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We provide confidential, safe spaces for our clients to reveal themselves and in the process, discover their true self. This quote (we think) best sums up any coaching or therapy endeavor: “Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” - Carl Jung https://www.covetherapy.co/contact daily 0.75 2021-11-24 https://www.covetherapy.co/team daily 0.75 2023-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611d4adc4a6e455483d7c056/668db782-f0af-4f2b-8ec3-dfd4cd56841c/AA+headshot.jpg Team - CLINICAL DIRECTOR, THERAPIST Allison Arkfeld, MA, LMFT Allison is a founding member of the Cove and brings over a decade of clinical experience. She seeks to provide clients with a “safe harbor” through her utilization of somatics and depth psychotherapy. Her specialty is working with trauma survivors and adults diagnosed with ADHD. She also has a passion for mentoring therapists around safe practices for trauma therapy. As our practice’s lead therapist, Ms. Arkfeld sets the standard for our team as well as provides clients a safe, inviting space to heal. She has been guest faculty with USC Keck School of Medicine for the past 7 years and taught at Modern Sex Therapy Institute. LinkedIn — Email https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611d4adc4a6e455483d7c056/24a3ae93-7199-4705-811b-801e241acfe6/Image+9-8-26+at+10.35%E2%80%AFAM.jpg Team Mary McCall, PhD Mary is a seasoned expert in human development and aging, with a career spanning over 40 years in higher education, research, and community-based consulting. She earned her PhD in Human Development and Aging from the University of California, San Francisco, following a Bachelor of Science in Human Development from UC Davis. Mary began her professional journey as a professor of psychology and ethnic studies, teaching developmental psychology and aging, conducting research, and mentoring students at Saint Mary’s and Fielding Graduate University. Over the years, she also held administrative and diversity-focused roles, contributing to faculty development and organizational growth in higher education. Today, Mary serves as a death doula, coach, and consultant. She works with individuals, families, and care circles to navigate middle- and late-life challenges, including advance care planning, housing and care arrangements, grief, and bereavement. Trained through INELDA as a death doula and certified as a life coach, she empowers her clients to make values-based decisions, ensuring quality of life while embracing the realities of aging and end-of-life care. Her approach emphasizes emotional presence, informed choice, and compassionate support for both individuals and their loved ones. Mary’s work is driven by a deep belief in the dignity and beauty of life’s final stages, shaped in part by personal experiences with family illness and death. She supports clients through practical, emotional, and spiritual guidance, helping families process grief, reduce anxiety, and focus on meaningful connections. Beyond individual coaching, she continues to consult on aging services, research design, diversity, and inclusion, drawing on her extensive international experience. Mary’s philosophy blends lifelong learning, cognitive flexibility, and an emotional toolkit for coping, making her a trusted guide in both aging and end-of-life journeys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611d4adc4a6e455483d7c056/eedea132-d863-4438-bdbd-36de2e22da06/2025-05-30+07_29_29.884-0700.jpg Team - Blair Nastasi, MA, AMFT, & PhD Candidate Blair Nastasi is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT#139978) suprivised by Allison Arkfeld (LMFT118095). Blair works with adults navigating shame, codependence, insecure attachment & relationship trauma. She helps them build self-trust, self-compassion and a sense of safety within themselves, so they can experience the secure connection they’ve been looking for which starts within. She also works with teens and families. Her passion lives in helping people who have lost themselves in relationships, or are carrying the emotional weight of loving someone with addiction or mental health challenges. Blair’s approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and based in both research and lived experience. A PhD candidate in Psychology, mental health educator, author, and former CEO, Blair brings a unique combination of clinical expertise, psychological insight, and real-world understanding to her work with clients. She uses tools from attachment focused therapy, somatic therapy, IFS parts work, self-compassion, and mindfulness to help clients understand what they do, why it makes sense, and most importantly, how to change the things that are no longer serving them. https://www.covetherapy.co/about daily 0.75 2021-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611d4adc4a6e455483d7c056/1629764826840-CU68O58U2LD5F2M2X8YV/unsplash-image-yLFHRAsGYUQ.jpg About - Transforming lives one session at a time In the storm of life, the Cove is your sheltered spot for you to find peace, calm, protection and most of all safety. Our approach is based on multiple modalities from the most current research for both therapists and coaches. We consider the entire individual and strive to go beyond general talk therapy. 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