Your relationship with your therapist is one of the most significant factors in the success of therapy.
​I hope that this website gives you a sense of me and my work to help you decide whether I could be a good support for you. 

ABOUT ME

I am a British immigrant who has lived and worked in the UK, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. I moved to the Bay Area in 2001. For the last 15 years I have specialized in working with clients struggling with the effects of childhood trauma and substance use. I have managed intensive therapeutic settings and outpatient programs. I have trained and supervised therapists. To ensure that I can be as effective as possible in supporting clients wrestling with complex challenges, I have trained intensively in multiple ways of working through the effects of difficult childhood experiences.

Dr. Charlotte Ormond

THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES

I draw heavily on holistic approaches, mostly based on mindfulness that:

• Build on your strengths
  
• Encourage you to identify and practice healthy coping skills
  
• Empower you to handle overwhelming emotions or crippling self-critical thoughts
  
• Create new, more realistic beliefs about yourself so you can choose how to lead your life
  
• Empower you to be more self-accepting and feel good about yourself
  
• Empower you to communicate with your loved ones in ways that work
  
• Allow you to access your own inner wisdom and your own unique way of healing

SKILLS

• Trauma Therapist
• Trained in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing
• Trained in Internal Family Systems
• Certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
• Certified Enneagram Teacher

EXPERIENCE

• ​Therapist for more than 15 years
• Work with clients struggling with issues such as post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and substance use
• Managed intensive outpatient programs in community mental health for 10 years
• Trained and supervised therapist interns
• Provided trainings on trauma-informed care and how to manage compassion fatigue and secondary traumatization

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Transpersonal Clinical Psychology, Sofia University, Palo Alto

• B.A. in Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, U.K.

Accomplishments

• First recipient of Healing Hero Award from San Mateo County Trauma Learning Collaborative

TESTIMONIALS

“It is a wonderful privilege to publicly post the collaborative relationship I treasure with Dr. Charlotte Ormond, a highly trained and professional psychologist that has supported so many clients over the 15 years we have worked together. It is my experience, that Dr. Ormond, can hear every client's story from a strength-based, client focused, empathic perspective and utilizing her many specialized training and skills, provide awareness and perspective to each story. Dr. Ormond is an asset to the field of psychology, and if a client is searching for someone who will hear them, see them, believe them, and perhaps most of all connect with them, Dr. Ormond is a perfect fit.” --Clarise Blanchard, Ph.D., LMFT

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“I can unreservedly recommend Charlotte Ormond as a compassionate healer and skilled clinician. She brings a depth of training in cutting edge techniques to her work as well as kindness and presence, which allow her to truly listen and respond to the needs of her clients.”
​—Holly Heath, LMFT

Call (650) 492-1876
​OR Email -
therapy@drcormond.com