Getting to know your therapist

Desiree Hedberg, Marriage and Family Therapist (#109708) specializing in working with couples and relationships. Desiree earned her B.A. in English at U.C. Irvine and her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy with a health emphasis at Santa Clara University. She uses a client-centered, strength-based approach to assess and support relationships to facilitate positive healing and change.

Specializations

  • Couples counseling
  • Sex therapy
  • LGBTQ+ and gender affirming therapy
  • Grief and loss

Strengths

Anxiety and depression, blended family struggles, co-parenting and parent support, divorce, open relationship structures / non-monogamy,  improving social and communication skills, life transitions, relationship challenges, self-esteem, sexuality (BDSM and kink friendly), mindfulness and health psychology for stress management.

Desiree Hedberg LMFT #109708

Work experience

  • Tell Desiree private practice founder and clinician (2019-now)
  • Executive Director and Marriage and Family Therapist treating adults, couples, and families at Family Therapy Center (2017-2019).
  • Marriage and Family Therapist treating adults, couples, and families at Thrive Family Therapy Center (2016-2017)
  • Child and Family Therapist at YWCA, San Jose providing individual, couples, family, group therapy, behavior modification, and crisis intervention, for students and their families at schools and the San Jose clinic (2014-2015).
  • Grief therapist for individuals, families, and groups at Hospice of the Valley (2013-2014).
  • Providing therapy and resource referrals for individuals, couples, and groups at PACE—Santa Clara County Medical Center’s HIV positive clinic (2012-2013).

More about me personally?

Desiree Hedberg

I’m an avid reader and passionate about the outdoors and the life we have the opportunity to create for ourselves.

I truly enjoy being with people and learning about them and their experiences. In my former life, I spent a lot of time writing – and my favorite topic was (is still) always people. 

I spend my fun time hanging out with friends, reading, watching nerdy sci-fi movies, enjoying a hike, watching our crazy kitties we rescued and how kind the dog is to them, and exploring the outdoors, or doing something fun and adventurous with my family!