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Media Bio - Dr. Randi Fredricks, Ph.D.

Dr. Randi Fredricks is a mental health expert who blends traditional psychology and integrative medicine. Dr. Fredricks is also a relationship expert who helps couples reconnect, repair their marriages, and prevent divorce.

Dr. Fredricks has authored hundreds of article on relationship issues and natural methods for mental health. She has been been quoted in The San Jose Mercury News, The Willow Glen Resident, eHow Family, The Examiner and New Times.

Dr. Fredricks' first book, Healing & Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health, is used as a textbook on integrating natural medicine into psychology. Her second book Fasting: An Exceptional Human Experience is about the long history of fasting for medical, psychological, spiritual, and political reasons.

Dr. Fredricks is a founding member of AllThingsWell.com, CinemaTherapyReview.com and Animal-AssistedTherapy.net. As a licensed marriage and family therapist with Doctorates in Psychology and Naturopathy, she has an extensive background in various areas including anxiety, addiction, codependency, and depression. In her private practice, she focuses mainly on individual and relationship counseling using traditional psychology and integrative medicine. She also maintains a year-round schedule speaking at conferences and broadcast media outlets, and has authored or co-authored more than 100 professional articles and books including:

Healing & Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health
Fasting: An Exceptional Human Experience
Rainbow Recovery: Recovery Workbook.
An Exploratory Study of the Effects of Water Fasting for Depression
Communication Apprehension Among Adult Children of Alcoholics
Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Addiction Treatment
Fasting as a Transformative Experience
Combining Psychotherapy with Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Depression and Exercise
The Psychological Effects of Nutrition
Body-Based Therapies for Anxiety
Using Genograms in Therapy
Psychotherapy Helps With Anger Management
Therapeutic Approaches to Depression
How Psychotherapy Works
Do I Need Psych Meds?
Coping with Trauma
Transpersonal Psychology
Naturopathic Psychotherapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Contemplative Therapy
Depth Psychotherapy
Experiential Humanistic Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Bowen Family Therapy
Existential Therapy
Structural Family Therapy
Client-Centered Therapy
Strategic Family Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Behavior Therapy
Antipsychotic Drugs Increase Heart Risks
Is OCD Genetic?
Middle-Aged Single People Are At Higher Dementia Risk
Understanding Delusional Disorder
Antipsychotics Increase Death Risk in Alzheimer's Patients
How Medications Affect Your Mood
Feeling Tired All the Time May Be More Than Depression
ADHD and Associated Disorders
GLBT Identity Awareness and Acceptance
Alternative Therapies for Depression and Anxiety
The Pitfalls of Dating After Divorce
Getting Through the Loss of a Pet
Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Schizophrenia
Is It Mad Cow or Is It Alzheimer's?
Research on the Effectiveness of Antidepressants
Therapy for Childhood Anxiety
20 Ways to Improve a Child's Self-Esteem
How to Know If Your Child Needs Therapy
Eating Disorders in Young Children
Helping Children Cope With Trauma
Therapy Prevents Teen Substance Abuse
Helping A Child Cope With A Death in the Family
The Impact of Growing Up in an Alcoholic Home
Treating Childhood Depression
Dealing with Teenage Anger
When Teenagers Experience Depression
Early Head Injury May Predict ADHD Diagnosis
The Teenage Search for Identity
Reducing Teenage Sexual Risk-Taking
Recognizing Bipolar Symptoms in Teens
Neighborhood Alcohol Ads May Increase Kids' Drinking
The History of Medication for ADHD
Saliva Test Could Indicate Autism
Alternatives to Learning Challenges
ADHD Can Strain Relationships
Strategies to Reduce Arguing
Improving Communication
Keep Your Love Alive
10 Habits of Happy Couples
Secrets of Successful Relationship
Counseling GLBTQI Couples
Couples Counseling and Codependency
Communicating with Respect
Strategies for Counseling Couples with Addiction
Is It Love or Stalking?
Agree to Disagree: The Winning Defense
Communicating Without Anger
Accepting Your Partner
Trouble With Commitment
Addiction and the Brain
Nutrition Therapy and Recovery from Addiction
Sugar Addiction - The Great American Pastime
Addiction and Alternative Medicine
Alcohol Harms Women Faster Than Men
Support for the Families of Alcoholics
Smoking Can Lower Your IQ
Caffeine - Friend or Foe?
Diagnosing Sexual Addiction
Treating Sexual Addiction
The Serious Business of Internet Addiction
Women Who Quit Smoking Have Healthier, Happier Babies
Gambling Addiction - A Losing Proposition
Codependency - The Family Illness
Television Addiction
Older Problem Gamblers Have Increased Suicide Risk
Addiction to Clutter
Substance Abuse Increases Osteoporosis Risk
The Connection Between Alcohol and Depression
Video Game Addiction Disorder
Gender, Eating Disorders and the Brain
How Thin is Too Thin?
Anorexia Athletica: Compulsive Exercising
Hypnotherapy and Eating Disorders
Night Eating Syndrome and Nocturnal Sleep-Related Eating Disorder
Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Is it Binge Eating or Just Overeating?
Could Fear Be Keeping You Fat?
The Dangers of Abdominal Fat
Getting Rid of Abdominal Fat
Hypnosis Helps With Weight Loss
The Pitfalls of Weight Loss
Trick Your Body Into Losing Weight
10 Ways to Be More Productive With Less Effort
Strategies to Help You Worry Less
Managing Irritating Employees and Co-workers
The Vicious Cycle of Perfectionism
People Pleasing
Planning for a Career Change
Journaling Can Help to Relieve Stress
Getting a Good Night Sleep
The Importance of a Healing Crisis
Paradigm Formation and Health
How Neuro Linguistic Programming Works
Aromatherapy Reduces Anxiety and Depression
Sauna Therapy Helps Depression
Meditation for Mental Health
Fasting: The Path to Good Health
Cold Therapy Helps Depression
Cleansing and Detoxification
Retrieving Repressed Memories with EMDR
EMDR for Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma
The Relationship Between EMDR and NLP
How EMDR Works in the Brain
PTSD Can Double Veterans' Dementia Risk
Ericksonian Hypnosis
Hypnotherapy and Eating Disorders
Visualization: The Use of Imagery
Hypnotherapy and Anxiety
Hypnotherapy Helps With Weight Loss
Diet and Mental Health
How Obesity Causes Diabetes
Nutritional Therapy Can Reduce Anxiety
Corn Syrup Linked to Diabetes, Obesity, and Cognitive Decline
Nutrient Depletion Caused by Drugs
ADHD and Children's Diet
Fish Oil Treats ADHD Better Than Ritalin
Autism, Diet and Nutrition
Diet and Life Span
Eating for Life
Antioxidants May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s
The Link Between Nutrition and Fatigue
Why Black Tea is Better Than Green
Can Vitamin B12 Stave Off Alzheimer’s?
Increasing Energy and Vitality
How Safe is Fish to Eat?
Research on the Effects of Caffeine on Mental Health
Vitamin B3 Holds Promise for Alzheimer's Disease
Bee Products: Bee-lieve it!
Arthritis: Diet Versus Prescription Drugs
Study Finds Diet Prevents Dementia
Getting Kids To Eat Fruit and Vegetables
Herbal Medicine Versus Pharmaceuticals
The History of Herbal Medicine
Herbal Medicine Goes Mainstream
How Herbal Medicine Works
Depression, Adrenal Fatigue, and Herbal Medicine
Herbal Medicine in the U.S. and Europe
Herbs for a Good Night Sleep
St. John's Wort and Depression
Research on Herbal Medicine and Anxiety
The Safety of Herbal Medicine
Ginkgo Biloba, Cognitive Decline, and Dementia
14 Ways to Improve Your Exercise Routine
Stretch Your Way Towards Better Health
Movement Helps Us Live Longer
Improve Your Range of Motion
Resistance Training is the Key to Weight Loss
Ten Surprising Workout Myths
Exercise Improves Aging Related Mental Decline and Alzheimer’s
Exercise Can Lower Anxiety
How Exercise Helps Depression
Babies, Music and Sound
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CPAD)
Sound Therapy: The History of Using Sound as Therapy
Sound Therapy and The Mozart Effect
Infants Can Tell Happy Music From Sad
Classical Music and Sound Therapy
The Psychological Benefits of Massage Therapy
Acupressure Improves Mental Health
Craniosacral Therapy: Mind-Body Medicine
Coping with Chronic Pain
Acupuncture for Depression
Living With Chronic Illness and Disability
Treating the Whole Person: Mind, Body, Spirit
Combining Naturopathy with Psychotherapy
Visualization: The Use of Imagery
Medicine Women: Female Shamans
Native American Spirituality
Defining Holistic Psychotherapy
Spirituality and the Therapeutic Experience
The Power of Color
The Art of Psychic Protection: Parapsychology and Modern Worldviews
The Principles and Relevance of Ecopsychology

