Jewish Therapists in Muir Beach, CA

Hi! I’m Giselle (they/she/he). I’m a clinical psychologist specializing in trans/queer mental health (including gender-affirming hormone and surgery letters) and sex therapy. Throughout my career, I’ve oriented my work toward serving trans and queer community. I completed a postdoc in LGBT mental health, previously worked at the San Francisco VA’s Trans Health Clinic, and currently work as a gender specialist for Kaiser San Francisco. I provide continuing education courses for psychologists on LGBT-related topics and have presented my work on adapting therapy modalities for trans and queer folks.

Through queer and/or trans-centered individualized weekly talk and/or somatic therapy, Waves psychologists and therapists help teens and adults, including families, & relational units, better understand themselves and start living their best life. We offer queer and trans - affirming trauma-informed talk therapy, EMDR, and Connecting to Your body sessions using Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. We are all about neurodiversity and are actively working towards being anti-racist. We are also fat-affirming and Jewish - knowledgeable.

Welcome! I am a Queer, culturally Jewish, sex-positive couples and individual therapist, and I am so glad you’ve made your way here. I find passion in guiding individuals, couples/polycules, and groups to deepen their emotional, physical, and spiritual intimacy. As I see it, you are the expert on your own life. My role is to collaborate with you as you deepen into self exploration. Sometimes it is helpful to have an outside perspective to help you see things in a new and reflective way.

Whatever you’re experiencing, I hope to walk the line of being a support to you in your experience and by your side, while also, empathetically being a source of information that can provide evidence based practices as well as an experiential framework to help you get what you want. I plan on taking an awareness-based approach. I want to build your awareness so you can make more informed decisions. I want to co-create an environment that allows you to bring your whole self to therapy so that you can heal and grow.

How you feel towards yourself can profoundly impact your relationships, work, school, and more. And a lot can make it hard to feel your best. You might be: Exhausted by a relentless self-critical voice...Considering your next steps to feel authentically aligned with your gender and sexuality...Struggling with boundaries and people-pleasing... Stressed and stuck in your closest relationships...Curious about non-monogamy but unsure where to start...Looking for nonjudgmental guidance navigating dynamics within polyamory and kink — not to mention managing all of this under capitalism. No wonder you'd like support!

When you are feeling depressed or anxious, you have a real reason to want to be heard. You communicate through words and body language. A child communicates through play and art. Whichever way you communicate, I am dedicated to hear what you have to say and gain a real understanding of what is going on. Together, we can explore your uniqueness and find strength in that. Whether it is a family issue or a personal one, taking care of yourself is a priority. I believe that the basic foundation of therapy is a good relationship between therapist and client.

It's a challenge to be in this world. You want to be considerate and kind; you also want to fulfill your potential. Were you were raised with a lot of "shoulds"? Were you told to control or ignore your feelings? Are there issues with anger- yours or anger from loved ones? Anger can lead to feelings of shame. But finding the feelings beneath the anger, you can accept and love yourself. And that can change your life. Here's an old, fun riddle about therapy: "How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb?" "One- but the lightbulb has to want to change." My ideal client may not know how to, but they want to change.

I provide a warm, non-judgmental and practical coaching environment. My aim is to quickly help you identify the most pressing issues, then develop the most useful approaches to resolving them. My style is interactive and supportive, identifying important patterns and offering concrete feedback. I offer life coaching to individuals, couples and families across a wide range of issues, and my education and training make me uniquely qualified to help people working through life transitions, parenting dilemmas, chronic health conditions, emotional instability, addiction, and grief/bereavement (for human and companion animal loss).

Welcome to a space where healing is rooted in empathy, understanding, and genuine connection. As a firm believer in the power of human connection, I approach therapy with the understanding that we are all fundamentally human first. Whether you're traversing the challenges of youth, navigating the complexities of adulthood, or somewhere in between, my goal is to meet you where you are with empathy and compassion. Together, we'll create a safe and supportive environment where you can explore your thoughts, emotions, and life experiences with authenticity and trust.

