Phoenix Mandel (they/them)

AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator
Accepting Clients

I am a relationship, intimacy, and sexuality specialist with 17+ years experience, bringing a wide variety of approaches to my work.

Mental Health Counselor in California
Supervised by AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Child
  • Adolescent/Teen
  • Group

About My Clients

My clients are LGBTQIA+ individuals and their families, alongside people identified with or impacted by a range of diverse sexual expression, romantic orientations, and relationship configurations.

My Background and Approach

As a sexologist, I offer education, counseling, and consultation for individuals, families, partners, and professionals. I am not a psychotherapist; rather I am an extensively trained and experienced (17+ years) sexuality and relationship specialist. I often work with clients who are also in therapy, but who are looking to add a more goal-oriented, action-focused, and short-term approach to issues of self and relationship. I view my clients as partners in creating the change they seek. My collaborative approach honors that you are the expert in your own experience. In bringing a holistic, intersectional, and harm reduction process to my practice, I am able to meet you where you are at to create a customized plan for deepening your understanding and accomplishing your goals. I view accountability and “homework” between sessions as an important part of this, and will always strive to create structures that work best for you.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I am a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, kink-knowledgeable, nonmonogamy-knowledgeable, sex positive, sex worker affirming, and trauma-informed. I love animals and the environment and volunteer time around both of those passions. I also have extensive harm reduction and psychedelic-assisted therapy experience and love to discuss those topics.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Attachment Theory Coaching Harm Reduction Therapy
Other Techniques
  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment Theory
  • Coaching
  • Collaborative Couple Therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Expressive Art Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Harm Reduction Therapy
  • Holistic Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Nonviolent Communication
  • Relational Therapy
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Wilderness Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Attachment LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists Marriage Counseling
Other Issues
  • Aging Concerns
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Body Image Issues
  • Burnout
  • Career Counseling
  • Child Issues
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Family Conflict
  • Gender Identity Therapy
  • Grief or Loss
  • Infertility
  • Insomnia
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Men's Issues
  • Parenting
  • Polyamorous and Open Relationships
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Sexual Problems
  • Spirituality
  • Teen Issues
  • Women's Issues
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Judaism
  • Wicca/Paganism

At A Glance

  • Experience: 20 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $150 - 200/session

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