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 Dr. Leona Kashersky Dr. Kashersky (AKA Dr. Leona) is the founder and
Director of Healing Pathways Psychological Services. She received her doctorate in psychology from California School of Professional
Psychology. Her training and personal mission was focused on assisting families and individuals in their search for balance.
Dr. Leona has worked with some
of our community’s most distressed youth and their families. Her early training with troubled families paved the way
for her current philosophies and insights. She helped them to reunify and reestablish the respect and trust needed to thrive
again. Since her early training, she has continued to help families, couples and individuals from all walks of life with a
variety of needs.
Generally, Dr. Leona is interested in empowering people
to risk connection in their family and community relationships. Specifically, she enjoys nurturing her patients and assisting
them to nurture themselves. She firmly believes, "through prioritizing self-nurturing and self-care, people build the
strength and fortitude needed to take necessary risks for healthy growth in their life". The efforts she and her patients
put forth to practice compassion for self and others, allows one to tolerate feeling awkward learning new skills and
putting them into practice. She enjoys assisting her patients put these skills into practice in her individual, family, and
group sessions.
Dr. Leona has experience with blended families due to changing marriages and adoption.
She is familiar with the challenges they face in creating and maintaining their bonds with one another. She works hard to
educate and take action in working through conflict to reach resolution and compromise to enhance the love and joy others
experience in their life.
Dr. Leona uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational
Emotive Therapy, Movement Therapy, Play and Art Therapy, Psychodrama, and Family Systems Therapy approaches informed by psychodynamic
theory to design interventions and work with presenting issues.
In her free time, Dr. Leona enjoys creating and experiencing art and
culture. Fire Arts, dance, yoga, and theatre are other therapeutic outlets she uses to express emotions and to touch and teach
others. Spending time with her friends and family, finding ways they can express their creativity together are among her favorites
for ways to 'passtime'. Her travels are driven by her curiosity of other people and their differences. She is drawn to understanding
differences and the inner workings of individual people and their cultures. Human creativity is what keeps her feeling excited
about life.
 Jill Shirley, M.A. Jill Shirley has a Masters degree from
the Professional School of Psychology and enjoys working with a variety of clients including, children, teens, couples, and
adults. She combines her diverse life journey and maturity with her professional training to provide skillful counseling to
clients of all ages. She is experienced helping people who are facing major life transitions and decision points, as well
as those wanting to lesson anxiety or depression, or to increase self-confidence, discipline, or motivation. Jill has counseled clients who have suffered major losses, and has an interest in the relationship between psychotherapy
and spiritual practice. She understands that psychotherapy requires trust and safety to be effective, and she takes a flexible
and integrated approach to her work to meet your unique needs and circumstances. Jill also has experience helping clients
in recovery or those who want to address issues related to substance use, or other unhealthy habits, patterns, or choices. Jill knows that children and young adults face tremendous challenges growing up. That's why she particularly
enjoys working with young people, helping them to work through issues and better understand themselves, their families, and
the world around them. Additionally, as a former world class athlete herself, Jill has particular insight into the role that
sports can play in the lives of children, teens, and their families. If you want to consult with someone that understands
and pressures of sports, competition, or high pressure environments, Jill is uniquely qualified to assist you.
When you meet Jill, you will quickly sense how down to earth she is, and how easy it is to talk
openly with her. Most enjoy her gentle sense of humor and her ability to help you smile and find peace even in the midst of
pain. It is important to her that others feel accepted, comfortable, and safe.
Jill
is a Sacramento native. In her spare time she enjoys travel, cooking, reading, being in nature, and spending time with her
family.
Julie Boone, MFTI Julie's goal is to empower her clients
to discover what they really seek more of in their life. She truly believes in an individual's ability to grow and improve.
She holds to the philosophy, "change happens in the direction we set our attention". As Julie develops a relationship
with a client, she views the individual as a whole ~ Mind ~ Body ~ Spirit~. Her professional objective is to inspire clients
to recognize these parts of themselves, becoming clear on the pathways they need to take to build the life they want. Areas of Expertise: Therapeutic Effects of Yoga and Meditation Julie
works with individuals, couples, families, children, and groups. She assists clients with issues including anxiety, depression,
panic, phobias, PTSD, pain management, health issues, relationship problems, life transitions, stress burdens of care giving,
bereavement and grief, and elder issues. Julie uses Advanced Integrative Therapy and Energy Psychology
as interventions for numerous presenting issues. Education:
California State University, Chico Masters in psychology, 2007 San Jose State University Bachelor's in Psychology,
minor in Child Development, 1994 Certified Yoga Teacher, Ananda
Yoga, 1999
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