Integral Counseling Center at Pierce Street

Change is possible. Deep, long-lasting change comes from within and radiates outward.

Pierce Street Integral Counseling Center has been offering heart-centered healing through a trauma-informed and social justice orientation to the greater San Francisco Bay Area community for half a century.

Our Approach

Welcome! At Pierce Street, we practice Integral Psychotherapy—a holistic approach that honors the interconnectedness of mind, body, spirit, and community. We believe healing happens through relationship: with ourselves, with others, and with the systems that shape our lives.

Our clinicians meet each person with deep respect for your unique history, identity, and values. We explore how past experiences and present patterns shape your emotional life and relationships, while also honoring your inner wisdom, sense of purpose, and strengths and resources. Our work attends to both personal growth and the broader contexts that influence your story—with care, curiosity, and humility.

Therapy at Pierce is a collaborative process rooted in what matters most to you. Together, we explore what’s present, uncover what’s possible, and move toward meaningful change and connection.

Our Services

At Pierce we offer individual, Couple, Child, Family, and Group Therapies to people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, and spiritual traditions.

Clients commonly seek therapy for:

• Life transitions, stress, and emotional overwhelm
• Relationship and communication challenges
• Work stress, burnout, and creative blocks
• Grief, loss, and navigating change
• Exploring identity—gender, race, sexuality, culture, class, spirituality, religion
• Low self-esteem, self-doubt, and inner criticism
• Loneliness, isolation, and longing for connection
• Body image concerns, disordered eating, and self-worth struggles
• Parenting, family conflict, and intergenerational patterns
• Anxiety, depression, and mood instability
• Unresolved trauma, including early attachment wounds and PTSD
• Substance use, addictive patterns, and recovery support
• Neurodivergence, sensory sensitivity, and emotional regulation difficulties
• Spiritual crisis, existential distress, or feeling disconnected from meaning

Appointments and Hours

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The Integral Counseling Center at Pierce Street offers appointments on the following days and times:

Monday through Sunday: 8am-9pm

Format: in-person and/or online

Appointments are available for a low-cost, sliding-scale fee based on the client's income and life circumstances.

Once you reach out, a member of our team will return your call from a blocked number to complete a brief phone intake, which usually takes about 10–15 minutes. During this conversation, we’ll ask a few questions to get a sense of who you are and what you're looking for in therapy. This helps us thoughtfully match you with a therapist on our staff. Most clients are matched with a therapist within two business days.

Our Team

We offer affordable, high-quality services by both trainee- and associate-level therapists. Our trainees are advanced-level graduate students in the Integral Counseling Psychology program at CIIS. Our associates hold master's degrees, have completed a year of trainee practice, and are registered Marriage and Family Therapist Associates with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Trainees and associates bring extensive expertise from diverse backgrounds. Their training and life experience, along with sensitivity, caring and a respect for the uniqueness of each client, form the basis of their work.

We offer therapy in various languages that change from semester to semester. Please inquire if you have a particular need.