4614 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone (415) 752-1702
Meet our MFT intern
Vanessa Tate, MA, MFTI
When doing therapeutic work with people, I begin with presence.
I believe we must know where we are in life - psychically,
behaviorally, bodily, and spiritually - before we can decide where
we're going. Even though we are often driven by emotions, as humans we
work creatively and unconsciously to avoid feeling them. Use of the
body and spirit in the present moment often reveal to us truths which
the mind cannot.
Life is about evolving out of dissatisfying "ways of being" and
adapting to different behaviors which feel better and are deciphered
by the client. Using a holistic approach considering all dimensions of
a person helps us better understand our relationship to emotions, how
we got to be who we are and where we can possibly go from there.
Because we are all unique, my therapeutic approach is tailored to the
individual. I am influenced by and have strong fondness for the power
of Humanistic Psychology, Expressive Arts, Sandplay, Gestalt,
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and have specific training in Somatic
(Body-orientated) Psychotherapy.
