Tim Sasaki
LCSW, MPH
Psychotherapist
About Me
Hello! My name is Tim Sasaki and I’m a licensed clinical social worker with over ten years of experience providing mental health services in English and Spanish in the Bay Area.
I have experience working with:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Life transitions
- Work Stress
- Relationships
- Grief and loss
- Severe mental illness
- Substance use and addiction
- Trauma
- Gender transition
- Coming out
- Aging
- Multiple minority stress
- Aging in the queer community
- Issues related to immigration
My background in community mental health has allowed me to work with a wide range of identities and populations. While I provide therapy to people from all walks of life, I especially enjoy working with gay, lesbian, queer, trans, and nonbinary individuals and people of color. I approach therapy as an opportunity to critically explore how oppressive social conditions impact one's experience, and as a place to affirm all parts of an individual in order to promote self-definition, authenticity, and resiliency.
I hold master’s degrees in Social Welfare and Public Health from the University of California Berkeley, and I completed my bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I am a member of the National Association of Social Work, Psychologytoday, and I serve on the Steering Committee for the Coalition of Clinical Social Work at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis.
Services
I provide individual psychotherapy and pre-surgical assessment for gender affirming surgeries at my office in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. My rate for a 50 minute session is $150. Please call or email me to set up an initial phone consultation.
Individual Psychotherapy
I believe the power of therapy lies in improving your relationship to the world, the people close to you, and ultimately to yourself. My approach to therapy is trauma-informed and grounded in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic training. I also use techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, gender affirming therapy, harm reduction, and mindfulness. I welcome any questions you might have about my approach to therapy.
Pre-Surgical Assessment for Gender Affirming Surgery
I am committed to ensuring the assessment process is collaborative, transparent, and guided by your narrative. I have written over 50 assessments (“letters”) for adults pursuing gender affirming surgery. If you are in need of a letter or are thinking about surgery, please feel free to contact me so we can talk more about what to expect of the process.
Contact
To get started, please call or email me to setup an initial phone conversation.
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