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Therapy in Orange County

Feeling anxious, depressed, or stressed?

I can help you beat anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. I'm Yaffa Balsam, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Orange County. I have over 20 years of experience, and use several different kinds of therapy to help you beat your problems in the way that's best for you.

I am also a divorce coach, can help guide you through loss and grief, an expert on step-parenting and remarriage, and can help weaken trauma's hold on your life.

I also run a free support group for anxiety & depression.

Anxiety, Depression, & Therapy Blog Posts

Therapy: What’s Luck Got to Do with It?

Luck is the ability to open yourself to new opportunities (Richard Wiseman, The Luck Factor). Sounds easy, right? Sure, once you get past some hurdles. Many of them. Significant ones. What separates the lucky from the frustrated? Is our fate in our hands, or is it just the luck of the draw? Characteristics of “lucky” [...]
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Loneliness & Depression: A Rock and a Hard Place

Loneliness is painful, isolating, and consuming. It also puts your health at risk. It and Depression also amplify one another.

Take the following baby steps to beat loneliness and start feeling connected again...

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Happiness Is Within Your Reach

Do you know someone who is happy? Do you know why? Whether you believe someone to be happy because of wealth, a great relationship, a fulfilling career, or more so, in spite of difficulties with the above, understanding and learning how one is happy, while another in similar circumstances is not, is worth exploring. 50% [...]
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