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Bay Area Open Minds

San Francisco Bay Area psychotherapists and psychotherapy students who affirm that sexual, relational and gender diversity are natural expressions of the human experience.

KINK-AWARE & POLY-FRIENDLY PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELING 

Open Minds: Psychotherapists Affirming Sexual & Gender Diversity

We are a group of San Francisco Bay Area psychotherapists and psychotherapy students who affirm that sexual and gender diversity are natural expressions of the human experience. We provide a safe haven for mental health clinicians to gather, network, support, and consult.

In response to the repeated murders of Black and Brown people in our communities, please read Open Minds' solidarity statement.

About Us

Our psychotherapy practices welcome and serve:

  • Clients who engage in consensual sexual behaviors, including but not limited to kink and polyamory.
  • Clients across the gender spectrum.

Our group welcomes:

  • Students seeking mentorship in working affirmatively and responsibly with said clients.
  • Professionals seeking networking, support, and consultation in working affirmatively and responsibly with said clients.

We are committed to:

  • Expanding positive psychological understandings of the full range of sexual and gender expression and to counteracting the historical and present day harm done by pathologizing diagnoses, stigma, and invisibility.
  • Identifying standards of culturally competent care and to sharing this information with each other and our colleagues so that we may better serve our clients and their communities.
We have all agreed to abide by the ethical guidelines of our respective disciplines.

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