Katharina Sandizell, MA, LMFT
Katharina is a licensed LMFT, Marriage-Family Therapist and Supervisor, specializing in Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT). She graduated from Columbia University in 1996 and has been a therapist for over 25 years. Katharina is certified with the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy as a therapist and supervisor. She is an informed sex therapist. In addition to couples, she works with families and individuals using the attachment-based approaches of EFCT, EFIT, EFFT, and AEDP on relationships, attachment issues, anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, and affair recovery.
Katharina is the clinical director of Love Frontier Therapy and she is a part of the Deliberate Practice Clinical Supervisory team at Sentio Counseling Center. Until 2018, Katharina was the director of the Couples Therapy Program at The Community Institute for Psychotherapy (CIP). She has been supervising and training other licensed Therapists, Associates, and Trainees for over a decade, as well as training them to become certified Emotionally Focused Couples, Family, and Individual Therapists.
Katharina is a member of The International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (ICEEFT), The Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (NCCEFT), The EFT Center of Los Angeles (EFTCLA), The Community Institute for Psychotherapy (CIP), the AEDP Institute, The San Francisco Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy, and The Integrative Sex Therapy Institute (ISTI).
Maya Shemtov, MA, AMFT
Paul Taruskin, MA, LMFT
Paul is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, specializing in Emotionally Focused Therapy as an advanced EFT therapist. He works with couples, families, and individuals. Paul has been in the field of mental health for over 14 years as a counselor and behavior specialist. He has degrees from UC Davis and John F. Kennedy University and is a member of The International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (ICEEFT) and The Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (NCCEFT), and The California Association for Marriage-Family Therapists (CAMFT).
Paul’s approach is active, engaged, and relational. With couples and families, Paul utilizes Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFCT / EFFT). Paul has supported couples and families to navigate a wide range of issues, including infidelity, addiction, grief, and general relationship distress. His conviction is that the evidence-based Emotionally Focused Therapy is a powerful and transformative approach that can create and maintain safety and connection in relationships.
For individuals, Paul’s approach is centered around his deep belief in our capacity for growth and healing within relationships. He is committed to offering an authentic, nurturing, and supportive environment. Paul brings curiosity, acceptance, and humor as a fellow traveler on your journey toward growth. Whether you are feeling stuck, disconnected, depressed, or anxious; Paul promises honesty and authenticity as you explore your inner and outer worlds together.
Einat Klopfer-Cohen MA, AMFT
Katharina Sandizell, MA, LMFT
Katharina is a licensed LMFT, Marriage-Family Therapist and Supervisor, specializing in Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT). She graduated from Columbia University in 1996 and has been a therapist for over 25 years. Katharina is certified with the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy as a therapist and supervisor. She is an informed sex therapist. In addition to couples, she works with families and individuals using the attachment-based approaches of EFCT, EFIT, EFFT, and AEDP on relationships, attachment issues, anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, and affair recovery.
Katharina is the clinical director of Love Frontier Therapy and she is a part of the Deliberate Practice Clinical Supervisory team at Sentio Counseling Center. Until 2018, Katharina was the director of the Couples Therapy Program at The Community Institute for Psychotherapy (CIP). She has been supervising and training other licensed Therapists, Associates, and Trainees for over a decade, as well as training them to become certified Emotionally Focused Couples, Family, and Individual Therapists.
Katharina is a member of The International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (ICEEFT), The Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (NCCEFT), The EFT Center of Los Angeles (EFTCLA), The Community Institute for Psychotherapy (CIP), the AEDP Institute, The San Francisco Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy, and The Integrative Sex Therapy Institute (ISTI).
Maya is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, holds a Masters degree in Psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, and a Masters degree in Conflict Resolution from King’s College in London. Maya has held professional positions at UC Berkeley and Columbia University and is fluent in three languages. She has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and is certified in Trauma-Informed CBT. She specializes in relationships and works with couples, individuals, and families. Maya is a member of the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally-Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) and her work is supervised by Katharina Sandizell, LMFT.
With couples and families, Maya uses the attachment-based EFCT and EFFT, with individuals, she incorporates Emotionally-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), AEDP, CBT, MI, and somatic therapy to help clients move from stuck places and traumatic reactions to adaptive and healing emotional expression.
