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San Francisco & Marin County, CA

A safe space
to heal & grow

Warm, compassionate, and creative therapy for individuals at every stage of life. Helping you find clarity, ease, and lasting change, for over 20 years.

Marina, San Francisco Mill Valley, Marin County In-person & virtual

Joanna Findlay

MA MFT, ATR

Licensed MFT — California & Oregon
Registered Art Therapist (ATR)
Certified Brainspotting Therapist
20+ years experience
Fluent in French & English

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Psychotherapy

Warm, collaborative therapy offering practical skills to reduce anxiety, loosen stuck patterns, and navigate life's challenges and transitions.

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Art Therapy

An expressive and tactile approach that accesses deeper layers of emotion and experience. No art experience required.

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Brainspotting

A powerful somatic method that works directly with the nervous system to process and release trauma held in the body and brain.

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SeeingMind™

Insight-based conversations that help you relate differently to your history, thoughts, and feelings; reconnect with resilience — and find lasting freedom in relationship to your experience.

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Areas of Focus

How I can help you

Anxiety & Depression

Evidence-based and somatic approaches to ease anxiety, low mood, and emotional overwhelm.

Families & Relationships

Navigating family dynamics, relationship challenges, and communication with care and insight.

Life Transitions

Support through divorce, career change, parenting shifts, bereavement, and new beginnings.

Children & Teens

Creative, dynamic therapy for young people navigating anxiety, OCD, and emotional challenges.

Loss & Grief

Compassionate support for bereavement, loss of relationships, pets, and major life changes.

Stress & Mindfulness

Body-based and mindfulness tools for regulation, clarity, and rebuilding inner calm.

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Not sure where to start? Joanna offers a free 15-minute phone consultation — no commitment, just a conversation.

About My Practice

Weaving mind, body, and creativity

I am a fully licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and registered Art Therapist with over 20 years of experience. I work with individuals and families navigating anxiety, emotional regulation, stuck patterns, relationships, and life transitions.

My style is warm, compassionate, and creative. My work weaves together an understanding of how our life experience, brain, and nervous system shape emotions; somatic approaches that ease patterns held in the body; and insight-based conversations that reconnect clients with their natural resilience.

My work is strengths-based, nurturing, and practical. Together, we work toward more ease, agency, and a fuller experience of daily life.

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