Find an ACT/CBS Therapist or Practitioner - Viveka Ramel

 

Highest Degree Held: Ph.D.

Specialties: Integration relational and emotion-deepening processes from EFT with ACT and related contemplative and compassion-focused traditions. Also passionate about application of CBS and Prosocial in the climate context.

Types of Clients: Adolescents, Adults, Elderly, Families, Couples, Groups (group therapy), Organizations

Languages spoken: Dansk, English, Svenska

Licensures/Certifications: CA license PSY22417

ACT/CBS Background and Training: I am a clinical psychologist and consultant with private practices in San Francisco, CA. I am also active as an educator and facilitator of climate psychology and ProSocial group and community building. In my former life I conducted research on mood and anxiety disorders, cognitive biases and emotion regulation using tools from experimental cognitive psychology and neuroscience. I began learning ACT during my psychology internship at the Palo Alto VA Health Care System in 2004 under the guidance of Drs. Robyn Walser and Darrah Westrup. While I was already trained in CBT and had a long history of mindfulness-based practices, I became so smitten with ACT that it has since become what pervades my clinical approach the most, along with Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples and families. EFT is an evidence-based, experiential and attachment-oriented couples therapy approach that I find complements and integrates well with ACT. I became a Prosocial Facilitator in Dec 2021 and co-teach a class on Climate Resilience at University of CA Berkeley. I love learning and continually expand my understanding and implementation of ACT, EFT, ProSociality, inner and outer sustainability, contemplative wisdom, cultural evolution and more by reading, consulting, attending and leading workshops, and teaching. For more information, see sevitar.com and sf-act.com.

ACT/CBS Experience: An ACT practitioner since 2004

Additional Information: Websites:
sevitar.com
sf-act.com
prosocial.world