About Us
Paul O'Donnell, LMFT
MFC35466
MFC35466
paulodonnellmft@gmail.com
Paul O’Donnell has an established private practice in Stockton, CA. His 25 years of experience in mental health brought a rich and varied background to the community. Paul emphasizes reconciling relationship issues and translating trauma into strength, along with his general practice.
He specializes in EMDR therapy, an effective method of treating anger, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, trauma, and life’s challenges. Paul is a certified level II EMDR therapist and uses this effective method of treatment extensively in his private practice.
He is certified in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, a protocol used for recent life threatening experiences, and spends time in the community helping people who have experienced life threatening incidences in the work place.
Paul is also specially trained as a mediator to work as a Professional Coach in the Collaborative Divorce Process. With over 36 hours of training in mediation he works closely with couples, attorneys, and families to help them negotiate the emotional depths of the divorce process. In this role as a collaborative coach he aids in communication process during a team approach to respectful, low impact divorces. He also contributes to the collaborative profession as a Child Specialist with his extensive background working in the children's system of mental health care as a family therapist.
Paul has extensive experience working with families, reunification, parenting issues, and children’s issues, as well as trauma in both adults and children from life experiences, relationships, and life threatening events.
He specializes in EMDR therapy, an effective method of treating anger, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, trauma, and life’s challenges. Paul is a certified level II EMDR therapist and uses this effective method of treatment extensively in his private practice.
He is certified in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, a protocol used for recent life threatening experiences, and spends time in the community helping people who have experienced life threatening incidences in the work place.
Paul is also specially trained as a mediator to work as a Professional Coach in the Collaborative Divorce Process. With over 36 hours of training in mediation he works closely with couples, attorneys, and families to help them negotiate the emotional depths of the divorce process. In this role as a collaborative coach he aids in communication process during a team approach to respectful, low impact divorces. He also contributes to the collaborative profession as a Child Specialist with his extensive background working in the children's system of mental health care as a family therapist.
Paul has extensive experience working with families, reunification, parenting issues, and children’s issues, as well as trauma in both adults and children from life experiences, relationships, and life threatening events.
Cathy O'Donnell, LMFT
MFC34715
cathylmft@gmail.com
Cathy O'Donnell has established herself in the field of mental health over the past 23 years working primarily with couples, teens, and adult individuals. Her general practice provides relationship work, services for life's stressers and transitions, and for past emotional injuries.
Along with general psychotherapy, there are two main areas of specialization and training available to clients. These are in collaborative divorce or mediation, and EMDR therapy for big or little traumas.
If you are contemplating a divorce, Cathy O'Donnell can help couples through the process by co-mediating with a specially trained collaborative attorney. This is a service provided to couples, rather than individuals, as a way to help couples negotiate the resolution of their marriage in a peaceful, low impact manner.
Cathy can also help you to design your parenting plan for after the divorce, help with parenting issues, and help your children with their adjustments to the divorce.
Collaborative Divorce Coaching and Child Specialist are also areas that Cathy has attained special training. She is a certified mediator focusing on the helping people through the dissolution process to find win win solutions.This approach to a very difficult time in people's lives can be extremely helpful by assisting people in maintaining dignity throughout the process. She is a presenter in the Divorce Options Workshops and volunteers on the Sacramento group's Board of Directors.
Another area of marriage dissolution that Cathy O'Donnell can help with is the separation of personal properties. She works closely with couples to help them establish agreements that both people are satisfied with. The emotional overload from ending a marriage can be especially difficult while trying to divide possessions.
In the area of trauma, Cathy is specially trained and certified as a level II EMDR therapist to help people overcome past traumas, whether large or small, or relationship based trauma. She also uses EMDR to help people stenghthen their sense of self-worth and self-esteem.
She is certified in the Mitchell Model of Critical Stress Debriefing to assist with the communities immediate needs after a traumatic event. She leads groups and sees individuals in both the public and private sector after traumatic incidences occur.
Along with general psychotherapy, there are two main areas of specialization and training available to clients. These are in collaborative divorce or mediation, and EMDR therapy for big or little traumas.
If you are contemplating a divorce, Cathy O'Donnell can help couples through the process by co-mediating with a specially trained collaborative attorney. This is a service provided to couples, rather than individuals, as a way to help couples negotiate the resolution of their marriage in a peaceful, low impact manner.
Cathy can also help you to design your parenting plan for after the divorce, help with parenting issues, and help your children with their adjustments to the divorce.
Collaborative Divorce Coaching and Child Specialist are also areas that Cathy has attained special training. She is a certified mediator focusing on the helping people through the dissolution process to find win win solutions.This approach to a very difficult time in people's lives can be extremely helpful by assisting people in maintaining dignity throughout the process. She is a presenter in the Divorce Options Workshops and volunteers on the Sacramento group's Board of Directors.
Another area of marriage dissolution that Cathy O'Donnell can help with is the separation of personal properties. She works closely with couples to help them establish agreements that both people are satisfied with. The emotional overload from ending a marriage can be especially difficult while trying to divide possessions.
In the area of trauma, Cathy is specially trained and certified as a level II EMDR therapist to help people overcome past traumas, whether large or small, or relationship based trauma. She also uses EMDR to help people stenghthen their sense of self-worth and self-esteem.
She is certified in the Mitchell Model of Critical Stress Debriefing to assist with the communities immediate needs after a traumatic event. She leads groups and sees individuals in both the public and private sector after traumatic incidences occur.