Psychotherapists - Licensed or Registered (USA)

Create more intimacy in your life so you can have deeper and more fulfilling connections with yourself and those around you. I am an interactive therapist who will help you make the changes you want. I work mindfully and somatically. I focus on: couples, relationships, sexuality, trauma, anxiety, kids and teens, and life transitions. I welcome your unique sexual make-up including orientation, gender, and relationship style.

I am a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern #56742 employed and supervised by Sue Ellen Wise, MA MFC34713 and Dr. Rachel Robbins, PsyD PSY22646

Call to schedule a free phone consultation. Offices in Berkeley and San Francisco.

For over 15 years I have served the poly community with respect and delight.

Do you want to feel better without conforming to someone elses idea of wellness to do so? Are you hitting hard spots in a relationship but are wary about seeking counseling for fear that important aspects of that relationship will not be understood? I specialize in working with adults and children who have found themselves out-of-the-box in one way or another, whether that be high sensitivity or learning, neurological, or physical differences, gender expression or sexual orientation and expression, or simply an unconventional experience and expression of life. Oftentimes these differences became tied up with hurt and sadness and with coping strategies as individuals navigated a world that often misunderstood them. I use and teach a body-oriented, mindful, heart-centered approach to resolve these hurts and develop new strategies. I welcome the unique and authentic in each person and relationship and honor the ways that each person, by being themselves, opens up more room in the world.

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I offer individual and couples therapy to California residents. I specialize in cultural relational therapy and work with adults and teens, specifically people in the LGBTQIA+ community, particularly those who are experiencing grief, depression, anxiety, struggling with substance or eating disorders, including chemsex, and using harm reduction techniques. I am sex positive and sex worker affirming, and enjoy helping clients with relational issues like sexual intimacy, connection, boundaries, celebrations, empowerment, and love.

Working in the entertainment business for decades as a performer has given me a unique perception of the world and helped me to have a valuable perspective in helping clients, particularly those in the industry.

Developing new ways to cope and maintain thriving relationships can be challenging but ultimately is an opportunity to grow. Let’s collaborate in a friendly and compassionate space to elicit openness and change towards your goals and dreams.

I offer individual and some couple’s therapy specializing in LGBTQ+, sex and sexuality, trauma, depression, and anxiety. I have significant experience working with a wide range of presenting concerns, and approach the person holistically and contextually. I work with adults. I am an out-of-network provider, though for most insurances I can submit claims electronically on the behalf of patients.

Sex and Love Therapy was founded on the principles of holistic psychotherapy and a key concept that pleasure is healing. With compassion and warmth, we help clients address current life challenges and long standing issues. We work with individuals, couples and partners and specialize in areas such as: alternative love styles, body image issues, desire discrepancies, fantasy & kink, anxiety and sexual dysfunction, orientation and transgender issues, compulsivity, trauma and more.

My own life experiences have helped prepare me to be a dynamic, adaptive, and compassionate therapist able to help clients navigate issues of trauma, grief, anxiety and creating/maintaining balance. I’m especially sensitive to those people and communities who have felt traditionally pathologized by the psychology/mental health community.

Among the many populations I serve are artists, writers, and those who wish to claim those identifiers; women of all colors; couples and alternative relationships; queer and/or gender non-conforming people; heterosexual and LGBTQI people.

I know it can be tough making the first step to find support. I specialize in working with LGBTQ folx, including those in non-monogamous (e.g., open, polyamorous) relationships and people living with HIV/AIDS. Together, we will help you lay the groundwork to make positive changes that will serve to enrich your life. I work collaboratively with my clients on identifying changes they want to see in their lives and taking steps towards those changes. Do you find you have anxiety in various situations? Do you often feel dysphoric about your gender? Do you not know how to communicate with others? I can help.

I know it can be tough making the first step to find support. I specialize in working with LGBTQ folx, including those in non-monogamous (e.g., open, polyamorous) relationships and people living with HIV/AIDS. Together, we will help you lay the groundwork to make positive changes that will serve to enrich your life. I work collaboratively with my clients on identifying changes they want to see in their lives and taking steps towards those changes. Do you find you have anxiety in various situations? Do you often feel dysphoric about your gender? Do you not know how to communicate with others? I can help.

