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.

Kelly Howard

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Prelicensed
First name
Kelly
Last name
Howard
Agency/Organization of Work
Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center
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Accepting new clients?
Accepting new clients
Biographical Info
I am a trauma-informed, sex-positive psychotherapist offering telehealth sessions to clients in California. My practice is affirming and supportive for gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity (GSRD). With a nurturing and non-judgmental approach, I help individuals and relationships explore their desires, overcome obstacles, and create fulfilling sexual and relational lives.

I aim to provide a grounded and warm space for you to explore the parts of you that are challenging to sit with on your own. My services are inclusive and designed for individuals and relationships from early adulthood to later life. In individual therapy, I address concerns such as anxiety, mood disorders, sexual trauma, sexual orientation, gender expression, relationship orientation, religious trauma, and spiritual existentialism. In relationship therapy, I address communication challenges, sexuality concerns, conflict-resolution, navigating kink dynamics, non-monogamy, and relationship transitions. And if what troubles you is not explicitly listed here, I might still be able to work with you. The human condition is expansive.

Visit my website and contact me for a free, no-obligation consultation call!
Professional Designation (Prelicensed)
  • Registered Associate MFT
Offers Medication Evaluation and Management
No
Location of Practice
  • Telehealth in CA
Gender Identity
  • Gender nonconforming
  • Genderfluid
  • Genderqueer
  • Non-binary
Pronouns
they | she
Accessibility
  • Sliding scale/low fee
Member provides clinical supervision/consultation
No
Types of Insurance Accepted
None
Areas of Practice
  • Adult Performers
  • Alternative Sexuality & Lifestyle
  • Anxiety/Panic
  • BDSM/Kink
  • Couples/Relationship Counseling
  • Codependency/ACA
  • Creativity
  • Depression
  • Fetishism
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Integration of Expanded States of Consciousness
  • LGBTQIA
  • Neurodiversity
  • Polyamory & Alt Relationship Configurations
  • Polycule/Poly Network Counseling
  • Questioning/Exploring Orientation
  • Sex Addiction/Out of Control Sexual Behaviors
  • Sexual Dysfunction
  • Sex Work
  • Spirituality
  • Tantra/Sacred Sexuality
  • Trans & Gender Expansive Experience
  • Trauma/PTSD
  • Women's Concerns
Modalities
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Existential-Humanistic
  • Gestalt
  • Gottman Method
  • Group Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Mindfulness Based
  • Narrative
  • Relational/Interpersonal
  • Sex Therapy
  • Solution Focused Brief
Race or Ethnicity
  • White/European American
Languages Spoken
  • English
Registration Number
144916
Office Address: Street
2930 Domingo Ave #1472
Office Address: City
Berkeley
Office Address: State
California
Office Address: Zip Code
94705
Supervisor's Full Name
Rayne Banneck
Supervisor's CA License Number
124607
 

Expanded profile fields (for Directory members only)

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

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