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Micaela Magazzu-Alaman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and Colorado. Micaela works with children (7 years old and up), adolescents, adults, and families to live the life they want to live. Micaela is exceptionally knowledgeable and sensitive to clients struggling with anxiety, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BRFBs, such as trichotillomania and skin-picking disorders), work/school stress, depression, ADHD, major life transitions, burnout, Highly Sensitive Person Trait (HSP), and women's issues.
Micaela works from a systemic frame of reference and considers the whole family in treatment. She is a collaborative clinician who will help people tap into their current resources and build new skill sets to overcome life’s obstacles. Micaela's theoretical approach to therapy includes mindfulness, Feminist Family Therapy approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), as well as Play Therapy approaches for her younger clients. Micaela has specialized training in DBT and CBT approaches and best practices for working with individuals with BFRBs. Through Micaela's clinical expertise and therapeutic relationship with her clients, individuals and families can build mindfulness skills, learn ways to regulate emotions, tolerate distress, communicate effectively with family and friends, and ultimately live the life they want.
Dedicated to fostering social justice and inclusivity, Micaela is an ally of the LGBTQ+ community and advocates for racial justice. She also affirms neurodiversity and promotes a sex-positive and body-positive environment. Micaela actively works to challenge and divest from practices and norms within the mental health field that uphold oppressive systems and supremacy culture, embrace a liberation-oriented approach, and prioritize cultural humility within her practice.
Micaela offers remote telehealth sessions across California and Colorado to allow flexibility and convenience so therapy can fit into your busy life.
Years of Experience: 9 years
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Skin picking (excoriation) - Support around tolerating anxiety, stress, and boredom; reduction or elimination of compulsive skin-picking behaviors; strategies for developing alternative coping mechanisms.
Trichotillomania (hair pulling) - Support around tolerating anxiety, stress, and boredom; reduction or elimination of compulsive hair-pulling behaviors; strategies for developing alternative coping mechanisms.
Burnout - Managing and recovering from stressors that lead to feelings of decreased motivation and disconnection from the self; practicing effective self-care and finding ways to relax both physically and mentally
Stress management - Strengthening effective ways of coping with the stress of life and change; managing expectations of self and others
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
Micaela Magazzu-Alaman is not in-network with any insurances.
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I offer sliding scale options for individuals experiencing financial hardship and are unable to use Superbills with their insurance. Ensuring transparency and fairness in billing practices is central to my approach, and I'm dedicated to making therapy as accessible as possible. Feel free to contact me to explore sliding scale options that align with your needs.