Trauma therapy that moves through, not around.
Doctoral-level (PhD/PsyD) psychologists treating trauma & ptsd for people
in Fresno and across the Central Valley — online, in-network, and usually with no waitlist. Specialist care can be thin on the ground in the Central Valley — telehealth puts a doctoral-level psychologist within reach no matter where in Fresno you are.
The thing that happened isn't in the past the way it should be — it's in your sleep, your startle, the situations you quietly avoid. Trauma isn't weakness and it isn't permanent. It's a nervous system stuck in a loop that the right treatment can close.
Trauma & PTSD therapy, explained.
Trauma keeps the body braced for a danger that's already over. Our psychologists use the treatments with the strongest evidence for PTSD: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to work through the beliefs the trauma left behind, and Prolonged Exposure (PE) to take the charge out of the memory so it stops running your day. You set the pace. We work in a way that respects your nervous system — the goal is to feel more in control, not to relive the worst day of your life on command.
Trauma & PTSD therapy in Fresno.
The Central Valley works hard and often gets overlooked — agriculture, long hours, and a culture where “toughing it out” is the default answer to struggling.
Specialist mental-health care has long been harder to find in the Valley than on the coast. Telehealth puts a doctoral-level psychologist within reach of Fresno without a drive to the Bay or LA. Every one of our
psychologists is licensed in California and sees clients across Fresno County — the Tower District, Clovis, northeast Fresno, and the surrounding Valley towns —
by secure video. Where you are in Fresno decides the view out your window during session, not whether
you can get trauma & ptsd care.
What trauma & ptsd therapy here looks like.
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) — evidence-based, structured, and time-limited
- Prolonged Exposure when appropriate, always at a pace you control
- A trauma-informed clinician who treats your context as central, not background
Who you’d work with.
Dr. Jessica Habashy
Dr. Maria Meinerding
Dr. Sara Chamberlin
