Mirisen Ozpek

AMFT #156226

“Mirisen has a warm, active presence that helps her clients deeply connect in sessions. She excels at helping people feel more empowered and at home with themselves”

❋ Practical

Mirisen wants therapy to feel meaningful and useful in daily life. In sessions, she helps clients build tools for staying connected to what feels true, useful, and possible.

❋ Culturally Responsive

She understands clients within the larger contexts of family, culture, identity, power, migration, gender, sexuality, and community. In sessions, this means she makes room for the systems and stories that shape a person’s life.

❋ Warm

Mirisen brings genuine presence into the room. Her hope is that clients feel met as whole people, not reduced to a diagnosis, problem, or set of symptoms.

❋ Depth Oriented

She approaches clients as whole people whose struggles cannot be separated the meaning they hold. This work involves connecting the dots to deeper patterns and stories that shape your life to create greater clarity, connection, and possibility in the present.

Mirisen is an experienced clinician, specializing in Anxiety, Relationships, Couples, LGBTQ+, Identity and more.

Below are some of her qualifications.

Masters of Marriage, Family and Child Counseling from SFSU

This degree trained Mirisen in a systemic and culturally responsive approach to therapy. In sessions, this means she considers clients in context: through family systems, relationships, culture, identity, and the larger conditions shaping their lives.

Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Levels 1-2, Gottman Institute

This training supports Mirisen’s work with couples around conflict, communication, repair, and relationship patterns. In sessions, Mirisen helps partners slow down reactive cycles, understand what is happening underneath conflict, and build more intentional ways of connecting.

PhD in Linguistics from Purdue University

Mirisen’s background helps her listen closely to how people understand themselves, their relationships, and the stories they have inherited. In therapy, she pays attention to the roles clients have been asked to carry and the identities they are still defining for themselves.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) Training

DBT and ACT inform Mirisen’s work with emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. These tools can help clients feel less overwhelmed and more able to make values-based and grounded choices in difficult moments.

FAQ

  • I specialize in working with individuals and couples navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, identity exploration, LGBTQ+ experiences, neurodiversity, family dynamics, life transitions, childhood trauma, and self-worth.

  • My approach is mainly attachment-oriented and relational. I draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, DBT skills, EMDR, and IFS/parts work.

    • Individuals: 50 mins usually weekly sessions, $120

    • Couples: 60 mins usually weekly sessions, $140

    • Sliding scale: $75, $85, $95

  • I do not accept insurance or work with insurance companies directly. However, I can provide a superbill that you can submit to your insurance for reimbursement. Coverage varies depending on your plan, so I recommend reaching out to your insurance provider to ask about out-of-network mental health benefits.

  • I see clients in California virtually.

Get Started with Mirisen

Please reach out with any questions or to schedule a free 20-minute consultation. On this call, you’ll discuss what you’re looking for and my offerings.