“She asked my son what he wanted from these sessions before she asked me anything. He came back the following week without being told.”
Ioana P.Parent
A place for your family to sit down together, even in a hard season.
Family therapy in San Francisco for blended, divorcing and caregiving families: parents, teens and children, together or one at a time.
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
- Licensed in California
- Parents, teens and children
A therapist for the whole household.
I'm Hyunjoo Yoon, a licensed marriage and family therapist in San Francisco. I work with parents, teens and children when a family is going through a change: a new stepfamily, a separation, or the care of an aging parent.
I look at what happens between people in a family, not at who is to blame. Sessions can be the whole family, a parent on their own or a teen on their own, and I explain what stays private before anyone says a word.
“A family doesn't have to agree on what is wrong to begin. It only has to sit in the same room.”
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, California
Works with parents, teens and children
Sessions for the whole family or one person
In person in San Francisco
Families
Blended, divorcing and caregivingTeens
And their parents, together or apart
Hyunjoo Yoon
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
How I work with families.
A family is stuck in a pattern, not in one person. The work is slow enough for the youngest person in the room.
Everyone is heard
Each person, children included, gets time to say what this is like for them.
Nobody is the problem
We look at what happens between people, and try one small change at a time.
Your pace
Your clinician sets the pace with you, and you decide when to stop.
Sample reviews.
How I can help.
Each situation says who comes to a session and how long it lasts.
Blended family
A stepparent who is trying, children who did not choose this, two sets of house rules. Who comes: the couple first, then the children for some sessions. Sessions are 50 minutes for the couple and 75 when the children come.
Separation and divorce
Two households, and children in the middle of both. Who comes: one parent, each parent in turn, or a child with one parent. Sessions are 50 minutes.
Caring for an aging parent
Siblings who see the care differently, a parent who needs more each month, a teen living through it in the same house. Who comes: adult children, a parent if they wish, sometimes a teen. Sessions are 75 minutes for the family and 50 for one person.
A teen who has gone quiet
A teen who has stopped talking, and parents who do not know how to reach them. Who comes: the teen, the parents, or everyone together. Sessions are 50 minutes.
Parent sessions
A place of your own while the family is under strain. Who comes: one or both parents, without the children. Sessions are 50 minutes.
50 min
Parent or teen session75 min
Whole-family sessionUntil 7 p.m.
Monday to ThursdayIn person
At the San Francisco office
Your path forward.
Four steps, and you decide at each one whether to go on.
- 01
Step 1: A call about fit
We talk for 15 minutes about who would come and what pace feels right. It is not therapy, an evaluation or an assessment.
- 02
Step 2: A first session
A conversation, not a test. Everyone who comes says what they hope for, and we agree who comes next.
- 03
Step 3: Regular sessions
Sessions are 50 minutes for a parent or a teen and 75 for a whole family. Your clinician sets the pace with you.
- 04
Step 4: Spacing out
As things settle, we space sessions out and you decide when to stop. The door stays open.
Why Gather
Warmth first
Every visit starts with how people are, not paperwork.
Clear privacy
Teens hear what stays private before they begin.
Family patterns
We look at what happens between people, not at who is at fault.
Together or apart
Sessions can be the whole family or one person at a time.
What families say about the room.
How it feels to sit down together.
“I was braced to be told what I was doing wrong. Instead she asked what a good evening at home would look like, and we started there.”
Christina V.Parent“Nobody rushed me. I was allowed to say I did not know my place in the house, and she took that seriously.”
Rizwan A.Stepparent“My daughter picked which chair to sit in and I took the other one. That small choice mattered to both of us.”
Shavonne T.Parent“She explained what stays private and what does not before my son said a word. He noticed, and so did I.”
Katja W.Parent“My sister and I disagree about our mother's care. The room was calm enough for us to say so out loud.”
Victor L.Adult child“It felt like somebody's living room, not an office. Everyone sat back a little.”
Jeanine B.Parent
Sample reviews.
Begin here.
Tell me how to reach you and when. A few words about the family are enough.
Phone(415) 555-0120
Hours
- Monday – ThursdayToday
- 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
- FridayToday
- 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Saturday and SundayToday
- Closed