About

🌱 Helping Individuals & Couples Heal & Grow

At Big Valley Therapy, we guide individuals and couples through life’s valleys to cultivate connection, clarity, and resilience. Whether you’re working to heal from past pain, break free from negative patterns, or restore intimacy in your relationship, we’re here to support your journey.

🌀 Our Belief

We believe every person has the potential to access their true, authentic Self—and every couple can rebuild trust and emotional safety with the right tools and support. Healing begins with a safe, compassionate space where growth feels possible.

🛠 How We Help

We specialize in helping:
Individuals heal from trauma, release old wounds, and reconnect with their inner strength.
Couples break painful cycles, rebuild trust, and create deeper emotional and physical intimacy.
Our integrative approach includes:
🌿 Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): Strengthening emotional bonds in couples
🌿 Internal Family Systems (IFS): Healing and harmonizing your inner parts
🌿 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): Helping you process and release trauma
🌿 Holistic mind-body practices: Supporting balance and deeper self-awareness

🌄 Your Journey Matters

Wherever you are—whether seeking peace within yourself or in your relationship—we’ll meet you there and walk alongside you as you discover what’s possible on the other side of healing.

I’m Josh Otani, MS, LMFT, founder and owner of Big Valley Therapy. As an Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, my work is deeply informed by my own journey of recovery, where I’ve experienced firsthand the challenges and hope that come with healing. Drawing from both personal experience and expert clinical training, I’m committed to helping individuals and couples access their authentic selves and create meaningful, lasting change. At Big Valley Therapy, I strive to provide a safe, compassionate space where growth is possible in every valley of life.