If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines answer now:
Crisis numbers in the United States of America
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, call or text 988: Tel: 988 | Text: 988 | Tel, for a Spanish-speaking counsellor: 988, then press 2 | Text, for a Spanish-speaking counsellor: AYUDA to 988
- Veterans Crisis Line, 988 then press 1: Tel: 988, then press 1 | Text: 838255
- Crisis Text Line, text HOME to 741741: Text: HOME to 741741 | Text, in Spanish: HOLA to 741741
- Boys Town National Hotline: Tel: 800-448-3000 | Text: VOICE to 20121
- All crisis lines in the United States of America
This page lists Non-binary Trauma Family Therapists in San Diego. 3 in all.
That is 3 of the 9 family therapists listed in San Diego.
These are practitioners who identify as non-binary on their profile. It is their own answer. We do not verify it, and nothing here is ranked.
An informed, affirmative approach is what helps. It is trained rather than innate. That matters a great deal for transgender and gender non-conforming clients 1.
Affirmative psychotherapy is a set of tested protocols, not a personal quality 2. Ask a practitioner about their training and experience with trans and non-binary clients.
What trauma therapy treats
Trauma therapy treats what stays behind after a frightening or overwhelming event. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy and EMDR are the recommended treatments 34.
World Health Organization guidance recommends both for post-traumatic stress disorder 5. Cognitive therapy and narrative exposure therapy are also used.
Treatment usually includes preparation, and work on the memory itself comes later. It is for people whose symptoms have persisted.
Not everyone who has been through something bad needs it. Ask a practitioner which approaches they are trained in.
What a family therapist does, and who comes to the sessions
Everyone on this page describes their work as family or systemic therapy. Family therapy helps people in close relationships understand and support each other 6. It works with the relationships between people, not with one person alone.
Family here means whoever those involved count as family. Sessions usually have more than one person in the room.
A therapist may also meet members on their own 7. Ask a practitioner who they would want in the room.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Non-binary identity, the specialism recorded as Trauma and the professional title family therapist.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
2 of these family therapists offer a sliding scale.
The San Diego page answers more questions about therapy there.
Who registers therapists in the United States?
The title you will see is Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
A practitioner must hold a current licence from the state board where they practise. See the United States page.
Nearby places and related listings
- Female Trauma Family Therapists in San Diego
- Trauma Family Therapists in San Diego
- Non-binary Couples Family Therapists in San Diego
- Female Family Therapists in San Diego, one filter on the full San Diego family therapists list
- Psychologists in San Diego
- Family Therapists in San Diego
- All therapists listed in San Diego (38)
- Couples therapy, San Diego
References
[1] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 160 (and pp. 196-197). Gender as a metaframework.
[2] Burger and Pachankis, Behavior Therapy (2024). State of the science: LGBTQ-affirmative psychotherapy.
[7] Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Canada). Family therapy.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
