About Whole Health Counseling and Our Experienced and Compassionate Therapy Team
Whole Health Counseling is a team of therapists that care about you. Founded by Traci Freeman, it's her vision of a counseling center that focuses on the whole person - mind, body, career and relationships. All parts of you are welcome.
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Whether you have been in therapy before or this is your first time, you are welcome to be your authentic self. Our approach is warm and compassionate, humanistic, body-oriented, somatic, emotionally focused and relational.
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We offer telehealth and in person therapy, as long as you are a California resident.
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Contact us today to be matched with a therapist that's the right fit for you. It only takes a few minutes.
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Locations
We have two beautiful and welcoming offices in San Francisco
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2024 Divisadero Street (At California)
1734 Fillmore Street (at Post)
Telehealth therapy is also available.
OUR TEAM
Traci Freeman (she/her)
Founder and LMFT, 122329
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Supervisor
President, San Francisco Chapter of Marriage & Family Therapists
Public Speaker
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Since Traci changed careers in 2015, she has always wanted her own counseling center. She brings all of herself into this work - the entrepreneur, business woman, mother, leader and therapist. Traci is proud of her talented team of therapists and believe that we all can have a meaningful impact on people's lives.
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Traci is skilled to work with adult individuals that come to therapy for depression, relationship issues (romantic and/or family), life transitions, substance abuse, trauma, sexuality, sexual disorders, communication, raising children, rumination, low self esteem and other life challenges. She has helped hundred of couples navigate their relationship and learn many new tools. Her approaches are mainly psychodynamic, mindfulness, parts work and cognitive behavioral therapy. Understanding the WHY of who we are can lead to significant shifts in awareness and life experiences, so from a curious place she hopes to give her clients tools, skills, options and new ways of engaging with their life.
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She loves baseball and plays on a co-ed softball team, enjoys traveling, photography, hiking, live music, cycling and being active.
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University of Texas, Dallas - Psychology, BA
California Institute of Integral Studies - MA - Integral Counseling Psychology
Sex Therapy Training - AASECT
Multiple Trainings in depth trainings: Couples, Communication, Trauma Informed Therapy
Ashley Macy (she/her)
Associate Marriage and
Family Therapist, 136433
Ashley received her Masters of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology and has worked in the mental health field as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor
since 2022.
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Ashley has a breadth of knowledge and experience supporting youth and adult clients struggling with activation, dysregulation, rumination, overwhelm, lethargy, low motivation, a sense of stuckness, relational dynamics, communication challenges, obstacles impeding and affecting transitions and change disconnection, dissociation, detachment, and trauma.
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In her practice, she wholeheartedly invites and embraces curious reflection and collaborative experimentation. Through attuning to your goals and needs in therapy, she hopes to elicit a sense of grounding and balance, as well as humility, levity and ease. Her approach is relational, experiential, and client-centered.
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Ashley has experience and training in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Cognitive and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (CBT and DBT. respectively), nonviolent communication and parts work modalities.
Arabella Hester (she/her)
Arabella holds a BA from UC Berkeley and her Masters in counseling psychology from The Wright Institute. Whether working with couples or individuals, her therapeutic approach is rooted in attachment theory and integrative methods. She emphasizes the importance of feeling secure and heard within the therapy space. This involves investing time in understanding the client’s uniqueness and goals.
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Arabella highly values individuality and implements an approach that honors everyone, infusing creativity, humor, and care into her practice. As a therapist, she is engaged, authentic, and direct. She helps clients disentangle unhelpful coping strategies that may have previously served a purpose but are no longer serving them. She is naturally attuned and empathetic, using humor and authenticity to work collaboratively with clients.
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Arabella’s specialties include couples, intimate relationships, and family dynamics, sex and intimacy, LGBTQIA+, coming out, Pregnancy and Parenting, Trauma, Bi-Cultural, Depression, and Anxiety.
