Joshua Simmons-Psychotherapy

We are a San Francisco-based psychotherapy and couples counseling practice with a commitment to providing a collaborative, in-depth approach to mental health care. Our goal is to help individuals and couples explore difficult thoughts, feelings, and experiences, enabling them to grow towards greater wholeness and satisfaction with their lives.

Our practice is led by a licensed psychotherapist with 20 years of experience in the field. We provide a holistic approach to psychotherapy, promoting meaningful change in character, felt experience, and behavior. By learning to observe and engage with different parts of ourselves, we can develop a relationship with our suffering and uncertainties, which can be in service of realizing our goals.

Our Services

We offer a range of services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. These services include:

• Psychotherapy: Our psychotherapy services are designed to help individuals learn how to endure, manage, and overcome difficult emotional states. We work with clients to better understand their thoughts, feelings, and relationships with others, facilitate connections between past experiences and present-day behaviors, cultivate self-acceptance, inner strength, and the ability to make healthier choices, and become increasingly comfortable with who they really are and what they really want.
• Couples Counseling: Our couples counseling services are focused on helping couples improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthen their relationships. We work with couples to identify potential areas of growth and develop strategies for measuring progress. Our approach is compassionate, direct, and engaging, providing a safe and supportive space for couples to explore their challenges and work towards greater intimacy and satisfaction.

Our Approach

Our approach to psychotherapy and couples counseling is grounded in the belief that difficult feelings can be a gateway for personal growth. We work with our clients to explore those thoughts, feelings, and past experiences that prevent them from being comfortable with who they would like to be, what they want in their lives, and the kinds of relationships that they want to have with others.

We believe that therapy can be focused and that by identifying potential areas of growth and developing strategies for measuring progress, our clients can experience meaningful change in character, felt experience, and behavior. Our style is a blend of compassionate, kind, direct, and engaging, providing a safe and supportive space for our clients to explore their challenges and work towards greater wholeness and satisfaction with their lives.

About Joshua

Joshua is a San Francisco psychologist and analyst who has been working with individuals and couples for twenty years. In addition to working with clients, Joshua teaches and supervises graduate students throughout the Bay Area and is a former adjunct clinical faculty member at the Wright Institute. Joshua has trained at community mental health agencies, local clinics, wellness centers, and American and European psychological institutes. His past clinical research has focused on cultural trauma and the intergenerational transmission of trauma in families.

Joshua's professional affiliations include the American Psychological Association (APA), the California Psychological Association (CPA), and the San Francisco Psychological Association (SFPA).

Resources

We believe that providing resources and education is an essential part of the mental health care process. We offer a range of resources on our website, including articles, blog posts, and recommendations for further reading. We are committed to providing our clients with the tools and knowledge they need to take an active role in their mental health care.

Contact Us

If you have questions about how psychotherapy can be helpful to you, please contact us to set up a complimentary consultation. We look forward to hearing from you.