I specialize in tuning in to the inner voice that tells you who you are and what you truly want from life. Below are some clinical areas where I have special interest, training, and skill.
Adult children of dysfunctional family systems
Did you grow up with a parent or caregiver who struggled with addiction, rage fits, control issues, or personality challenges? This can be a lonely and chaotic existence and can make you feel you must make yourself small to fit in the space allowed to you in the family. Let's create room to know more about you and your story and to mourn the loss of a childhood you may feel you never had. Untangling yourself from fear, guilt, and responsibility will lead to greater feelings of possibility in your life.
Alternative & creative life paths
Does your life look different from the lives around you? Are you childless by choice? Have you decided marriage is not the route for you, though long term partnership may be? Do you find yourself drawn to a less consumeristic way of being? These are all legitimate ways of living, and still, life on these paths like you are outside of "the norm". I work to help people feel comfortable because of their life choices, not in spite of them. Knowing that I understand these are conscious decisions, not coincidences, tragedies, or happenstance can help you feel more able to open up about other parts of yourself and your path.
Character challenge
Have you been described as "prickly" or "hard to get along with"? Do you find yourself experiencing troubles in multiple areas of life, such as work, romance, and friendships? Are you are ready to consider how you may be contributing to these troubles? I work with people who find themselves challenged in the realm of relating to others by attempting to unwind emotional blocks from past and present. Therapy is a particularly useful place to undertake this work. A strong therapeutic bond allows for examination of these issues as they arise between in real time, giving us the opportunity to unpack the factors leading to break downs in relationships.
Complex grief & bereavement
Experiencing a loss from death is never easy. Death is even more confusing and overwhelming when there is a complicated relationship to the deceased. My grief and bereavement work allows for acknowledgement of the full range of emotions around a death, not just the "good" or socially acceptable feelings. This approach provides a groundwork to understand what the loss means and what impacts it is having while also creating a supportive framework to move through grief and feel less destabilized or immobilized by it.
Crossroads of life
We all find ourselves at confusing life intersections. Whether you are wanting to change your work path, considering shaking up a relationship, thinking about a geographic move, or just wanting to make a fresh start, I can help you think through what is working and what could work better. Having an understanding of not just pros and cons, but also wants and desires, can help you sort out your ideas and see a more clear direction to the next phases of your life.
Gender identity & transition
Gender exists on a spectrum. On this spectrum, there are as many ways to express gender as there are people in the world. I can assist you in thinking about your gender identity. If desired, I can also help you move towards a path of transition. In all gender work, my aim is to assist you in finding and expressing the identity that allows you to feel as fully yourself as possible.
Psychedelic integration
Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapies are an exciting emerging treatment area in the world of psychology. While I do not provide "medicine" sessions, I am available for psychedelic integration sessions. In an integration session, we will work together help make sense of knowledge and emotions gathered from psychedelic experiences.
Did you grow up with a parent or caregiver who struggled with addiction, rage fits, control issues, or personality challenges? This can be a lonely and chaotic existence and can make you feel you must make yourself small to fit in the space allowed to you in the family. Let's create room to know more about you and your story and to mourn the loss of a childhood you may feel you never had. Untangling yourself from fear, guilt, and responsibility will lead to greater feelings of possibility in your life.
Alternative & creative life paths
Does your life look different from the lives around you? Are you childless by choice? Have you decided marriage is not the route for you, though long term partnership may be? Do you find yourself drawn to a less consumeristic way of being? These are all legitimate ways of living, and still, life on these paths like you are outside of "the norm". I work to help people feel comfortable because of their life choices, not in spite of them. Knowing that I understand these are conscious decisions, not coincidences, tragedies, or happenstance can help you feel more able to open up about other parts of yourself and your path.
Character challenge
Have you been described as "prickly" or "hard to get along with"? Do you find yourself experiencing troubles in multiple areas of life, such as work, romance, and friendships? Are you are ready to consider how you may be contributing to these troubles? I work with people who find themselves challenged in the realm of relating to others by attempting to unwind emotional blocks from past and present. Therapy is a particularly useful place to undertake this work. A strong therapeutic bond allows for examination of these issues as they arise between in real time, giving us the opportunity to unpack the factors leading to break downs in relationships.
Complex grief & bereavement
Experiencing a loss from death is never easy. Death is even more confusing and overwhelming when there is a complicated relationship to the deceased. My grief and bereavement work allows for acknowledgement of the full range of emotions around a death, not just the "good" or socially acceptable feelings. This approach provides a groundwork to understand what the loss means and what impacts it is having while also creating a supportive framework to move through grief and feel less destabilized or immobilized by it.
Crossroads of life
We all find ourselves at confusing life intersections. Whether you are wanting to change your work path, considering shaking up a relationship, thinking about a geographic move, or just wanting to make a fresh start, I can help you think through what is working and what could work better. Having an understanding of not just pros and cons, but also wants and desires, can help you sort out your ideas and see a more clear direction to the next phases of your life.
Gender identity & transition
Gender exists on a spectrum. On this spectrum, there are as many ways to express gender as there are people in the world. I can assist you in thinking about your gender identity. If desired, I can also help you move towards a path of transition. In all gender work, my aim is to assist you in finding and expressing the identity that allows you to feel as fully yourself as possible.
Psychedelic integration
Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapies are an exciting emerging treatment area in the world of psychology. While I do not provide "medicine" sessions, I am available for psychedelic integration sessions. In an integration session, we will work together help make sense of knowledge and emotions gathered from psychedelic experiences.
Want to explore working together in these areas?
Call, text, email, or click on the booking link below to schedule a free initial consultation.
Call, text, email, or click on the booking link below to schedule a free initial consultation.
Tori Branch, PsyD
phone: 415-375-0763 (voice/text)
email: [email protected]
California
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
PSY25573
www.psychology.ca.gov
New York State
Licensed Psychologist
027459
www.eservices.nysed.gov
Florida
Telehealth Psychologist
TPPY2734
www.flhealthsource.gov/telehealth
phone: 415-375-0763 (voice/text)
email: [email protected]
California
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
PSY25573
www.psychology.ca.gov
New York State
Licensed Psychologist
027459
www.eservices.nysed.gov
Florida
Telehealth Psychologist
TPPY2734
www.flhealthsource.gov/telehealth