Maya believes that our ability to navigate relationships is a core aspect of a full and happy life, and that we have the ability to transform our relational patterns and heal. She integrates Emotionally-Focused Therapy with relationship skill-building and communication strategies to help clients in relationships heal challenging patterns, rediscover intimacy, and work preventatively to set up a strong base from which to grow as a couple.
Einat is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and holds a Masters degree in Marriage and Family counseling from Palo Alto University. She specializes in relationships, attachment, and trauma. Einat works with couples, families, and adults. She is an advanced level Emotionally Focused Therapist and has specialized training in ADHD in adults and specifically, couple dynamics. Einat has advanced EMDR training from the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), and advanced family systems training from The Ackerman Institution for Family Therapy. She is a member of The International Center for Excellence in Emotionally-Focused Therapy and The EFT Center of Los Angeles (EFTCLA). Her work is supervised by Katharina Sandizell, LMFT .
Einat is passionate about working collaboratively with her clients and creating a therapeutic experience that is meaningful, empowering and transformative. Working from an attachment lens, Einat uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EMDR, AEDP, IFS, and Family Systems..
Her approach helps people to address how they relate to themselves and others while making concrete changes towards connecting and communicating in more positive and healthy ways. By creating deep shifts in relationship dynamics, couples and families can create more resilient, connected, and supportive ways of relating.
Paul Taruskin, MA, LMFT
Paul is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, specializing in Emotionally Focused Therapy as an advanced EFT therapist. He works with couples, families, and individuals. Paul has been in the field of mental health for over 14 years as a counselor and behavior specialist. He has degrees from UC Davis and John F. Kennedy University and is a member of The International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (ICEEFT) and The Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (NCCEFT), and The California Association for Marriage-Family Therapists (CAMFT).
Paul’s approach is active, engaged, and relational. With couples and families, Paul utilizes Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFCT / EFFT). Paul has supported couples and families to navigate a wide range of issues, including infidelity, addiction, grief, and general relationship distress. His conviction is that the evidence-based Emotionally Focused Therapy is a powerful and transformative approach that can create and maintain safety and connection in relationships.
For individuals, Paul’s approach is centered around his deep belief in our capacity for growth and healing within relationships. He is committed to offering an authentic, nurturing, and supportive environment. Paul brings curiosity, acceptance, and humor as a fellow traveler on your journey toward growth. Whether you are feeling stuck, disconnected, depressed, or anxious; Paul promises honesty and authenticity as you explore your inner and outer worlds together.
Einat Klopfer-Cohen, MA, AMFT
Einat is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and holds a Masters degree in Marriage and Family counseling from Palo Alto University. She specializes in relationships, attachment, and trauma. Einat works with couples, families, and adults. She is an advanced level Emotionally Focused Therapist and has specialized training in ADHD in adults and specifically, couple dynamics. Einat has advanced EMDR training from the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), and advanced family systems training from The Ackerman Institution for Family Therapy. She is a member of The International Center for Excellence in Emotionally-Focused Therapy and The EFT Center of Los Angeles (EFTCLA). Her work is supervised by Katharina Sandizell, LMFT .
Einat is passionate about working collaboratively with her clients and creating a therapeutic experience that is meaningful, empowering and transformative. Working from an attachment lens, Einat uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EMDR, AEDP, IFS, and Family Systems.. Her approach helps people to address how they relate to themselves and others while making concrete changes towards connecting and communicating in more positive and healthy ways. By creating deep shifts in relationship dynamics, couples and families can create more resilient, connected, and supportive ways of relating.
Maya Shemtov, MA, AMFT
Maya is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, holds a Masters degree in Psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, and a Masters degree in Conflict Resolution from King’s College in London. Maya has held professional positions at UC Berkeley and Columbia University and is fluent in three languages. She has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and is certified in Trauma-Informed CBT. She specializes in relationships and works with couples, individuals, and families. Maya is a member of the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally-Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) and her work is supervised by Katharina Sandizell, LMFT.
With couples and families, Maya uses the attachment-based EFCT and EFFT, with individuals, she incorporates Emotionally-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), AEDP, CBT, MI, and somatic therapy to help clients move from stuck places and traumatic reactions to adaptive and healing emotional expression.
Maya believes that our ability to navigate relationships is a core aspect of a full and happy life, and that we have the ability to transform our relational patterns and heal. She integrates Emotionally-Focused Therapy with relationship skill-building and communication strategies to help clients in relationships heal challenging patterns, rediscover intimacy, and work preventatively to set up a strong base from which to grow as a couple.