"Out beyond ideas of right-doing
and wrong-doing, there is a field.
I'll meet you there."
--Rumi

Testimonials

"In a nutshell, we (heart) Joanna and can't recommend her enough! Before Joanna, we had spent time on our own trying to dissect difficulties in our relationship and come up with ideas for how we could manage them better. We had really strong ideas about what we wanted to work on to strengthen our marriage and become better partners. Then, 4 months after we got married, our best friends got divorced. At the same time we saw other friends struggling in their relationships. We knew about divorce statistics and we just never expected that statistic to apply to these friends. They were the couple we looked up to and aspired to be. We agreed it was critical to make time and space for building strength in our relationship and prevent what we saw happening with our friends from happening to us. That is when we sought out a therapist. After we started working with Joanna, it wasn't very long before she had shown us an even deeper level our relationship that we didn't even know was there. It was really hard work and it was, ultimately, very empowering and very rewarding. She drew us toward our most intimate fears and then gave us a safe place to confront them. She was graceful at addressing each of us as individuals and us as a couple. Joanna gave us insights and tools that allowed us to work at that level with her and on our own. We are so happy to have taken the time to invest in our relationship and we feel so lucky to have had Joanna as our mentor and guide. Every day we utilize the skills that she taught us. We feel very strong, happy and fulfilled in our relationship because of our time with Joanna.

P & P San Francisco"

"I have known and worked with Joanna for over 10 years. In that time I have come to know her as a gifted and insightful counselor and healer. Her clients benefit greatly from her keen intuition, highly evolved empathic ability and the dedication that she brings to her work. I have referred many clients to her in the past and they have all reported being deeply satisfied with the results they have enjoyed in working with Joanna. I wholeheartedly recommend Joanna Intara-Zim to anyone seeking lasting healing and a better quality of life."

Jeff Wright, MFT(MFC41427) , Psychotherapist , Red Road Counseling

"Joanna is a dedicated and attentive therapist. She actively engages with her clientele to truly understand the challenges each one faces and can adeptly individualize her treatment to meet the needs of that individual. Her ability to intuitively assess a client's issue and creatively work toward the wellness and health of that individual is unique in this field. Joanna is an exceptional professional in her field - anyone in need of consultation would be best served by a therapist of her caliber." October 28, 2008

Lori Fermon, International Business Planning & Product Marketing

"Joanna is one of the most insightful, wise women I know. She can see patterns clearly and is great at helping one map their way to creating the life they want. Rigorous honesty, deep compassion and honest self appraisal are qualities Joanna possesses. I truly appreciate the personal growth work we've done together."

Kassie Welch

"Joanna has always impressed me as a very conscientious and devoted person, sincere in her concern for others, well grounded in her own emotions, and very professional in all aspects of her business. I have had the pleasurable experience of knowing Joanna in and out of the work place for the past 4 years and have always felt very comfortable and confident in referring her to others."

Dan Parun, Independent Associate

"I have known Joanna since we participated in a consultation group many years ago. Since then I have referred many individuals and couples to her with full confidence in her abilities as a clinician. Joanna has that gift of combining clinical savvy and real attunement with her clients."

Nicole Livingston, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

"Joanna is an excellent therapist. She is committed, compassionate, insightful and honest. Joanna is able to bring to bear a fierce intelligence, kindness, and wealth of knowledge to a wide variety of situations and difficulties. I have been particularly impressed with her ability to synthesize and integrate a wide range of information and therapeutic strategies in a clear and comprehensive fashion. If you choose Joanna as your therapist or counselor you can rest assured that you will be in good hands. I would give her my highest recommendation."

Bryce Carter, Ph.D.

"I have worked with and spent time with Joanna over the past year or so on a father-daughter workshop we are developing together. Joanna has an incredible gift for her profession and passion for helping her clients. She is a wonderful and caring person, and a extremly talented Psychotherapist. I would highly recommend Joanna.

Joe Cucchiara, Author, Healthy Loving Fathers

"Joanna Intara Zim has a rare depth of perception of humans that includes the subtleties of lineage and karma to a most astounding degree. She is likewise committed and skillful in helping people become free of these karmas so they might express more fully their innate creativity, beyond the confines of trauma and limitation. She is one in a million."

Stuart Sovatsky, PhD - Director, Sovatsky Therapy Center, Moscow, Russia and San Francisco, CA - August 27, 2008

"Joanna has the rare combination of traits being sensitive and aware of other peoples' thoughts, feelings and desires coupled with strong inner fortitude and persistence to stay the course through the challenges and crisises thrown in the path. Joanna is very insightful and deeply wants to help people. No task is too big for her."

Mike Lapon, Teacher

"Joanna guided me in starting my own private practice. I turned to her as a business mentor because of her breadth and depth of knowledge. She was very helpful in providing practical steps as well as being a supportive presence as a ground for me to begin to build my own business. I thoroughly recommend her for the whole range; whether its for mental, emotional, physical and spiritual concerns, or for help with teens, children, family, relationships or professional life. She has worked with it all."

