Angelyne Arellano(She/Her/Hers)

Angelyne Arellano is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist located in Oakland, CA. She is bilingual in Tagalog and English. Angelyne supports clients as they face anxiety, depression, loneliness, or heavy feelings of shame. Many of her clients have difficulty believing that they deserve to feel happy. This can often lead to isolation or distress when in social situations, which can then cause relationship conflicts with loved ones. Angelyne works with her clients to do away with their shame and feel engaged and excited about their lives.

Angelyne offers clients the opportunity to develop their coping skills while in session. She encourages clients to practice skills like deep breathing, distraction, or body scanning in moments of distress to help manage their emotional reactions. Clients learn techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), which emphasize the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Angelyne also practices The Gottman Method with couples, helping them grow deeper bonds based on emotional understanding. Angelyne supports clients as they look back on their previous experiences and relationships, including the ones with their early caregivers, and make connections to how they impacted their adult lives.

Angelyne earned a Master’s degree in Counseling with a specialization in Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy and Rehabilitation Therapy. She is passionate about promoting mental health and therapy with diverse cultures, including the Filipino and Asian American culture. Her goal is to empower clients to let go of their shame and feel confident navigating their lives.