For when it’s too much to hold alone
Therapy in the Bay Area: In- Person Individual and Couples Therapy in San Francisco, Marin, the East Bay, and Online Across California
Engaged, relational psychotherapy
A place where overwhelming experiences can be held with care, thought through together, and gradually transformed into something more livable.
Amphora Psychotherapy of San Francisco
Depth-oriented therapy that takes you seriously
At Amphora Psychotherapy, we believe emotional suffering cannot be reduced to a checklist of symptoms — nor can meaningful change be rushed. People come to therapy not only because something is “wrong,” but because something in their inner or relational life has become too painful, confusing, or constricted to hold alone.
We begin with an assumption that goes against the current - that symptoms make sense. They are not just problems to be eliminated or managed away. They are shaped by history, relationships, and unconscious experience. Understanding them requires time, curiosity, and a living human relationship.
We are a group of therapists who came together around a shared conviction: the relationship itself is the engine of change. It is through being known over time — including through moments of misunderstanding, repair, and emotional truth — that lasting transformation becomes possible.
The relationship with your therapist matters.
We listen carefully and in depth — over time, with consistency and attention. We listen not only to what you say in words, but to what is difficult to say; to what shows up emotionally, relationally, and in the body; and to what unfolds between us in the room. We take seriously both what you already know about yourself and what may not yet be fully visible.
Therapy, as we understand it, provides a secure base: a steady, reliable relationship that can hold the highs, the lows, the storms, and the impasses that inevitably arise. This steadiness is not passive. Your therapist is actively engaged — responsive, attentive, and willing to think and feel alongside you. Your frustrations, confusions, and longings matter here.
Therapy provides a secure base that can hold what arises.
Depth-Oriented, Relational Psychotherapy
We attend not only to immediate distress, but to the emotional and relational patterns beneath it — the ways of coping, relating, and holding oneself that once made sense, but may now limit freedom.
Through an engaged therapeutic relationship, therapy becomes a process of thinking and feeling our way through what has been carried alone. Over time, this work helps build emotional capacity, resilience, and a renewed sense of freedom — the ability to feel more whole, more real, and better able to meet the complexity of being human.
We offer psychotherapy to adults and couples in the San Francisco Bay Area and online throughout California.
Why “Amphora”?
An amphora is a vessel — a container used to hold, preserve, and transform. We use this image to describe the therapeutic relationship itself: a space that is strong enough to hold what feels overwhelming, secure enough to explore what has been avoided, and steady enough to support lasting psychological growth.
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen, “Anthem”
What We Offer
Individual therapy for adults experiencing anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity questions, and longstanding emotional patterns
Couples therapy for partners seeking to repair trust, improve communication, or deepen their relationship
Intensive depth psychotherapy for people seeking a more containing and immersive therapy experience
Consultation and groups for therapists, including relational and psychoanalytic supervision and community
Our Way of Working
Our work is grounded in the belief that therapy is most effective when it is relational, attentive, and human. Rather than relying on formulas or techniques alone, we emphasize careful listening, emotional presence, and collaboration over time.
We work at a pace that allows meaning and change to emerge organically. This approach is often especially helpful for people who have found that surface-level solutions have not addressed the deeper issues they’re living with.
We are inclusive and welcoming across race, culture, gender identity, sexuality, and relationship practices. Each therapist attends thoughtfully to both similarity and difference, recognizing how identity, power, and context shape emotional life and the therapeutic relationship itself.
Areas of Focus
At Amphora, we work with a wide range of concerns.
Depression
When life feels heavy or drained of color, therapy provides a space to be understood and to begin moving forward. We help clients find both immediate relief and lasting change.
Anxiety
Anxiety can feel like constant worry, racing thoughts, or waves of panic. Therapy helps calm the noise, uncover what drives it, and build a steadier way of being.
Trauma, Dissociation & Numbness
Even when the past feels far away, it can echo in the present. Therapy offers a safe place to process what has been too much to face alone and to rediscover your strength.
Chronic Pain & Illness
Living with ongoing pain or illness affects every part of life. Therapy provides a container for the grief, frustration, and isolation it brings — and can help restore agency and meaning.
Fertility, Pregnancy & Postpartum
The journey to become a parent is often far more complicated than expected. Therapy offers support for infertility, pregnancy challenges, and the physical and emotional upheaval of postpartum life.
Our Team
“My work is grounded in the understanding that emotional growth unfolds in relationship — especially in the nuanced dynamics that emerge between therapist and client. A bicultural, multilingual immigrant and French native, my style is warm, receptive, personal, and down-to-earth. My background informs how I listen — not only to individual psychology, but also to the ways culture, the larger collective, language, power dynamics, gender, sexuality, and identity shape experience.”
Services Offered
Psychotherapy
Couples Therapy
Intensive Pyschotherapy
Consultation
Areas of Focus
Fertility, Pregnancy & Post-partum
Depression
Anxiety
Trauma
“People often come to me when something feels entrenched—when anxiety, depression, relational conflict, or a sense of stuckness persists despite effort, insight, or prior therapy. My work is oriented not only toward relief, but toward understanding the deeper structures beneath these experiences so that change can take root at a more fundamental level…”
Services Offered
Psychotherapy
Couples Therapy
Intensive Pyschotherapy
Consultation & Supervision
Areas of Focus
Chronic Pain & Illness
Depression
Anxiety
Trauma
"My work is depth-oriented, relational, and psychodynamic. I value your multiplicity, aim to meet you where you are, and help you make sense of your experience. My intention is to create a mindful, collaborative, and affirming space, one in which all parts of you feel welcomed and valued..."
Services Offered
Psychotherapy
Couples Therapy
Services Offered
Psychotherapy
Couples Therapy
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
Areas of Focus
Depression
Anxiety
Grief and Loss
Trauma
“I believe that the body and the present moment carry some of the most vital information for healing. Together we may draw on approaches such as EMDR, Generative Somatics, and mindfulness-based practices, while also attending to the deeper roots of pain in family, ancestry, and history. My work is kink-, gender-, and poly-affirming, and I hold awareness of the broader systems — cultural, ecological, and political — that shape our lives and struggles.”
Areas of Focus
Depression
Anxiety
Chronic Pain & Illness
Trauma
LGBTQ+ Concerns
Ready to Begin?
Reaching out is the first step toward change. We know it can feel daunting, but beginning with a simple message is enough.
Please use the form below to let us know a little about yourself. You don’t need to share details of your history here — those conversations happen directly in an initial consultation and in session.
Our Locations
Amphora Psychotherapy offers therapy in:
San Francisco (Lower Pac Heights, Cow Hollow)
East Bay (Oakland)
Marin (Mill Valley)
Online throughout California
Next Steps
Once we receive your message, one of our clinicians will be in touch to schedule an initial consultation. This is a chance for you to share what’s bringing you to therapy, ask any questions you may have, and get a sense of whether our approach feels like the right fit for you.