Kathryn Boyden

"Joanna is gifted. She is present. She listens. She hears my words. She has a knack for choosing which words to follow, and together we follow where they lead. And the EMDR process has it's positive transformative way with me."

David Levingston

"Joanna is a sensitive, gifted therapist, able to plumb the depths of the mind and heart. Work with her to tap into your true self and sort out the problems that have kept you away from full expression."

Judith Tripp

"Joanna has an warmth and openess that puts people at ease. She is highly trained, focused, and intuitive. I highly recommend her services."

Maria B. Owner, Law Office of Maria Leftwich

"I have know Joanna for many years and knew about her for many years before that. She is completely knowledgeable about her subject, and has a good deal of experience working in the Psychotherapy field. Joaanna is highly educated and intuitive, which is coupled with a caring heart and beautiful soul. She is extremely sensitive to her clients' needs, a caring professional who clearly loves her work. I recommend her highly to anyone who is going through their own "dark night of the soul".

Penelope Sallberg-Carrillo, Executive VP, CPG Joblist

"Joanna brings a tremendous back round, professionally and personally. I would recommend her highly. She is intuitive and highly educated. Her wisdom goes way beyond her years on this planet."

Darcy Elman, Owner, Being In Balance

"Joanna was completely knowledgeable about her subject, and has a good deal of experience working in her field. Most importantly of all, she is extremely sensitive to her clients' needs, and excels at working with others."

David Giovacchini , Arabic Librarian , Stanford University

"I highly recommend Joanna for anyone who is looking for a Psychotherapist. In my experience, I have found Joanna to be a sensitive and caring professional who clearly loves her work. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have."

Bob Cheal, Marketing

"Dear Joanna,

It would be impossible to express how profoundly transformative our experience with you was. Though we came to you as a couple with a few problems to address, you took us far beyond mere repair to new depths of joy and intimacy in our relationship. Your unique blend of widely divergent disciplines and perspectives, combined with your very natural warmth and insightfulness, created a safe, healing and productive space for us every week, even on occasion over the phone. As we go through the many chapters of our life together, we'll continue to think of you with great fondness and gratitude."

Lots of love,

E & J - Virginia

"Dear Joanna,

I want to thank you from the deepest part of my soul for the help you provided me over the last year and a half since my wife passed away. What began in my mind as simply "grief counseling", that several of my close friends urged me to seek, soon became for me a much broader soul searching exercise. My heart, soul, and physical health were in turmoil from the most catastrophic even that one could imagine, combined with years of denial and shame regarding what I interpreted as my "personality defects" and "abnormal sexuality. I now realize that I'm not "defective" or "abnormal". Your insight into my situation really helped me to understand many parts of my mental makeup that I've never been able to, nor thought I'd ever be able to understand. I want to especially thank you for helping lead me to the path of meditation.

Happy Holidays and a prosperous, peaceful New Year!."

G.S. - San Francisco

"Joanna,

Once again I am thinking of you with a grateful heart. I am amazed at thechanges within myself that I have experienced through my own process ofintrospection and work. I could never have taken this journey without youby my side--as a guide, witness, mirror to my struggle and hope. Thank youfor your gentleness, your patience. I continue to wonder at the gift of myself which you supported me to find over the last several years. This deeper connection with my soul, my spirit, has led me to a wonderfulrelationship and a future marriage--what a joy! I am grateful that younever ceased to care for me nor challenge me to find, and create, the life my heart desires. Our time together has also taught me to treasure myfaith, my family and my own need for space, time and reflection within atoo full world. As I juggle many commitments, I am continuing to do yoga twice a week and I am participating in a prayer group at work---which includes a small group sharing twice monthly - daily time for meditation and amonthly meeting with a spiritual director. I have learned from you, andfrom my time with you, that I must remember all these pieces within me and that I must not lose sight of myself even as I build a life with my beloved partner. I am still challenged by many things of course (life would be soboring without change), but I feel very blest to have the skills, the patience and the openness that has grown from my time with you."

Namaste,

G.J. - San Francisco

"Dear Joanna, I've been thinking about you a lot lately and wanted to write. I'm realizing how much you have helped me and how far I've come in my personal work. I've recently referred 2 new clients to you - I just want to thank you again for being there for me in a really difficult time in my life. Thank you for giving me the tools I need to move on and ahead. Looking back you helped me more then I can express. I just feel the need to thank you again. I wish the best for you, always."

S.T. - Alameda

Joanna Intara Zim, M.A.
email: joanna@joannaintarazim.org
San Francisco Office - 2282 Union Street San Francisco, CA ~ 415.923.0481
Sonoma Office - 115 Liberty Street, Suite No. 2, Petaluma, CA 94952 ~ 707.781.9231