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.

Josie Valderrama

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Licensed
First name
Josie
Last name
Valderrama
Agency/Organization of Work
Valderrama Psychological
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Accepting new clients?
Accepting new clients
Biographical Info
*For Individual Counseling* A founding member of Open Minds, I have been a private practice psychologist for 7 years. With over a decade of experience as a therapist, I also have prior experience as a coach and trainer. My clinical expertise and personal identification with ethical non-monogamy, kink/BDSM, pansexuality and gender fluidity can help bridge the gap between these worlds and the venue of therapy, where inhabiting a shared reality can allow you, as the client, to feel validated and more deeply understood. I work extensively within the intersection of BIPOC (I am Filipinx-American), LGBTQ+ and Ethical Non-Monogamy. I utilize a mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral approach (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) combined with Somatic Experiencing, and transpersonal interventions (Dr Stephen Gilligan's Generative Trancework; Shamanic Journey).
Check out my book - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Journal: Prompts and Techniques to Practice Acceptance While Building the Life You Want. More info on my website.
Pronouns: She/Her, or They/Them
[cisgender-presenting non-binary demiwoman]
Valderrama Psychological, P.C.
Professional Designation (Licensed)
  • PsyD
CA License Number
PSY27913
Professional Website
Offers Medication Evaluation and Management
No
Location of Practice
  • San Francisco (in person)
  • Telehealth in CA
Gender Identity
  • Cisgender female
  • Genderfluid
  • Non-binary
Pronouns
She or They (In Filipino there are no gendered pronouns)
Member provides clinical supervision/consultation
Yes
Types of Insurance Accepted
Out-of-Network
Areas of Practice
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Adult Performers
  • Alternative Sexuality & Lifestyle
  • Anxiety/Panic
  • BDSM/Kink
  • Bi/Multicultural Experience
  • Codependency/ACA
  • Creativity
  • Depression
  • Ecological/Climate Grief Therapy
  • Fetishism
  • Grief & Loss
  • Integration of Expanded States of Consciousness
  • Intercultural Relationships
  • LGBTQIA
  • Polyamory & Alt Relationship Configurations
  • Race/Ethnicity & Culture
  • Sex Work
  • Spirituality
  • Tantra/Sacred Sexuality
  • Trans & Gender Expansive Experience
  • Women's Concerns
Modalities
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Culturally Responsive
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Existential-Humanistic
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Feminist
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Mindfulness Based
  • Positive Psychology
  • Relational/Interpersonal
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Other modalities not listed above:
Shamanic Trancework
Race or Ethnicity
  • Filipino/Filipino American
  • Southeast Asian
  • White/European American
Languages Spoken
  • English
Office Address: Street
Valderrama Psychological, P.C.
Office Address: Street 2
2489 Mission Street, Suite 10
Office Address: City
San Francisco
Office Address: State
California
Office Address: Zip Code
94110
 

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Gender Diversity/Transgender Care Knowledge Level
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LGBTQIA Knowledge Level
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Kink/BDSM Knowledge Level
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Polyamory/Consensual Non-Monogamy Knowledge Level
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Sex Work(er) Knowledge Level
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