Codependency Therapists in San Francisco, CA
Breaking down? Burnout often develops quietly through chronic stress, emotional labor, perfectionism, and the invisible mental load many carry every day. This isn’t a personal weakness—it’s a nervous system that’s been operating in survival mode for too long. An important message that something in your life needs attention and change. Therapy for burnout, stress, and anxiety offers a supportive space to slow down, restore balance, and build sustainable ways of living and working that protect your mental and emotional wellbeing.
Breaking down? Burnout often develops quietly through chronic stress, emotional labor, perfectionism, and the invisible mental load many carry every day. This isn’t a personal weakness—it’s a nervous system that’s been operating in survival mode for too long. An important message that something in your life needs attention and change. Therapy for burnout, stress, and anxiety offers a supportive space to slow down, restore balance, and build sustainable ways of living and working that protect your mental and emotional wellbeing.
Welcome, Salaam and Namaste! It is my honor to walk alongside you on your healing journey . I specialize in trauma care as I have several years of experience working with veterans, children and adults experiencing trauma related to sexual, emotional, physical and combat trauma. Many clients come to therapy looking for relief from long-held pain, anxiety, and unresolved experiences. Therapy can feel vulnerable and challenging, but with the right fit, it can become a deeply transformative space for both the client and the therapist.
Welcome, Salaam and Namaste! It is my honor to walk alongside you on your healing journey . I specialize in trauma care as I have several years of experience working with veterans, children and adults experiencing trauma related to sexual, emotional, physical and combat trauma. Many clients come to therapy looking for relief from long-held pain, anxiety, and unresolved experiences. Therapy can feel vulnerable and challenging, but with the right fit, it can become a deeply transformative space for both the client and the therapist.
Are you struggling with anxiety? Do you often have a self-critical, harsh voice in your head? Are you struggling to navigate certain relationships or dynamics in your life all while balancing your own needs? If so, I'm so glad you've found me here. I help individuals & couples working through difficult relationship patterns, trauma, anxiety, co-dependency, and boundary issues. When working with me, we will aim to increase self-awareness, foster a more nurturing relationship with yourself, unburden parts of yourself that have been overactive, and uncover the agency you have to positively impact your life.
Are you struggling with anxiety? Do you often have a self-critical, harsh voice in your head? Are you struggling to navigate certain relationships or dynamics in your life all while balancing your own needs? If so, I'm so glad you've found me here. I help individuals & couples working through difficult relationship patterns, trauma, anxiety, co-dependency, and boundary issues. When working with me, we will aim to increase self-awareness, foster a more nurturing relationship with yourself, unburden parts of yourself that have been overactive, and uncover the agency you have to positively impact your life.
Taking the step to start therapy takes courage, and it shows you’re ready to invest in yourself. It’s a chance to explore what’s holding you back, make sense of your experiences, and move toward a more fulfilling and meaningful life. Whether you’re feeling stuck, navigating life transitions, or seeking greater self-understanding, I’m here to help you on that journey.
I bring a supportive and collaborative approach to fit your unique needs. Together, we’ll draw from proven tools and deeper relational insights to help you reach your goals and uncover new possibilities for growth.
Taking the step to start therapy takes courage, and it shows you’re ready to invest in yourself. It’s a chance to explore what’s holding you back, make sense of your experiences, and move toward a more fulfilling and meaningful life. Whether you’re feeling stuck, navigating life transitions, or seeking greater self-understanding, I’m here to help you on that journey.
I bring a supportive and collaborative approach to fit your unique needs. Together, we’ll draw from proven tools and deeper relational insights to help you reach your goals and uncover new possibilities for growth.
Searching for new meaning and exploring life’s possibilities often stems from painful experiences from our past or current situations. I aspire to cultivate a safe environment with my clients so that they may explore new possibilities and develop an enriching curiosity about themselves. Reaching out for help takes strength and courage. I believe that helping my clients identify and sort through their issues while fostering their strengths is the catalyst that brings about the regenerative change they seek.
Searching for new meaning and exploring life’s possibilities often stems from painful experiences from our past or current situations. I aspire to cultivate a safe environment with my clients so that they may explore new possibilities and develop an enriching curiosity about themselves. Reaching out for help takes strength and courage. I believe that helping my clients identify and sort through their issues while fostering their strengths is the catalyst that brings about the regenerative change they seek.
Talking to someone who understands the pain you feel-depression, anxiety, or feeling stuck-can relieve inner distress and give you a new perspective on your life. I am empathic and experienced at providing a safe setting where we can explore what is causing you to feel anxious, distressed or unfulfilled. In therapy we work together to clarify those emotions that have kept you from moving forward in your life. You will find new ways to see yourself and others, which leads to more meaningful relationships and a more fulfilling life.
