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Somatic Psychotherapy

Sabrina Sierra

January 12, 2023 by Sabrina Sierra

As a therapist, I see myself as a collaborator in an unfolding process of collective liberation. I take a holistic approach grounded in cultural humility and an understanding that our lived identities and ancestral lineages greatly impact our struggles and paths to wellness.

I received an MA in Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and a BA in Community Studies from UC Santa Cruz. I approach therapy with an interest in spirituality, archetypes, and consciousness. I am also grounded in material realities and bring a critical social justice framework to my practice. Issues related to racism, colonization, and assimilation are key areas of focus for me. Additionally, I have devoted several years to intersectional gender-justice work centered on the experiences of female, trans, and non-binary people, especially youth.

I was born and raised in the Bay Area and identify as mestiza or multiracial with recent generations of my family immigrating from the Philippines and Guatemala. Outside of my family of origin, I’ve found community through participation in DIY & QTPOC arts and music scenes and activist groups.

Tending to ourselves empowers us to more positively evolve our relationships, communities, and world. Supporting you in nurturing self-compassion, connecting to your inner-wisdom, and aligning with your personal values is my intention.

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Anum Rathor

October 31, 2022 by together@soulcentriccollective.com

Anum is a first-generation South Asian American. As a first-generation American, she sees the value in breaking down the stigma surrounding seeking help and the importance of eliminating the negative connotations or assumptions that are attached to therapy. She wishes to be a voice for those that have not found theirs yet. She speaks Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi fluently and is currently learning Arabic. She enjoys working with adolescents, adults, and couples. Anum believes therapy is about creating a safe space for the patient to open up about what they want to address with no judgment. She is driven to make sure her patients feel comfortable, respected, and validated. Through the use of various evidence-based practices, Anum enjoys working with patients to cater to their emotional needs through the use of. She has experience working with people who have experienced trauma, anxiety, and depression as well as with people who engage in substance use and risk behaviors. She feels lucky to have worked with individuals from various sexual orientations, religious, and cultural backgrounds. She wishes for her patients to graduate from therapy feeling liberated and empowered to take on the world and to be able to process their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a healthy way.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BIPOC, IFS, Motivational Interview, multicultural theory, Race-Related Issues, Substance Abuse

LaToya Washington

October 31, 2022 by together@soulcentriccollective.com

LaToya is an African American woman who provides comprehensive counseling and crisis intervention services. Working as a counselor is not only a job but rather a passion. LaToya views her role as a facilitator who helps to guide her patients to and beyond the goals they have set for themselves. She believes it is important to help her patients find their own answers.

One way she adds value to the lives of her patients is by offering space with the opportunity to restore or heal one’s relationships with self and others. LaToya enjoys collaborating with patients to identify and discover their core values and how they can apply them to their current lifestyles.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BIPOC, Couples, Group Therapy, IFS, Motivational Interview, multicultural theory, Race-Related Issues, Substance Abuse

Geovana Marquez

October 31, 2022 by together@soulcentriccollective.com

Geovana is a child of immigrants (First-generation Chicana) and understands the experience of adjusting to both the family’s culture and American culture. She is a feminist who advocates for mental health, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ issues that need to be heard. Her therapeutic work experience includes working with young adults with various mental health concerns. Geovana hopes that sessions are a safe space for her patients to share and grow. She hopes to add value into the lives of her patients by instilling confidence in knowing they have grown within their time together.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Couples, Group Therapy, Harm Reduction Therapy, IFS, Motivational Interview, multicultural theory, Race-Related Issues, Substance Abuse

Regina Segura

April 9, 2022 by regina segura

I am a healer with 30 + years of psychotherapist and teaching experience. I use Internal Family Systems Self Leadership,  Mindfulness, Yoga Nidra, Enneagram, Non Violent Communication, Hand in Hand parenting frameworks to support individual and couple’s wellness goals living their lives with less suffering and more satisfaction.  I specialize in trauma resolution which releases energy to be used in more constructive ways with less effort. I see people for traditional 50 minute sessions and other configurations as desired and needed. Please see my website and online presence for details regarding therapy, consults, groups, classes and workshops. Warmly, Regina Segura (certified IFS therapist).

