Chronic Illness Therapists in San Francisco, CA
Hi there, I'm Candace, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), who is empathetic, collaborative, and goal-oriented. I received my Master’s Degree in Psychology with an emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy from Brandman University in 2015. I have 6 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in community and private mental health settings. I have a passion for working with individuals who are struggling and feeling overwhelmed with life transitions, depression, and anxiety. I utilize modalities like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), and Client-Centered Therapy.
Hi there, I'm Candace, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), who is empathetic, collaborative, and goal-oriented. I received my Master’s Degree in Psychology with an emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy from Brandman University in 2015. I have 6 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in community and private mental health settings. I have a passion for working with individuals who are struggling and feeling overwhelmed with life transitions, depression, and anxiety. I utilize modalities like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), and Client-Centered Therapy.
Navpreet Chima
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, APCC
Verified Verified
San Francisco, CA 94104 (Online Only)
Each session can feel productive and efficient, with a therapist that is direct, provides structure that will work well with managing issues like self doubt, perfectionism, feeling not enough, or not knowing how to regulate your own feelings in a healthy way. If you already intellectualize and understand where your issues may come from, but haven't had much luck in actually feeling better through this knowledge, then you may need therapy that validates the connection between mind and body for mental health. I use both DBT and Internal Family Systems Therapy to provide a structured and empathetic approach. .
Each session can feel productive and efficient, with a therapist that is direct, provides structure that will work well with managing issues like self doubt, perfectionism, feeling not enough, or not knowing how to regulate your own feelings in a healthy way. If you already intellectualize and understand where your issues may come from, but haven't had much luck in actually feeling better through this knowledge, then you may need therapy that validates the connection between mind and body for mental health. I use both DBT and Internal Family Systems Therapy to provide a structured and empathetic approach. .
I am an LCSW with over 30 years of experience in the field. I have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences Psychology and a Master of Social Work from San Diego State University. I have experience in various clinical settings, including inpatient and outpatient hospitals and mental health clinics, skilled care mental health services, and home care settings. I look forward to meeting and working with you.
I am an LCSW with over 30 years of experience in the field. I have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences Psychology and a Master of Social Work from San Diego State University. I have experience in various clinical settings, including inpatient and outpatient hospitals and mental health clinics, skilled care mental health services, and home care settings. I look forward to meeting and working with you.
I am a licensed clinical health psychologist with extensive training in psycho-oncology and a longstanding clinical focus on providing psychological services in medical settings. It is my goal to work with patients and their families to help during this often difficult adjustment to the medical world and treatment. My interests are wide and each patient is different. I want to meet you exactly where you are at.
I am a licensed clinical health psychologist with extensive training in psycho-oncology and a longstanding clinical focus on providing psychological services in medical settings. It is my goal to work with patients and their families to help during this often difficult adjustment to the medical world and treatment. My interests are wide and each patient is different. I want to meet you exactly where you are at.
Danielle Forastieri Short
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94115
Learning to love, tend, and support our bodies in a society that often devalues the experiences of the body is hard. If you are someone who has experienced trauma and/or is struggling with either chronic pain, fatigue, overwhelm, burnout, low self-esteem, struggles with your sense of self, boundaries, and/or even knowing what your needs are, you’re not alone. Do you want to learn how to better support your nervous system? To feel and communicate your boundaries and needs with those around you for stronger and more fulfilling connections? Do you hope to feel more joy, confidence, and ease in your day-to-day life? Welcome!
Learning to love, tend, and support our bodies in a society that often devalues the experiences of the body is hard. If you are someone who has experienced trauma and/or is struggling with either chronic pain, fatigue, overwhelm, burnout, low self-esteem, struggles with your sense of self, boundaries, and/or even knowing what your needs are, you’re not alone. Do you want to learn how to better support your nervous system? To feel and communicate your boundaries and needs with those around you for stronger and more fulfilling connections? Do you hope to feel more joy, confidence, and ease in your day-to-day life? Welcome!
You can reclaim your life from anxiety, stress, and medical concerns. You can live a more vibrant and healthy life, and I can walk with you every step of the way through your major struggles and everyday experiences. I will support you in taking action to improve what you can control and navigate what you can’t with deep compassion. You do not have to face these problems alone. Together we will explore the approaches and tools to help you define and move towards a life filled with what matters most to you. My additional subspecialties include: cancer, insomnia, and working with caregivers of those facing medical illness.
