Psychodynamic & Psychoanayltic Therapy for Adults, Adolescents, & Children

Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or overwhelm, but aren’t quite sure where to start or how to get help? Or maybe you’ve been curious about patterns that show up over and over in your life and you’re thinking about wanting to understand yourself more deeply. Our friendly team is here to help you start your journey, offering in-person, virtual, and hybrid sessions in San Francisco, and in the Easy Bay in Albany and Oakland. Book an appointment with us today and take the first step towards greater self-awareness and emotional well-being for you or your loved one.

Adult Individual Therapy

Psychoanalytic therapy for adults is a form of talk therapy that explores the unconscious mind to uncover deeper emotional issues and conflicts that influence behavior and thoughts. This approach emphasizes the importance of our internal experiences and family of origin in understanding how we understand and navigate our daily lives and interactions. Through the therapeutic relationship, we can find meaningful and tangible insights that not only strike up cognitive understanding, but emotional healing as well. These depth-oriented approaches are evidence based and result in long-lasting change. Our clinicians have years of training and experience in working through this lens, collaborating with individuals to tailor each therapy for the needs of each unique person.

Some areas we specialize in:

  • anxiety

  • panic

  • depression

  • perfectionism

  • stagnation

  • loneliness

  • obsessions and compulsions

  • multicultural perspectives

  • immigrant or child-of-immigrant experiences

  • relationship or family difficulties

  • neurodiversity-related issues (ADHD, autism, learning differences)

  • life transitions

  • overwhelm & stress management

  • complex/relational trauma or PTSD

  • gender & sexuality

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Child & Adolescent Therapy

Psychodynamic child and adolescent therapy uses relational approaches and heavily incorporates play in order to tap into the child’s emotional experience. Developmentally, children are not yet able to meaningfully integrate verbalization and emotional experience the same way adults can. Our clinicians have extensive experience in being able to harness the power the child’s emotional language of play in order to facilitate the expression of experiences and feelings that need to be worked through. Additionally, in combination with close collaboration with caretakers, difficulties at school and at home can be addressed in empathetic, developmentally-appropriate ways that take into consideration the child’s internal world.

Some areas we specialize in:

  • Neurodiversity (ADHD, autism, learning differences)

  • anxiety

  • depression

  • behavioral issues

  • social difficulties

  • family or sibling conflict

  • trauma

  • perfectionism

  • phobias

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Couples Therapy

Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic couples therapy is a way to work on relationships by looking at how unique foundational experiences affect how partners interact. It helps couples understand their behaviors and reactions to others based on their individual family cultures and backgrounds. In a safe and supportive setting, partners can share openly, building stronger connections and understanding each other more deeply, ultimately leading to greater intimacy and empathy for one another.

Some areas we specialize in:

  • conflict resolution

  • parenting difficulties

  • communication

  • sexual issues & physical intimacy

  • interracial and multicultural couples

  • emotional intimacy

  • infidelity

  • life transitions

  • jealousy & insecurity

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