-oriented psychotherapy for families, individuals, couples, teens and children. She provides safe, supportive, evidenced based, results-oriented sessions that help to reduce symptoms, increase resilience.

She is a Certified Gottman Therapist and a Gottman Educator. She is also has special training as a Play therapist and utilizes art, play and sand tray techniques to allow children, teens, adult and couples to utilize expressive arts & play to assist in healing.

More about Leslie…

Therapy2Thrive Counseling Center Pleasanton

Life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

~ Maya Angelou

Individual Counseling

Our Pleasanton counselors are here to help you sort out your options, make your own choices, and increase the satisfaction your receive from connecting with yourself and others.

Couples Counseling

Our Pleasanton couples counselors use Gottman method to support couples toward becoming closer friends, managing conflict, and creating shared hopes and dreams in the future of the marriage

Child Counseling

Our child therapist in Pleasanton interacts with your child’s inner world through the strategic use of imaginary play, art, games and, other symbolic activities

Teen Counseling

Our Pleasanton teen counselors work with teens to support their development of themselves while still maintaining their relationship to their families

Family Counseling

Our Pleasanton family therapist work to foster and support good communication within the family so problems get solved and conflicts are addressed

LGBTQ Ally

Our Pleasanton counselor facilitates a setting that is LGBTQ friendly. We welcome you to contact us for questions about our experience working with the community.

Therapy2Thrive® brings Hope for Healing

Our counselors at Therapy2Thrive® provide compassionate, practical, and evidenced based practices to assist you in the therapeutic process to meet your goals and find hope to heal the challenges you are facing.

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