You can reclaim your life from anxiety, stress, and medical concerns. You can live a more vibrant and healthy life, and I can walk with you every step of the way through your major struggles and everyday experiences. I will support you in taking action to improve what you can control and navigate what you can’t with deep compassion. You do not have to face these problems alone. Together we will explore the approaches and tools to help you define and move towards a life filled with what matters most to you. My additional subspecialties include: cancer, insomnia, and working with caregivers of those facing medical illness.
Health Psychology Center (for kids, teens, adults)
Psychologist
Verified Verified
San Francisco, CA 94109
It can be overwhelming and exhausting to experience changes and fluctuations in your health, mood, sleep, and other areas of wellness. Dr. Emily Harrington, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, specializes in providing psychotherapy for kids, teens, & adults who are struggling with: chronic medical conditions, chronic pain, sleep difficulty, stress, anxiety, sadness, and difficulty adjusting to life transitions. At Health Psychology Center, we incorporate evidence-based techniques to help you navigate challenges with physical and mental health and move towards achieving your goals. Currently accepting a few new clients, ages 8 - adult!
It can be overwhelming and exhausting to experience changes and fluctuations in your health, mood, sleep, and other areas of wellness. Dr. Emily Harrington, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, specializes in providing psychotherapy for kids, teens, & adults who are struggling with: chronic medical conditions, chronic pain, sleep difficulty, stress, anxiety, sadness, and difficulty adjusting to life transitions. At Health Psychology Center, we incorporate evidence-based techniques to help you navigate challenges with physical and mental health and move towards achieving your goals. Currently accepting a few new clients, ages 8 - adult!
Together we can look at your challenges in direct and objective ways to help address that which prevents you from living fully. I enjoy working with people hoping to transform their lives and wanting to reconnect to their authentic self. I also work with techies and individuals struggling with medical illness and chronic conditions. Sessions will entail better understanding you, your tribulations, and that which no longer serves you.
Together we can look at your challenges in direct and objective ways to help address that which prevents you from living fully. I enjoy working with people hoping to transform their lives and wanting to reconnect to their authentic self. I also work with techies and individuals struggling with medical illness and chronic conditions. Sessions will entail better understanding you, your tribulations, and that which no longer serves you.
Kyoko Tsuchiya
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, SEP
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94114
Are you feeling stuck in your life, your relationships or your job, or going through challenging life transitions? I strongly believe that we all have tremendous capacity for change, growth and healing. Drawing upon my professional training in body-oriented psychotherapy and decades of meditation practice, I can assist you in quieting your mind and taping into your own truth, strengths and wisdom within. Psychotherapy that integrates body, mind and spirit can help you move beyond the problems to release the creative energy, optimism and hope necessary to lead you to a more authentic and fulfilling life.
Are you feeling stuck in your life, your relationships or your job, or going through challenging life transitions? I strongly believe that we all have tremendous capacity for change, growth and healing. Drawing upon my professional training in body-oriented psychotherapy and decades of meditation practice, I can assist you in quieting your mind and taping into your own truth, strengths and wisdom within. Psychotherapy that integrates body, mind and spirit can help you move beyond the problems to release the creative energy, optimism and hope necessary to lead you to a more authentic and fulfilling life.
Welcome! I hope that I can give you a sense of myself and style and how I may be a good fit in supporting you in the process of therapy. In my private practice (drshelbylazarow.com), I specialize in working with individual adults and couples. I practice from a psychodynamic and relational modality in which I am mindful of where you come from and the ways in which you have learned to adapt to each environment and relationship around you, including the relationship that we form. Mindfulness is a lens through which I practice as well.
Welcome! I hope that I can give you a sense of myself and style and how I may be a good fit in supporting you in the process of therapy. In my private practice (drshelbylazarow.com), I specialize in working with individual adults and couples. I practice from a psychodynamic and relational modality in which I am mindful of where you come from and the ways in which you have learned to adapt to each environment and relationship around you, including the relationship that we form. Mindfulness is a lens through which I practice as well.
Engaging in psychotherapy is an ideal way to work on understanding yourself and others and increasing satisfaction with life. If you are feeling overwhelmed, if every day you are weighed down with conflict or heavy emotions, talking to a professional, and someone outside your family, friends and loved ones, can help in gaining perspective and getting the bigger picture.
