The care you deserve

With over 10 years of clinical mental health experience, we help children, individuals, and families navigate through various life struggles to be able to live their best life. We see clients both in person (Bakersfield, CA) and online (Telehealth video sessions for California residents) in both English and Spanish.
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About

Meet the Team

Susana Calderon, LMFT, Co-Owner ($140/session) Susana is a Bilingual (English/Spanish) therapist passionate about working with new moms trying to get their "pink back/" transitioning to parenthood. Susana is trained in trauma-focused care, EMDR, and has years of experience helping teens and adults who are going through life transitions, relationship issues, depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD. Alexis Bird, LMFT, Co-Owner ($140/session) [currently on maternity, returning end of 5/2025] Alexis loves working with both children and adults. She is trained in trauma-focused care, EMDR, interventions and techniques for children displaying anger, oppositional defiance, and ADHD. She has experience with individuals experiencing severe anxiety, depression, life transitions, and relationships issues. Angela Forster, AMFT ($100/session) Supervised by Susana Calderon and Alexis Bird Angela joined our team mid 2024 and has quickly become a great asset to our group practice. Angela has been having fun honing her therapeutic skills through a mixture of somatic techniques and child-centered play therapy. She has a passion for helping people move past their anxieties, OCD symptoms and traumatic backgrounds. Angela currently has openings for new clients within the following age ranges: Children (6 to 10), Preteen, Teen.
Affinity Wellness
Marriage and family therapy

Services

We help people through

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Trauma
  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Work Stress
  • Women's Issues
  • Transgender Issues
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Stress
  • Social Anxiety
  • Sleep or Insomnia
  • Self-Harming
  • Self Esteem
  • School Issues
  • Relationship Issues
  • PTSD
  • Perfectionism
  • Peer Relationships
  • Parenting
  • Panic Disorders
  • Life Transitions
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Grief
  • Burnout
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum

Approaches

  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Family/Marital Therapy
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna
  • Kern Legacy
  • Out of Network
  • First Health

Fees

  • Fee Description: $100 - $140

Location

Where you can find us (Inside the Chicago Title Building)

Affinity Family Wellness & Therapy A Professional Corporation

4015 Coffee Road Suite 140
Bakersfield, CA 93308-5044

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