I am a queer and nonbinary/trans therapist who offers therapy for individuals and relationships, including couples, partners, and families. I specialize in trauma and attachment work in the areas of sex, gender, and sexuality, and I am polyamory- and kink-knowledgeable and affirming. I have ample personal and professional experience with LGBTQIA+, kinky, and polyamorous communities, and am comfortable working with polyamorous partnerships and families of all sizes and configurations. My areas of focus include BDSM, kink, fetishes, gender exploration, affairs/infidelity, sex & disability, sexual trauma, out-of-control or compulsive sexual behavior (or sex “addiction”), and concerns related to sexual health & functioning or enhancement of pleasure and desire.

I work with individuals and relationships with an intersectional lens and relational manner, with significant psychodynamic and somatic influences.

My clients can range in age from teen through elder, with a special focus on those who come from BIPOC communities, those with intercultural, multiethnic identities and relationships, consensually nonmonogamous folks and people in (consensually) kink-oriented relationships. Gender affirming, and welcoming of diversity in areas of attraction and romantic orientation.

I have significant experience working with trauma, anxiety, identity, and finding meaning in a world that provides extra challenges for folks who don’t fit into a narrow band of ‘acceptable’ identities. Please see my website for more information, or contact me to set up a free consultation to see if we’re a good fit.

I have provided individual and couple counseling in Grants Pass, Oregon since 1998. I enjoy working with a wide variety of people and issues including (but not limited to) Anxiety, depression, couple work, anger, domestic violence, women's issues, eating disorders, honoring faith & spirituality, LGBT, ect.. I only see adults, couples, and seniors. I can bill insurances and have a sliding scale.

As one of LAs first out-of-the-closet kinky shrinks and pro-poly crusaders, I have been in the trenches for decades. Straight, gay, bi, innie, outie, it is all good with me. Have found that I work really well with inter-ethnic constellations, boundary breaches and settings, infidelity, creating protocol, and existential issues. I have lived in overlapping relationships and kinky relationships, and 90% of my therapy practice has been working with erotic minority folks. So give me a call if you want, and we will see if we are a match.

I have extensive experience working with triads, couples in open relationships, and poly individuals. I specialize in healing trauma, addiction/substance use, supporting harm reduction, repairing relationship problems and attachment issues.

I am a licensed therapist that works with individuals, couples, and multiple partner relationships/dynamics.I specialize and have trained to work with those wanting to explore gender identities, sexuality, ace identity, dysphoria, polyamory/non-monogomy, relationships, kink/BDSM/fetish, Sex work, queer identities, exploration and/or issues around sex, shame, depression, anxiety, trauma, OCD, Autism, ADHD. I am a white trans-masc nonbinary pan/bisexual that has been involved in the polyamorous & Kink/BDSM communities for 5+ years.

I work with individuals or couples of any gender or sexual orientation who seek help for sexual relationship issues. These issues are not limited to, but include arousal and orgasm issues, sexual desire issues, compulsive sexual behavior, masturbation issues, premature or delayed ejaculation, pain during sexual activity and psychological issues around monogamy, infidelity, boredom and wanting a change in one’s sexual repertoire. The goal is often increased eroticism, heightened intimacy, and decreased anxiety during sex. My aim is for you to overcome the problems that result from negative feelings and behaviors and to achieve your full sexual potential.

I specialize in sex therapy and psychotherapy with an emphasis on human sexuality, evolutionary psychology, sexual and gender identities, and dealing with socially constructed gender roles. I also work with transgender issues and sex work/sex industry issues, both on behalf of clients and sex workers.

My clients are often men who have been branded by others as “sex addicts;” I also have clients who buy and sell sexual services, as well as couples who want to work with someone non-judgmental when it comes to alternative, non-monogamous lifestyles and polyamory. Finally, I have been dedicated to helping transgender individuals during both pre and post transition for over 20 years.

I provide inclusive and affirming psychotherapy to adult individuals and couples. I specialize in helping people navigate relationship issues, heal from past trauma and emotional pain, and find the fulfillment, meaning and authenticity they are looking for in their life.

I have immediate availability for both new individual and couples clients. I offer a free 20-minute phone consultation to help us see whether we might be a good fit to work together.

