Dr. Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. is a therapist, researcher and author with a Ph.D. in Psychology and a Doctorate in Naturopathy. Dr. Fredricks works as a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is also a certified clinical nutritionist, herbalist, hypnotherapist, and master NLP practitioner. She provides integrated therapies for anxiety, depression, addiction, and eating disorders at San Jose Counseling and Psychotherapy.
Dr. Fredricks has helped many of Silicon Valley’s residents with reducing anxiety and stress and managing mental health and pain with natural remedies. Her undergraduate degree was from Santa Clara University where she published a landmark study on communication, addiction and codependency. Dr. Fredricks’ counseling psychology master’s degree is from John F. Kennedy University and her Ph.D. in psychology is from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology where she published a highly recognized study on the use if alternative medicine and depression.
Dr. Fredricks’ best-selling books include Healing & Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health, a 650-page compendium that provides a comprehensive overview of complementary and alternative treatments for mental health, with information and research on their effectiveness for treating specific psychiatric disorders. Her best-selling book, Fasting: An Exceptional Human Experience has been lauded as a landmark in the fields of alternative medicine. Her other books include Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Depression and Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Anxiety. She lives and maintains a private practice in San Jose, California.