Dr. Desheane Newman

I am a Black, Queer Psychologist with a gentle soul and excellent training in psychology, including a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Palo Alto University - Mountain View Campus. I work with people from all backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, races, genders, sexualities, and abilities along the full spectrum of the diverse and interwoven human tapestry. I am experienced in individual, group, and couples psychotherapy. I work with adults facing depression, anxiety, trauma, as well as grief and loss, and relationship conflicts at work, in the family, and among intimate partners. I have often helped those dealing with issues of identity and marginality, and those carrying excessive stress in its various forms, including the misuse of substances and other behavioral challenges

I work using an integrative lens, with training and experience in various evidence-based practices, including acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. I will work with you to identify the ways in which you want to heal and how you can get there. I am intentional about connecting and understanding how psychotherapy and evidence-based care practices can best help you. As we work together toward your healing, I will listen to you and welcome your feedback, recognize your strengths and vulnerabilities, and support you according to your goals, values, and hopes. I aim to help you inhabit a more full, authentic, fulfilling, life, less encumbered by symptoms and burdens that are not your own.

I am committed to creating a therapeutic space that is welcoming, warm, authentic, supportive, and caring - and, at times, appropriately challenging. I focus on developing a strong therapeutic relationship, based in compassion. I strive to understand the struggles you may be experiencing in the context of your identity and the communities in which you live. I work diligently with you to come to know your world and what might help you understand, heal, recover, grow, and learn more coping skills that can lead to a more fulfilling life that is your own, and shared with those you value and who support you