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Christopher Powers, LMFT

Counseling and Therapy for Individuals and Couples

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An affirmative, interactive psychotherapist can help you address depression, anxiety, and destructive behaviors and help you to live a fuller life. I serve heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, and polyamorous individuals, including those who are trans or genderqueer identified. I practice both individual therapy and relationship counseling. My substantial experience includes working with substance use issues from a harm reduction approach, regardless of whether my client's goal is abstinence or substance use management. I also specialize in issues related to sexuality, alternative sexualities, and sexual problems. I love to help people heal from trauma, improve communication, take control of their lives, and get their needs met.

How I work depends on the needs of the individual client.  I draw from psychodynamic theory, mindfulness-based and humanistic approaches, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills, and more.

I have a bachelors in psychology from the University of Michigan, a masters in counseling psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), as well as a certificate in sex therapy from CIIS. I received clinical training at the Pacific Center for Human Growth in Berkeley and at The Stonewall Project at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. I have been providing psychotherapy and couples counseling since 2008.  In addition, I provide clinical supervision and I conduct trainings for students, social service providers, and other therapists, particularly in areas related to sexuality and substance use.

Prior to becoming a therapist, I worked for ten years in behavioral health research and presented at the HIV Prevention Conference and the American Public Health Association Conference. More recently, I was a contributing author to the Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (2010, 2015) and I presented at the 2018 National Harm Reduction Conference.

I am a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists.

Copyright 2019, Christopher Powers