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Serena Todd MFT is a Psychotherapist practicing in Santa Barbara, California. She has worked with severely emotionally abused children, children with substance abuse disorders and adults suffering from major mental illnesses.  She is experienced with critical incident stress debriefing and that has led her to her interest in CRM.  She has recently begun to include this highly effective style of therapy in her practice.  Please be in touch for further information on her practice.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional who finds great joy in assisting people during trying times back into a healthier and happier life. I have a warm and non-judgemental approach that provides an opportunity to adress both short and long term goals, crisis situations, and long-term underlying issues. I help my clients explore their past and how it is showing up in their present. Working with those struggling after trauma led me to become a Comprehensive Resource Model Professional. I am also EMDR Trained (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).  My work focuses on major issues including couples and families in crisis, intimacy issues, eating disorders, anxiety and depression, and victims of violent acts to name a few.
I have a passion for working with all ages, races, cultures and orientations. I incorporate guided imagery, art, and play therapy techniques into my sessions. My goal is to help individuals, couples, and families to release their traumas without overwhelming them, to help them find healthier ways of communicating and regain the ability to live with themselves as well as others.
“…be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.” ~(NIV) 2 Chronicles 15:7

We as human beings are the result of the experiences of our lives even from before birth to present. Sometimes, some of these experiences are so destructive that they impact our lives in such a way that we feel trapped, without knowing what to do. In turn, these feelings negatively alter the way we relate to others and ourselves and produce symptoms of depression; anxiety; insecurity; panic attacks; and compulsive, controlling, aggressive or abusive behaviors. All these symptoms are defensive reactions and indicative that something, deep inside us is not well and that we need help.

My passion is to help you free yourself from the root of these symptoms so that you can reach your full potential, considering the connections between body, mind, and spirit. I am committed to providing you with a warm, safe and compassionate environment. In this process, I work with you through the Comprehensive Resource Model.

CRM is a model of advanced therapy for the treatment of traumatic situations (victim of crime, domestic violence, infidelity, abandonment, attachment disruptions or another type of abuse) that leave us stuck and stunt healthy emotional growth & personal development. I specialize in providing therapy for children, adolescents, adults, couples & families. I also teach parenting classes.