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You're smart, successful and self-aware.

So why do you still feel like you're too much, not enough, or somehow getting relationships wrong?

Therapy for high achievers who are done settling.

"After our time together, I have more skills to respond to life challenges. I understand myself better, and am able to respond and connect better to those close to me."

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-M, former client

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When Insight Isn't Enough

You can name every pattern.

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You know exactly where it comes from.

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Yet nothing changes.

"The toolkit we built in our time together has lasted years beyond our work — after many clinicians who simply handed me solutions without challenging me to do the work myself."

 

-Tara, former client

Hi, I'm Tessa

Most of my clients are thoughtful, capable people who look like they're doing well — but privately feel stuck, disconnected, or harder on themselves than anyone else could ever be.

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I know this territory from the inside out.

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I've spent a lot of my life asking the questions my clients ask me: how hard is too hard? We know relationships take work. But how do you know when something is genuinely hard versus quietly wrong? I didn't always know the answer. I've navigated more than my share of relationships —romantic, professional, friendships — where I looked fine on the outside and felt lost within.

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That experience is part of why I do this work. Not because I've got it all figured out, but because I know what it's like to be self-aware and still stuck. To understand yourself and still repeat the same painful patterns.

 

If that sounds like you, you've come to the right place.

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Ready to Talk?

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"I'm in the place I am in my life today because of the work I have done with Tessa. The tools and reframes I learned from her are ones I rely on every day."​

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-Vica, former client

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Tessa Sinclair (she/her) 
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #116943
Serving clients across California via telehealth

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