Therapy for Residents of Redwood City

Therapy for Adults near Redwood City, CA

Redwood City has changed significantly in recent years. A wave of younger professionals, tech workers, and ambitious career-builders has brought new energy — and new pressure — to a community that is remaking itself in real time. Building a career and a life in one of the most competitive regions in the world is genuinely demanding work. The cost of living is high, the expectations are higher, and the sense that everyone around you is moving fast and achieving more is a persistent backdrop to daily life.

For many adults at this stage, anxiety is less about catastrophic fear and more about chronic low-level stress — the difficulty of keeping up, the pressure to perform, the nagging sense that you should be further along than you are. Depression can arrive quietly alongside it, as sustained effort without sufficient recovery gradually depletes the resources that make life feel meaningful.

These are real and common experiences, and they respond well to the right kind of support. I work with adults who are ready to understand what is driving their anxiety or low mood — and to build practical, evidence-based skills for managing it more effectively.

My practice is located in Menlo Park, easily accessible from Redwood City. I offer in-person sessions at my office, and telehealth sessions for clients who prefer the flexibility of meeting from home or while traveling.

A free 15-minute consultation is a simple, no-pressure way to explore whether we might work well together.

Specialties

Anxiety Therapy

Are you tired of the alarm bells of anxiety constantly going off in your head?

Depression Therapy

Do you often feel sad and alone, even when you’re around other people?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of counseling that can help you become more aware of your own thought patterns and understand how they might not reflect reality.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a form of psychotherapy that is based on the idea that two opposing things can be true at once.

My Office

Beverly Leftwich Counseling,
120B Santa Margarita Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025

650-620-0171

Hours

Monday - Friday

10am - 6pm

 

Driving Directions from Redwood City

  1. Start by heading southeast on El Camino Real (CA-82) from downtown Redwood City.

  2. Continue on El Camino Real for approximately 3 miles, passing by the historic Menlo Park Caltrain Station on your right.

  3. Turn right onto Ravenswood Avenue.

  4. Proceed on Ravenswood Avenue, passing the Church of the Nativity on your left.

  5. Turn left onto Laurel Street.

  6. Turn right onto Santa Margarita Avenue.

  7. Arrive at 120B Santa Margarita Avenue Suite 211, which will be on your right.