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The Marin County Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists publishes profiles of our members, who are licensed and pre-licensed therapists providing therapy to children, teens, adults, couples, and families in Marin and other Bay Area counties. All information on this page is the responsibility of the listed therapist.

Carly Clifford Bloom

Kentfield

4153220463

 

Member profile details

First name
Carly
Last name
Clifford Bloom
Pronouns
she/her
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Office Phone
4153220463
Website
carlycliffordbloom.com
 

License & Education

Clinical License Type
  • Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
License number
129186
Degree(s)
  • M.S.
 

Office Locations

Sessions offered via:
  • Teletherapy
  • In-person therapy
County(s) office located
  • Marin
Office Location(s)
  • Kentfield
Office Address
1030 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Suite 120
Office City
Kentfield
Office State
CA
Office Zip
94904
 

Description

Populations
  • Adults
Areas of Interest
  • Anxiety/Panic/Phobias
  • EMDR
  • Life Transitions
  • PTSD
  • Spiritual
Orientation
  • Attachment
  • Body-Oriented Psychotherapy
  • Psychodynamic
Short Description
My mission is to help you get underneath the stories and safely feel the deep stuff. We’ll regulate the nervous system, calm the mind, and discover a true sense of connection.
Description of Practice
Emotions are adaptive responses to life, yet many of us struggle with identifying and expressing them. From an early age, we are taught which emotions are acceptable and which to avoid (e.g., “You should be happy!”, “Don’t cry!”, or “Don’t you dare be angry with me.”). We quickly learn which emotions are safe to feel and which cause us problems, leading us to use various mental tricks to bypass the troublesome ones.

The issue is that emotional energy doesn’t simply disappear. It is meant to be felt and used to help us learn, grow, protect ourselves, and connect with others. Instead, this energy gets stored in the body, and the mind uses anxiety, shame, guilt, and various distraction/numbing behaviors to keep the energy suppressed and out of our conscious awareness. Essentially, unexpressed emotional energy gets bottled up and often manifests in disruptive ways, creating further problems in our lives.

So, how do we change this? Imagine an unopened 2-liter bottle of soda. If we shake it up and quickly take the top off, it will explode everywhere. Instead, we slowly and gently twist the top off to let some pressure out, then screw it back on and let it settle again. Repeat this process until all the pressure is released.

We use evidence-based modalities of therapy such as EMDR, Polyvagal-informed therapy, and Attachment-focused therapy (AEDP) to create safety in the body and access the underlying emotions that need to be felt. Often, we find that emotions aren’t as scary as they seem, especially when experienced with someone we trust.

This is the work. Change is possible. If you’d like to learn more, let’s talk.
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Finances

Credit Cards Accepted
Yes
Insurance
  • - Will provide superbill for PPO insurance
 

Therapist Identities (optional and voluntarily self-disclosed)

gender
cis female
race/ethnicity
white/European American/Caucasian
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