Brenda Ibarra
Licensed Therapist, MA, LMFT
About
OCD can create overwhelming cycles. As a therapist, I strive to show the connections between how you think, how you act, and how you feel, and how we can break those cycles. Getting back to being you takes practice. I’d like to invite you to invest in yourself as you begin treatment. I will join and challenge you to reach within yourself to find the life you're looking for. I also focus on anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. I can provide treatment in English or Spanish.
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About
OCD can create overwhelming cycles. As a therapist, I strive to show the connections between how you think, how you act, and how you feel, and how we can break those cycles. Getting back to being you takes practice. I’d like to invite you to invest in yourself as you begin treatment. I will join and challenge you to reach within yourself to find the life you're looking for. I also focus on anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. I can provide treatment in English or Spanish.
INSURANCE ACCEPTED
Takes Aetna, Ascension SmartHealth, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Shield, Blue Shield of California, Central California Alliance for Health, Cigna, Curative, Forest County Potawatomi, Gold Coast Health Plan, Horizon BCBS, Independence Blue Cross, Kaiser - Northern California Region, L.A. Care Medi-Cal, Oscar Health, Partners Direct Health, Positive Healthcare, San Francisco Health Plan, United Healthcare, Western Health Advantage
LOCATION
Licensed in California, Colorado
EDUCATION
- MA, Argosy University (2010)
- NOCD Academy, OCD Training Program
CULTURAL COMPETENCIES
BIPOC, Christianity
OTHER AREAS OF EXPERTISE
OCD, Anxiety, Depression, Phobias, Skin picking, Hair pulling, Nail biting, Tics, Children and Adolescents
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Why our members love working with Brenda
J.A.
Nov 26, 2024
Brenda is amazing. She has been a lifesaver for our family. She is so warm and funny. She knows exactly how to talk to my son and make him feel comfortable. I am so grateful to her.
N.B.
Jun 11, 2024
This was a great session with Brenda! She heard and validated my feelings and gave me some great strategies to work on.
J.C.
Jan 12, 2024
Brenda is phenomenal.
D.G.
Sep 25, 2023
Me gusto mucho komo hablo la therapist kon mi hijo y kon migo.
N.B.
Sep 23, 2023
Brenda always listens and gives me helpful strategies!
M.S.
Sep 21, 2023
She so nice and great!
G.T.
Aug 28, 2023
Amazing therapist, very kind and compassionate toward my struggles as always
J.A.
Aug 22, 2023
My son is doing so much better since he started seeing Brenda. After his session today he said she is the best therapist ever and the only one he feels he can totally open up to. We appreciate her so much.
L.T.
Jul 19, 2023
My daughter’s therapist, Brenda I, is incredibly gifted and effective at teaching us tools to tackle OCD and understanding more about managing it. My daughter has improved leaps and bounds in identifying her triggers, externalizing her OCD thoughts & behaviors, and using skills to bring herself back to a normal baseline. Obviously a continuous work in progress, but we are going all to grow and learn as much as we can. Brenda has been a godsend to our family. The importance of Brenda working to involve our whole family in our daughter’s treatment means we are all on the same page in how to not accommodate the OCD. It is working wonders! Thank you, Brenda and NOCD, for all your hard work! Much much appreciated!
K.A.
Jul 17, 2023
Shout out to Brenda for somehow making life easier to manage for me and most importantly help me manage emotions to ENJOY life more and help tackle the very hard aspects of it!!
J.A.
Jul 13, 2023
Brenda is amazing for my son. So engaging and funny. Gets him to laugh even when he has to do hard things during the sessions.
J.C.
Jul 12, 2023
She is amazing
N.B.
May 27, 2023
I had a great session with Brenda today! She gave me some helpful strategies to try out, and we had a good discussion about my progress and things I’m still working on.
C.S.
Apr 26, 2023
Brenda is such a blessing!
J.A.
Apr 21, 2023
Our first impression of Brenda is amazing. She was so engaging and funny with my son. She was able to connect with him about his passion for running since she is a runner too. He told her he was excited to start therapy with her which he has never said to another therapist. I am so encouraged right now.
P.B.
Feb 07, 2023
We love Ms Brenda! She does a great job at connecting to my daughter and is always very helpful.
J.C.
Jan 25, 2023
A real expert and so kind and knowledgeable.
N.B.
Jan 21, 2023
This was a great session! Brenda helped me with a lot of self-doubt and increased ruminating. She gave me some good strategies to use, and also helped me understand better how OCD is affecting my thoughts. Very helpful!
R.R.
Dec 29, 2022
Extremely helful!
J.C.
Dec 27, 2022
Brenda remains amIng each and every session. You can tell she is an expert and you feel in good hands.
J.C.
Dec 19, 2022
Brenda is wonderful. She knows how to keep the interest of an 8 year old who is embarrassed by his condition and make him feel “normal” and safe. She is professional-yet so warm-and always on time and makes him feel like he has a way to improve life b
J.C.
Nov 30, 2022
You can tell she is an expert and actually cares and it means so much.
J.C.
Nov 22, 2022
Wonderful
T.F.
Nov 19, 2022
Brenda was so amazing! She helped me understand the process she explained everything to Thomas and was just so knowledgeable and reassuring.
J.C.
Nov 15, 2022
Amazing and gave us hope and honesty.
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