Marriage and family therapist Paul Agustinovich, Ph.D., focuses a significant portion of his practice on helping clients deal with self-worth issues and nagging negative beliefs that affect their present day functioning. Often these beliefs can be the result of major traumatic experiences or chronic abuse or negative programming that has occurred over developing years. These effects take many forms, but common symptoms can include feeling helpless, vulnerable, or unable to move on with life.

As a practicing therapist with more than 15 years of experience operating a private practice, Paul Agustinovich views the person from a holistic perspective and points to resources that are often unnoticed by the individual. These resources can be vital in processing negative past experiences and bad relationships. Once a person gains a new perspective of self, a new world can unfold with new possibilities.

Paul Agustinovich provides specialized counseling for individuals as well as couples. People seeking relief from self-worth challenges or depressive disorders have found his approach highly empathetic. His counseling for couples focuses on a technique known as emotionally focused therapy, which usually requires a short-term commitment of less than 20 sessions. Goals of the therapy include helping couples de-escalate conflicts while creating healthier interactions in a step-by-step manner.

A member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Paul Agustinovich also employs a form of therapy known as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). EMDR utilizes eye movement as a method of reconditioning anxiety responses to past experiences. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Agustinovich serves as a graduate student mentor at the University of San Francisco.