My Approach
I am committed to helping people discover and enhance their emotional capacity in order to create more satisfying lives. I work with people to address immediate concerns, problems and acute crises so that they can return to their lives with a sense of relief as well as an increased ability to cope and address their issues.
In work that is more focused on recurring problems, or an interest in self-development, we work together to explore patterns of relating, life history, past trauma, relationships, dreams, creative pursuits and the therapeutic relationship. Through the transformative experience of being deeply understood by another in an authentic, safe and honest relationship, people can develop increased compassion for self and other, experience a more stable sense of self-esteem, discover new ways of relating, experience increased tolerance for difficult emotions, and transform destructive patterns into more satisfying expressions of self.
I draw upon a broad theoretical background that includes psychoanalytic theory, attachment theory, and cognitive-behavioral therapy, as well as 30 years of experience in the practices of yoga and art. I am a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructor and a member of the Climate Psychology Alliance.
I am committed to helping people discover and enhance their emotional capacity in order to create more satisfying lives. I work with people to address immediate concerns, problems and acute crises so that they can return to their lives with a sense of relief as well as an increased ability to cope and address their issues.
In work that is more focused on recurring problems, or an interest in self-development, we work together to explore patterns of relating, life history, past trauma, relationships, dreams, creative pursuits and the therapeutic relationship. Through the transformative experience of being deeply understood by another in an authentic, safe and honest relationship, people can develop increased compassion for self and other, experience a more stable sense of self-esteem, discover new ways of relating, experience increased tolerance for difficult emotions, and transform destructive patterns into more satisfying expressions of self.
I draw upon a broad theoretical background that includes psychoanalytic theory, attachment theory, and cognitive-behavioral therapy, as well as 30 years of experience in the practices of yoga and art. I am a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructor and a member of the Climate Psychology Alliance.
Alissa Di Franco, MFT
415.328.7031
5 A Surrey Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
alissadifranco@gmail.com
415.328.7031
5 A Surrey Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
alissadifranco@gmail.com