Whitney Richards MA, LMFT

(she/her)

Accepting Clients

I’m Whitney (she/her), a white, cis-woman, psychotherapist and Expressive Arts Therapist in San Francisco.

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in San Francisco, CA

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Services

About My Clients

Being stuck in your head and not feeling free to be yourself is paralyzing and exhausting. It can be hard to feel playful, to easily connect to others, to get your emotional needs met, or to feel at ease in your body. It’s a struggle to show the ‘real you’ and you feel unsure if you belong. I help individual adults transform their relationship with anxiety, let go of self-limiting beliefs, access their inner-knowing, and build satisfying relationships.

My Background and Approach

I specialize in Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), a therapy approach that is informed by neuroscience and attachment theory. As an emotionally-focused therapist, I help clients access the core fears and emotions that are underlying their unhelpful but also understandable coping strategies. These strategies can include overly criticizing others, being constantly on guard to protect ourselves from getting hurt, withdrawing from others, or numbing ourselves from our feelings by focusing on tasks that we feel we have control over. These well-intentioned strategies may have helped us get by, or even survive, but eventually we realize they are getting in the way of having satisfying relationships with others and ourselves.

Qualifications

License
MA, LMFT, State of California · #100482
Years in practice
15 years

I offer online counseling in the following states:

Hours & Availability

New clients welcome
Currently accepting new clients
Telehealth
Available

Location

Primary Location

San Francisco, CA 94122
415-851-5125
Open in Google Maps ↗ · GPS: 37.7597481°, -122.4750292°

At A Glance

  • Experience: 15 years of practice
  • Rate: $200 - 200/session

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