Teletherapy for California

Accepting New Clients! Are you a trans, non-binary, or poly person looking for a therapist who understands and reflects your identity? Are you a newly diagnosed neurodivergent or neuroqueer adult? Are you chronically ill and tired of educating your therapists about your medical conditions? If so, you're in the right place! I want to give you the care you deserve. I want to work with you on the unique challenges you might be facing, like navigating your transitioning experience, exploring sexual dynamics with partner(s), dealing with a new diagnosis, and needing an HRT or surgery letter. Therapy should cater to you and your needs.

Healing from trauma, reclaiming power, growing from struggle and learning to work WITH emotions rather than AGAINST them are the goals I strive to support my clients in achieving. I want to help my clients move beyond simply not feeling so depressed, anxious, angry or manic. I want to help them transcend their pain , feel like they are fulfilling their purpose in life, are able to truly love themselves and are cultivating relationships that feed their soul. Narrative Therapy teaches my clients to transform the meaning of what they have been through and techniques from Existential Therapy help clients create or discover their purpose.

Hi! I'm Rebeks (they/them) - a transmasculine nonbinary therapist who specializes in trauma, LGBTQIA+ affirmative therapy, and life with chronic illness , disability, college/academia, and affirmative approaches to neurodiversity such as Autism, ADHD, and OCD. I love working with folx in the "gray spaces" of identity who aren't quite sure they are (fill in the blank) enough. My approach to therapy is to provide solidity and a sense of containment to enable the deeper healing-work — especially for those with complex trauma, dissociation and early attachment ruptures.

Folks come to therapy for a variety of reasons that all boil down to change, whether they're struggling to handle it or make it. Many of my clients' lives don't align with societal norms, either intentionally coloring outside the lines or struggling to fit in. Folks may find themselves overwhelmed, dealing with big emotions, the effects of complex or single-event trauma, complex medical issues, or chronic pain . I am passionate about working with the LGBTQ+ - including trans kids and their families, disabled, and neurodiverse populations. I like to work with individuals, couples, polycules, and families of all shapes and sizes.

I specialize in working with folks who are adjusting to new life experiences or realities, with a particular focus on chronic illness , cancer, grief, and the LGBT+ community.

I am a queer mixed nonbinary therapist who creates a nonjudgemental space for their clients. I specialize in & have lived experience in LGBTQIA+ affirmative therapy, transitioning, complex trauma & PTSD, chronic illness , disability, neurodivergence, grief & loss. I have a deep capacity for working with trauma & supporting clients who think their story is “too heavy” for others to bear. I see individual adults & couples. I am really good at helping you (re)connect with who you are, who you want to be & figuring out how self-care looks like for you. If you do too much for others & not enough for yourself I may be a right fit.

Welcome! I'm shallyn. I’m a queer, non-binary somatic therapist. I work with adults, teens, and relationships. My approach is relational, somatic, collaborative, and contextualized. My hope is that the healing container we make together will be a space where you can start where you are (as the world’s expert of your own lived and felt experience); where you can notice and honor what your body is already doing to heal and protect itself; where you can exist beyond stifling binaries and norms in messy, unfolding relation to your body, yourself, your human and beyond human kin, and the natural and unnatural worlds you inhabit.

The difficulties of everyday life can sometimes become overwhelming. When on top of those difficulties we add the stresses of illness , anxiety, depression, our identity, our love lives and more-we can easily feel burdened to our breaking point. We just don't feel heard. Sometimes these situations can linger for months or years, making it hard to meet our obligations and live our lives in the way we would like. However, those difficulties and stresses don't need to define who we are-or where we're going. It's my goal as a therapist to help you tell your story.

I work from a core belief that everyone has within themselves what they need for healing. I also believe that working in community helps to bring out and recall collective knowledge and understanding of what health, illness , and recovery are. I work collaboratively with you in supporting your process of understanding and integrating your life experiences, using a relational, strength-based, culturally attuned, community-centered process. *Please review my website for more information and faster response.*

I identify as Jewish, queer, and disabled. As a therapist, sometimes our personal identities are hidden from our clients as a way to protect ourselves and focus only on our clients. As someone that has multiple marginalized identities that impact their everyday life, I find it just as important to show up as I am as I hope all my clients can do when coming into session with me. Being informed about anti-Semitism, queerness, and disability justice is just one side of the story here- I live it.

Queer, trans, nonbinary, & kinky folks to the front! Let's create a safe space for your difficult truths, unpopular opinions, and hot takes. Conflict doesn't have to be a source of disconnection. It can be a path to intimacy and solidarity. No matter your past or patterns, secure and compassionate relationships are possible and worth fighting for. I provide individual, couples, and relationship therapy that's holistic, sex positive, and trauma-informed. I’m especially passionate about supporting bisexual+, transgender, nonbinary folks, and others whose needs have been overlooked, ignored, and erased.

There is nothing wrong with the way your brain works. You're going to hate this, but the key to thriving as a neurodivergent person is practicing self-compassion and giving yourself permission to do things the way you need to. I don't blame you for trying to "fix" yourself - many well-intentioned therapists get a lot of things wrong about neurodiversity, so of course you would be confused. Sometimes you feel so smart and capable but other times you feel like you’re falling behind, and you might wonder if you even deserve to feel better.

Are you curious who you can trust with your fears and worries, or your hopes and dreams? Have you tried quitting/cutting back on those negative coping skills but seem to keep falling back into your old patterns? You might be wondering if there's someone out there who can celebrate you for being a little "outside the box". Maybe you’re in a consensual non-monogamous relationship, you identify as LBGTQIA2+ or you’re considering transitioning your gender or sexual orientation and you're wondering who you can trust to be affirming and knowledgeable. You deserve to be truly seen and celebrated for everything you bring to this world.

I love working within my communities, supporting other queer and trans folks. Whether you are coming in to explore your identity, or you just want a therapist you don’t have to educate, I am here to support you. I help clients with anxiety, depression, grief, major life changes (e.g., jobs, moves, breakups), relationship challenges, and trauma. I welcome people of all identities and work particularly well with people who feel different from others.

I am a Trans-personal Psychologist, a Clinical Hypnotherapist, and a life Coach. My approach to healing is very eclectic. In a nutshell, if necessary, I combine all my skills to help my clients move forward with their lives. The basic need of all individual is to feel well, to love and be loved, to succeed and be fulfilled in life. I have a variety of skills to fill up these needs.

Many of the people who consult with me identify as artists, writers, filmmakers, educators, activists, sex workers, queer, transgender, nonbinary, polyamorous/non-monogamous, or are living in resistance to social norms in one way or another. Problems can seem to take over our lives when we choose live near the edges of what's deemed "acceptable," "respectable," or even "healthy."