At Nugent Family Counseling Center, we provide comprehensive mental health services designed to meet you exactly where you are. Whether you're navigating anxiety, healing from trauma, strengthening your relationship, or supporting your child through a difficult time, our experienced therapists offer compassionate, evidence-based care that helps you move forward.
We serve clients in San Jose, California, Reno, Nevada, and throughout California and Nevada via secure telehealth. Every service we offer is rooted in one core belief: change is possible.
What It Is
Individual therapy provides a safe, confidential space for you to explore your thoughts, emotions, and experiences with a licensed therapist. Through one-on-one sessions, you'll work collaboratively to understand the challenges you're facing, develop healthier coping strategies, and create meaningful change in your life.
Who It Helps
Individual therapy is for anyone seeking support with anxiety, depression, stress, life transitions, relationship challenges, self-esteem issues, or personal growth. Whether you're navigating a specific crisis or working toward long-term healing, therapy offers tools, insight, and compassionate guidance tailored to your unique needs.
What to Expect
In your first session, your therapist will take time to understand your story, your goals, and what brings you to therapy. Together, you'll create a personalized treatment plan that may include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness techniques, trauma-informed approaches, or other evidence-based modalities. Sessions are typically 50 minutes and occur weekly or biweekly, depending on your needs.
You don't have to face this alone. Therapy is a space where you can be honest, vulnerable, and fully yourself—without judgment. Healing is possible, and it starts here.
What It Is
Child and teen counseling provides age-appropriate support for young people facing emotional, behavioral, or developmental challenges. Our therapists use play therapy, art therapy, talk therapy, and behavioral interventions to help children and teens process emotions, build coping skills, and develop resilience.
Who It Helps
We work with children and adolescents navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, behavioral issues, school challenges, family conflict, trauma, grief, peer relationship struggles, and identity development. Counseling helps young people feel understood, build confidence, and thrive.
What to Expect
Your child's therapist will create a safe, welcoming environment where your child feels comfortable expressing themselves. Sessions may include games, art, movement, or conversation—whatever helps your child open up. Parents are involved as partners in the process, receiving guidance and support along the way.
Your child deserves to feel safe, supported, and heard. With the right help, they can navigate challenges, build resilience, and grow into their best selves.
What It Is
Couples counseling helps partners improve communication, resolve conflict, rebuild trust, and deepen emotional connection. Using evidence-based approaches like Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and the Gottman Method, our therapists guide couples through difficult patterns and help them rediscover the love and partnership that brought them together.
Who It Helps
Couples counseling is for any couple—married, engaged, dating, or long-term partners—who want to strengthen their relationship. Whether you're facing ongoing conflict, recovering from infidelity, navigating life transitions, struggling with intimacy, or simply wanting to reconnect, therapy offers tools and insights that make a real difference.
What to Expect
In your first session, your therapist will meet with both partners to understand your relationship history, current challenges, and goals for therapy. You'll work together to identify unhealthy patterns, practice new communication skills, and create a path toward greater connection and understanding. Couples therapy is collaborative, compassionate, and focused on helping you grow together.
Relationships take work, and asking for help is a sign of strength—not weakness. With the right support, you can rebuild trust, deepen intimacy, and create the relationship you both deserve.
What It Is
Anxiety and depression treatment uses evidence-based therapy to help you understand, manage, and overcome the symptoms that are holding you back. Through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness techniques, medication management (when appropriate), and neurofeedback, we address both the emotional and neurological components of anxiety and depression.
Who It Helps
We work with individuals experiencing generalized anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, phobias, depression, persistent sadness, hopelessness, low motivation, and difficulty functioning in daily life. Whether your symptoms are mild or severe, therapy can help you find relief and rediscover hope.
What to Expect
Your therapist will help you identify thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to anxiety or depression, then work with you to develop healthier coping strategies. You'll learn practical skills for managing symptoms, processing difficult emotions, and building resilience. Treatment is personalized, compassionate, and focused on helping you feel like yourself again.
You don't have to live with constant worry or overwhelming sadness. With the right support, you can find relief, rebuild hope, and create a life that feels meaningful again.
What It Is
Trauma and PTSD therapy uses specialized, trauma-informed approaches—including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), cognitive processing therapy, and somatic interventions—to help you process painful memories, reduce symptoms, and reclaim your sense of safety and control. Our therapists are trained in working with all types of trauma, from single incidents to complex, long-term experiences.
Who It Helps
We work with individuals who have experienced trauma—whether from childhood abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, accidents, military service, medical trauma, or other life-threatening events. Therapy helps with flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, avoidance, emotional numbness, relationship challenges, and difficulty trusting others.
What to Expect
Trauma therapy begins at your pace. Your therapist will create a safe, non-judgmental space where you feel in control of the process. You'll work together to build coping skills, process traumatic memories when you're ready, and develop a stronger sense of self. Healing from trauma takes time, and we'll be with you every step of the way.
What happened to you was not your fault. You survived, and now you deserve to heal. With compassionate, expert care, you can move from surviving to thriving.
What It Is
Telehealth therapy brings high-quality mental health care directly to you—wherever you are. Through secure, HIPAA-compliant video sessions, you can meet with licensed therapists from the comfort and privacy of your home, office, or anywhere with a reliable internet connection. Telehealth offers the same professional, compassionate care as in-person sessions, with added convenience and accessibility.
Who It Helps
Telehealth is ideal for anyone living in California or Nevada who prefers the flexibility of online therapy, has transportation challenges, lives in rural areas, has a busy schedule, or simply feels more comfortable receiving care from home. All of our services—individual therapy, couples counseling, child therapy, and more—are available via telehealth.
