Individual Therapy (CBT)
Evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy to address anxiety, depression, and other concerns by developing coping skills and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns.
Dr. Luis Perez, PsyD
California Psychologist · PSY19771
California Psychologist · PSY19771
A supportive first step
Respectful care that starts with understanding.
Dr. Perez works to create a calm space where clients can speak openly, feel respected, and make sense of what they are experiencing without judgment.
Born in Cuba and educated in the United States and Mexico, he brings an international and multicultural perspective shaped by psychology, multicultural theory, and diversity studies.
In addition to private practice, Dr. Perez contributes to community-based mental health work in San Francisco and teaches at The Wright Institute in Berkeley.
His approach
What care can feel like.
Compassionate
Clients should feel heard, respected, and never reduced to a diagnosis.
Collaborative
Therapy is done with the client. Goals and next steps are shaped together.
Culturally informed
Language, identity, family, culture, and immigration experiences all matter.
Evidence-based
Methods such as CBT and EMDR may be used when they fit the client's needs.
Practical
The work connects insight with real-life coping, relationships, and change.
Services And Areas Of Focus
Start with what feels closest to your experience
- Adolescents
- Addictions
- Couples & Relationships
- Depression
- Anxiety
- TRAUMA
- Ethnic - Cultural
- Families: Alternative
- Immigration Services
- Medication Management
Therapy
Care that meets you where you are.
Couples and relationship therapy
Communication, trust, conflict, and emotional connection.
Children, adolescents, and families
School, family life, stress, identity, and adjustment.
Trauma-informed therapy and EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an evidence-based therapy that helps adults, adolescents, and children process distressing memories, trauma, and PTSD.
Addiction and recovery support
Counseling informed by certified addictions training, including assessment, treatment planning, recovery support, crisis intervention, education, and community resources.
Cultural identity and adjustment
Support around migration, culture, identity, family, and belonging.
Testing and evaluations
Clarity through careful assessment.
Psychological testing
Standardized measures, clinical history, and professional interpretation may help clarify emotions, personality, symptoms, strengths, and diagnostic questions.
Neuropsychological testing
Depending on the referral question, assessment may examine intellectual ability, memory, attention, language, processing speed, and visual-perceptual skills.
Individualized scope
The tests used, time required, fees, and expected deliverables are determined after Dr. Perez learns the reason for testing. These details are discussed before testing begins.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Additional testing information, including the evaluations offered, format, timing, reports, fees, and frequently asked questions.
Immigration-related psychological evaluations
Evaluations may be available for hardship, asylum, U-Visa, VAWA, medical waivers, fear of persecution, and other immigration-related needs. The legal team determines how an evaluation fits the case; Dr. Perez provides an independent psychological assessment.
Medication-informed support and care coordination
Medication is not required or assumed. When a client uses medication or wants to discuss it, Dr. Perez can bring graduate training in pharmacology to conversations and coordinate with a psychiatrist or other prescribing provider. Dr. Perez does not prescribe through this private practice.
Not sure where to begin?
You do not need to choose a service by yourself. Contact the office, briefly describe what you are looking for, and ask about the most appropriate next step.
Insurance
Let's check your coverage.
Dr. Perez participates with many insurance plans, including those listed below. He may also participate with additional plans.
- Medicare
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Anthem
- Aetna
- Cigna
- UnitedHealthcare
- Magellan
- Optum Health
If your insurer is not listed, call the office and ask whether your specific plan can be checked.
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