Divorce Counseling Santa Rosa
Therapy for adults pre and post-divorce
You didn't ask for this. But now you have to figure out what to do with it. Get your footing back with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
You look like you're handling it. You don't feel like you are.
You're going to work.
You're taking care of business.
You're showing up for your kids.
You're telling people you're doing okay.
But when you're alone, it's different.
You didn't ask for this. But now you have to figure out what to do with it.
You didn’t want this outcome. You're angry. You're replaying what happened in your head. You're thinking about her, a lot.
You find yourself crying and more emotionally raw than usual.
You're struggling to sleep. You're wondering what went wrong, more specifically, what you did wrong, and what you're supposed to do with your life now.
Your mind is already freaking out about the future
There is so much to figure out. You’ve got to get your finances in order; do you get a lawyer?
Your mind is already going to the worst-case scenario with the horror stories you’ve heard about co-parenting and the legal system.
Everything you build in life was with her in mind, now you feel lost.
I’m a Divorce Recovery Therapist in Santa Rosa, and I Can Help You
Angela Sitka, LMFT with a private practice in Santa Rosa, CA specializing in divorce counseling and therapy.
My name is Angela, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Santa Rosa. I help adults navigating divorce who are emotionally overwhelmed and stuck in overthinking find a clear vision for their new future.
I use an approach called ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), which is a practical, evidence-based form of therapy that helps people respond to stress, emotions, and relationship challenges more effectively instead of staying stuck in the same patterns.
Some Examples of What You’ll Learn in Therapy
Defusion techniques: when overthinking takes over, these are the ways to get some space from them, so you don’t find yourself reacting to them in ways that makes your life worse… like lashing out at your loved ones, shutting down, isolating, or trying to numb out and distract yourself.
Clarify your values in a concrete way, so when you are faced with uncertainty, problems, and life challenges you have an internal compass to figure out the next steps forward.
You will leave therapy with me knowing exactly where you need to focus so the overwhelm doesn’t have a place to fester anymore.
Proactively take control in the areas of your life you DO have some control over. In ACT therapy, we call it “committed action.” We identify it, come up with a plan, and have accountability to help your follow-through.
Communication skill building that allows you to set boundaries, address conflict-avoidance, make repairs with others when mistakes happen, and help you be better understood by others. Even if your relationship or marriage is beyond repair, these are the important relational skills to help you feel confident in the next one.
Learn about yourself in a deeper way than ever before. Sometimes it takes a huge life disruption for us to stop us in our tracks and make us reflect on ourselves and our patterns of behavior. This might mean, looking at childhoods, trauma, and all the stuff that got bottled up and put away from the past. When we can understand it, we more equipped to choose to do something different.
You Pick Your Therapy Option:
Weekly Therapy
Weekly traditional model of therapy with once a week 50-minute sessions provides a structured space to work through challenges as they arise while building new skills over time. This option is a good fit if you want ongoing support, accountability, and a consistent place to process what's happening in your relationships and life.
Therapy Intensives
A therapy intensive is an extended, concentrated block of therapy, with sessions of 3 hour increments one-on-one with Angela Sitka, LMFT. This structure of therapy allows us to dive deeply into the patterns, challenges, and skills that are most relevant to your situation. For people who need help fast, want to skip the waitlists, and jump-start their progress.
Not Sure Which Option Is Right for You?
That's okay. During our consultation call, we can talk about your goals, what you're hoping to get out of therapy, and which option makes the most sense for your situation.
Get Started with Divorce Therapy in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, and Online Therapy in California
Angela Sitka is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #97770) in Santa Rosa, California, providing therapy to adults throughout California. As a licensed therapist since 2017, she specializes in helping individuals strengthen their relational skills through greater emotional awareness, effective communication, and psychological flexibility.
Her educational background has included specialized training in using ACT Therapy to address perfectionism and people-pleasing tendencies. She writes and collaborates in popular media about various relational topics including setting boundaries, obsessive thinking, emotional intelligence, and relationship attachment styles in publications such as: TIME, HuffPost, SELF, PsychCentral, and Cosmopolitan.
Her work integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-informed therapy, and relational approaches to help clients navigate conflict, reduce emotional reactivity, and build healthier, more secure relationships.
