Shoshana Green Psychotherapy

My Approach

I am a licensed psychotherapist (LMFT) and provide individual, family and relationship therapy as well as professional consultation to therapists. I’m real, engaged, transparent, warm, collaborative and non-judgemental.

I offer therapy that is trauma informed and experiential. “Experiential” means being with your felt experience and emotions in the present moment. There are so many ways we are discouraged from being ourselves and being with our moment to moment genuine experience in our body. Feeling a sense of ourselves in a real affirmative way is the first step to knowing our yes’s, no’s, maybe’s and just landing into the lives that we are living.

One of my specialities includes healing from traumatic experiences of marginalization, othering and/or not belonging. These experiences can lead to deep anxiety, stress, confusion, vigilance, self-denial, depression and disconnection from your truth. I hold your experiences with grace and understanding and provide support and somatic education about how to safely feel your feelings which otherwise may feel overwhelming and exiled from your truth. It is very helpful to look at how these feelings may relate to old beliefs and fears linked with past trauma and early relationships to help you understand how present day issues may be influenced by dynamics from the past. Every step of therapy is your choice, this is your therapy. I help you find, feel, know and live from your experience of self-compassion, self-trust and self-connection.

There are a multitude of differences in how each one of us may approach knowing and understanding ourselves, the world, healing and change. I welcome and affirm your way of knowing. I affirm and specialize in sexual diversity and gender expansiveness. I am educated, experienced and knowledgable about alternative consensual sexualities and non-traditional relationships structures. I support clients to cultivate a sexuality that is reflective of who they are, their needs, boundaries and desires. I provide support and affirm your intentions to heal through sexuality and creativity. I also help with working through fears and past issues that inevitably come up when opening up your relationship or exploring your sexuality.

I do not make assumptions about what your sexuality means to you and I hold the complexity of meaning your sexuality may have for you. I also will not assume that the issue you’re seeking help with and your treatment goals are related to your sexuality or orientation. If you belong to a marginalized identity, I consider and hold with you how societal prejudice and oppression affects you in your daily life (safety, & prejudice at work, social, family etc.). I welcome and work with people of all genders and orientations. This includes LGBTQQIA people; polyamorous, altsex, kink-identified people and heterosexual, monogamous sexualities. I recognize how vulnerable it can feel to be in therapy and so I offer a free initial consultation to help with easing into the process where you can ask me questions and we can get a sense about whether I might be a good fit.