Do you feel like you aren't good enough? Do you struggle with issues of self esteem or self worth? Do you want to explore mind-body connection & the way stress or emotional pain lives in our bodies? If these are themes for you or in your relationships, then perhaps we might work well together. I center my work around self compassion. Only from a place of self kindness can we feel grounded within ourselves to develop a compassionate relationship with others around us. I use mindfulness and somatic body oriented work in order to help us connect deeper with our self, our inner knowing and to be able to cultivate trust with ourselves.

I am passionate about supporting you in exploring what’s getting in the way of being your full self and having the connections you want. I provide psychotherapy to adult individuals, couples, and more than couples from a place of open-mindedness, curiosity, and sex-positivity, and an awareness that our lives don’t always unfold as expected. People who work well with me include those with liminal identities that may not fit neatly into boxes and who may feel like outsiders in some spaces.

Chronic Pain/ Expressive Writing group openings- please see Groups below and link to website. No availability for individual clients at this time. Welcome. Is there a discrepancy between the life you are living, and the life/aspects of life you desire? I'm here to help you bridge that gap by guiding you through a process of exploration, self-discovery, and transformation. By giving voice to various parts of yourself (including parts that are hidden or less acknowledged), you will gain valuable insights to create a new narrative that enables you to engage in your life and relationships with more skill, authenticity, and ease.

I am a non-judgmental, active therapist, specializing in substance use/addictions, anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain and illness, relationships, and work stress. Prior to private practice, I was the Clinical Director at a San Francisco non-profit serving veterans. I enjoy working with adults, older adults, older teens (16+) and couples. Whether you want to get support around new changes in your life that are causing you pain and worry, or work through problems that have been with you for years, my goal is to help you feel relief, feel empowered, and work through the things that are out of your control.

Being human is hard, and we’re not meant to do it alone. There are lots of things in our lives that can cause us to feel disconnected from ourselves, others, or our lives. I see therapy as a path along which we can come to meet ourselves and our suffering, and connect more intimately with life through the support of a safe, trusted, loving presence. I aim to provide that presence for my clients. We’ll work together to create a relationship where you feel seen, heard, and supported to process, feel, and transform.

25 years as a clinical social worker has taught me that finding the right therapist is like trying on a pair of shoes. It has to be the right fit for you to start the journey of self-exploration. I believe in a strength based approach, where we not only explore the issues that brought you to therapy, but we explore how to expand the things that bring you joy and happiness. As Dr. Seuss once said, “life is a great balancing act” and he could not have been more right.

My ideal client is ready for change! They have had enough of feeling stuck. I work well with adults, parents, teens, LGBTQ+, parents of children with different needs, people dealing with anxiety or depression, people feeling stuck in unhelpful patterns and couples. I, also, love working with other therapists! I have a long history with working with the ND community (autistics and ADHDers).

Do you often feel anxious and worried? Or maybe you experience restlessness, and have a hard time settling down? Perhaps you find that your anxiety causes you to struggle with setting boundaries or forming meaningful connections with others? I feel you. I really, really do. That’s why I’m here to help. Therapy with me is more than just ‘therapy’ – it’s a lighthearted but intelligent way to transform those feelings of anxiety, restlessness, and worry into something meaningful. Together, we’ll blend intelligent and deep conversation with guided, deepening meditations, and intuitive body-mind connection exercises.

You are thoughtful, hardworking, successful by most measures, ambitious, and driven, yet aren't feeling fully satisfied in your life. Maybe you struggle with anxiety, perfectionism, and/or burnout in your life and wonder if you could feel more fulfilled and have more ease. You would like to be able to get your needs met more effectively in your relationships but sometimes struggle with how to make this happen. You are seeking a safe and reflective space in which to partner with a therapist to examine and work through the areas where you feel stuck order to affect change both internally and externally and know yourself more fully.

I believe that the capacity to thrive already lives in your hands, heart, and imagination. As your therapist, I will work with you to uncover your own inherent wisdom. With your wise self in the room, we can explore how parts of you may feel lost, unsure or left out. As your wise self learns to take up more space in your life, you may come to realize that the painful parts of you are just that: a part of you, and that your life is not defined by these parts. I will help you to realize that you are indeed amazing, capable, and loved.