Structural Family Therapy in San Francisco, CA

Katie Ortiz, LCSW 117653 I am here merely as a guiding tool, a means to an end. My purpose is to assist you on your journey, helping you navigate through your experiences and empowering you to apply the insights gained in therapy to your life. My approach to therapy draws from a variety of models, tailored to meet your specific needs. These may include CBT/TF-CBT, interpersonal psychotherapy, solution-focused, structural family therapy, and strength-based therapy.

If anxiety, depression, or behavioral challenges are overwhelming you or your child, reach out. Let's connect. I help individuals and families find a sense of true, grounded control. Sometimes, the things we are trying to do in order to get control over our lives, difficult emotions, or households are actually reinforcing the problem. I am here to help you interrupt patterns and cycles that aren't working, and to replace them with more effective, goal oriented, calm, and compassionate ones. We will also work to find what you are doing that is going well, and do more of these things.

I help teens and adults whose emotional pain manifests as deep emotional hurt and sensitivity to specific situations, overwhelm, conflict in close relationships—even violent or suicidal thoughts and behaviors. If you're looking for a safe person who can help you in address the root causes of these experiences, while offering guidance on ways to feel better today, we might be a good fit. For parents interested in therapy for teens, I take a family-centered approach centered on increasing safety, wellness, and connection for the entire family.

I believe that people are resilient and resourceful, capable of overcoming difficulties. Sometimes we get entangled in personal and relational patterns that can overwhelm our resources. I help clients identify these problematic patterns and empower them to break free from patterns that do not serve them well. I focus on my client's interpersonal relationships and relationships with larger social systems. I have experience working with children, teens, families, and couples on several issues, including family and couple distress, trauma, and various presentations of anxiety and depression through a systemic and attachment-based lens.

Feeling anxious, depressed, stuck in your life? I offer individual therapy to help you identify your strengths, work through your unresolved issues and find greater pleasure and success in everyday life. If you are struggling with romantic relationships, I can assist you in developing romantic intelligence skills. Dealing with communication problems and conflict in your relationship? I offer Psycho-biological Attachment Couples Therapy to expand your loving connection and build trust and safety.

Many people come to me when they experience the following: people pleasing, self criticism, "what is wrong with me?", not connecting with loved ones, feelings of emptiness, parental self-doubt, never feeling good enough. If you consistently experience these, please don't hesitate to reach out to me for help. Things can change for you!

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist committed to treating individuals, couples, and families. My clinical interests include treating couples’ issues in transition periods (preparing for marriage, parenthood, or divorce), spiritual or religious issues, depression, anxiety, trauma, and other life transition issues. I use a variety of therapeutic approaches in working with clients and the relationships they have in their lives. Using an integrative change model, I highlight the strengths of different theories to fit the client’s identified needs.

I believe in meeting the client where they are, facing the issues presented with an open mind, and to always establish healthy boundaries. My approach is to help manage life's transitions together in a way that provides a nurturing & empathetic experience.

Throughout our lives, we all have experienced feelings of depression, anxiety, and anger. These emotions leave you feeling insecure, shameful, lonely, unworthy and stuck in unhealthy patterns of behavior. Trauma can have negative emotional and physical effects and can lead to family/relationship issues. I specialize in solution-focused brief therapy, motivational interviewing, mindfulness and CBT. These approaches allow me to work with the client to decrease symptoms of anxiety and depression and other health/behavioral issues.

My passion has always been to help people heal and find inner peace. For some, this might mean having to work through a difficult past so it doesn’t haunt them in their present life: for others, it’s just having someone to talk to. Whether you are struggling with depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma, or needing to figure out what to do with your life, I’m here and I’m ready to help you.

Are you looking to explore a part of yourself that’s been hidden or silenced? Have you come up against circumstances or emotions you’re having difficulty navigating? I’m a therapist with 13 years of experience working with depression, psychosis, trauma, grief, major life transitions, gender exploration, queer identity affirmation, and self-worth/assertiveness. Individuals and Couples will have the option to utilize different modalities including narrative approaches, drama therapy, family systems, and liberatory practice. My priority is a flexible, person- centered environment that considers intersections of identity, oppression,

I know sometimes we may feel alone with our own problems. We may feel stuck. We may have a hard time settling down. We may not know who to talk to. It happens to everybody and it is wise to reach out to someone and talk about possible solutions. I'd like to help you.

Kim Williams is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Kim believes in the client's ability to see their own strengths to motivate them to take control of situations that ultimately influence the life they want to live. Kim's specialties include Phase of Life Changes, LQBTQ, Anxiety, Depression, Anger Management, and Parenting. Kim also provides Anger Management, Parenting, and Domestic Violence Groups. Kim uses Solution-Focused Therapy, along with CBT, Narrative Therapy, to help clients find the skills needed to bring change and healing to their life.

I invite you to walk through a door ready to change, because all you know and all you have tried may not be working for you. I have the training, the confidence, the sensitivity and the sense of humor, when needed, to be the person to help you to find your way. My style is down-to-earth and interactive focusing on change in the present through engagement and connection. Sometimes it's difficult to trust that anyone can truly help you. I encourage you to try. WEBSITE: zenatucker.com

I work with adults and teens to create pathways towards lasting healing and growth. In particular, I have a passion for supporting those impacted by trauma, as well as working with LGBTQIA+ individuals. My approach to working with people is client-centered, attachment-focused, relational, humorous, and strengths-based.

Hey Couture Fam! I am Yvonne Lynn also known as The Black Couture Counselor. I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Expressive Arts Therapist. I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and families (Ages 10-17). I LOVE to express how I feel on the inside and the outside. As a creative, I love to bridge the gap between art and traditional talk therapy. Come make a statement with ME!

Douglas was educated in Great Britain and brings a wealth of professional experience from careers in Corporate America and Europe.

I am a collaborative therapist which means that we work together on the goals you want to achieve and how you'd like to achieve therm.

As a CBT (Cognitive Behavioral) therapist, Anahata uses logic and humor to inspire healing and change. She loves working with thoughts of all varieties and provides a comfortable and supportive environment to ease your therapeutic experience. Anahata explains concepts through metaphors that help new ideas become part of your everyday thinking processes. With over 10 years of experience working with people diagnosed with severe mental illness, she has excelled in learning how to best serve people in her private practice.