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Jennifer Quan

October 28, 2021 by Jennifer Quan

Rooted in trauma-informed social justice and holistic perspectives, I’m passionate about facilitating transformative healing processes and empowering skill-building with people of all ages. Together, we can attend to what is happening and needed on the levels of mind, heart, body, and spirit for healing trauma and nurturing resilience.

You can expect me to be warm and curious, honest and engaged, open-minded and deeply affirming. I hold deep appreciation for multicultural experience and identity, and it’s especially meaningful for me to work with people who are marginalized by institutions of power and privilege.

I move through the world as a second generation Asian American woman, empath, life long learner, auntie, evolving spirit, and lover of nature, creative expression, and embodied movement. I believe in the power of joy, vulnerability, and authentic expression in forging a path towards personal and collective liberation.

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Playful Process Group

June 16, 2021 by Elizabeth Ehrenberg

Each session of this ongoing process group begins with a guided playful somatic exercise. The playful body-based experience is intended to help participants connect with themselves and each other more deeply during the process group.

This group requires an initial 3 month commitment.
This group will be offered online until it is safe to be in-person again.

Would you like to…
Feel more connected to yourself and others?
Gain insight into how others experience you?
Practice new ways of being in authentic relationship?
Give and receive support?

Why Group Therapy?
Group therapy is a powerful way to learn more about yourself and heal through relationship. Groups are a microcosm of the real world. Group is therefore a space where members can explore and work on interpersonal issues. Through group relationships, members explore their habitual patterns of connecting and have an opportunity to practice new, more constructive ways of authentically relating. The changes that occur in group can then translate into one’s relationships outside the group.

Who is Group Therapy For?
Generally, people come to group therapy to work on improving their relationships. Some of the specific issues that bring people to group include:

-Anxiety, social anxiety, and depression
-Struggling in friendships and/or romantic relationships
-Feeling isolated from others
-Difficulty managing or expressing anger
-Feeling disconnected from one’s own emotions
-Shame, perfectionism, self-criticism, or fears of other’s judgments

What Happens in a Process Group?
In a group session, members do their best to express their thoughts and feelings as freely as possible. Talking about issues outside the group, such as jobs, family, relationships, etc… is important and valuable. However, it is by expressing the feelings and thoughts which group members experience in the moment towards other group members (including the leader) that provide some of the richest sources of learning. It is through the relationships within the group that members have the unique opportunity to experiment with new ways of connecting and develop more satisfying relationships inside and outside of group.

My Experience As A Group Therapist
I bring a variety of experience to leading groups. Over the past 13 years, I have led support groups for individuals with eating disorders, DBT skills groups, as well as support groups for long-term HIV+ survivors. For the past five years, I have led groups that combine process group and improvisational theater. I am a graduate of The Psychotherapy Institute’s Group Therapy Training Program. I have also facilitated multiple workshops at the annual conferences of both The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) and the Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society (NCGPS). 
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More Information
Please contact me directly at 415-828-4563 or e-mail eliz.ehren@gmail.com if you are interested in group therapy. You can also click here to schedule a free 15-20 minute phone consultation to discuss your interest.

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Donation-Based AAPI Adult Group-Therapy

May 28, 2021 by Christhmus Presence

Join William Ma and Christhmus Presence for pay-as-you-may virtual group therapy. Sessions start 8/24. Late enrollment closes 9/7.

Sessions are 90 minutes and will be held once a week over the course of 10 weeks. Group capacity is 8-10 people and open to those 21 and up.