Talking to someone who understands the pain you feel-depression, anxiety, or feeling stuck-can relieve inner distress and give you a new perspective on your life. I am empathic and experienced at providing a safe setting where we can explore what is causing you to feel anxious, distressed or unfulfilled. In therapy we work together to clarify those emotions that have kept you from moving forward in your life. You will find new ways to see yourself and others, which leads to more meaningful relationships and a more fulfilling life.
Fiona Brandon MPS, MA, LMFT Codependency Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MPS, MA, LMFT
2 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94114
Many of us struggle to find, or be happy, in our personal relationships. And it can feel like a mystery as to why it is so difficult to feel seen and understood by a partner. Some of us may feel we give too much energy to our relationships, while some of us feel reticent to engage at more intimate levels. I work with clients to pinpoint the personal struggles and self-beliefs that are impeding the ability to feel comfortable and energized in relationship. With skill and care I bring a new perspective to your specific situation.
Many of us struggle to find, or be happy, in our personal relationships. And it can feel like a mystery as to why it is so difficult to feel seen and understood by a partner. Some of us may feel we give too much energy to our relationships, while some of us feel reticent to engage at more intimate levels. I work with clients to pinpoint the personal struggles and self-beliefs that are impeding the ability to feel comfortable and energized in relationship. With skill and care I bring a new perspective to your specific situation.
Larry O'Connor, Marriage and Family Therapist
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT, MA, MS
2 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94110
Turn Challenges into Triumphs I don’t see the challenges you face as defining you. Instead, I view them as opportunities to discover your strengths and build the skills to overcome what's holding you back—now and in the future. My approach is genuine, informal, and collaborative. I strive to truly understand you by listening closely, asking the right questions, and ensuring I capture your perspective. In our sessions, you'll find focused attention, professional insights, and a mix of openness, enthusiasm, and encouragement. I also bring real-life examples and a touch of humor to keep our work engaging and impactful.
Turn Challenges into Triumphs I don’t see the challenges you face as defining you. Instead, I view them as opportunities to discover your strengths and build the skills to overcome what's holding you back—now and in the future. My approach is genuine, informal, and collaborative. I strive to truly understand you by listening closely, asking the right questions, and ensuring I capture your perspective. In our sessions, you'll find focused attention, professional insights, and a mix of openness, enthusiasm, and encouragement. I also bring real-life examples and a touch of humor to keep our work engaging and impactful.
I work with individuals suffering from depression, substance abuse issues, anxiety, relationship problems, co-dependency, stress and other problems. I can help you develop coping skills and gain greater insight into core issues that may be impeding your success and happiness. I provide a safe space to explore your deepest thoughts and feelings with warmth and compassion. We all struggle at times and need help from others. Therapy can help you heal and find self acceptance and a more fulfilling life. We can't control the things that happen to us but we can find ways of moving forward in a healthy way with support and guidance.
I work with individuals suffering from depression, substance abuse issues, anxiety, relationship problems, co-dependency, stress and other problems. I can help you develop coping skills and gain greater insight into core issues that may be impeding your success and happiness. I provide a safe space to explore your deepest thoughts and feelings with warmth and compassion. We all struggle at times and need help from others. Therapy can help you heal and find self acceptance and a more fulfilling life. We can't control the things that happen to us but we can find ways of moving forward in a healthy way with support and guidance.
Are you finding it hard to express your needs in relationships or set boundaries with others? Do you often feel unworthy, putting others’ needs ahead of your own—or turning to substances to cope with painful emotions? You deserve to feel seen, heard, and understood, and that’s the core of our work together. I provide a collaborative approach tailored to your unique needs and goals, ensuring you receive the personalized support you deserve. Together, we’ll explore your past and create a roadmap for meaningful change, empowering you to embrace your worth, reduce unhealthy coping patterns, and build healthier connections.
Are you finding it hard to express your needs in relationships or set boundaries with others? Do you often feel unworthy, putting others’ needs ahead of your own—or turning to substances to cope with painful emotions? You deserve to feel seen, heard, and understood, and that’s the core of our work together. I provide a collaborative approach tailored to your unique needs and goals, ensuring you receive the personalized support you deserve. Together, we’ll explore your past and create a roadmap for meaningful change, empowering you to embrace your worth, reduce unhealthy coping patterns, and build healthier connections.
Would you like to feel more connected to your true-self, and be yourself more with others within relationship? Let's collaborate in a process where we explore, uncover, and understand your experience. Through the process of looking with curiosity at what your patterns and feelings are trying to tell you, we can help find the real YOU that is trying to live more fully. I will hold your therapy with a calm, engaging, and dynamic presence, offering a combination of insight, empathy, and tools that can support you to move through the tough parts of life and relationship.
