Dana Takamoto, PsyD(She/Her/Hers)

You may feel emotionally exhausted from constantly overthinking, people-pleasing, carrying the weight of relationships, or trying to hold everything together while feeling disconnected inside. Perhaps you struggle with anxiety, self-criticism, fear of abandonment, difficulty trusting others, or repeating painful relationship patterns you cannot fully explain. Even when life appears “fine” on the outside, you may feel stuck, unseen, emotionally reactive, or unsure how to create lasting change.

Dr. Dana works with adults and couples seeking deeper healing from attachment wounds, unresolved childhood experiences, and patterns that no longer serve them. Her approach is warm, relational, and trauma-informed, integrating attachment-based therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed work, inner child healing, psychodynamic therapy, CBT, and somatic awareness. She helps clients better understand the protective parts of themselves that developed through past experiences and may still be influencing their emotions, relationships, and sense of self today.

Therapy with Dr. Dana focuses on helping clients feel emotionally safe, more connected to themselves, and better able to build healthier relationships, boundaries, and coping patterns. For clients who desire it, Christian faith and spirituality can also be thoughtfully integrated into the therapeutic process. Dr. Dana offers virtual therapy sessions throughout California.