Issues that commonly inspire clients to come into therapy:

• Abuse Recovery (Physical, Emotional, Mental, Sexual, and Neglect)
• Anxiety - Panic - Terror
• Anger
• Creativity - Artist Challenges
• Codependency Issues
• Couples Issues – Please click here to learn more on the Couples page
• Depression
• Divorce - Separation
• Eating Disorders - Body Image – Body Detox Effects
• Entrepreneurs
• Family of Origin Issues
• Gifted Adults/Teens
• Grief & Loss Issues (including loss of a pet)
• Money Issues – Wealth & Inheritance Issues
• Multi-Generational Trauma & Recovery
• Multi-Cultural - Immigrant Issues
• Parenting Your Teenager – Please click here to learn more on the Teens page
• Releasing & Resolving Shame and Guilt
• Relationship - Interpersonal Conflicts/Challenges
• Separation - Individuation Issues
• Understanding Power & Domination Issues
• Work Issues – Stress management - Professional Job Burnout – Job Loss

Spiritual Issues

Sometimes a spiritual aspect of life calls forward to be ministered to:

• Connecting with the Sacred in Daily Life
• Crisis of Creativity - Artistic Manifestation
• ‘Dark Night of the Soul’ Crisis
• Illness or Death of a Loved One
• Life Transitions
• Loss of Meaning - Loss of Faith
• Religious Upbringing Issues
• Right Livelihood
• Spiritual Orientation - Religious Issues
• Shamanic Initiation - Openings
• Spiritual Awakenings/Openings Integration

Modalitites

My most effective way of working comes from a woven place of the many different schools, teachers, and traditions I have been trained in, as well as my own continued commitment to psychological and spiritual growth. The ever growing threads of this tapestry create a container to safely hold the experience and organic process of change, growth, and transformation. Always, there is a deep respect for the unique unfolding of each person’s journey, compassion for the risks and courage it takes to go deeper and more truly into one self, and to meet one’s own growth intimately, right at the very edges of our human experience.

Here are some other ways to know how I may work with you:

• Interpersonal
• Psychodynamic – Developmental – Family of Origin
• Humanistic - Existential
• Transpersonal Approaches
• Dream Work
• Jungian
• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing)
• Indigenous Wisdom Traditions
• Yoga Philosophy
• Buddhism

Populations Served

• Teens
• Adults/Individuals
• Couples
• Groups

Therapy Durations & Frequency

Sessions are generally 50 minutes long. I also offer 75 and 100 minute sessions if we decide it would be helpful. Usually we will meet weekly, although that can change at different times depending upon on what is needed.

Therapy durations vary from individual to individual and issue to issue. For some people a few sessions can be an effective way to begin to address the dilemmas one is facing, although for most of the clients I serve, the process and relationship formed takes time to develop, so that the most meaningful aspects of your journey unfold in a non pressured, spacious environment.

Joanna Intara Zim, M.A.
email: joanna@joannaintarazim.org
San Francisco Office - 2282 Union Street San Francisco, CA ~ 415.923.0481
Sonoma Office - 24 Western Avenue, Suite 313, Petaluma, CA 94952 ~ 707.781.9231