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about Me

There are people who’ve been told they’re too much. Too emotional, too sensitive, too reactive. Others have been praised for being so good at holding it all together, even when something underneath still hurts. If you’ve ever felt like you’re either or both too much and not enough you’re in the right place.

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For a long time, I thought the goal was to manage my feelings. Hide them. Fix them. Get rid of them. What I’ve learned through deep personal work, years of teaching yoga, training in psychoanalysis, and a lot of showing up in relationships is that the real work is staying curious about what those feelings are trying to show us.

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Therapy, the way I practice it, isn’t about quick solutions or behavior tweaks. It’s about slowing down enough to listen to what’s happening beneath the surface. Sometimes that shows up in your relationships. Sometimes it shows up in your symptoms, your silence, or the stories you keep repeating. Together, we pay attention to all of it.

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My background in yoga taught me how to be with discomfort and stay grounded. My training in modern psychoanalysis helps me tune into what’s unsaid but still deeply communicated. And my experience with improv reminds me that therapy is alive. It’s relational, responsive, and a little bit unpredictable. We don’t come in with a script. We build something real in the room.

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This work is for people who want to feel more connected to themselves and to others but find that closeness also stirs up fear, doubt, or self-protection. People who have the sense that something isn’t working but can’t name exactly what. If that’s you, you’re not alone, and you don’t have to figure it out alone, either.

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Therapy with me is a collaborative process of discovery. There’s no sales pitch, no pressure to perform. Just space to feel, wonder, question, and imagine something new. If that sounds like what you’ve been looking for, we can start there.

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Contact Me

Reach out for a free 15-minute phone consultation where we will discuss your needs.

Madeleine Foster | Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC) #13746 Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) #139290 | clinically supervised by: Thais Sky LMFT #131058 | psychotherapy online and in Santa Barbara, California

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3345 State Street #30362 Santa Barbara, CA 93130

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