Trauma & Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Women

Meet Tania Manczarek, LCSW
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I’m Tania Manczarek, a licensed psychotherapist with more than 20 years of experience in the mental health field and the author of "Uncovering Good Girl Conditioning: A Path to Releasing Guilt, Fear, People-Pleasing, and the Hidden Beliefs Undermining Women’s Power."
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I believe that healing is not about becoming a different person or fixing what is “wrong” with you. It is about understanding the patterns, beliefs, protective parts, and experiences that have shaped you—and creating the freedom to choose something different.
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I offer in-person psychotherapy and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) in Santa Cruz and surrounding areas, as well as telehealth psychotherapy throughout California. I work with women throughout Santa Cruz County, including Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Capitola, Aptos, and Soquel, as well as clients who are willing to travel from Los Gatos and the greater Bay Area.
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My practice is grounded in an integrative, trauma-informed, and whole-person approach. I work with women who may be struggling with anxiety, trauma, CPTSD, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, perfectionism, people-pleasing, codependency, attachment wounds, or the feeling that they understand their patterns but still can't seem to change them.
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My therapeutic training and approaches include EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Somatic Therapy, Movement Therapy, and trauma-focused psychotherapy.
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Rather than relying on one approach, I draw from several experiential and somatic modalities based on your individual needs, goals, and nervous system. 
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You don't have to fight against yourself to heal.
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Together, we can become curious about the parts of you that have learned to over-function, please others, stay in control, avoid conflict, strive for perfection, or put your own needs last.
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We can explore what those patterns have been protecting you from—and what becomes possible when you no longer have to live from them.
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My goal is to help you develop a deeper relationship with yourself, your body, your emotions, and your inner world so that you can move toward greater self-trust, authenticity, connection, and freedom.
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If you're ready to understand yourself in a new way and create meaningful change, I invite you to reach out for a free 20-minute consultation.