Kelly Howard

Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #144916

Sex Therapist Certification, Sexual Health Alliance

Gottman Couples Therapist, Level 1 Training

Sam Pow, LCSW #88131

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A Little About Me

Seeking a space to explore your authentic self? I work with individuals, couples, families, and polycules navigating diverse identities, desires, and relationship dynamics. Through trauma-informed, sex-positive Telehealth sessions, I provide support across California for those facing challenges or seeking growth within gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity (GSRD). With a grounded, non-judgmental approach, I empower clients to build resilience and fulfilling connections. I am queer-affirming, kink-affirming, and non-monogamy-affirming, welcoming you as you are.

No topic is "too much" for our session space. I meet you where you are, tailoring sessions to your pace and feedback. Combining a "here and now" Gestalt approach with proven methods like the Gottman Method, CBT, DBT, and Internal Family Systems (IFS), I offer a safe environment to explore relationship challenges, emotional growth, and self-discovery.

Choosing a therapist online can feel daunting. I invite you to book a free consultation to get a sense of my approach and explore how we might work together on your path to healing. This call is a chance for you to ask questions and feel out if my style resonates. Please reach out through my website. I look forward to connecting and supporting your journey.

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  • English
I Work With:
  • Activists
  • Adults
  • Artists
  • Couples/ Relationship partners
  • Highly Sensitive People
  • Immigrants/First Generation Americans
  • Interracial/Multiheritage Couples
  • LGBTQI+ and Gender Expansive or Non-Binary
  • Marginalized Individuals
  • People of Color (POC)
  • Poly and Open Relationships
  • Sex Workers
Types of Therapy I Do
  • Couples Therapy
  • Individual Therapy
My Areas of Focus
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Adjustment/Transition
  • Anxiety
  • Boundaries
  • Communication
  • Cross Cultural Couples
  • Effects of Privilege and Oppression
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Individuation
  • LGBTQ+ Issues
  • Life / Career transitions
  • Neurodiversity
  • Non-Monogamy/Polyamory
  • Non-ordinary Experience/Consciousness
  • Perfectionism and People Pleasing
  • Personal Growth
  • Psychedelic Integration
  • Relationships
  • Safe Psychedelic Use and Integration
  • Sexual Assault/Abuse
  • Spirituality
  • Stress/ Burnout
My Treatment Approaches
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment/Relational
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Conscious compassion
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
  • Existential
  • Gestalt
  • Gottman Method
  • Harm Reduction
  • Humanistic
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Mindfulness
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Plant Medicine Integration
  • Sex Therapy
  • Trauma Informed

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