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Marina Counseling Center is staffed with up to 30 MFT, LCSW and
Ph.D. interns and trainees. They are selected for their skill,
sensitivity, maturity and commitment to the highest professional
and ethical standards. Our intensive training program includes
weekly individual and group supervision and weekly clinical seminars.
Our intern staff reflects the range of cultural diversity found
in the Bay Area including ethnicity, sexual orientation, life
experience and previous occupations (former lawyers, nurses, housewives,
and business owners). They range in age from their late twenties
to early fifties. |
We
seek to ground our counselors in the fundamentals of contemporary
psychodynamic approaches (including Self Psychology,
Object Relations and Intersubjectivity) and at the same time honor
the spiritual dimension of healing by offering trainings
on transpersonal approaches. This integral approach is very effective
in dealing with issues such as relationship difficulty, depression
and anxiety, grief and loss, eating disorders and addiction recovery,
and issues stemming from emotional, physical and sexual abuse.
While we offer brief, solution-focused modalities for individual and couples, we are structured to support long-term treatment whenever appropriate. Many of our interns remain at the Marina until they gain licensure and then move into private practice. Therefore, clients frequently have the opportunity to deepen into a long-term, uninterrupted therapy with their counselor. Marina counselors are encouraged to discover their own authentic "voice" as a helping professional and many develop practice specialties including expressive arts therapy, EMDR, Jungian sandtray, Narrative therapy and Control-Mastery therapy. Counselors
meet with clients on weekdays, evenings, and weekends. The directors
and staff of the Marina are happy to answer question and speak
with you about the appropriateness of referrals. Hannah Milan
Gottsegen, M.F.T., is the Clinical Director of the Center, Syntha
Lorenz, M.F.T., is the Program Director, and Daniel Gottsegen,
Ph.D. is the Assistant Clinical Director. |
For more information
on individual counselors, please click here.
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For
inquiries or a confidential intake interview, please telephone or email us. Please include name, email address, telephone number, and best way to reach you. (415) 563-2137 / Janine@marinacounseling.com |
