Psychotherapy Approach
Experiential & Relational Psychotherapy in Petaluma
Healing through Inner Transformation
Experiential & Relational Psychotherapy
Adults only
Helps you understand and process the painful, unresolved experiences at the core of your symptoms.
About This Approach
Experiential & Relational Psychotherapy
Healing through Inner Transformation
Experiential and relational psychotherapy helps you understand and process the painful, unresolved experiences at the core of your symptoms — not only by talking about them, but by having corrective emotional experiences in session that can shift how you feel, relate, and see yourself.
The therapeutic relationship is central: it offers a safe space to notice unconscious relational patterns, work through avoided emotions, and develop more authentic ways of connecting in everyday life.
“Every bad feeling is potential energy toward a more right way of being if you give it space to move toward its rightness.”
— Eugene Gendlin
Included modalities
Relational and experiential tools for inner transformation
Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Relational psychodynamic psychotherapy focuses on the interpersonal dynamics between therapist and client, viewing this relationship as a microcosm of broader relational patterns. In that safe, reflective space, you can explore unconscious tendencies — how early attachment shapes present relationships — and begin shifting patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties.
Who This Approach Can Help
Well suited to adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems, and emotional dysregulation — especially when supportive therapy alone has not produced lasting change.
- Unresolved painful experiences at the core of symptoms
- Anxiety, depression, and emotional dysregulation
- Relationship and attachment patterns
- Grief, loss, and life transitions
- LGBTQ+ concerns in an affirming therapeutic relationship
Other psychotherapy approaches
Explore the full range of depth-oriented psychotherapy available at my Petaluma office.
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Somatic Therapy Corner
A welcoming space for healing.
My office provides a warm, comfortable, confidential environment designed to help you feel safe and supported. I've created a calm space where you can focus entirely on your journey toward wellness and growth.
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Sil Machado, Ph.D.
7 Fourth Street, Suite 45, Petaluma, CA 94952
Supportive care in Petaluma.
Sil Machado, Ph.D. offers a calm, welcoming space for in-person care in Petaluma, serving Sonoma & Marin County.