Sessions are held weekly. My fee for individual sessions is $160, and for couples/family sessions is $200. I am an out-of-network provider and do not accept insurance. I would be happy to provide a monthly superbill you can submit directly to your insurance for possible reimbursement (available for PPO plans only). Limited sliding scale spots are available to those with financial need.

Dr. Yamonte Cooper is a Professor of Counseling, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), ICEEFT Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist (EFT), Certified Gottman Therapist, and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist (CST). He specializes in working with couples, trauma, sexual dysfunctions, gender & sexual identity, depression & anxiety, bipolar disorder, personality issues, grief, and other mental health problems.

My passion is in helping people navigate the intersections of life, from culture and identity, to maternal/postpartum challenges, sexuality and relationship struggles. If you choose to work with me, my goal is to create a space where you feel safe, accepted and heard. You can expect empathy, compassion and lighthearted humor in working with me, as we build skills and tools to help you move through life. In a nutshell, I’m culturally inclusive, person-centered and work from a strengths-based, holistic approach. I’m relationally focused and am an intersectional feminist who is LGBTQIA+, kink, and polyam friendly. I speak English and Urdu/Hindi and work with adults (18+)

More detailed descriptions of my services can be found online, but for a brief summary: Through Blackman & Boles, PLLC I offer a free initial consultation so that potential clients can get a sense of who I am and whether they want to move forward in working with me. I see clients on a private pay basis, but clients may seek reimbursement from their insurance providers. I primarily provide therapy services to adults, both individuals and folks in families or romantic relationships. I specialize in working with folks who have been impacted by various traumas and stressors throughout their lives as well as those experiencing distress related to engaging in intercultural/interracial relationships or other non-traditional (ENM.polyam/etc) relationship types and structures.

I am a trauma-informed, somatic psychotherapist with focused experience and training working with sex and sexuality and polyamory and consensual non-monogamy.

In my practice, I am open-minded, compassionate, and non-judgmental with an ability to make people feel safe, understood, and accepted. I will invite you to bring all of the parts of yourself–nothing is off-limits and nothing shocks me, yet I won’t pry. I will follow your lead and strive to create a space rooted in trust, where you feel safe and supported in exploring your experiences and your inner world.

Zanna is a Poly/Open, LGBTQ+ friendly and a knowledgeable, confident professional. She is in training at the Sexual Health Alliance getting constant and current education around polyamory and open sytle relationships. She works with individuals and couples that struggle with anxiety, depression, transitions, low self-esteem, perfectionism, gender and sexuality identity, as well as various relationship issues. She brings experience working with clients that have experienced trauma, people that identify as LGBTQ+, as well as those in non-traditional relationships (i.e: polyamory, open relationships) and those whom practice alternative sexuality (i.e: kink). Populations served: adults, adolescents with specific surrounding issues in my specialty.

With a great deal of experience in the poly community, both personally and professionally, I have worked with individuals, couples, moresomes, and families with children. I have a specialty in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), and take a non-judgmental approach to lifestyle choices-what I care about is what works for you and your significant others, not what a given culture thinks about it. (Within, of course, the bounds of consent). I am widely known and respected in the poly community as a therapist, community member, and workshop leader. - Does online consultation - Does phone consultation

Alex Caroline Robboy is the founder of The Center for Growth, Sex Therapy in Philadelphia. We are a group of sex positive therapists and psychiatrists who offer individual, couples, family therapy and medication management. We work clients struggling with anger, anxiety, compulsions, depression, grief, personality disorders, trauma, relationship issues, sexual function / dysfunction and alternative lifestyles.

We believe that each individual is unique and has the potential to achieve a fulfilling and rewarding life. There is no one best way of living; however, there are techniques and attitudes each of us can adopt to experience more pleasure and achieve an increased level of satisfaction. We define success not by how one completes a particular task, but rather by how one keeps going after a set-back. It is often only through failure that the real learning begins.

In the process of life mistakes are inevitable. We believe that people who are motivated can learn and grow from their mistakes. It is our belief that there is no right way to go through life – only your way.

Trained therapists at the Center for Growth, Inc., are available to work with clients at all stages of life on a wide range of issues to help them achieve greater fulfillment and derive more satisfaction from life.