Fasting, Spirituality and Religion

As an accomplished writer with a passion for natural medicine and teaching couples how to strengthen and repair their relationships, Dr. Fredricks' work, comments, and insights have been featured in the following magazines and websites:

Sunset Magazine
Better Homes & Gardens
The San Jose Mercury News
OH Magazine
New Homes
The Santa Clara
AllExperts.com
Country Decorating Ideas
DuPont Magazine
Selfgrowth.com
NetworkTherapy.com
The Willow Glen Resident
Kitchen & Bath Design News
Natural Mental Health
Santa Clara Valley CAMFT News
New Times
Kitchen & Bath Specialist
AllThingsWell.com
CinemaTherapyReview.com
Animal-AssistedTherapy.net
AuthorHouse.com
eHow Family
Examiner.com

Dr. Fredricks' book Healing & Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health, is a landmark book on evidenced-based approaches to natural methods for emotional health. Twenty-two chapters document research and the current practice of using complementary and alternative therapies in treating a number of disorders, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, and addictions. The therapies covered are both state-of-the-art and ancient, including naturopathy, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, nutritional therapy, herbal medicine, meditation, and other CAM therapies. According to Google's review:

Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health provides a comprehensive overview of complementary and alternative treatments for mental health . . . This compendium of integrative and holistic therapies provides the reader with access to a multitude of options for improving their mental health. This is a thorough guide to alternative therapies in the mental health field, organizing a large amount of information in a relevant, easy-to-use format. Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health can be used as a standard reference for the mental health care professional, the graduate student, or anyone looking to improve their emotional health.

As a long term resident of Santa Clara County, Dr. Fredricks is honored to serve on several non-profit, public benefit organizations that give back to the community. She has served on the managing boards of The National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence of Silicon Valley The Willow Street Business and Professional Association, The California Association of Marriage Family Therapists of Santa Clara County, The National Association of the Remodeling Industry of Santa Clara County, and The Willow Glen Business and Professional Association,

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Dr. Randi Fredricks, Ph.D. is a Psychotherapist and licensed as a Marriage Family Therapist MFC 47803. © Randi Fredricks, Marriage and Family Therapist, Inc. and San Jose Couples Counseling and Marriage Therapy Serving San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Santa Cruz, Palo Alto, Monte Sereno, Los Gatos, Cupertino, Mountain View, Scotts Valley, Campbell, Willow Glen, and Milpitas CA.