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 Grief Family Therapists in San Francisco. 8 in all.
When grief needs counselling, and when it does not
Grief is a normal response to a death rather than an illness. Most people come through it without treatment 1. Counselling helps some people carry it.
The work covers the person who died, the circumstances, and what has changed since. For a smaller number, grief stays intense and daily life does not resume. Clinicians call that prolonged grief disorder, and they treat it differently.
Grief does not run to a timetable. Ask a practitioner whether they work with bereavement. Say what kind of loss it was.
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 2. 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 3. Ask a practitioner who they would want in the room.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the specialism recorded as Grief and the professional title family therapist.
What therapy costs here
Do affordable options exist in San Francisco?
Mission Mental Health Services (SFDPH Behavioral Health Services). Phone +1 628 754 8800. The current 2026 Behavioral Health Services handbook says most Medi-Cal members pay nothing. Members above the income limits may owe a monthly share of the cost, and some treatment can require a copayment. The service is accepting new beneficiaries through Behavioral Health Access. It gives priority to certain populations, and you must meet the Medi-Cal eligibility and service area criteria.
The San Francisco page answers more questions about therapy there.
What these practitioners record
6 of the 8 have included their registration on their profile.
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 Grief Family Therapists in San Francisco
- Male Grief Family Therapists in San Francisco
- Grief Psychologists in San Francisco
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- Anxiety Family Therapists in San Francisco
- Couples Family Therapists in San Francisco
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- Every therapist listed in San Francisco (57)
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References
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
