Featured tapering and withdrawal therapist
Cecily Longo
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
Therapy for tapering and withdrawal in Santa Barbara, California
Paid placement
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Send a contact request and we pass it to Cecily. No account needed, and there is no charge to you for the introduction.
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About Cecily
Cecily Longo is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Santa Barbara (California license MFC #86591) who has worked in behavioral health since 1998. She holds a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Santa Barbara and integrates evidence-based therapy with somatic, nervous-system-informed practice. She offers education and emotional support for people tapering benzodiazepines or SSRIs, going through psychiatric medication withdrawal, or processing iatrogenic and medication-related harm, alongside work on anxiety, depression, burnout, medical trauma, and recovery from emotionally abusive or high-control environments. All sessions are by telehealth and clients must be physically in California; she offers a free 15–30 minute consultation and works with adults 18 and over.
- Based in:
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Approach:
- Trauma-informed talk therapy with somatic and nervous-system work, including IFS and EFT tapping
- Insurance:
- In network through Rula and Headway
- Serving:
- Clients anywhere in California, by telehealth
Not a prescriber — psychotherapy alongside your taper, not medication advice.
Therapy for tapering and withdrawal in Santa Barbara, California
Cecily Longo is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) serving Santa Barbara, California, working with people who are tapering off psychiatric medication or living through withdrawal. This is talk therapy alongside a taper — support for the anxiety, insomnia and destabilising months that a dose reduction can bring — not management of the medication itself. Practitioners can generally only see clients in states where they hold a licence, so California residents can start here.
Questions about seeing Cecily
- Where is Cecily Longo based?
- Cecily is based in Santa Barbara, California. Cecily serves Clients anywhere in California, by telehealth.
- Can Cecily prescribe or adjust my medication?
- No. Cecily is a therapist, not a prescriber — the support is talk therapy through the taper and the withdrawal that can follow it. Any change to a dose stays with the clinician who prescribes for you.
- How do I contact Cecily?
- Send a contact request from this page — no account needed. Fill in the form and it goes to Cecily and to the TaperCommunity team by email, and Cecily can reply to you directly. There is no charge to you for the introduction.
- Can I see Cecily online in California?
- Many practitioners work by telehealth. They can generally only see clients in states where they hold a licence, so California is where to start.
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