What to Expect
Your telehealth sessions work just like in-person appointments—you'll meet with your therapist at your scheduled time via a secure video platform. You'll receive a link before your session, and all you need is a quiet, private space and an internet connection. Many clients find telehealth just as effective, if not more comfortable, than traditional office visits.
Quality mental health care shouldn't be limited by location or schedule. With telehealth, you can access expert support on your terms—wherever and whenever you need it.
What It Is
Psychiatric therapy is a comprehensive approach to mental health care that combines therapeutic support with psychiatric evaluation and, when appropriate, medication management. This type of care focuses on understanding how biological, psychological, and environmental factors interact to affect your mental health. Our psychiatric providers work collaboratively with therapists to ensure you receive integrated, personalized care that supports both emotional well-being and symptom management.
Who It Helps
Psychiatric therapy can be beneficial for individuals experiencing moderate to severe mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, ADHD/ADD, mood disorders, PTSD, and other conditions that may benefit from medical oversight. It is also helpful for those who have not found relief through therapy alone or who are seeking a more comprehensive treatment plan that includes both therapeutic and psychiatric support.
What to Expect
Your care begins with a thorough psychiatric evaluation to understand your symptoms, history, and goals. If medication is recommended, it is introduced thoughtfully and monitored closely, always in collaboration with your therapy goals. Psychiatric therapy is not one-size-fits-all — your providers will regularly check in, make adjustments as needed, and ensure you feel informed and empowered throughout the process. Our goal is to help you achieve greater stability, clarity, and confidence as you move forward.
You deserve comprehensive care that addresses both the mind and body. With integrated psychiatric support, you can find the relief and stability you've been searching for.
What It Is
Narcissism therapy focuses on helping individuals understand and change patterns related to narcissistic traits or narcissistic personality dynamics. Therapy provides a safe, structured space to explore underlying emotional needs, self-esteem challenges, relationship patterns, and coping strategies. Our therapists use evidence-based approaches to support insight, emotional growth, accountability, and healthier ways of relating to others.
Who It Helps
This type of therapy supports individuals who recognize narcissistic traits in themselves or their partner and want to improve self-awareness, emotional regulation, and boundaries. It also helps partners, family members, and loved ones who have been impacted by narcissistic behaviors and are seeking clarity, healing, and stronger boundaries. Common concerns include chronic conflict, difficulty with empathy, fragile self-esteem, controlling behaviors, emotional distance, gaslighting and recurring relationship challenges.
What to Expect
Your care begins with a thorough psychiatric evaluation to understand your symptoms, history, and goals. If medication is recommended, it is introduced thoughtfully and monitored closely, always in collaboration with your therapy goals. Psychiatric therapy is not one-size-fits-all — your providers will regularly check in, make adjustments as needed, and ensure you feel informed and empowered throughout the process. Our goal is to help you achieve greater stability, clarity, and confidence as you move forward.
Whether you're working to change patterns within yourself or recovering from the impact of a narcissistic relationship, healing is possible. With the right support, you can rebuild trust, set healthy boundaries, and create more authentic connections.
What It Is
Elderly issues therapy focuses on the unique emotional, psychological, and mental health challenges that can arise later in life. This form of counseling and psychiatric support addresses the complex changes associated with aging, including shifts in health, independence, identity, and life roles. Our clinicians use compassionate, age-sensitive approaches that may include counseling, cognitive support, family collaboration, and psychiatric care when appropriate to help older adults maintain emotional well-being and quality of life.
Who It Helps
This type of therapy supports older adults experiencing concerns such as depression, anxiety, grief and loss, cognitive changes, memory concerns, chronic illness adjustment, loneliness, and life-transition stressors like retirement or loss of independence. It also helps seniors coping with caregiving dynamics, changes in family relationships, or the emotional impact of medical conditions. In addition, therapy can support family members who are navigating care decisions and communication challenges with aging loved ones.
What to Expect
Therapy begins with a thoughtful, respectful assessment of emotional health, life circumstances, and individual goals. Sessions move at a comfortable pace and focus on preserving dignity, autonomy, and emotional safety. When psychiatric support is part of care, it is carefully integrated and monitored with attention to medical history and overall wellness. Our goal is to help older adults feel heard, supported, and empowered while promoting stability, connection, and meaningful engagement at every stage of life.
Aging brings new challenges, but it doesn't diminish your worth or your right to emotional wellness. With the right support, you can navigate this season of life with dignity, clarity, and connection.
What It Is
Neurofeedback is a cutting-edge, non-invasive therapy that uses real-time monitoring of brain activity to help your brain self-regulate and function more efficiently. By training the brain to produce healthier patterns, neurofeedback addresses the neurological roots of mental health challenges—often leading to lasting improvements in focus, mood, sleep, and emotional regulation.
Who It Helps
Neurofeedback is highly effective for ADHD, anxiety, depression, PTSD, sleep disorders, chronic stress, migraines, and peak performance optimization. It's ideal for individuals who want to address mental health challenges at the neurological level, reduce reliance on medication, or enhance cognitive performance. We offer both in-office sessions and home neurofeedback training.
What to Expect
During a neurofeedback session, small sensors are placed on your scalp to measure your brain's electrical activity. You'll watch a video or play a game that responds to your brain waves, providing feedback that helps your brain learn to regulate itself. Sessions are painless, relaxing, and typically last 30-45 minutes. Most clients notice improvements within 10-20 sessions.
Your brain has the power to heal itself—neurofeedback simply shows it the way. This innovative therapy offers lasting change without medication or side effects.
At Nugent Family Counseling Center, we're here to support you through life's challenges with compassionate, expert care. Whether you're seeking individual therapy, couples counseling, support for your child, or innovative neurofeedback services, we'll help you find the path forward.
Change is possible. And it starts with a single step.