Geoffrey Gershenson, LMFT

Therapy is an experience in which you and I look at your current reality and create new possibilities within your self and in your life. I think of it as a two-fold journey. It's a conversational journey between you and me, as we talk through your feelings, outlooks, actions, relationships, and dreams. And of course it's a psychological journey for you, as our talks generate new synapses in your brain that "rewire" neural pathways and enable you to grow as a person. My role as a therapist is to make these conversations productive for you, so that they build on one another in ways that matter to your life. I'm a psychoanalytic therapist and specialize in individual therapy for adults. Anxiety, depression, relationships, family, parenting, grief, anger, dependencies, loneliness, and self-esteem are common topics, and many others as well. My training informally began years ago at the University of California, Berkeley, where I earned a PhD in a different field, political theory. This was an interdisciplinary mix of philosophy, social theory, political science, history, literature, and psychoanalysis, the last of which was my specialization. I went on to teach at various universities in California as well as McGill University in Canada. Later, I transitioned to a full-time career as a licensed therapist, undertaking formal training at the Wright Institute in Berkeley and an internship at the Family Service Agency of Marin, a leading training center in northern California for psychoanalytic psychotherapy. After completing licensing as a Marriage and Family Therapist, I opened my own private practice in southern California, where I continue to work today.