Stephanie L. Denton, LMFT #122562
Expressive Arts Therapist
415-579-2022
“You are the sky. Everything else – it's just the weather.” ― Pema Chödrön
Therapy with Stephanie
Life can bring uncomfortable, challenging and painful experiences; as well as connected, fulfilling and joyful experiences. It can be challenging to explore the array of emotions associated with these experiences and develop an awareness of the impact they have had upon you while also keeping up with the day-to-day demands of life. This can lead to an array of feelings including depressed, numb, and out of touch which can impact love relationships, friendships and work life.
Through attuned listening, warmth, and at times humor, I offer a safe and comfortable space where together we can work on integrating parts of yourself in order to foster a deeper sense of wholeness in life. I welcome your intuition, imagination, spirituality, and creativity in therapy. I believe there is innate medicine and wisdom within you.
My approach to therapy is Person-Centered and is oriented within the framework of both Expressive Arts Therapies as well as a Psychodynamic lens. I can offer creative arts interventions, somatics, mindfulness-based practices and practice from a trauma informed lens.
Services Offered
Individual Counseling
Whether you are seeking therapy with specific goals in mind or want a space to process life's experiences, I am here to meet you where you are at. I offer a safe space to explore your inner landscape and help you to develop your own tools for navigating the flow of life.
Together we can work on:
Life transitions, career goals, issues in the workplace related to gender/race/sexual orientation
Family and LGBTQIA+ related issues
Childhood trauma, recent trauma, sexual, emotional traumas
Grief, loss
Creative blocks, desire to access a deeper sense of self and/or meaning in the world
Child Play Therapy
Play is of the most important ways for children and young adults to process their experiences as they move through early development. I offer a space for kids and teenagers to explore their emotions in a safe and accepting space through non-directive play therapy. I work with queer families, children exploring their gender identity, kids going through divorce/family separation, grief, and symptoms of anxiety.
Consulting
I offer Expressive Art Therapy consultations to Non-Profit agency's working with developmentally disabled adults and adults in transitional housing with co-occurring disorders.
About Me
My Undergraduate Degree is in International Studies with a focus on Latin America and Women in the Middle East. In between Undergrad and Graduate school, I worked in Transitional Housing doing crisis intervention with unhoused adults experiencing co-occurring disorders. At that time I trained in Harm Reduction as a model of working through substance abuse + trauma with individuals. My Graduate Degree is in Counseling Psychology/Expressive Arts Therapy. For the past three years have been working in low-fee clinics and building my private practice here in San Francisco.
Contact Me
Reaching out can be hard. It is important to me that you feel I would be a good match for you and that you have an opportunity to ask me any questions you have for me about the therapy I provide. I offer a free 20 minute phone consultation so that we can explore your goals, ask questions and discover whether working together would be a match. I enjoy helping my clients develop the tools they need to cope with life’s challenges. Feel free to reach out and we can schedule a consultation.
315 Sanchez St.
San Francisco, CA
94114
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Teletherapy
415-579-2022