Jon Platania
Psychologist, PhD
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Let's Connect (510) 937-3920

Life will present us now and then with the unexpected. This clearly is a time of major change for all of us. Not all of this is new nor is it novel. Even in the most normal of times we often do experience unwelcome events, the loss of a loved one, disability, addiction, economic insecurity, loneliness. To live is perhaps also to suffer. But we need not suffer alone.
You will find me to be a compassionate, capable psychotherapist. Working together, I can help you to live a happier, more contented and fulfilling life. So then, where are you now? Where would you like to go from here? Would you like to create a new narrative?
I bring to the consulting room a lifetime of healing experience. I received my PhD at the Wright Institute, a post-graduate intern UCSF and UCB in Student Counseling. Presently in Jungian Studies .I am a Quaker, committed to Non-violence World Peace. I am as CG Jung puts it a - Doctor of the Soul. My books: Jung for Beginners and 12 Step Restorative Yoga.
We can overcome internalized oppression. There is a special place in my practice for adult children of alcoholics and others who come from dysfunctional families. Those of us born into minority communities carry an additional burden. Relationship building can often be difficult quite apart from one's sexual orientation. We may need help to find our way.
Call or Email Jon Platania now for a free 15 minute consultation - (510) 937-3920
Let's Connect (510) 937-3920

Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $125
- Couple Sessions $250
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
Cash, Check, PaypalInsurance
- Aetna
- Anthem
- BHS | Behavioral Health Systems
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Carelon Health IPA of California (CHIPA)
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Health Net
- Kaiser (Out-of-Network)
- Magellan
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- Medicare
- MHNet Behavioral Health
- Optum
- Sentara Health Plans
- Sutter
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Uprise Health
- Out of Network
Jon Platania
Psychologist, PhD
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (510) 937-3920
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / 13269 Jon Platania
- In Practice for 41 years
- Attended Post Doctoral Fellowship Counseling and Psychology UB Berkeley, PhD, Graduated 1985
- Membership with Founding Member Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Center 1969 -75 / 1969
- Membership with San Francisco CG Jung Institute 2021
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Jon Platania
Psychologist, PhD
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (510) 937-3920
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Codependency
- Life Coaching
- LGBTQ+
Expertise
- Dissociative Identy Disorders
- Bisexual
- Body Image
- Career Counseling
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Lesbian
- Men's Issues
- QUEER ISSUES OF GENDER IDENTITY
- Racial Identity
- Self Esteem
- Spirituality
Jon Platania
Psychologist, PhD
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (510) 937-3920
Client Focus
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Coaching
- Culturally Sensitive
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Jungian
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Recovery of Heath
- Student Guidance Counseling
- Transpersonal
Jon Platania
Psychologist, PhD
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (510) 937-3920
Groups
Cinical Consultation Group
To Be Arranged. Currently working psychotherapist or those in training consult with me concerning individual clients. Our focus is basically from the perspective of the psychology of CG JUNG. More directly our work incorporates the theory and practice of Integrative Analytic Psychology as developed by Jon Platania PhD.
Expertise
Substance Use
Age
Adults
Session Cost
$30-$50
Group Meets
Every Sat 1 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.
Location
Jon Platania PhD
2111 Vine Street
# A
Berkeley, CA 94709
Email Jon Platania about this group or call - (510) 937-3920
Location
Additional Location
California Online Now
Los Angeles, CA 90069
(510) 937-3920