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Welcome To Creating Lasting Connections Therapy Center
Vera Velini, M.A., LMFT, is a clinical member of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT), Santa Clara Valley CAMFT Chapter, and The International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT).
After years of managing various family businesses, teaching, and practicing psychotherapy, I bring skills, experience and dedication to the Creating Lasting Connections Therapy Center. CLC Therapy Center was born out of a need and passion to provide evidence based solutions for people from all walks of life. We recognize that the path to success, relationships, and self-fulfillment is best achieved with the help of a professional. Our goal is to help you create happier, healthier, and more meaningful lives.
The quality of our relationships with our family, significant other, and ourselves has profound impacts on our lives. We recognize that every client already has everything they need for their own healing and growth. We assist your transformation by helping you gain access to your personal resources to successfully overcome your challenges. We accomplish this by getting clients to value themselves, to find their strengths and unlock their dreams, whilst guiding them through their own process of self-actualization. Most importantly, we achieve this in a safe, non-judgmental, and confident environment using the best techniques science has to offer.
Regardless of the challenges you face, we are here to help you create positive lasting change, connections, and love in your relationships. We do this by discovering and reaching your true potential. We welcome the opportunity to facilitate your journey towards creating more of the life you desire.
May you be happy, healthy, and filled with joy and peace!
Yours Truly,
Biography
Vera Velini is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC# 81970), K-12 and adult learner educator, behavioral health educator, personal coach, and the founder of Creating Lasting Connections Therapy Center. In the past several years, upon graduating from Santa Clara University with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Vera has worked in various residential and community treatment centers in the Bay Area. Her extensive experience includes providing Individual Therapy with Teens and Adults, Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Case Management and In-Home Family Coaching. Vera also facilitates Stress Management, Life-Work Balance, Assertiveness, Communication Skills & Mindfulness workshops and trainings in the Bay Area. Vera has been also developing curricula and teaching various Behavioral Health Education Classes for Kaiser Permanente Behavior Health Department, South Bay Worksite Wellness program and Adult Psychiatry Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) unit. For more information about current workshops/trainings Click Here
Over the course of years, Vera has trained with many widely regarded experts in the field of Couples Therapy, Addictions & Co-Dependency, Trauma & Abuse, Grief & Loss and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. Vera has an extensive training in various research and evidence based approaches to therapy including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Motivational Interviewing, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT). While she draws from the insights and techniques of a variety of psychological theories, Vera offers an integrative holistic approach and supportive environment to meet your unique needs and goals.
Having lived and studied in Europe, Vera has also spent years studying and conducting research on psychosocial adjustment issues and acculturation issues of international students and immigrants. She offers a competent multicultural view in her warm, empathic, and interactive approach with clients of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Vera speaks several foreign languages and besides English, she offers counseling in Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian.
In her free time, Vera enjoys spending time with her family and friends, practices mindfulness and yoga, plays tennis, and travels.
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Creating Lasting Connections Therapy Center proudly serves the residents and companies of the greater San Francisco Bay Area: San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Campbell, Los Gatos, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Mateo, San Carlos, Burlingame, Daly City, and San Francisco.
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