Find your path to a joyful life.
Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Healing in California
We can help you (re)discover what joy feels like.
Welcome to Reclaim Joy Medical!
We are a mental health practice in Santa Clara, CA offering psychiatry and counseling services virtually and in-person at our Santa Clara, CA office for patients in Silicon Valley and the greater Bay Area. Our psychiatrists and therapists will do their very best to help you in your journey to access your inner joy.
Serving the Communities of:
- Mountain View
- Palo Alto
- Sunnyvale
- Cupertino
- Santa Clara
- San Jose
- Los Gatos
- Campbell
- Burlingame
- Redwood City
- Daly City
- Hillsborough
- San Bruno
- Fremont
- Gilroy
- Milpitas
- San Francisco
- South Bay
- San Mateo Peninsula
- Millbrae
- Surrounding areas
If you have ever felt “stuck” or like life could be better, counseling as well as medication can change your life.
You deserve healing and happiness together we can get you closer to where you want to be. Let’s work together to put you on a path to a more joyful life.
Our Featured Therapies
Compassionate Medication Management
Providing comprehensive assessments and monitoring of medications to ensure the best possible outcome.
Trauma-informed Therapy
Experience trauma-informed therapy that prioritizes safety and trust, incorporating EMDR, DBT, and other evidence-based approaches for healing and growth.
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
Recent studies have shown that KAP can be a powerful tool to help people with mood disorders.
Book an Appointment
Appointments are available within the next 1-2 weeks. New patients may choose from a New Patient Appointment or a 15 Minute Free Phone Introduction to our Services.
Our Practitioners
The practitioners at Reclaim Joy Medical are interested in our patients’ well-being over the long run and do not perform “ten-minute med checks.” We offer talk therapy services as well as medication management under one roof. As a patient at Reclaim Joy Medical, you will be an active participant in your own healing journey. We encourage a dialogue that goes both ways between physician and patient.
Our goal is to help you on your journey to become a more joyful you, and to help you become “unstuck.” Come and learn how to be more at ease. Book an appointment with us today!
Suzanna Freerksen, MD
Psychiatrist
Dr. Leilani Shields
Clinical Psycologist, Psy. D.
Ellen Smith
Counselor, MEd, LPCC, CST
HOW IT WORKS
Therapy sessions tailored just for you
In session, our therapists take the time to ask questions, listen, collaborate, and educate. Our goal is to retain the personal connection that you want with a psychiatrist or therapist.
We offer multiple therapy modalities at Reclaim Joy Medical, and our practitioners are able to tailor your treatment plan using a wide range of knowledge and tools. As a patient, you will always be an active participant in your therapy journey, and your feedback is welcome and encouraged.
Some of the types of therapy we offer includes but is not limited to trauma informed therapy informed by the polyvagal theory and body based approaches, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and associate skills, existential psychotherapy, person-centered therapy, individual and couples therapy, sex therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Ketamine Assisted Therapy (KAT), mindfulness and breath exercises, psychodynamic techniques, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
We offer in-person appointments for those in the Bay Area, CA at our office in Santa Clara, CA across the street from McDonald’s and near Costco. We also offer virtual tele-therapy appointments for patients located anywhere in California.
If you have any questions about any of the above therapy methods, or have questions about our practice, please book a free 15 minute phone introduction with one of our practitioners from our appointments page.