Business Details
35 Years
experience
Holistic Psychotherapy Services in Berkeley, CA
Greg Bogart, Ph. D, MFT has provided holistic psychotherapy services in Berkeley, California since 1991. Our practice integrates Jungian and existential psychotherapy, evocative dreamwork, meditation, psychosynthesis, and yogic practices to address depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, and trauma. With over three decades of clinical experience and academic teaching at Sonoma State University and institutions like California Institute of Integral Studies, we offer depth-oriented approaches grounded in developmental psychology and spiritual principles.Our expertise spans individual, couples, and family therapy, with a focus on emotional rejuvenation, healthy boundary establishment, and transforming career transitions. We emphasize evidence-based methods validated through academic publications and books like Dreamwork in Holistic Psychotherapy of Depression, while maintaining a commitment to personalized care and client-centered outcomes.
Services
Jungian Dreamwork
Anxiety Treatment
Couples Counseling
Career Transitions
Trauma Recovery
Existential Psychotherapy
Stress Management
Relationship Therapy
Spiritual Counseling
Depression Therapy
Details
- Year established: 1991
Highlights and features
- We offer over 30 years of experience in holistic psychotherapy since 1991
- Our team implements Jungian dreamwork techniques for emotional healing
- We provide depth-oriented psychotherapy based on developmental psychology principles
- Our approach integrates spiritual practices with evidence-based therapeutic methods
- We combine academic expertise with practical experience in mental health
What people say
Effective dream analysis
Depth-oriented approach
Emotional rejuvenation
Existential insights
Trauma resolution
Services
Jungian Dreamwork
Specialized therapeutic technique analyzing dream symbolism to uncover unconscious patterns contributing to depression and emotional distress. This approach helps clients access archetypal wisdom and resolve intergenerational trauma through structured dream interpretation and guided visualization. Integrates Jungian principles with modern psychotherapeutic practices to promote emotional rejuvenation and self-discovery.
Existential Psychotherapy
Holistic treatment addressing life's existential challenges through meaning-making and personal growth. Focuses on helping clients navigate transitions, establish boundaries, and develop coping strategies for anxiety and relationship issues. Combines existential philosophy with psychological principles to foster authentic living and emotional resilience in practical, real-world contexts.
Couples Counseling
Specialized therapy for relationship challenges including communication issues, sexual conflicts, and financial disagreements. Implements techniques for emotional repair, conflict resolution, and improving relational dynamics. Focuses on rebuilding trust, enhancing intimacy, and fostering collaborative approaches to life planning through evidence-based therapeutic interventions for lasting relationship improvements.
Trauma Recovery
Targeted therapeutic approach addressing psychological trauma from abuse, accidents, or adverse life events. Utilizes Jungian techniques and somatic awareness to process traumatic memories safely. Specializes in transforming traumatic experiences into opportunities for personal growth and emotional healing through structured therapeutic frameworks that integrate mind-body connections.
Spiritual Counseling
Integrative approach combining psychological principles with spiritual exploration to address existential concerns. Helps clients find meaning through life transitions using techniques from psychosynthesis and transpersonal psychology. Specializes in helping individuals connect with their inner wisdom through meditative practices and yogic traditions to achieve holistic personal transformation.
People
Greg Bogart
Psychotherapist and Author
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1991 with a Ph.D. from Saybrook University. Lecturer at Sonoma State University teaching depth-oriented psychotherapies. Author of three books on dreamwork and psychotherapy, including Dreamwork in Holistic Psychotherapy of Depression. Combines 30+ years clinical experience with yoga practice and academic teaching expertise.
Questions
What therapeutic approaches do you specialize in?
I specialize in Jungian dreamwork, existential psychotherapy, and holistic approaches integrating yoga and meditation. My methods focus on depth psychology and transforming life challenges through meaning-making.
Are sessions conducted in person?
Currently all sessions are conducted via telephone or Skype to accommodate client needs and maintain accessibility for Bay Area residents and beyond.
What clinical issues do you commonly address?
I treat depression, anxiety, relationship conflicts, career transitions, trauma, and spiritual existential concerns using evidence-based techniques validated through 30+ years of practice.
Do you offer specialized couples therapy?
Yes, I provide couples counseling focusing on communication improvement, conflict resolution, and emotional connection through structured therapeutic frameworks proven to enhance relationship dynamics.
What makes your therapy approach unique?
My approach uniquely integrates Jungian dream analysis with somatic practices and developmental psychology, combining academic rigor with practical experience to address both current challenges and long-term growth.
How does dreamwork benefit therapy?
Dreamwork reveals unconscious patterns contributing to depression and emotional distress. Through structured dream interpretation, clients access archetypal wisdom to resolve intergenerational trauma and achieve emotional rejuvenation.
