James McEntee, Psychotherapist in San Francisco, 94115

James McEntee, MFT

Profession(s):
Psychotherapy
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
Primary License:
LMFT - MFC 47912

My Approach to Helping

*The first duty of love is to listen.*

We are sensitive beings, and so to develop our inner lives and intimate relationships we are called bring to them the fullness of our intelligence and our emotions, to balance our heads with our hearts. Can we listen to and respect what is happening? Be attentive and available for the relationships in which we find ourselves?

Without support the all-too-human experiences of self-awareness and relationship can become overly critical, fearful and unbalanced, with a gloomy and anxious mood coloring everything.

That's where therapy helps: With the guidance of trusted facilitation we can learn how to appreciate, respect, and deepen into love for ourselves, and those dearest to us. With an open mind and engaged heart we sense who we are and what we want. And this is KEY: we choose what we will focus on, and in so doing reveal a good path going forward.

More Info About My Practice

In my practice I have found that the best way to determine if I can help and am the right therapist for a client is to sit with them. It may serve you as the seeker of therapy to sit with more than one therapist before launching into the work. Over the phone we will discuss preliminary logistics--time, fee, your issue of concern, and any pressing questions you have about my style of therapy. The best way to proceed is to meet in my office. There is no commitment necessary to come in for a consultation.

Our first meeting is a working session: we limit history taking to that which is relevant to your main issues. Often we can clarify the goals of therapy in the first hour, and create a sense of our working relationship.

I recognize that for many people this first meeting is a significant step in trusting that important areas of their life can get better. Among other things it is opportunity to simply express and be heard on matters close to your heart, and to begin to see yourself in a more generous light.