Trauma & Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Women
in Santa Cruz 

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 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 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 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, Brainspotting, and trauma-focused psychotherapy.
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Rather than relying on one single 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.