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

"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaningful life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive." ~ Joseph Campbell

ON THE JOURNEY of a life we find ourselves, and inevitably there comes a time when doubts and losses and overwhelm brings us down. We are brought down, for it is in the depths we encounter our souls, our natural guides and deepest wisdom.

Our goal in working together--whether individually, as a couple, or as a family--is to connect with, attend to, and celebrate that elusive but fundamental quality we call soul. It is your source of vitality and purpose, your link to the world you belong to and that is calling you forth. As a psychotherapist I offer a professionally committed and safe environment, a place where experience and longing and pain can be worked through, where new life is born.

Now is the time. I invite you to take that next step, whatever it may be, and honor the questions your problems are asking of you. The problems are real: isolation, traumatic wounding, addictions, loss, anxiety and relationship problems are real. And they are a doorway into the greater life that is possible for you.

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, and if we decided not to work together then there is no charge for the session.

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.