Maya Shemtov (she/her)
Maya earned her Masters degree in Psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, and another Masters degree in Conflict Resolution from King’s College in London. She has held professional positions at UC Berkeley and Columbia University and is fluent in three languages.
Maya works with couples, individuals, and families and specializes in relationships, depression, anxiety, cross-cultural issues, LGBTQ+ issues, and trauma.With couples and families, Maya uses the attachment-based EFCT and EFFT, with individuals, she incorporates Emotionally-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), AEDP, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and somatic therapy to help clients move from stuck places and traumatic reactions to adaptive and healing emotional expression.
Maya believes that our ability to navigate relationships is a core aspect of a full and happy life, and that we have the ability to transform our relational patterns and heal. She integrates EFT with relationship skill-building and communication strategies to help clients in relationships heal challenging patterns, rediscover intimacy, and work preventatively to set up a strong base from which to grow as a couple.
Alejandra Juarez (she/her)
Associate Marriage and
Family Therapist, 148834
Alejandra earned her M.A. in Integrative Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She also holds a master’s degree in public policy and a bachelor’s in anthropology. She identifies as a third-generation Chicana with a binational upbringing. Alejandra offers services in both English and Spanish (native speaker—México).
Alejandra believes in the power of community and self-inquiry. She brings this perspective into her work, making the relational central in how she shows up and the lens she uses. She approaches therapy collaboratively and integrally with her clients. She uses the framework and modalities of liberation psychology, decolonization/re-indigenization, somatic psychotherapy, holistic therapy, and humanistic therapy.
She works with individuals—adults, youth, and children. Her areas of focus are therapy for healers, depression, anxiety, PTSD, CPTSD, career counseling, relational issues, life transitions, parenthood, self-love/self-worth, intergenerational trauma, conflict, immigration issues, Latina experiences, systemic fatigue (racism, capitalism, patriarchy, etc.)
Annie Patyk (she/her)
Annie earned her MA in counseling psychology from Santa Clara University, and her BA from Northeastern University. She also holds a 200 hour yoga teacher certification.
Annie works with individuals and couples. Her approach is non-pathologizing, liberation oriented, and trauma-informed. While clinical labels can be helpful at times, they tend to shift shame/blame onto the individual. Annie conceptualizes presenting problems within the broader context of family, culture, society, and intergenerational legacies. Within this frame, she believes all symptoms make sense and serve a purpose.
Annie’s graduate studies were primarily focused on relational modalities (psycho dynamictherapy), but her approach is also influenced by somatic therapy and internal family systems. Regardless of jargon, Annie values the cultivation of an authentic relationship above the manualized employment of interventions or techniques. She enjoys tackling the larger questions of life and meaning-making alongside her clients.
Some of the issues Annie works with include: young adults/college students, couples,LGBTQIA+ issues, women’s issues, anxiety/chronic stress, perfectionism, depression, trauma, and life transitions.
Kendra Twenter (she/her)
APCC 14391
Kendra is passionate about creating spaces where authenticity thrives and healing begins. Originally from the Midwest, her journey has taken her across the globe to Russia before finding my home in San Francisco. With a rich educational background that includes a PhD candidacy in Sexuality Studies, an MA in Sexuality, an MA in Counseling Psychology, a BS in Athletic Training, and a certificate in Sexuality and Religion, she brings a unique and holistic perspective to therapy.
She approaches therapy with a decolonized and Afrocentric lens, integrating relational, narrative, and somatic techniques to support clients in navigating complex topics such as non-monogamy and polyamory, anxiety, kink, sexuality, gender identity, and the ongoing trauma linked to systemic oppression. Her goal is to meet you where you are, fostering a space for tears, laughter, and everything in between—because humanness is at the heart of healing.
She believes in showing up authentically so that you can do the same. Together, you can explore your experiences and work collaboratively toward growth and resilience. Whether you’re seeking support for relational dynamics or unpacking the effects of societal systems on your mental health, she is here to guide you through your journey.