Holistic, Integrative, and Mind-Body Psychotherapy

An empowered approach blending trauma-informed therapy with evidenced based and transformative healing.

Welcome to Cecily Longo, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

As a licensed psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health, I offer thoughtful, evidence-based psychotherapy combined with holistic and somatic (mind-body) healing.

My goal is to provide you with compassionate support as you navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic health concerns, women’s life transitions, medical trauma, and journeys of spiritual or identity renewal.

A special focus of my practice is trauma-informed care for those healing from confusing, narcissistic, or toxic relationships — whether with partners, family, or others in your life. Together, we emphasize education, self-empowerment, and nurturing your path toward lasting recovery. I’m also here to gently support you through complex family dynamics, especially when loved ones are facing addiction or mental health challenges.

All sessions are conducted via telehealth, and you must be physically in the state of California to receive services.

I encourage you to read through this website to help you decide if you would like to work together. I offer 15-30 minute no-charge consultations via phone or telehealth.

Please note that I am no longer accepting new minor patients as of 2020.

Specialty Focus Areas

• Healing and Recovery from Narcissistic/Toxic/Confusing relationships

• Medical Trauma and Iatrogenic Injury

• Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress

• Women’s health and life transitions

• Chronic stress and burnout/Chronic Health Issues/Pain

• Coping with a loves one’s addiction and/or mental health issue(s).

• Spiritual or Identity Renewal; Personal Growth

• Anxiety and Depression; Life Transitions

If you are asking, “How can therapy help me ?”

Increasing Awareness:

Therapy can assist you to create changes using an insight oriented approach, through which you will gain increased self-awareness, and learn how your past unconsciously influences your life patterns and choices.  Your options for improving your relationships will then become a conscious choice, liberating you from unhealthy patterns.

Improve Coping Skills and Communication Right Now (and over time):

Many people also greatly benefit from strength based, solution-focused therapy, along with the practical skills of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Each of these coping skill based modalities are widely researched and evidenced based treatments, that help you to develop specific strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and make sense of overwhelming emotions and relationships.

Deeper understanding to heal through trauma: IFS Therapy:

Internal Family Systems, is a gentle and powerful way of understanding “aspects,” or “parts” of one’s self. If you feel like you have an inner critic, people pleaser, or a part that shuts down and runs away in conflict, IFS may help you work through this! The goal isn’t to “get rid,” or “avoid” these parts of yourself, but to, at your own pace, ask what you can learn from these parts, and learn to feel safe and relaxed in your Self.

Heal through listening to your body:

Somatic Therapy is about listening and tuning into your body- not just the mind, because stress, trauma, and emotions left untended, live in the nervous system. Instead of “just talking,” learning to tune into your physical sensations, can provide another avenue to help release stuck emotional and relationship patterns, in a way that feels safe and comfortable. Safe, somatic focused techniques can help you feel more connected, present, and in control. Connecting to your intuition, mind, and body is healing.

Additional Modalities

Emotional Freedom Technique Acupressure Tapping (EFT Tapping)

• EFT Tapping is an evidenced based technique developed by Gary Craig in the 1990s. EFT, often referred to as “Emotional Acupuncture,” combines elements of behavioral therapy (CBT and Exposure Therapies) and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

• When tapping with your fingertips on researched acupressure points, EFT shifts the body from a state of stress to a relaxed, calm state. Studies on EFT show up to a 43 % reduction cortisol and other stress hormones from your nervous system. EFT can be use as a DIY self-help tool, as well as in session to address deeper healing.

• In 2017, two major health care organizations, Kaiser Permanente and The United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs, approved Emotional Freedom Techniques as a treatment for PTSD, anxiety, and depression.

Please see the EFT Tapping Tab on this website to learn about my training as experience with this modality, as well as EFTuniverse.com and TheTapppingSolution.com to read more about the research behind EFT.

The Tarotpy Method

If you are interested more in a Jungian inspired approach, I completed a CEU course in April 2023, and became a Certified Tarotpy Practitioner. The Tarotpy method can assist you to develop insight and clarity into a presenting issue or circumstance using imagery, symbolism, and metaphor. Tarotpy also is an effective method if you are interested in dreamwork.

Please read the Tarotpy Tab and the Approach page if you would like to learn more about these modalities and how they can assist you to reach your therapy goals.

Coaching

You can work with me as an EFT Tapping Coach, or receive a Tarotpy session, outside of being a psychotherapy client as well! However, there are some crucial distinctions to keep in mind when considering Coaching vs. Therapy, and knowing which option is right for you. Please see the Coaching Tab for more detailed information. And as always, feel free to reach out if you have questions.

Complimentary Consultation

This is an important step in your personal journey. Our conversation can assist you to determine if we are a great fit to work together. If we determine I am not the best fit for you, I am happy to provide referrals. Your wellness is your number one priority, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Cecily Longo, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, MFC#86591

Present Focused- Improve Coping Skills and Communication in Relationships

Individuals often benefit from DBT, CBT, and ACT based skill coaching. With a focus on practical, logic based coping tools, therapy can support you in navigating emotions, thoughts, and actions in a way that is clear and realistic.

Coping Skill based therapy can also assist you to develop more effective communication skills and sustainable inner resources- in the present and over the long term.

Healing from Narcissistic Abuse or Unhealthy Relationships

A primary focus of my practice is supporting individuals recovering from narcissistic or toxic relationships.

This process is not a simple, “just move on,” approach and takes more than time — it calls for deep, intentional healing.

I offer a safe, trauma-informed, integrative approach that helps you rebuild self-trust, untangle confusion, and release patterns rooted in emotional manipulation or gaslighting.

Together, we’ll gently restore your sense of identity, boundary clarity, and nervous system regulation.

This is a space for learning nuanced coping tools and for reclaiming your voice, your clarity, and developing your power!

Trauma Resiliency Building and Burnout Recovery

Whether you're navigating chronic anxiety, depression, PTSD, or the lasting effects of emotional and physiological overwhelm, I offer a grounded, integrative space for healing and renewal.

My approach blends evidence-based and somatic practices to help regulate the nervous system, restore a sense of safety, and build lasting inner resilience.

I also specialize in providing compassionate support for individuals recovering from medication-induced injury and iatrogenic harm — a journey that is often misunderstood and isolating. Together, we focus on reconnecting with your body, reclaiming your vitality, and rebuilding trust in your own capacity to heal.