Engaging in psychotherapy is an ideal way to work on understanding yourself and others and increasing satisfaction with life. If you are feeling overwhelmed, if every day you are weighed down with conflict or heavy emotions, talking to a professional, and someone outside your family, friends and loved ones, can help in gaining perspective and getting the bigger picture.
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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94123
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Every one of us is challenged by living as our authentic selves—in our relationships, careers, or health. If you're anxious, depressed, or confused, experiencing cancer or another medical condition, facing a spiritual dilemma, in transition, or struggling in a relationship, I'm here to help alleviate suffering. These are the heart of my therapeutic practice and life interests.
Every one of us is challenged by living as our authentic selves—in our relationships, careers, or health. If you're anxious, depressed, or confused, experiencing cancer or another medical condition, facing a spiritual dilemma, in transition, or struggling in a relationship, I'm here to help alleviate suffering. These are the heart of my therapeutic practice and life interests.
We all experience challenges that get in the way of living a happy and fulfilled life. Therapy is a great place for growth, healing, and overcoming obstacles in a safe, confidential, and warm environment. I value your time and commitment to self-care and will collaborate with you to navigate through life’s roadblocks.
We all experience challenges that get in the way of living a happy and fulfilled life. Therapy is a great place for growth, healing, and overcoming obstacles in a safe, confidential, and warm environment. I value your time and commitment to self-care and will collaborate with you to navigate through life’s roadblocks.
Erin Elizabeth Powers
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, MA
Verified Verified
San Francisco, CA 94111
I believe that we all have the capacity to heal, despite any adversity we have faced. I hold an understanding that trauma is often at the root of unresolved issues and I provide a safe space to unpack this. I have experience working with clients from a variety of backgrounds, including those experiencing anxiety and co-occurring health issues impacting mental health.I enjoy incorporating mindfulness, expressive arts, and other holistic modalities into my sessions and will provide resources for you to utilize in everyday life. As Carl Jung states, "I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become".
I believe that we all have the capacity to heal, despite any adversity we have faced. I hold an understanding that trauma is often at the root of unresolved issues and I provide a safe space to unpack this. I have experience working with clients from a variety of backgrounds, including those experiencing anxiety and co-occurring health issues impacting mental health.I enjoy incorporating mindfulness, expressive arts, and other holistic modalities into my sessions and will provide resources for you to utilize in everyday life. As Carl Jung states, "I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become".
Michelle Baumgartner
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, OTR/L
Verified Verified
San Francisco, CA 94115
Are life's challenges leaving you feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed? Highly skilled in helping clients navigate and integrate the experience of having a chronic/serious health condition, or the loss of a loved one. Help resolving difficult or early life experiences that are affecting current relationships. Enjoy supporting women as they transition: A young adult woman finding her authentic, empowered self. A pregnant/postpartum woman managing her changing moods, preparing for this rite of passage, and adjusting to a new role. A perimenopausal/menopausal woman examining her life, finding her voice, and taking new risks.
Are life's challenges leaving you feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed? Highly skilled in helping clients navigate and integrate the experience of having a chronic/serious health condition, or the loss of a loved one. Help resolving difficult or early life experiences that are affecting current relationships. Enjoy supporting women as they transition: A young adult woman finding her authentic, empowered self. A pregnant/postpartum woman managing her changing moods, preparing for this rite of passage, and adjusting to a new role. A perimenopausal/menopausal woman examining her life, finding her voice, and taking new risks.
Krista Gallagher
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94101 (Online Only)
Having been a client myself, I understand how important it is to find a therapist who you feel really "gets you" and with whom you feel safe and comfortable being vulnerable and open. I focus on creating a foundation of presence, safety, and trust in the therapeutic relationship. I am here to see you, hear you, understand you, & support you & will meet you with a non-judgmental, compassionate, & supportive presence as we work together. I specialize in working with anxiety, depression, chronic pain & illness, life transitions, motherhood & parenting, couples therapy, college/career stress, & those who identify as being HSP/Empaths.
