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Rebekah Gong, LCSW

Address:
Telehealth
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone:
(510) 883-3260
Web:
http://www.dearrootedlotus.com
Email:
change@dearrootedlotus.com
Degrees:
MSW with UC Berkeley; Post-Graduate Diploma in Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) Therapy
AASECT Certifications:
Sex Therapist
Profession/Job Title:
Sex, Relationship & Trauma Therapist | Consultant | Coach; LCSW
Areas of Specialization:
✦ Sex therapy for individuals and couples/polycules (intimacy issues, mismatched desire, sexual pain and dysfunction, kink/fetish/BDSM, sexuality exploration, sexual performance anxiety, pelvic floor dysfunction, etc.) ✦ Relationship therapy for individuals and couples/polycules (conflicts, communication, infidelity, life transitions as a family, navigating opening up/poly/consensual non-monogamy, disconnection, etc.) ✦ Trauma (complex/relational, physical, sexual, intergenerational, racial, activism, etc.), attachment wounds (e.g. mother's wound), issues with family of origin, grief and loss ✦ Marginalized experiences and identity exploration (racial, gender, cultural, etc.) ✦ Challenges with cross-cultural/between-culture experiences ✦ Body image issues, disordered eating, eating disorders
Offers Telepractice Options:
Yes
Philosophy:
An LGBTQ+ & BIPOC/AAPI-celebrating, neurodiversity-affirming, body-trust, pleasure-positive, kink-informed, and poly-friendly practice for individuals and couples/polycules. Culturally responsive in-depth therapy on sex, trauma, gender, relationship and body image issues. My work is informed both by my professional training and my lived experience as an Asian queer immigrant/diaspora. My inherent inclination has always been to support people who often find themselves excluded by racism, sexism, xenophobia, heteronormativity, fatphobia, ableism, ageism, or other dominant cultural norms. As a result, I am drawn toward non-pathologizing strength-based perspectives. My clinical philosophy emphasizes empowering the marginalized and hearing the unheard through an anti-oppressive multicultural feminist lens.
Other Information:
Dually licensed in California and China, and trained across Europe, North America, and Asia, I am privileged to be one of the few psychotherapists with extensive educational and clinical experience in both the West and the East. As a multi-specialized therapist, I bring you a unique integrative approach weaving together inner child/parts work (Internal Family System), body-oriented (somatic attachment therapy, sensorimotor psychotherapy), and brain-based (EMDR) interventions, with a trauma-informed focus on attachment and relational dynamics (Emotionally Focused Therapy, Couples Developmental Model, Intimacy From The Inside Out). I've received specialized training in Sex Therapy as well as Gender Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) therapy.