Therapy for LBGTQ+ people, Couples, Men, Cult Survivors, and those with Spiritual/Religious Trauma.
In person and online in San Francisco for California Residents.
423 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 (Hayes Valley)
Call or Text: 415-754-9172
Help for moving from alienation to connection and integration in the complex terrain where identity, community, family, and healing intersect.
You must learn one thing, the world was made to be free in. -David Whyte
Welcome
Are you a part of a community, in a relationship, a family, or a line of work that used to feel supportive but now feels costly? Do you feel like your performing, always "on," on guard, or run down as a result? Do you feel afraid of change because the stakes are so high? As a therapist I understand and walk the complicated terrain of change with my clients. Many are LGBTQ+ people seeking support in affirming their identity, navigating relationships, family systems, or religious environments, couples entering a new season or seeking to improve trust and communication, men navigating career, family, and mid life, and cult survivors.
Approach
As a former minister turned psychotherapist I've walked through change myself. I know the stakes are high and that the right support can make all the difference. My practice is grounded in psychological and clinical insight utilizing cognitive (the mind) and somatic (the body) lenses for shifting our relationship to thoughts, emotions, and felt sensation. For some, spiritual perspective enhances therapy. Some are desiring to process spiritual truam and/or damaging/limiting aspects of their religious or spiritual background with someone who can understand these environments.
Services
Much of therapy is a process of discerning what of the past to let go of and what to reappropriate in the present moment in a new way. My approach is warm, present, and active. My clients experience me as not just a passive listener but a real person in the room. I like to bring a sense of humor when that is appropriate and helpful too. I offer video and in person sessions to individuals, couples, and teens in San Francisco to California residents.