Having been a client myself, I understand how important it is to find a therapist who you feel really "gets you" and with whom you feel safe and comfortable being vulnerable and open. I focus on creating a foundation of presence, safety, and trust in the therapeutic relationship. I am here to see you, hear you, understand you, & support you & will meet you with a non-judgmental, compassionate, & supportive presence as we work together. I specialize in working with anxiety, depression, chronic pain & illness, life transitions, motherhood & parenting, couples therapy, college/career stress, & those who identify as being HSP/Empaths.
Hi, I’m Dr. David Talavera! I'm a licensed clinical psychologist who works with adults seeking growth, connection, and resilience. Whether you’re facing burnout, stress, anxiety, communication issues, comparisons challenges, grief, depression, or trauma, I am here to guide you through it with warmth and compassion. My approach to therapy is all about you. I take a client-centered approach, working with you to develop a deeper understanding of life's struggles and finding ways to overcome and grow stronger. Together, we’ll develop strategies to cope with hardships, promote healing, and ultimately empower you to be your own therapist.
Hi, I’m Dr. David Talavera! I'm a licensed clinical psychologist who works with adults seeking growth, connection, and resilience. Whether you’re facing burnout, stress, anxiety, communication issues, comparisons challenges, grief, depression, or trauma, I am here to guide you through it with warmth and compassion. My approach to therapy is all about you. I take a client-centered approach, working with you to develop a deeper understanding of life's struggles and finding ways to overcome and grow stronger. Together, we’ll develop strategies to cope with hardships, promote healing, and ultimately empower you to be your own therapist.
Evan Loofbourrow
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94110
You navigate this world each day doing the best you can, but life's biggest sources of pain, confusion, or stress can leave you lost and overwhelmed. You have to just "figure it out". Therapy provides a space to step back and examine yourself: intentionally, and with a plan and goal in mind. I believe that therapy should ultimately allow you to "become" your own therapist, bringing what you learn from our work back into your own world. I will challenge your long-held beliefs and habits in therapy and encourage your honest self-reflection, but always with elements of humor and compassion.
You navigate this world each day doing the best you can, but life's biggest sources of pain, confusion, or stress can leave you lost and overwhelmed. You have to just "figure it out". Therapy provides a space to step back and examine yourself: intentionally, and with a plan and goal in mind. I believe that therapy should ultimately allow you to "become" your own therapist, bringing what you learn from our work back into your own world. I will challenge your long-held beliefs and habits in therapy and encourage your honest self-reflection, but always with elements of humor and compassion.
Daniela L. Paolone
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS LMFT
Verified Verified
22 Endorsed
San Francisco, CA 94102 (Online Only)
I am Daniela Paolone, a Marriage & Family therapist in California (Lic 90752) & Wyoming (LMFT-223). I am passionate about helping you move out of pain so that you can feel empowered in taking the next steps toward a more fulfilling & rewarding life. As a Latina & Italian therapist, I enjoy working w/diverse ethnic, cultural, religious & gender groups. I specialize in Latinx counseling, chronic pain & illness, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, relationship stressors & caregiver support. Living with my own health challenges has helped shape my practice & approaches to give clients tailored support to help them reach their goals.
I am Daniela Paolone, a Marriage & Family therapist in California (Lic 90752) & Wyoming (LMFT-223). I am passionate about helping you move out of pain so that you can feel empowered in taking the next steps toward a more fulfilling & rewarding life. As a Latina & Italian therapist, I enjoy working w/diverse ethnic, cultural, religious & gender groups. I specialize in Latinx counseling, chronic pain & illness, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, relationship stressors & caregiver support. Living with my own health challenges has helped shape my practice & approaches to give clients tailored support to help them reach their goals.
Adeline Bortz, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in therapy for adolescent, teen, and young adults. She earned her doctorate at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium and completed her clinical training at Stanford School of Medicine and the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Bortz has expertise in working with mood and anxiety disorders, life transitions, complex medical conditions, and gender expansive youth/young adults. She provides compassionate, personalized care to promote resilience, self-compassion, and adaptive coping strategies.
Adeline Bortz, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in therapy for adolescent, teen, and young adults. She earned her doctorate at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium and completed her clinical training at Stanford School of Medicine and the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Bortz has expertise in working with mood and anxiety disorders, life transitions, complex medical conditions, and gender expansive youth/young adults. She provides compassionate, personalized care to promote resilience, self-compassion, and adaptive coping strategies.
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