Poly-friendly marriage counselor in the SF East Bay

January 2, 2012 10:07 AM

Trying to find a poly-aware/friendly marriage counselor in the SF East Bay.

Difficulty: Needs to do weekend sessions. Greatly prefer someone who can take Blue Shield, but we could look at paying out of pocket if necessary. Also willing to travel further if we can't find someone nearby.

posted by anonymous to Human Relations (5 answers total)

Dossie Easton wrote The Ethical Slut and she practices in the Bay Area. Not sure about insurance or rates though.
posted by elsietheeel at 10:27 AM on January 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

Memail me and I'll shoot you the contact info of an affordable, compassionate counselor in SF who deals with a variety of relationship styles. If he can't take you as a client he can recommend someone else. He's a relative of mine and I can vouch for him.
posted by xenophile at 10:31 AM on January 2, 2012

There's a database of poly-friendly professionals.
posted by needs more cowbell at 11:37 AM on January 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

Shawn Corne is located in Berkeley/Albany (right off the corner of Solano and San Pablo--easy to get to via transit, decent street parking nearby) and is a fantastic poly-friendly therapist. She takes Blue Shield, but I'm not sure about weekend appointments or whether she's available for couples sessions. Worth checking out, though, and perhaps she can recommend others if necessary: [phone]
posted by rhiannonstone at 12:20 PM on January 2, 2012

I founded a group called Open Minds and we have listings of poly-friendly and kink-aware psychotherapists in the Bay Area. You can search by East Bay, South Bay, North and SF. I hope that is helpful.
posted by drkkolmes at 5:11 PM on July 9, 2012