Therapists in Downtown, San Francisco, CA
Judith L Wyatt
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, MFT
Verified
I am inspired witnessing the courage with which people face their fears. I work to earn a person's trust, so that they are safe to risk vulnerability. I love to help people discover or unblock the sensing of their life direction, and the motivation to pursue it. In my many years of practice, some clients get there quickly, and others need to delve more deeply. Depression, anxiety, PTSD, addictions, bad relationship patterns, inhibitions in work or love, all change best when we bring compassion to their roots in the past.
Bay Area Dating Coach
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, RDT
Verified
Dating can be scary. When you’re looking for real love, not just a fling, dating matters. And that can make it stressful. Add to that being an introvert and struggling with anxiety, and it can feel like a lonely battle. You don’t need to go through this alone. We are a team of experienced, caring therapists who want to support you and help you find your Person.
Cindy Herrera
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Do you "have it all" but feel unsatisfied? We live in an era where we grew up being told we could have everything we wanted, however, we are quickly realizing that having everything does not bring us lasting joy and instead burns us out. I am here to help individuals minimize their life to invest their time and energy into what truly matters. When working with me, you’ll find that my style is exploratory and extremely action-oriented while being genuine, honest, and humorous. My passion lies in working with individuals who are exploring who they are, where they come from, what they are passionate about, and where they want to go.
Jane Christmas
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Being a psychoanalyst means being available to you in a way that is different to other forms of human relatedness. It means I listen to the painful events and relationships troubling you in your life and open a conversation about them between us. This conversation is private and confidential, yet allows for the most honest and accessible way to both explore and understand your reactions and feelings. Although the foundation of my knowledge lies in the psychoanalytic tradition, I incorporate contemporary knowledge and methods that have developed since Sigmund Freud's first discoveries at the end of the 19th century.
Psychological Services Center @ CIIS
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Are you experiencing a life transition, job change, or relationship break up? Perhaps you are feeling lonely or disconnected from the world around you. Having a professional to talk to during such times can be a great relief. PSC is a community mental health clinic providing psychotherapy to the San Francisco Bay Area community since 1997. We train California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) Clinical Psychology (PsyD) doctoral students. Our aim is to provide competent, compassionate, and affordable therapy to clients facing a diverse range of issues.
Kimberly Porter-Leite
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified
I know how important it is to find the right person to entrust with the most vulnerable parts of yourself. Therapy is an important step for many people, and one that should be entered into with the deepest respect and integrity. I invite you into a creative collaboration, with compassion and curiosity so that I can help you find your way into deep healing and transformation.
Francesco Cerminara
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
As a self-identified gay man, I am quite familiar first-hand with the process of 'coming out' in a predominantly heterosexual normative, patriarchal, society. I can be your ally dealing with issues of self-esteem, anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, how they affect relationships, be it romantic, sexual, purely platonic, or work-related, and any compulsive behavior you may experience in response to developmental trauma. I am equally at ease and experience working with individuals and couples across the entire gender and sexual identity spectrum.
Amanda Lesky
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
I assist you to develop and use your strengths to improve your relationships and yourself through self-exploration and guidance. I use an integrative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach. I work with individuals that struggle with depression and anxiety related to career, athletics, interpersonal relationships, medical conditions, disease, pre/post op surgery and injuries. Through a safe and supportive environment, I believe in the importance of devising a realistic plan for treatment that is personalized for your particular symptoms and collaborate with you to improve your quality of life.
Dov Golodner
Counselor, MA, LMFT
Verified
The people I've been able to help most feel stuck and crave direction in recovering an assured sense of who they are and their potential. We are all creatures of adaptation and many of us learn early on to adjust to whatever the world asks of us. Accordingly, we may internalize the priorities of our parents, our peers, and our culture, agendas that don’t always serve our own interest.
Tyler Vasconcellos, Psy.D.
Psychologist
Verified
Accepting new clients (August, 2022). You've been feeling anxious, depressed, hopeless, or just “empty." By now, you've tried everything you can think of to solve your problems. You may have already been let down by your friends, your family, or even other therapists. You're probably wondering how I could possibly help you. Don't worry. I won't make false promises and don't offer my clients trendy "fad" therapies. But - with some hard work - I know we can begin the process of turning things around. Visit my website to schedule a free call and I'd be glad to explain more about how I think therapy could help YOU, specifically.
Xanthe Asher/EMDR
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MA
Verified
My ideal client is a person with a growth mindset and wants to work on their internal narrative. I want to be a witness and facilitate transformation. I am trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and Attachment focused- EMDR. Eye Movement, Desensitization, Reprocessing. Attachment focused- EMDR is an effective relational modality to reprocess old negative memories/trauma and come to embody a positive more functional narrative around the experiences. I welcome you to begin to get to know yourself on a deeper level and see the world from a resourced perspective.
Joe Lawwill
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MBA
Verified
I work with clients to treat anxiety disorders, depression, and bipolar disorders, as well as increase their ability to regulate emotions and replace impulsive behaviors with effective ones. I also help clients to identify their own intrinsic strengths and values. The effect is an ongoing flow of positive experiences, which help to build confidence, boost self-respect, and improve interpersonal relationships. I offer clients positive regard, non-judgmental stance, and a compassionate environment, where they can feel safe expressing their experiences, thoughts and feelings.
