Kris Spangler, MA, MFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist*
California License #MFC40841

Hello!
I'm Kris Spangler and I am delighted to introduce myself to you. I would like to offer you the fruits of my training and experience  in handling the complexities of being human.

You might be looking at this website because you feel depressed or anxious, or are having trouble in a relationship. Maybe you're feeling different from others or alone, or have experienced a traumatic event.  Perhaps you feel ready to find healing, or to make changes in your life. There are many reasons people come to see me.

I'm here to help.  I have been practicing psychotherapy since 1999 and have developed a style that tends to work for most people.

I enjoy being a flexible and challenging practitioner. I employ many tools, tailored to your needs, including homework, roleplay, art, EMDR (see the page called EMDR), visualization, relaxation techniques, body awareness, mindfulness and writing.

Areas of Focus

  • Self-esteem
  • Life Changes, Transitions
  • Gender Identity/Transgender Concerns
  • Families: Alternative
  • Stress/Burnout
  • Depression
  • Spiritual work
  • Trauma/EMDR (see EMDR page)
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • LGBQI people and concerns
  • BDSM/kink/poly/sex work practitioners

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~Albert Einstein

*While my state license is called "Marriage and Family Therapist," I work with adult individuals, and that's it.
I'm at ease with and knowledgeable of wide range of sexual orientations, sexual practices and relationship formations.

I also have a particular interest in working with gender variations and gender non-conforming people. 

I am open to your use of plant medicine, your spiritual orientation and anything else that's part of you.