Abby Thompson

CA Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #94639

I’ve always wanted to connect to people, and find out what makes them tick.

When I was a kid, my grandmother would call me “her little potstirrer.” I loved to provoke and question the people in my world- to find out what was important to them and how they might like to change. I was definitely not willing to just leave the status quo alone, even as a kid. I’ve since grown up, become more thoughtful and responsible- but that underlying drive to incite change and positive growth has never disappeared.

 

As an undergrad, I was very interested in the healing power of creativity.

I also recognized that healing has to take into account our cultural and embodied experience, leading me to blend these interests into an individualized major at the Gallatin School at New York University. My interest in yoga and exercise led me to explore further what embodied experience can offer to the therapy process. I earned my counseling psychology degree from the California Institute of Integral Studies in the field of Somatic Psychology.

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I blend my personal life with my professional, learning as much as I can from clinical education as well as my personal experiences. I enjoy exploring nature and the city with my husband and daughter, meditating, fitness, video games, and reading sci-fi and fantasy.

My pronouns are she/her.

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