Dario Martinez
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Thank you for visiting my profile. I feel honored whenever people allow me into their lives—especially when they don’t know me. As a therapist, my primary areas of focus are trauma, addictions, anxiety and relationships.
Sydney Woodward
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified
Human beings are complex. Part of us wants to make a change in our life, while another part holds on tightly to the way things are. We have parts that are harsh and critical, parts that are kind and gentle. Mature parts that show up like a boss, and childlike parts that just want someone else to take care of things for once. If you’re feeling pulled in multiple directions by different parts of yourself, and having trouble figuring out how to fit all the pieces together, I’d love to be the therapist to support you on that journey.
Christopher Vogt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
If you are suffering with fear, sadness, confusion, loneliness, anger, or other difficult emotions, perhaps I can help. These feelings generally come and go for all of us, but if they come and don't go, then this can be a problem. Maybe this is what brought you here, and you've already tried various things to feel better, but haven't gotten very far. Life can be difficult and perplexing, and wading through the sludge of painful emotions and troublesome thoughts and behaviors on your own can be frustrating and overwhelming.
Yuko Ninomiya
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
We will take a deep look at troublesome symptoms like depression, anxiety, trauma, interpersonal conflicts, and chronic health issues. In order to make real changes to your life, we will define habitual coping patterns that are built into your mind and body, namely your unique defensive structure, and slowly uncover difficult past events and feelings that you buried to survive. These character aspects are now blocking your healthy self-expressions and authentic self. Eventually your growing self-awareness and the release of long-held emotions will take you to a new life phase.
Justine Tideman
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
I provide Cognitive Behavioral therapy for adults. Most of my patients have problems in one or more of these four areas: DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, RELATIONSHIPS and STRESS MANAGEMENT. I provide time limited and goal focused psychotherapy tailored to the patient. I help patients to identify problem patterns and to make the specific behavioral and cognitive changes that will lead to feeling better. Change takes effort above and beyond attending therapy sessions. We use books, workbooks and homework assignments to learn and practice the skills that will improve your work life, your social life and your mood.
Patrick Neer
Psychologist, PsyD, MS
Verified
People want deep and lasting change, and this is the overall focus of my approach. First, a vital part of therapeutic success is forming a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship. My approach centers on creating a warm, collaborative and interactive therapeutic setting in which painful or troubling feelings, thoughts, memories, and issues can be faced and worked through. Goals are tailored to each individual, and can be brief and focused, or longer-term and more depth-oriented. I specialize in life transitions, trauma, identity issues, and mood problems. See my website for further information! (see link above)
Mor Gavish
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT, SEP
Verified
Do You Want to Feel at Home Inside Yourself? Would you like to quiet and soothe your anxiety and fear? Would you like to feel connected and close to your partner? Whether you are experiencing a challenging time in your life now or have survived a traumatic event or just feel that it might be helpful to talk with someone - You don't have to go through it alone. In my experience working with many clients, I have found that although your struggle feels very alive now, there can be a different way to live your life.
Jeanna Eichenbaum
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified
Longing for a different outcome? Want to write a new story? You are probably hoping to find support with the process of healing something that isn't feeling right. Psychotherapy can help by offering an accepting space to look, non-judgmentally, at whatever feels stuck, painful, or unresolved. Use my support and encouragement to help you approach these challenges in new ways, and find new solutions. My goal is to provide you with acceptance and ways to access your own innate wisdom and energy. I offer individual and relationship psychotherapy. Short and long term therapy options are available, depending on your concerns and goals.
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What type of mental health professional is right for me?
Some of the most common types of mental health providers in Downtown, San Francisco are psychologists, licensed counselors, therapists, psychotherapists, and licensed clinical social workers, all of whom diagnose mental health conditions and provide individualized treatment.
Services offered, education and credentials vary by type of mental health professional. Each professional in Downtown, San Francisco then may specialize in certain areas, such as depression, marriage counseling, or anxiety. Although many mental health providers are not licensed to prescribe medication, they may coordinate with a provider who can.
Both in-person and online therapy sessions are available from most psychologists.
Services offered, education and credentials vary by type of mental health professional. Each professional in Downtown, San Francisco then may specialize in certain areas, such as depression, marriage counseling, or anxiety. Although many mental health providers are not licensed to prescribe medication, they may coordinate with a provider who can.
Both in-person and online therapy sessions are available from most psychologists.
How to find a specialist?
You can refine your search using the filters on this page. There are several categories you can filter by to find mental health professionals with the experience you are looking for. You may want to filter for CBT Psychologists in Downtown, San Francisco, or Child Psychologists in Downtown, San Francisco.
Many find it useful to use filters to view only psychologists that have experience working with certain issues, like Downtown, San Francisco psychologists specializing in EMDR.
Many find it useful to use filters to view only psychologists that have experience working with certain issues, like Downtown, San Francisco psychologists specializing in EMDR.
What method of therapy is right for me?
When it comes to treatment methods, there's no 'right way.’ Each method of therapy can be beneficial for a variety of issues. Psychologists in Downtown, San Francisco specialize in therapeutic approaches such as CBT, EMDR, and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), among others. Finding a psychologist or therapist who is a good fit for you is the most important step to discovering what type of therapy, or combination of therapeutic approaches, will meet your individual needs. Learn what to expect from different types of therapy and how they work.
How to use my insurance?
Many therapists accept health insurance. Check to see if your insurance is covered. Feel free to discuss this when you contact the therapist.