Transgender

The Women's Therapy Center was founded over thirty years ago out of a recognition that rigid notions and expectations of gender are psychologically unhealthy.

We welcome people with unconventional expressions of gender that don't fit neatly into traditional ideas of male and female. This includes people who identify as transgender, transsexual, gender-queer, or butch/femme, or intersex. We understand that some people may come to therapy to talk specifically about issues directly related to being trans/gender-queer such as: the experience of not feeling comfortable in the biologically gendered body you were born into and grown up with, coming out to yourself or others, whether to transition or not, psychological aspects of transitioning, or living in a trans-phobic world; while other people will come in to talk about issues having nothing to do with being trans but want to feel sure you won't be pathologized. Our Agency Therapists are trained to view gender as existing on a continuum and many enter our program with comfort and familiarity with the trans and gender-queer communities.

If you are interested in therapy, please call (510) 524-8288 ext. 1.

Additional Information

THERAPISTS

Our therapists are advanced or post-graduate students working toward licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Social Worker or Psychologist. They are supervised by an outstanding faculty of senior clinicians.

APPOINTMENTS

To request a counseling appointment, or for more information, please call our Counseling Request Line at 510-524-8288. A therapist will respond within 24 hours to your call for information and/or an appointment. We are unable to respond to e-mails regarding counseling. Appointments are available every weekday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

FEES

Fees are on a sliding scale, based on income, allowing for flexibility and affordability. Clients may submit for reimbursements from some insurance plans. We regret we cannot take Medi-Cal.