Chico Therapist - An Bulkens, LMFT | Child, Teen & Adult Psychotherapy

Where children's voices are carefully listened to, and families find real support

(530)321-2970

Chico therapist An Bulkens, LMFT is psychotherapist and counselor in Chico, California.  An Bulkens specializes in psychotherapy and counseling for young children  (toddlers, preschoolers, adolescents) and support for parents, with a special emphasis on  early childhood psychotherapy, and counseling  for preschoolers and Kindergarten aged child.  She also offers parenting skills support. She offers psychoanalytic psychotherapy for adults.  Her approach is grounded in  Lacanian Psychoanalysis. She was also trained as a clinical psychologist in Europe, Belgium.  Her education emphasized developmental psychology and psychoanalytic therapy. 

Therapy for Adults in Chico, CA

Welcome!  Maybe you are thinking of reaching out because of a personal crisis, a rupture or a sense of loss. Or you might be struggling with something more vague, difficult to name or pinpoint, but pervasive and distressing. Reflecting on your life you might recognize patterns that keep repeating, even though they cause you pain.  Conscious efforts to change them and even previous therapy, might not have brought the hoped-for transformation.  

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is tailored to the uniqueness of each subject.  

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is tailored to the uniqueness of each subject.  

how talking helps

Therapy offers a space to speak freely about what troubles you. In this process what bothers you can become clarified, and new and creative ways of going about your life can emerge. It can help you move towards living a life that is more in tune with what you want, a life that offers you more satisfaction and less pain in your relationships with your loved ones.

A thoughtful approach

My approach is grounded in careful listening to what is unique and singular in each person. It is not about providing you with one size fit all answers, but about creating a space that allows new answers to emerge that entail a bit less suffering and that are a bit more satisfying.

Taking the first step

Are you tired of being stuck? Of repeating the same unsatisfying patterns even though you want something different? Curious about creating something new and getting unstuck so you can move forward? Call An at (530) 321-2970. I am here to listen. 

 

'I almost wish I hadn't gone down the rabbit-hole—
and yet—and yet—...”  
        —Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland 

 

 

 

 

Common concerns

  • anxiety

  • depression

  • loss and unresolved grief

  • stress

  • low self-esteem

  • loneliness

  • moodiness, irritability, emotional reactivity

  • relationship conflicts

  • trauma

  • creative block

  • bipolar disorder

  • psychosis

An Bulkens    |    Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist    |   MFC 52746

Tel. (530) 321- 2970    |   186 E 12th ST,  Chico, CA 95928