Joan Fenold,LMFT

Joan Fenold,LMFT

Telehealth Available
Professions: Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, Psychotherapist
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: MFT - 20021
Secondary Credential: MFT - 20021
Billing and Insurance:
I am an in-network provider for:
  • Aetna
  • Anthem
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
  • Cigna
  • Optum Health
Evening Availability

Offices

1719 Union Street
San Francisco, California 94123
2305 Ashby Avenue
Berkeley, California 94705

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My Approach to Helping

The essence of my work lies in creating a relationship with you in which you would feel safe to engage in an inner journey home-toward opening your heart to yourself by cultivating compassionate self-understanding and developing trust in what is being felt and experienced in the moment. Old hurts and self-defeating beliefs can cause us to close down our capacity to feel our vulnerable feelings, trust, ourselves and others, and this then affects our ability to open to a loving and kind relationship towards ourselves and others. I support you in allowing love to work its way through you impacting all areas of your life.

More Info About My Practice

It is my hope that our work together would help you embrace your innermost feelings, truths, uniquenesses and the complexities of life and relationships by increasing non-judgmental awareness, self-compassion, self-acceptance, resilience and strengthening your ability to express your feelings with greater authenticity as well as support you in finding and expressing what you want in your relationships and in cultivating a deep sense of personal integrity.
Compassionate mindfulness practice is one of the foundations of my treatment approach. My work weaves together the heart-wisdom of Buddhism and Taoism with contemporary views of relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy, body-oriented awareness and dream work.

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

I have received advanced training in relationship issues for individuals and couples (pre-marital and marital) at the Tavistock Institute in London, as well as in working with mid-life concerns, loneliness, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, career issues, eating disorders, conscious aging, loss and grief. I have also received training in non-harming communication skills and have specialized in integrating mindfulness and self-compassion in my work for many years.

Ages I Work With

  • Adults
  • Elders

Languages

  • English

Groups I Work With

    In addition to working with adult individuals and couples I also work with people from a variety of meditation communities who want a psychotherapeutic relationship with a therapist who has a deep practice herself and can support the integration of one's practice in their everyday life in a way that deepens a sense of personal integrity, self-awareness, curiosity, confidence, compassion and healthy relatedness. I work with women of all ages; men who want to explore themselves in a relational context; and couples interested in relationship as a spiritual practice.
    I have completed the Advanced Couples Therapy Training at The Tavistock Center in London.

Client Concerns I Treat

  • Abandonment
  • Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
  • Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Addictions and Compulsions
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Aging and Geriatric Issues
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Bipolar
  • Career Choice
  • Caregiver Issues / Stress
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Communication Problems
  • Compulsive Spending / Shopping
  • Control Issues
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Eating and Food Issues
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • Emptiness
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Fear
  • Forgiveness
  • Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
  • Habits
  • Identity Issues
  • Inadequacy
  • Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity (ADHD)
  • Infidelity / Affair Recovery
  • Irritability
  • Isolation
  • Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
  • Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
  • Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
  • Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
  • Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
  • Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Relationships and Marriage
  • Religious Issues
  • Self-Care
  • Self-Confidence
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Love
  • Sensitivity to Criticism
  • Shame
  • Social Anxiety / Phobia
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Trust Issues
  • Values Clarification
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace Issues
  • Worry
  • Worthlessness
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Types of Therapy

  • Anger Management
  • Body-Mind Psychotherapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Collaborative Therapy
  • Contemplative Psychotherapy
  • Depth Therapy
  • Dreamwork
  • Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
  • Existential Psychotherapy
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Focusing
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Gottman Method
  • Holistic Psychotherapy
  • Humanistic Psychology (humanism)
  • Integral Psychotherapy (IP)
  • Integration of different therapy models
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
  • Jungian Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Mindfulness-Based Interventions
  • Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
  • Object Relations
  • Parent Work
  • Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy)
  • Poetry Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Positive Psychotherapy
  • Process Oriented Psychology
  • Psychoanalysis / Modern Psychoanalysis
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Relationship Enhancement Therapy
  • Sand Tray Therapy
  • Self Psychology
  • Self-Acceptance Training
  • Somatic Experiencing (SE)
  • Transpersonal Psychotherapy
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