Relational, Somatic & Gestalt Therapy · San Francisco, CA
Relational, Somatic & Gestalt Therapy · San Francisco, CA
Something in this might feel familiar
You may have spent years navigating different worlds: different cultures, different families, different versions of yourself, fluent in all of them, but fully at home in none.
You may be good at adapting. Good at reading rooms. Good at showing up for everyone else.
And you may be tired of being good at it.
In my work, I've sat with people who are reaching for something more. Not a different life necessarily, but a truer one. One that isn't built entirely from other people's expectations, other people's dreams, other people's definitions of what a good life looks like.
You may be here for yourself. Or you may be here because you're watching your teenager struggle, and something in it feels uncomfortably familiar.
Either way, I'm glad you're here.
You might be here if…
This isn't therapy as you might expect it
I work with the whole of you, not just the problem you walked in with. With curiosity, not agenda.
I'm not here to fix you or hand you a toolkit. What I bring is genuine, deep curiosity, and in my experience, when someone finally feels truly seen without judgment, something in them begins to open.
There's freedom in our space. You don't have to sit still, speak perfectly, or perform wellness. You may want to pace around, face the wall, yell into a pillow, or just sit in silence.
Whatever is real and alive for you belongs here, not what therapy is "supposed" to look like.
Together we slow down and get curious about your inner world: your body, your reactions, your patterns, the story underneath the story.
We look at what you're carrying and ask: is this actually yours? Or was it given to you?
Nothing about you is broken
Your behavior has a history.
The patterns that feel confusing, exhausting, or shameful didn't appear from nowhere. They made sense once, in a context that shaped you. Hypervigilance, masking, chronic self-doubt, people-pleasing, difficulty trusting yourself or others: these aren't character flaws. They're adaptations. And they have a history worth understanding.
My job isn't to judge those patterns. It's to help you see them clearly, so you get to choose what you carry forward, and what you finally put down.
I'm deeply curious about the people I work with. Not clinically curious. Genuinely curious. And I've found that when that curiosity meets someone who is ready, their own curiosity about themselves starts to wake up too. That's when the puzzle starts coming together.
I show up as a whole person, not a role.
I'm a relational and experiential therapist trained in Gestalt and Hakomi, with a background in AEDP and continuing training in Internal Family Systems. I hold an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist license and practice under licensed supervision.
In practice, that means we don't just talk about your life from a distance. We pay attention to what's happening right now: in your body, in the room, between us. These approaches trust that the body holds wisdom, that the present moment is full of information, and that real change comes through felt experience, not just insight.
I bring my full humanity into the room, and that creates space for yours.
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The first step is often the hardest. A free 15-minute consultation is a good place to start. No commitment, just a conversation.
Or email me directly: with@dhespina.com
Currently based in San Francisco · Offering in-person and online sessions
