Stephanie
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT (she, her)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
11 Endorsed
Let's Connect (510) 216-1376
You feel everything intensely, but struggle when emotions feel overwhelming. I work with adults who experience emotional storms, rocky relationships, chronic emptiness, anxiety, or depression. Many of my clients are queer, trans, politically engaged, neurodivergent, creative, or deeply feeling. They may be navigating anxiety, shame, burnout, trauma, and attachment wounds. If you've been told you're "too sensitive" or "too much," if you're tired of just managing symptoms and want therapy that gets to the heart of why emotions feel so hard to handle, I offer a space to explore yourself in a deeper, transformative way.
I specialize in intense emotions, relationship patterns, and attachment wounds. I work from a psychodynamic approach, integrating DBT, EMDR, and parts work. That means we will deepen your self-understanding, develop skills for handling distress, and break destructive cycles. My approach blends practical tools with deeper insight into your patterns.
Living with intense emotions can feel isolating and exhausting. You don't have to navigate this alone. I understand the shame that comes with feeling "too much" and the fear that you're broken. You deserve compassionate, skilled support to find stability, peace, and acceptance within yourself and your relationships. Reach out for a free consultation.
Call or Email Stephanie Bain now for a free 15 minute consultation - (510) 216-1376
Let's Connect (510) 216-1376
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $195
- Couple Sessions $220
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
American Express, Cash, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Venmo, Visa, ZelleInsurance
- Out of Network
Stephanie Bain
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (510) 216-1376
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / LMFT137288 Stephanie Bain
- Attended Pacifica Graduate Institute
- Membership with Gaylesta: The Psychotherapist Association For Gender & Sexual Diversity
- Membership with CAMFT (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists)
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Stephanie Bain
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (510) 216-1376
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Relationship Issues
- Mood Disorders
Expertise
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Bisexual
- Body Image
- Codependency
- Emotional Disturbance
- Grief
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Neurodivergence
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Polyamory & ENM
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex-Positive & Kink Friendly
- Sexual Abuse
- Suicidal Ideation
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
Stephanie Bain
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (510) 216-1376
11 Endorsements
Client Focus
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Humanistic
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Trauma Focused
Stephanie Bain
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (510) 216-1376