I am a clinical psychotherapist working with adults, adolescents, and couples in the Bay Area.

About

I am a licensed therapist who works with individuals, adolescents, and couples to navigate challenges and improve their experience of life. My approach is strengths-based and collaborative, combining insight-oriented depth work with practical therapeutic tools. I take an intuitive, thoughtful, and direct approach to therapy, tailoring my work to each client and making room for both sincerity and levity. I am passionate about creating meaningful change, both individually and socially.

I support clients with a range of issues, including anxiety, depression, self-worth, family conflict, and relationship challenges. My experience working with individuals and families experiencing severe mental illness and various risk factors has given me the ability to support people from diverse backgrounds.

Before becoming a psychotherapist, I worked in the entertainment industry with high-level performers and co-founded a social justice nonprofit. These experiences deepened my interest in performance psychology and led to my specialization in sports and performance therapy, which I practice within a sports psychology group. In addition, I have training in trauma-informed treatment, crisis management, and substance use disorder. I am currently specializing in psychoanalytic psychotherapy which is what I am primarily offering within my practice.

Education

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis

Master of Arts in Counseling The Wright Institute

Bachelor of Arts, Film & Media Whitman College

Clinical Work

Sports & Performance Psychotherapist Align Sports and Performance Psychology, University of San Francisco Athletics

Clinical Social Worker UCSF Citywide Intensive Case Management

School Therapist Mission High School, Richmond Area Multi-Services (RAMS) Intensive Case Management

Psychotherapy Services

Adults

Individual psychoanalytic therapy focuses on understanding how past experiences, unconscious processes, and relationship patterns affect us. I work with people to understand themselves better and find ways to change over time. My priority is to build trust and stability in the therapeutic relationship, while also challenging clients supportively. I am present, curious, and thoughtful in sessions, balancing both depth and lightness in our work together.

Adolescents

Adolescence is a time of significant growth and exploration but it can also bring conflict and emotional turmoil. Through individual sessions, I help adolescents put words to feelings, and make meaning of their experiences. I connect with adolescents through levity, their interests, and listening to them closely. Overtime, they learn to regulate emotions and communicate through difficulty, which contributes to development of independence and identity. A key part of my adolescent therapy involves parent consultations and parent coaching, which often improves the family system significantly.

Couples

Couples seek therapy for many reasons—communication breakdowns, unresolved conflicts, mistrust, or feeling disconnected. My approach is relational and supportive, while involved and direct. In sessions, we will identify emotions and relational patterns in order to increase empathy and change these patterns. My goal is to work together to deepen trust and improve communication. Depending on the couple’s goals, I like to offer both solution focused therapy for immediate problem solving and emotionally focused therapy to create more emotional awareness and attunement in relationship.

FAQ

  • For information on my current fees, please reach out. If the cost is a barrier, reduced-fee options may be available based on your resources and availability.

    Direct insurance payments are not accepted at this time, but I provide monthly superbills if your health insurance or health savings plan includes out-of-network provider coverage reimbursement.

  • For new clients, I begin with a free 30-minute consultation call to learn more about you, any presenting issues, and your goals for therapy. If we decide to move forward together, we’ll start with an intake session, followed by weekly or biweekly sessions.

    All scheduling, forms, and payments are all managed through SimplePractice, a secure platform.

  • Confidentiality is a fundamental aspect of the therapeutic process, and all information shared in sessions is kept strictly private. However, there are specific legal exceptions, such as instances of potential harm to yourself or others, which will be reviewed during the initial session.

    If you have any questions regarding confidentiality and its limitations, they can be discussed at any time.

Locations

I have two in-person offices in South Berkeley and Cow Hollow. I also provide telehealth via Zoom.

East Bay

 

San Francisco

 

Contact

Please feel free to call me at 415.226.9241 or email me at JessicaGoodTherapy@gmail.com to set up a free initial consultation.