Context matters
Individual experience is understood alongside family, school, relationships, and life stage.
Psychologist · Sausalito, California
Therapy for adolescents, young adults, and families navigating change.
Thoughtful, grounded support for the moments when growing up, separating, or becoming a new kind of family feels more complicated than expected.
Practice availabilityCurrently maintaining a waitlist.
A grounded point of view
Families can be complicated without being “broken.”
Areas of focus
Support shaped around the transition in front of you.
Each stage asks something different of individuals and families. Therapy should begin by understanding that context.
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Adolescence
Helping teens and parents move through a demanding phase with more understanding and less conflict.
02Separated + Blended Families
Support for families adapting to new structures, roles, homes, and relationships.
03Early Adulthood
Making room for uncertainty while building identity, independence, and a workable direction.
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About Valerie
Experience with the person and the system around them.
My work is grounded in the belief that people make sense in context. With adolescents, young adults, and families, that means paying attention to relationships, transitions, and the expectations each person is carrying.
I bring a direct, engaged style to therapy while making room for complexity. The goal is not to assign blame or rush toward an easy answer, but to help people understand what is happening and find a more workable way forward.
Valerie Roberts, PsyD · California Licensed Psychologist PSY32131
Therapeutic style
Clear enough to be useful. Human enough to feel understood.
Direct, not prescriptive
Therapy can be candid and active without reducing complex situations to simple instructions.
Family-aware
When appropriate, the work makes space for the people and patterns surrounding the client.
Practical movement
Insight should translate into choices, communication, and a more sustainable way of responding.
Practice details
Know the practical things before reaching out.
- Location
- 3030 Bridgeway, Suite 425
Sausalito, CA 94965 - Availability
- Currently maintaining a waitlist
- Phone
- 415-446-9052
Common questions
A little clarity before first contact.
How do I know whether this is the right fit?
Review the areas of focus and therapeutic style, then reach out by email or phone. A first conversation can clarify whether Valerie's experience and approach match what you are looking for.
Do you work with parents as well as adolescents?
Family context is an important part of the work. The appropriate level of parent or caregiver involvement depends on the adolescent, the concern, and the goals of therapy.
Is the practice accepting new clients?
The practice is currently maintaining a waitlist. Contact Valerie directly for current availability and next-step information.
Contact
Start with a straightforward conversation.
Share only the information needed to make initial contact. Please do not use email for urgent or emergency concerns.
Areas of focus
Therapy grounded in the transition at hand.
Specific experience matters. So does seeing the full person, family, and context around the concern.
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Adolescence
Adolescence is hard for both teens and parents. The struggle can begin to outweigh the reward, making it difficult to remember how important and necessary this phase of life is.
The work helps families understand what is changing, reduce entrenched conflict, and move from simply trying to get through adolescence toward a more workable relationship.
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Separated + Blended Families
Families today take many forms. New homes, new roles, and new relationships can be meaningful and difficult at the same time. Complexity does not make a family broken.
Therapy offers room to understand loyalty conflicts, communication patterns, and the adjustments each family member is being asked to make.
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Early Adulthood
The transition from adolescence to adulthood brings its own uncertainty. Young adults can feel they are suddenly expected to know who they are and have the rest of life figured out.
Therapy can create space to examine identity, relationships, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and the practical demands of increasing independence.
Next step
Not sure where your concern fits?
A brief first contact can help clarify whether Valerie’s practice is the right place to begin.