TIJEN SUMBUL, MS

-ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS-

Telephone 415-505-3634
Email tijen.counseling@gmail.com

Pronouns She/her

Office Address Online and Tele-health Only
Hours Upon Arrangement

License ACSW #112218
Supervisor Rulik Perla, LMFT #43965
Fees Sliding Scale: $100- $275

I enjoy working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and life experiences, specializing in understanding and healing complex trauma. I believe in the importance of understanding my clients’ histories and their current socio-economic contexts and influences. My therapy approach is centered on the whole person. It is strengths-based, recognizing that many of our negative and positive coping mechanisms stem from our past experiences with managing painful circumstances or feelings. I also enjoy working with couples and have begun training in Relational Life Training (RLT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) as well as other couples modalities. Before completing my master’s in social work, I studied public health for several years, focusing on how people build and maintain resilience in their lives and how they can foster growth from past traumatic experiences. My own history with childhood trauma informs my approach, allowing me to serve my clients with compassion and to create a secure, collaborative space for exploration and healing.

Clinical approach
Trauma informed, strengths based, compassionate and disruptive (with permission), and relationally focused.

Areas of clinical work
My theroretical framework: Trauma informed CBT, DBT IFS, CPT, Narrative therapy, Client focused/centered,  brief solution focused therapy, experimental focused, and various other modalities based on client needs, such as supported 12-step program work and ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families) support. Relational Life Therapy (RLT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples (an individual work), I am also in the process of learning brain spotting and Neurofeedback techniques and hope to be fully credentialed within the upcoming year. Ultimately, I am dedicated to providing client centered modalities.

Individuals, couples and groups