Marriage and Relationship Counseling Services Los Gatos
I am a licensed psychologist, counselor, and psychotherapist serving people in Los Gatos, San Jose, Saratoga, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Santa Cruz and Campbell, California, and have four areas of expertise that have evolved from my 25 years of clinical experience.
- Individual Counseling & Therapy
- Relationship & Marriage Counseling
- Teen Counseling
- Family Counseling
Common skills I teach Individuals, Couples and Teens include:
- Effective communication skills
- Life-enhancing friendship skills
- Strategies for getting things done
- Overcoming passivity/becoming proactive
- Creating healthy balance in life
- Overcoming defensive reactions
- Negotiating disagreement effectively
- Moving out of overwhelm to feeling in charge
- Resolving grief from the loss of a friend, relative, pet or divorce
- Moving from lethargy to empowerment
- Resolving family of origin issues
- Learning the power and peace of meditation
- Cultivating empathy
- Compassionate communication
- Learning life-enhancing ways of thinking
- The art of cognitive/behavioral therapy
- Learning to play and have fun
- Learning strategies to focus and reduce distractions
- Organization skills for home, work and school
Dr. Wolters has worked with football players over the years and was the team psychologist for the Harbor High football team when she lived in Santa Cruz. Recently Patrice has been working with players from the 49ers, assisting them with relationship and family of origin issues. She has also worked with talented basketball players, soccer players and students of dance and the performing art. Patrice taught Salsa to high risk teen mothers when she worked for Stanford and continues to enjoy ballroom dancing, hiking and doing Yoga regularly.