Conscious chimera
Something in you is asking for more than symptom management.
Dr. Kimberly Mascaro, PhD, LMFT, helps women move through grief, chronic illness, life transitions, and the kind of exhaustion that therapy-lite doesn't touch — using somatic awareness, dreamwork, and hypnotherapy alongside traditional counseling.
17+
years of instructing psychology at University
20+
Years in Practice
1
California License (LMFT #103066)
3
Published Books
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Online Sessions Available
You've done the inner work. You're still carrying something.
This practice is for adults, mostly women, who are asking harder questions than "how do I feel better?" You may be:
Moving through grief, loss, or the death of someone you loved deeply
Navigating life with a chronic illness: an autoimmune condition, a serious diagnosis, or a health journey that rewrote your sense of self
Hitting a life transition (career, identity, relationship, empty nest) that left you disoriented
Managing ADHD in a body and mind you're still learning to work with
Reaching for something spiritual or meaningful and not knowing how to get there through talk therapy alone
Curious whether your dreams are trying to tell you something and ready to find out
If standard therapy has felt too surface-level, this is a different kind of practice.
Like the mythical chimera, we're each made up of many parts.
Some fully in view, some just out of conscious awareness.
Conscious Chimera exists to help you bring those parts into integration, into wholeness.
servicesWhat We Work On Together
Somatic Therapy
& Holistic Mental Health
Somatic, evidence-based, and spiritually-oriented therapy for the whole person. CBT, DBT, art, breathwork, and more, woven together around what you actually need.
Dreamwork
& Dream Coaching
Your dreams are not random noise. Learn to work with them as a mirror, a guide, and a direct channel to parts of yourself that talk therapy rarely reaches.
Hypnotherapy, Guided Meditation & Yoga Nidra
Guided hypnosis to access the subconscious for anxiety, grief, habit change, and accessing your own inner wisdom.
Meet Dr. KimA therapist who has been where you might be.
Dr. Kimberly Mascaro is a somatic and spiritually-oriented psychotherapist with over 20 years in mental health and higher education. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology (somatic concentration) from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and an MS in counseling psychology from Dominican University.
She's also a researcher, a published author of three books on dreams and consciousness, and someone who knows what it is to navigate a seven-year cancer journey, grief, and the kind of loss that reorganizes you at a cellular level.
"When you're going through hell, keep going." She stood on the other side of that and it's why she does this work.
How It Works
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Reach Out
Use the contact form or give me a call at (510) 277-5595. I'll follow up to schedule a free 20-minute phone conversation. No intake forms, no automated scheduling; just a real call.
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Schedule Your First Session
If we decide to move forward, we'll book your first full session (50 minutes). You'll receive a secure intake form and any relevant paperwork via email beforehand.
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Begin the Work
First sessions are about context: your history, your goals, and what matters most to you. We're also beginning to establish the relational foundation that makes the work possible.
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Ongoing Sessions
We meet regularly, weekly or bi-weekly depending on your goals and schedule. The pacing is collaborative. We check in, adjust, and stay responsive to what you're bringing.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Holistic therapy treats the whole person — mind, body, emotions, and spirit — rather than just the presenting symptom. At Conscious Chimera, that means combining evidence-based approaches like CBT and DBT with somatic awareness, dreamwork, and hypnotherapy. It's especially useful when talk therapy alone hasn't produced the change you're looking for.
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Dreamwork therapy uses your dreams as material for deeper psychological and spiritual exploration. Rather than just interpreting symbols, Dr. Mascaro uses dreamwork to access parts of yourself that are harder to reach in ordinary conversation, including grief, creativity, and subconscious wisdom.
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Sessions take place over a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform — all you need is a private space and a reliable internet connection. Telehealth is currently available to anyone residing in California, and the experience is just as personal and relational as sitting across from each other in a room.
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The standard session fee is $280, with a sliding scale available for those who need it. Payment is by credit card only. Dr. Mascaro is out-of-network (OON), so while insurance isn't billed directly, she provides monthly superbills you can submit to your provider for possible reimbursement.