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Tova Feldmanstern, LCSW
Therapy for Individuals
Couples and Families​
​Through Secure Video
Platform or by Phone

Located in N. Berkeley/Albany
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Reclaim Your Story: Reshape Your Life

Even and especially during challenging times, your stories matter - the ones you hear, the ones you share, and the ones you tell yourself. You are writing the story of your life each day; anxiety and depression can make this process feel blocked, boring or even scary. I help people like yourself reclaim their stories and reshape their lives. 
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​Are you struggling to manage everything on your plate right now? ​Are feelings of grief, anxiety and/or self-doubt are making it hard to get through the day? Are you seeking better communication with loved ones and/or closer connection? Does hopelessness occasionally take hold, making you feel numb and affecting your eating or sleep? Do you often seek substances or screen-time as a means of escape?​

Hi, I am Tova Feldmanstern, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, relational therapist and trauma specialist located in Albany/Berkeley. I work with people to find greater ease, meaning and intimacy through attachment-focused, culturally-responsive therapy and mindfulness practices.

My Services

  • ​​I work with individuals to listen to, understand and harness their pain in order to access wellsprings of inner strength and peace.
  • I work with couples and families to do this individual work together, improve​ ​​communication and deepen connectivity. 
  • I draw upon many proven therapeutic tools including somatic awareness, psychodynamic theory, mindfulness based stress reduction and expressive arts. 
  • My practice affirms all genders, sexual and relationship orientations, races, cultures, faiths, abilities and bodies. It is my privilege to serve veterans, survivors, sex-workers and formerly incarcerated people. ​​


​My Areas of Expertise

​Traumatic Stress - I can help you mitigate the impact of traumatic stress on your psyche and relationships and develop the tools you need to restore your sense of safety, autonomy and meaning. 

Self-Acceptance and Self-Love - ​I can help you increase self-compassion and establish ongoing self-care habits.

Healthy Relationships - I can help you improve your communication skills, set healthy boundaries and learn to navigate dating and romantic relationships with greater spaciousness and ease. 

Addictive Patterns - Whether your addictive pattern involves substances or other activities, I can support you to find new coping methods and make the changes you feel are needed. 

Creativity and Self-Expression- I can help you work through impostor syndrome, creative blocks, performance anxiety, phobias and anything getting in the way of you living a fully expressed and creatively fulfilled life. 

Grief and Loss - Whether you are dealing with a death, illness/injury, the end of a relationship or an identity/career shift, loss brings up a lot - you don't have to go through it alone.

A former staff therapist in the Counseling Departments at UC Berkeley and San Jose State University, I  specialize in working with college and graduate students, educators, queer, transgender and non-binary clients, student veterans, trauma survivors, people in recovery and artists. 

​Good Faith Estimate
As of January 1st, 2022, a new federal law requires health care providers to give clients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.​ If you are already working with me, or are just beginning work with me, I will automatically provide you with a Good Faith Estimate after our first session, and each January thereafter, or at anytime you request one during our work together. If you are not using insurance to pay for therapy and are considering working with me and would like a Good Faith Estimate before beginning services, please ask me and I will provide one. For questions, or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, see my FAQ page, your Estimate, and/or visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.

Call Tova Feldmanstern, LCSW for a Free
15-Minute Consultation
​(510)-738-6990
​tova@tovafeldmansterntherapy.com