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 Male Addiction Family Therapists in San Francisco. 3 in all.
That is 3 of the 5 family therapists listed in San Francisco.
These are practitioners who identify as male on their profile 1. We ask every therapist that question, and they may decline to answer. We do not check the answer, and nothing here is ranked.
This list answers an explicit request for a man. While many people prefer this, we found no research on whether it changes how the therapy goes.
Identifying as a man is a different thing from working with men's concerns. A client and a practitioner always differ, whatever they share 2.
What addiction treatment covers
Addiction covers alcohol, other drugs, and behaviours such as gambling. Psychological treatment is only one part of addiction care.
Screening, brief intervention and treatment all exist for hazardous drinking 3. Those services do not reach most of the people who need them.
Treatments used include cognitive behavioural and behavioural therapies 4. Some work through a person's social network and environment.
Guidelines recommend a range of treatments for opioid dependence 5. Those include maintenance treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, alongside psychosocial treatment and support.
Detoxification alone is not treatment 6. Ask a practitioner what they treat, and where they refer.
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 7. 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 8. Ask a practitioner who they would want in the room.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the practitioner's stated Male identity, the specialism recorded as Addiction and the professional title family therapist.
Paying for therapy in San Francisco
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.
2 of these family therapists offer a sliding scale.
The San Francisco 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
- Addiction Family Therapists in San Francisco
- Male Anxiety Family Therapists in San Francisco
- Male Couples Family Therapists in San Francisco
- Male Depression Family Therapists in San Francisco
- Male Grief Family Therapists in San Francisco
- Male Psychologists in San Francisco, one filter on the full San Francisco psychologists list
- Female Family Therapists in San Francisco, one filter on the full San Francisco family therapists list
- Male Family Therapists in San Francisco, one filter on the full San Francisco family therapists list
- Every therapist listed in San Francisco (57)
- Couples therapy, San Francisco
References
[1] TherapyRoute's own records.
[2] Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice, p. 120. Client-therapist similarities.
[3] World Health Organization. Alcohol.
[5] World Health Organization. Opioid overdose.
[8] Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Canada). Family therapy.
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TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