About Will (he/him/his):

Will (William Ma) is Bay Area born and raised, with a combination of Chinese (by way of Taiwan) and white ancestors. Significant therapeutic influences include Relational therapy, somatics, feminist psychology, as well as existential and transpersonal therapy. He is certified in Internal Family Systems and Brainspotting therapeutic modalities, and can answer questions such as “what even is that”, sometimes at great length. He is nourished by reading, doing ancestral work, spending time under the water and walking in the forest.

He has been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 2016. (LMFT #96148)

About Christhmus (pronoun at your pleasure):

Christhmus Presence (Chris Chu) will be facilitating all groups above, and is a 3.5-generation Muwekma Ohlone (San Francisco) land-settler, and Chinese-American Queer by Ancestors’ way of Guangdong, China. Pillars that guide them are liberation psychology, narrative psychology, somatic psychology, trauma-informed therapy, spirituality, and expressive arts. Tools held in support of self-resourcing, clarity, and ancestral connectivity include meditation, Tapping, and Brainspotting. They enjoy plants, creative expression, the power of community, and being in water.

Registered Associate MFT #125037 through The Center for Mindful Psychotherapy, supervised by Shawana Booker LCSW #29165

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BIPOC Adult Group Therapy

May 28, 2021 by Christhmus Presence

Join AMJ and Christhmus Presence for pay-as-you-may virtual group therapy. Sessions start 8/24. Late enrollment closes 9/7.

Sessions are 90 minutes and will be held once a week over the course of 10 weeks. Group capacity is 8-10 people.

About AMJ (they/them/their):

AMJ, ASW is a queer, disabled, nonbinary Black femme descendant of Africans who were enslaved in the Southeastern United States and ultimately settled in Low Country/Gullah Geechee/Lower Creek/Yamasee lands (Savannah, GA). They are a “coachy therapist”, focused on helping (QT)BIPOC blend ancestral healing traditions with therapeutic approaches such as Brainspotting, healing-centered (aka trauma-informed) therapy, expressive arts, aromatherapy, and problem-solving. AMJ resides in San Pedro and takes care of self via gardening, music, food, and their adorably snarky doggo named Dilla.

About Christhmus (pronoun at your pleasure):

Christhmus Presence (Chris Chu) will be facilitating all groups above, and is a 3.5-generation Muwekma Ohlone (San Francisco) land-settler, and Chinese-American Queer by Ancestors’ way of Guangdong, China. Pillars that guide them are liberation psychology, narrative psychology, somatic psychology, trauma-informed therapy, spirituality, and expressive arts. Tools held in support of self-resourcing, clarity, and ancestral connectivity include meditation, Tapping, and Brainspotting. They enjoy plants, creative expression, the power of community, and being in water.
Registered Associate MFT #125037 through The Center for Mindful Psychotherapy, supervised by Shawana Booker LCSW #29165

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Elizabeth Ehrenberg

May 9, 2021 by Elizabeth Ehrenberg

I received my Masters in Clinical Social Work from Smith College School for Social Work. To further my training, I completed an additional year-long clinical fellowship at The University of California San Francisco’s Alliance Health Project where I provided brief dynamic psychotherapy to LGBTQQIA folks and individuals living with HIV. From 2013 to 2015, I served as a staff clinician in the Adult Psychiatry Department at Kaiser Permanente in South San Francisco. In this role, I provided psychosocial assessment and therapy to adults struggling with depression, anxiety, and interpersonal issues. At Kaiser I also served as the Eating Disorder Specialist, providing individual and group therapy to clients struggling with eating disorders and body image issues. I have extensive experience facilitating group therapy, including process groups, support groups, dialectical behavioral therapy groups and binge eating disorder groups.

Additionally, I have worked in various community mental health and non-profit settings, providing case management and counseling to racially and socio-economically diverse populations. I completed my Bachelor’s degree at Vassar College where I majored in Political Science and Women’s Studies with a focus on feminist political theory, queer theory, and critical race theory.

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