"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." - Carl Jung

If you’ve found yourself here, you’re likely experiencing a reaction, of your own, to the experience of relating with another. Relating, connecting and loving - whether romantic, platonic, or familial - are imperative to human nature and can sometimes be extremely difficult. I work with couples, individuals and families to ease the tension that can arise from challenges of relating.

I’m glad you’ve taken the step to get support as you navigate what can often feel like uncertain territory. In my therapy practice, I use a direct, warm, and exploratory approach to help couples understand their emotional needs, and the ways in which those drive the ways we relate to one-another. I work with individuals and couples of all sexualities and formations who are exploring:
- How to improving communication, especially during conflict
- Decreasing conflict and promoting mutual understanding and respect
- Anger management and emotional awareness
- Increasing intimacy, whether physical or emotional
- Exploring possibilities for the future commitment including marriage & children
- Navigating polyamory or ethical non-monogamy

By slowing down our automatic processes in conflict with one-another we answer the question - what is actually happening here? What do I need, and how can I convey that to my partner? And how can I better hear my partners needs and emotions? When we identify unnamed needs and emotions and share them with our loved ones, intimacy increases and relationships strengthen.

Regardless of the reason why you seek therapy, and whether you are coming with a partner, a family member or individually, I see what we do in the room as a process of illuminating and discovering things that are easy to miss if we don’t slow down. By focusing on a thought or feeling with curiosity and gentleness, you begin on a path towards understanding your needs and expressing yourself authentically. Through this, you begin to feel the full spectrum of emotions, to have meaningful and fulfilling relationships and to become the person and partner you want to be. At the heart of this, I believe, is the cultivation and nourishment of a wise self.

As a therapist, I am warm, authentic, and deeply curious. The approach I take is collaborative and I take an active role in our dialogue. I use “parts” language to describe the complexity of our psyches. What this means is that together we will build awareness of the many parts of ourselves, including parts that may be in conflict and make us feel stuck. I believe we are at our healthiest when all of our parts can have a voice. In therapy with me, I invite you to notice and become familiar with all parts of you.

I come to this field by way of an inherent and endless curiosity about people and the environments with which we interact. My curiosity led me to study cultural anthropology during my undergrad in which I learned to explore the experience of living in someone else’s shoes while never forgetting how my own lens impacts my understanding of another. After years working in the education non-profit sector, I realized, in my own therapy, that my heart was yearning to go deeper and my body to move slower. I followed these heart-centered-yearings to therapy school. Some identities I hold are cis-female, white, queer, Jewish, only-child, able-bodied & neurotypical. As someone born and raised in Massachusetts who transplanted to the Bay Area, I can also relate to the distinct cultures of each coast. I recognize that these identities have shaped who I am today, and I’m aware of the aspects of myself that have privilege and the ones that don’t. I’m interested in learning about your identities, whether they are similar or different from mine so I can help you explore the nuances of how your unique identities shape how you interact with the world.

I graduated from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) with a Masters in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis on Integral Counseling Psychology. This program introduced me to three modalities of counseling that I draw upon in my work today: psychodynamic, transpersonal and gestalt. My interest in gestalt led me to complete my traineeship at Church St. Integral Counseling Center - one of the few gestalt oriented training clinics in the country - and
the place where I began my own journey as a client! It was during my time in practicum that I developed into a therapist that practices in alignment with some of my core values: authenticity, self-responsibility, curiosity, anti-authoritarianism, collaboration & joy.

Informed by humanistic, relational and client-centered psychotherapies, as well as EFT with couples, my approach emphasizes present moment awareness to build connections between mind, body and emotions. I view you as the expert in your own experience and value subjectivity - meaning that I recognize our life experiences may create different understandings of one phenomena. My work is to help you illuminate and explore your understanding rather than telling you what’s happening for you. My work also invites play and experimentation in that we might get up and move around the room, do art, or use our bodies to explore different ways of being.

I also see the therapy I offer as transpersonal. Soul and spirit show up everywhere: in grief and mourning, in sex and sexuality, in activism and in inner peace. I’m interested in exploring the question: what makes you come alive? What activities or experiences titillate and stimulate your liveliness and which activities mute it? Inside each of us is wisdom. Sometimes we need to peel back some layers to access it.

I am here to support and guide you on this journey to authentic expression and inner wisdom. If you’re interested in seeing if we’re a fit, I offer free 20 minutes introductory phone consults. I look forward to speaking with you!

Creativity, autonomy, subjectivity, authenticity, balance, play, connection

• Teens: 13-17
• Young Adult: 18-25
• Adults: 26-65

• Individuals
• Premarital Couples
• Couples
• Persons in Polyamorous Relationships
• Families
• Groups

• Artists
• Gender Fluid or Gender Non-Conforming Individuals
• Immigrants
• Interfaith Couples
• LGBTQIAA+ persons
• Men
• Persons Experiencing Grief and Loss
• Persons in Polyamorous Relationships
• Persons Recovering from Traumatic Events/Experiences
• Persons with Histories of Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Persons with Histories of Physical or Emotional Abuse
• Women

• Emotionally Focused Therapy
• Experiential Therapy
• Gestalt Therapy
• Humanistic Therapy
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Somatic Experiencing
• Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy

I offer Telehealth, in-person and outdoor appointments in San Francisco. Please inquire as to
availability for in-person.
Please note, I do not currently accept health insurance. Some insurance companies
cover out of network mental health providers. If yours is one of them, I am happy to
provide a monthly superbill for reimbursement.

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$180

$70-$170

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(415) 322-8403

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Mission District, SF - Treat St at 18th

Oakland - 31st and Telegraph

• Monday Afternoon
• Tuesday Afternoon
• Tuesday Evening
• Thursday Morning
• Thursday Afternoon

I am accepting new clients in the state of California for video sessions, and clients in the
Bay Area for in person or outdoor therapy sessions in San Francisco.
Please reach out to me via email at sadierobertsontherapy@gmail.com to schedule a free 20
minute introductory call – if you let me know a few time windows that could work for you that will speed up the process! I will try to respond to your email within 2 business days.

Cara Zeisloft, LCSW 21892

02/29/24