About

Hi there, I'm Benedicte! Hello, My name is Dr. Benedicte Last (PSY 30089). I practice clinical psychology in California. As a therapist, I support you in your journey toward the life you envision for yourself. In that process, we may process and heal the trauma that is holding you in the past, help you add or strengthen the tools to take care of yourself in the present, and in doing so, support you in laying the foundation of your future. My approach In therapy, I use the theoretical approach that works for you. At times that could be psychodynamics, in which you work on understanding your emotions and unconscious patterns of behaviors. At other times we could work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprogramming, or visualization techniques or hypnosis. If possible, we also laugh and play. My focus I work mostly with people who have gone through traumatic experiences or who are going through big transitions in their life, either physically, emotionally, or spiritually. I also work with people who have had spiritual, psychic, or extraordinary experiences, and who want to make sense out of these experiences. My communication style It is most important in therapy that you feel comfortable in a session. This is your work, your journey, and I will support you on that journey with all the tools that I have at my disposal. It is important that we can laugh and cry and talk and, at times, be silent together. My journey to therapy As an immigrant from the Netherlands, I lived in California for 30 years. As a single mother, grandmother, pastor, therapeutic horse riding instructor, coach, school counselor, and therapist, I learned and relearned over and over again how important it is to find your enthusiasm for the dance of life. I practiced this while going to Grad School in San Francisco and by working in schools and in my private practice.