Capitola Counseling

Nestled in the heart of Santa Cruz County is a counseling office that is very special. With over 60 years of combined experience these two licensed therapists are each highly trained and qualified in their respective fields. Both Elizabeth and Tricia have worked with hundreds of satisfied clients over the years to assist them in changing their lives and cultivating coping skills that translate into feelings of wholeness and well being.

We are here to meet your individual needs and support you in creating the unique life that fits who you are today and at the same time provide you with the necessary tools and skills to continue growing and changing as you move along your own life journey!
In our professional experience we have each learned that although there can be many different therapeutic approaches, each approach ultimately leads to an overall sense of freedom, empowerment and wholeness. Our mutual expertise allows us to discern and develop with each client over the first few sessions a working therapeutic plan utilizing various proven counseling approaches that will bring about the most effective and expedient change while at the same time respectfully and sensitively considering each client’s unique needs, history and background. Counseling and life changes require a mutual relationship of trust, caring and respect between each therapist and individual client. Capitola Counseling was envisioned and created by both therapists as a place to guarantee this level of safety and confidentiality while at the same time offering a beautiful and serene setting for clients to begin to explore and remove the inner blocks that prevent them from becoming and living their fullest potential.
You will find our approach to be eclectic, practical and results-oriented with an emphasis on identifying core issues. Through our many years of experience, each of us has become adept at helping each client to identify and gently navigate their way through the myriad opportunities that life presents for personal growth and change. Oftentimes this process involves deep spiritual and personal growth that is reflected in the very fabric of each client’s life, work and relationships. At Capitola Counseling we are definitely experienced agents of growth and change. Welcome to our practice.
We help clients create thriving relationships with themselves and those they love.
There is no single counseling approach that works for all situations. We believe that it is important to meet clients where they are and honor each client’s place along the path as well as their desired pace along the path.
Is my relationship going to last? How do I express my needs without risking the loss of my relationship? How can we learn to communicate so that we really listen and hear one another? What do I do with all the rage and resentment bottled up inside me? I feel like I’m losing it! Why do I feel so trapped in my relationship? Why do I feel so overwhelmed and stuck in my life? How come I feel so sad and overwhelmed by grief ? Why do I have so much trouble sleeping? How can I cope with my depression and anxiety? I feel like I have no control over my life! Who am I meant to be in this world? What is my purpose in life? What do I need to do to lose weight?
If you have asked yourself one or all of these questions, Capitola Counseling will help you find the answers. We are each very experienced and highly trained therapists. Elizabeth is a licenced marriage and family therapist and Tricia is a board certified clinical hypnotherapist. They each understand that personal wellness is a necessity for couples and individuals desiring to live a healthier and more joyful life.
Both Elizabeth and Tricia represent a Humanistic approach in their work with clients utilizing techniques that draw from Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral, Jungian, Gestalt, Depth Oriented, Transpersonal, Inner Child and NLP,(Neuro Lingusitic Programming) in each of their respective psychotherapy and hypnotherapy practices.