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Therapy with Taylor
Taylor Isaacson, licensed marriage and family therapist, smiling warmly at the camera in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Move beyond the surface.

With therapy that finally feels like it's for your queer ass.

Somatic therapy for the LGBTQ community in California. For queer and trans folks who want to move beyond just talking and are ready to feel the shift.

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You're exhausted from holding it all together and you need a space that's just for you.

You shapeshift to care for others.

Being in the present moment is a struggle.

You default to self-criticism in hard times.

It's hard to ask for what you need.

You feel numb and far from yourself.

You've done the work,
but you still feel like shit.

You're insightful. It's probably kind of your thing.

You've talked through your patterns a million times. You've read the books and even consulted your tarot cards. Yet you still find yourself in versions of the same ol' patterns:

You're insightful.

It's probably kind of your thing.

 

You've talked through your patterns a million times. You've read the books and even consulted your tarot cards.

 

Yet you still find yourself in versions of the same ol' patterns:

Why self-reflection hits a wall.

Cognitive understanding is helpful—until it hits its limit.

Emotions are messy. When some part of you secretly worries you're fundamentally flawed, they're terrifying. So you stay in your head.

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It's genius, but it keeps you disembodied. It lets your nervous system run wild and orient to what it knows best —doing more and prioritizing everyone else.

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You don't need another self-help to-do (executive dysfunction, much?)

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You need a space to unlearn the white supremacist ideals that taught you to ignore your body's wisdom in the first place.

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Experiential therapy helps you move through change instead of just talking about it.

Therapy with me isn't about sitting there while I nod and take notes. And it's definitely not about “fixing” you because *spoiler alert* you’re not fucking broken. 

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Instead, I guide you in experiential methods that help you shift how you meet challenges—and support yourself in them—when they arise:

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This method helps you develop deep self compassion:

Over-analyzing and attachment to outcomes soften into self-trust. People-pleasing shifts into giving from your own solid ground.

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Over time, your life feels like it's yours.

● You feel more emotionally regulated instead of constantly overwhelmed.

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● You're able to connect with yourself instead of always being on autopilot.

● You set boundaries and find that they actually make your relationships stronger.

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● You trust your intuitions, needs, and desires.

 

● You trust that when life inevitably swings downward, you've got your back.

Talk therapy worked for me. Until it didn't.

Therapy changed my life⎯duh, it's why I became a therapist.

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But at a certain point, talking just wasn't enough. I knew my trauma history inside and out, but I was still stuck in the same gnarly patterns (Boundary? Never met her.)

Once in grad school, I trained in Gestalt and Somatic therapies and everything clicked.

Body-up processing helped me move away from trying to think my way into feeling.

I stopped⎯mostly, I'm only human⎯trying to send information down from my brain to my body, and instead started trusting the wisdom of my intuition.

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With that self-trust as a foundation, I've found my own footing, my community, and feel more connected to my purpose than ever.

Taylor Isaacson, therapist in Oakland and San Francisco, wearing a green retro shirt and smiling gently in front of lush background plants.
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Therapy that finally feels like it's for your gay ass.

(not sorry)

Therapy with Taylor helps queer and trans folks who feel unfulfilled in their lives, and distraught with the world, achieve a greater sense of agency, self-acceptance, and satisfaction by gently guiding you to your own intuition and alignment with your values. Using:

● Methods that helps you delve below the surface.
● A therapist who shows up as their whole ass self.
● A space where you don't have to educate your therapist about the basics of your identities.

You move from feeling exhausted and overwhelmed to engaging in your life from the grounded center of your own unique magic.

What people are saying about Taylor.

  • I have known Taylor to be thoughtful, compassionate, nuanced, and self-reflective in their communication style.

    -A.B.
  • They have a wonderful ability to consider the many facets of ourselves that contribute to how we react to our own thoughts and feelings, as well as the world around us, and they articulate their observations with empathy and clarity.

    -P.I.
  • The curiosity and care that Taylor brings to every situation has helped me to be more aware of how I approach new experiences and challenges in life.

    -K.M.
  • Through talking with Taylor, I have learned so much about how to care for myself and for my community.
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    -C.M.
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What you get in therapy with Taylor.

Take the first step back into truly living.

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