Christhmus Presence
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC (she, we)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
6 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94114
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Offering CA-based Telehealth ideal for People of the Global Majority (PGM): a term for ethnic groups which constitute about 85% of the global population. Also welcoming Families & Partnerships with ≥1 PGM in regular attendance.
I offer Xychotherapy: psychotherapy that recognizes therapeutic experiences existed long before psychotherapy was invented, and incorporates psychotherapy into global therapeutic wisdoms and practices.
Guiding pillars include Liberation-, Narrative-, Somatic-Psychologies, Trauma Therapy, Ancestral-Spiritual Practices, Expressive Arts, & more. Tools held include Meditation, Athletic Coaching, EMDR-inspired Brainspotting, Somatic Abolition, MDMA therapy (integrations only). Presently training in Ketamine Therapy with Journey Clinicial
My first name is pronounced like the holiday, and is spelled with an "isthmus", or "a narrow strip of land or tissue, that joins two larger pieces of land or anatomy". This highlights my connection to relationship, words, land, embodiment, and even Winter Solstice. My last name furthers holiday vibes, word play, and relationship to the here-and-now.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $200
- Couple Sessions $250
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa Christhmus Presence
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
Email us for a free 15 minute consultation now.
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Prelicense by State of California / AMFT125037 Supervised by Shawana J. Booker, LCSW (California / LCSW29165) Christopher Chu
- In Practice for 6 years
- Attended California Institute of Integral Studies, MA: Integral Counseling Psychology, Graduated 2020
- License: Board of Behavioral Sciences 9411 / 2020
- Certificate from EMDR-Inspired Brainspotting Clinician 2019
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate: Christopher Chu
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Christhmus Presence
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
Email us for a free 15 minute consultation now.
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Ancestral reclamation & inheritance; Ritual
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bisexual
- Body Image
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Death, loss, & dying; Structural marginalization
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex Therapy
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Veterans
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Christhmus Presence
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
Do these issues align with your needs? Email
6 Endorsements
Client Focus
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Deaf Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Single Parent ,
Transgender Allied
I also speak
Basic Japanese ,
Intermediate Spanish
Religion
Other Spiritual or Religious Affiliations
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Deaf Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Single Parent ,
Transgender Allied
I also speak
Basic Japanese ,
Intermediate Spanish
Religion
Other Spiritual or Religious Affiliations
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Brainspotting
- Christian Counseling
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Energy Psychology
- Existential
- Experiential Therapy
- Expressive Arts
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Gestalt
- Honoring death, dying, & loss with ritual & nature
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Jungian
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Sandplay
- Self reclamation of ancestral inheritance
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused
Christhmus Presence
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
Ask about what different forms of therapy will be like. Email
Groups
Pay-As-You-May Asian Adult Teleherapy in CA
Centering Asian experiences, pandemic, & re-balancing in community amidst imbalances of society. 1 session/week, 90-minutes, 10 sessions, online video chat, CA Residents, Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PST, 8-10 people, co-facilitated, ages 21+, first two weeks accepting members or until capacity reached; waitlist thereafter, donation-based. See tinyurl.com/Group4AAPI for details
Expertise
Peer Relationships
Self Esteem
Trauma and PTSD
Types of Therapy
Trauma Focused
Age
Adults
Group Meets
Every Tue 6 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
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Pay-As-You-May BIPOC Adult Teleherapy in CA
*BIPOC: Black, Indigenous, &/or People of Culture--mixed race & white-passing BIPOC welcomed. Centering BIPOC experiences, pandemic, & re-balancing in community amidst imbalances of society. 1 session/week, 90-minutes, 10 sessions, online video chat, CA Residents, Tuesdays 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM PST, 8-10 people, co-facilitated, ages 21+, first two weeks accepting members or until capacity reached; waitlist thereafter, donation-based. See tinyurl.com/Group4BIPOC for details
Expertise
Peer Relationships
Types of Therapy
Trauma Focused
Age
Adults
Group Meets
Every Tue 8 P.M. - 9:30 P.M.
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Location
Additional Location
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Christhmus Presence
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC