Charna Cassell, LMFT

Center for Passionate Living

My Approach

During my 20 years of private practice, I have constantly trained and done my own healing, creating an alchemy of modalities and tools with which we will help you develop a more resourced nervous system, be more emotionally stable and trust the support around you.


There is no formula for how I work with you session to session – I listen carefully for what is needed and we will co-create your experience.  Whatever modalities we access in our sessions, we will always hold that you are inherently whole, and that sometimes trauma obscures your ability to view yourself from this vantage point.  I will not heal you. I will care for you and offer you the tools to take responsibility for yourself.


These are some of the tools we may use.

“We are mosaic, pieces of light, love, history, stars- glued together with magic, and music and words.”

– Anita Krizzan

"All those years forgetting how easily you can belong to everything simply by listening." - David Whyte

"All those years forgetting how easily you can belong to everything simply by listening." - David Whyte

"Just keep going. No feeling is final." - Rainier Maria Rilke

"Just keep going. No feeling is final." - Rainier Maria Rilke

"I would love to live like a river flows, Carried by the surprise of its own unfolding." - John O'Donohue

"I would love to live like a river flows, Carried by the surprise of its own unfolding." - John O'Donohue

"You start dying slowly If you avoid to feel passion And their turbulent emotions." - Pablo Neruda

"You start dying slowly If you avoid to feel passion And their turbulent emotions." - Pablo Neruda

"To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others." - David Whyte

"To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others." - David Whyte

“Vulnerability, is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, accountability and authenticity." - Brene Brown

“Vulnerability, is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, accountability and authenticity." - Brene Brown

Contact Me

Charna Cassell, LMFT

Center for Passionate Living

7214 Sunkist Dr

Oakland, CA 94605

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© 2020 By Charna Cassell, LMFT. 

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. MFC 51238.