Would you like to feel more connected to your true-self, and be yourself more with others within relationship? Let's collaborate in a process where we explore, uncover, and understand your experience. Through the process of looking with curiosity at what your patterns and feelings are trying to tell you, we can help find the real YOU that is trying to live more fully. I will hold your therapy with a calm, engaging, and dynamic presence, offering a combination of insight, empathy, and tools that can support you to move through the tough parts of life and relationship.
Rachel Forbes | Therapy for Those Who Care
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, AMFT, MA, MSEd
6 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94102
You might often feel you need those around you to be “okay” in order for you to feel “okay,” and you may prioritize others over yourself. From the outside you are functional and successful, but inside you're carrying the weight of others' needs and expectations. Therapy is a great first step in shifting the focus to yourself. I enjoy working with a range of clients, but work especially well with those who identify as caretakers, codependents, loved ones of addicts, multicultural, & people-pleasers. I also specialize in working with children and families, such as those navigating anxiety, structural family changes, social challenges.
You might often feel you need those around you to be “okay” in order for you to feel “okay,” and you may prioritize others over yourself. From the outside you are functional and successful, but inside you're carrying the weight of others' needs and expectations. Therapy is a great first step in shifting the focus to yourself. I enjoy working with a range of clients, but work especially well with those who identify as caretakers, codependents, loved ones of addicts, multicultural, & people-pleasers. I also specialize in working with children and families, such as those navigating anxiety, structural family changes, social challenges.
We are now in a socio-political time that many are finding deeply disturbing. It exacerbates feelings of anxiety and depression , and can make us spin as we try to adjust to current reality. My clients are parents, people with career questions, immigrants, social justice workers. Many are either coping with a current situational issue that is confusing, overwhelming, or painful, or with a longer term pattern that they would like to change. I work in an engaged manner, hoping to build trust and a collaborative relationship that will allow you to look at old patterns and create new emotional and behavioral options, especially now.
We are now in a socio-political time that many are finding deeply disturbing. It exacerbates feelings of anxiety and depression , and can make us spin as we try to adjust to current reality. My clients are parents, people with career questions, immigrants, social justice workers. Many are either coping with a current situational issue that is confusing, overwhelming, or painful, or with a longer term pattern that they would like to change. I work in an engaged manner, hoping to build trust and a collaborative relationship that will allow you to look at old patterns and create new emotional and behavioral options, especially now.
Whether you are looking to unravel patterns of codependency, improve communication with your partner(s), or navigate through body shame and disordered eating, I see opportunity for clarity and resolve.
My clinical approach holds an intersectional feminist and psychodynamic lens. Each session is focused on deconstructing conscious and unconscious beliefs and behaviors. Weeding out what holds us captive in doubt, while empowering individuality and acceptance of self.
Whether you are looking to unravel patterns of codependency, improve communication with your partner(s), or navigate through body shame and disordered eating, I see opportunity for clarity and resolve.
My clinical approach holds an intersectional feminist and psychodynamic lens. Each session is focused on deconstructing conscious and unconscious beliefs and behaviors. Weeding out what holds us captive in doubt, while empowering individuality and acceptance of self.
I received my B.A. degree in University of California, Davis, with a major in Psychology, and my M.A. degree from John F. Kennedy University in the Counseling Psychology program. My expertise includes mental health counseling, such as depressive/anxiety disorders, communication, family, intimacy and/or relationship issues for individuals, groups, couples, and families, drug addiction treatment, and gambling addiction. As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I strongly believe in human potential, and my goal is to help my clients to discover and utilize the tools they have already possessed!
I received my B.A. degree in University of California, Davis, with a major in Psychology, and my M.A. degree from John F. Kennedy University in the Counseling Psychology program. My expertise includes mental health counseling, such as depressive/anxiety disorders, communication, family, intimacy and/or relationship issues for individuals, groups, couples, and families, drug addiction treatment, and gambling addiction. As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I strongly believe in human potential, and my goal is to help my clients to discover and utilize the tools they have already possessed!
Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, sexuality, and/or transitioning to a non-monogamous relationship structure? As a queer therapist who specializes in supporting individuals and couples, I can provide a safe space and structure for you to explore your authentic self. Let’s increase your self-confidence by deepening your understanding of emotions and behaviors so you can bring your whole self to the table in all your relationships.
Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, sexuality, and/or transitioning to a non-monogamous relationship structure? As a queer therapist who specializes in supporting individuals and couples, I can provide a safe space and structure for you to explore your authentic self. Let’s increase your self-confidence by deepening your understanding of emotions and behaviors so you can bring your whole self to the table in all your relationships.
