Therapy
I’ve been seeing clients for about 25 years now. Who do I work with?
- Individuals with anxiety, depression, work concerns, managing oppression and minority stress
- Couples and partnerships of all kinds – married, cohabitating, dating, divorced, triads and other "polycules"
- People in open, non-monogamous, polyamorous, or other non-traditional relationships
- Adult children and parents
- Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their partners and families
- Genderqueer folks
- People who are part of the kink community, or who participate in BDSM in their personal lives
- Cross-cultural couples and families
- Current or former workers in the sex industry
- People with body image and self-acceptance issues
What kinds of problems can I help with?
- Getting more satisfaction from your relationships
- Resolving communication problems
- Emotional intimacy
- Sexual issues – communicating, negotiating, boundaries, expanding your range as a couple
- Trust issues and jealousy
- Infidelity
- Re-negotiating agreements and boundaries
- Coming out to yourself and others
- Transitioning
- Relationships with parents and extended families
- How to have an adult relationship with your parents now that you’re an adult yourself
- Life transitions and crises
- Managing work and life
- Size acceptance, Health at Every Size, letting go of dieting and the “fantasy of being thin”
- Dealing with stress, depression, anxiety
- Oppression, -isms, and living outside the margins
- What have you got? Let’s talk.
Contact me at drsaddison@gmail.com or by phone at 510-599-5467 to set up a free phone consultation. We can talk about your goals for therapy and whether I’m a good “fit” for you.
