San Francisco Bay Area +1 (415) 497 5101
Rosa Thomas, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
PSY 20906
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My goal for you as a result of trauma therapy is the positive transformation into a new appreciation of life, newfound personal strength, improved relationships, and a vision of the new possibilities for your life.
Rosa Thomas, PhD
“Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life. ”
― Norton Juster
The Phantom Tollbooth
"Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.”
― Edward Albee
The American Dream & The Zoo Story
“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”
― Norton Juster
The Phantom Tollbooth
“You may not see it now," said the Princess of Pure Reason, looking knowingly at Milo's puzzled face, "but whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way. Why, when a housefly flaps his wings, a breeze goes round the world; when a speck of dust falls to the ground, the entire planet weighs a little more; and when you stamp your foot, the earth moves slightly off its course. Whenever you laugh, gladness spreads like the ripples in the pond; and whenever you're sad, no one anywhere can be really happy. And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."
--Oscar Wilde
Rosa Thomas, Ph.D.
Psychotherapy
“Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.”
― Norton Juster
The Phantom Tollbooth
“With the right words, you can change the world.”
― E. B. White
“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”― A. A. Milne
“Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond. The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. All these sights and sounds and smells will be yours to enjoy…this lovely world, these precious days…”― E. B. White
“Accept the apology you’ll never receive.”
― Unknown
Expertise and Services
Trauma therapy
Adult Psychotherapy
Differential Diagnosis
Testing and Assessement
Group Therapy
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these, you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
“You must never feel badly about making mistakes ... as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
“Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don't forget to have art in your life - music, paintings, theater, dance, and sunsets.”
― Eric Carle
“I don’t understand it, and I don’t like what I don’t understand.”
― E. B. White