I work with individuals and couples who are thoughtful, self-aware, and ready for deeper, lasting change. Many have done therapy before, yet still feel stuck in patterns like relationship conflict, emotional distance, people-pleasing, or reliance on substances. You may appear high-functioning on the outside, while feeling overwhelmed or disconnected within. Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), along with CBT and DBT, I help you understand and shift the deeper emotional patterns driving these experiences—so you can feel more grounded, connected, and secure in yourself and your relationships.
I work with individuals and couples who are thoughtful, self-aware, and ready for deeper, lasting change. Many have done therapy before, yet still feel stuck in patterns like relationship conflict, emotional distance, people-pleasing, or reliance on substances. You may appear high-functioning on the outside, while feeling overwhelmed or disconnected within. Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), along with CBT and DBT, I help you understand and shift the deeper emotional patterns driving these experiences—so you can feel more grounded, connected, and secure in yourself and your relationships.
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist certified to provide mental health services in the state of California. I have been providing mental health services for the past 6 years working with non-profit community mental health clinics, probation offices & court systems, middle school, high schools and now as a private practice clinician. Within these settings, I have had the privilege of working with individuals, couples, parents, teenagers, children and families at many different phases of life and personal development.
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist certified to provide mental health services in the state of California. I have been providing mental health services for the past 6 years working with non-profit community mental health clinics, probation offices & court systems, middle school, high schools and now as a private practice clinician. Within these settings, I have had the privilege of working with individuals, couples, parents, teenagers, children and families at many different phases of life and personal development.
Claire Palmquist
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
3 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94109
I believe that we all have deep sources of wisdom and healing within ourselves; my goal as your therapist is to help you access those resources within yourself in order to build the life that feels most true for you. I know how difficult it can be to locate barriers to growth- or even to know what kind of growth we're looking for. I feel passionate about meeting you right where you are on your healing journey. I am trained in somatic therapy, expressive art therapy, and drama therapy and believe these are powerful avenues to both locate what change we want to see in our lives and to begin cultivating that change.
I believe that we all have deep sources of wisdom and healing within ourselves; my goal as your therapist is to help you access those resources within yourself in order to build the life that feels most true for you. I know how difficult it can be to locate barriers to growth- or even to know what kind of growth we're looking for. I feel passionate about meeting you right where you are on your healing journey. I am trained in somatic therapy, expressive art therapy, and drama therapy and believe these are powerful avenues to both locate what change we want to see in our lives and to begin cultivating that change.
Therapy is a highly transformative and fascinating process. It has the power to heal, enliven, and repair. I enthusiastically invite you to begin this process with me. My warm, engaging, curious, and playful approach can help you feel like your personal experience and unique point of view is consistently appreciated. From this place, you may begin to feel more empowered and liberated in your life. I am a doctor with over 20 years of professional experience treating adults, couples, and adolescents.
Therapy is a highly transformative and fascinating process. It has the power to heal, enliven, and repair. I enthusiastically invite you to begin this process with me. My warm, engaging, curious, and playful approach can help you feel like your personal experience and unique point of view is consistently appreciated. From this place, you may begin to feel more empowered and liberated in your life. I am a doctor with over 20 years of professional experience treating adults, couples, and adolescents.
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Codependency Therapists
What therapy types help with codependency problems?
Both couples and family therapy and cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) can help with the relationship difficulties referred to as codependency. Such problems typically include inappropriate feelings of responsibility for a loved one’s destructive behavior, irrational patterns of thinking about such behavior, and family interaction patterns in which the needs of one troubled member override the needs of others in a household.
What happens in therapy for codependency?
Spouses and family members learn and practice how to interact and support each other in a healthy way without sacrificing their own needs or well-being. They learn the limits of their responsibility for their loved ones and correct faulty patterns of thinking and feeling that underlie codependent behavior. Individuals may be encouraged to nurture an array of social relationships and to cultivate their own talents and interests so that they develop a healthy sense of self outside the family.
How does therapy help a person or couple overcome codependency?
Therapy helps people establish healthy ways of being in a relationship. Spouses and family members learn how to nurture and support one another without sacrificing their own needs or allowing the needs of one person to dominate the dynamic. Individuals learn how to say no and set boundaries, and how to maintain their own identity and self-esteem. Therapy helps people understand that they are not responsible for the feelings and actions of others. It also helps individuals deal with the turbulence that can come from living with a person suffering from such conditions as substance abuse and mental illness.
What is the goal of therapy for codependency?
One goal of therapy for codependency is to alleviate feelings of responsibility for and correct irrational patterns of thinking about loved ones whose behavioral problems override the needs of others in a household. Therapy helps people establish healthy boundaries of behavior and speak up for their own needs in a relationship. In addition, people learn how to maintain a healthy relationship, one in which both parties give and receive equally and are able to retain their own identity.