Meaningful Change through Embodied Depth Psychotherapy
Connect to deeper parts of yourself when familiar ways of coping no longer feel sufficient
Dr. Scott Gordon • Clinical Psychologist
In-Person psychotherapy in Berkeley, California.
Virtual services available statewide.
Your Inner Experience is Asking for Attention
On the outside, life may look functional, even successful. Internally, you’re sensing the disconnect, feeling numb, tense, maybe quietly overwhelmed. You’re getting through the days, but are you really inhabiting them?
Many people arrive in my space during periods of strain or transition, when familiar ways of coping no longer work. Anxiety, low mood, or a sense of disconnection begins to shape daily life.
Often, it’s not a single crisis, but a growing awareness that your internal self desires attention and care. We are not here to push through and find quick fixes.
This work of embodied depth psychotherapy is for people seeking to make sense of their experience and deeply explore the identity that is taking shape through discovery and integration.
If you recognize yourself here, there is space to start a conversation.
What Brings People Here
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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
When you're seeking a different perspective on longstanding patterns
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Somatic Therapy & Hakomi-Informed Work
When experience feels held more in the body than in words.
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Relationships & Couples Therapy
When patterns, conflict, or disconnection make it difficult to feel close
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Identity, Belonging & Self-Understanding
When questions of culture, gender, or sexuality ask for deeper exploration
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Life Transitions
When change creates uncertainty or questions about what comes next
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Work Stress & Burnout
When professional demands begin crowding out other parts of life
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Anxiety, Depression & Disconnection
When anxiety, low mood, or disconnection begin shaping daily life
Our Process
When you're seeking a different perspective on longstanding patterns
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
When you're seeking a different perspective on longstanding patterns
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
When you're seeking a different perspective on longstanding patterns
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
When you're seeking a different perspective on longstanding patterns
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
When you're seeking a different perspective on longstanding patterns
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
When you're seeking a different perspective on longstanding patterns
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
Our Process
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Together, we outline a path forward that’s realistic, strategic, and tailored to your specific needs.
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When we deliver, it’s not just a finished product—it’s a solution you can trust, backed by real care and effort.
You’re part of the process. We keep communication open and decisions shared—no black boxes or surprises.
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What Brings People Here
People arrive in therapy for many reasons. While every person's experience is unique, my work often focuses on:
When anxiety or low mood begin shaping daily life
When professional demands begin crowding out other parts of life
When change creates uncertainty or questions about what comes next
When questions of culture, gender, or sexuality ask for deeper exploration
When patterns, conflict, or disconnection make it difficult to feel close
Ketamine
Therapy
When seeking a different perspective on longstanding patterns
When experience feels held more in the body than in words.
What Brings People Here
People arrive in therapy for many reasons. While every person's experience is unique, my work often focuses on:
Anxiety, Depression & Disconnection
When anxiety, low mood, or disconnection begin shaping daily life
Work Stress & Burnout
When professional demands begin crowding out other parts of life
Life Transitions
When change creates uncertainty or questions about what comes next
Identity, Belonging & Self-Understanding
When questions of culture, gender, or sexuality ask for deeper exploration
Relationships & Couples Therapy
When patterns, conflict, or disconnection make it difficult to feel close
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
When you're seeking a different perspective on longstanding patterns
Somatic Therapy & Hakomi-Informed Work
When experience feels held more in the body than in words.
How We’ll Approach Therapy Together
Our time together in therapy does not require performing, optimizing, or becoming someone else. Instead, embodied depth psychotherapy encourages slowing down enough to listen to thoughts, emotions, and the body.
We’ll focus on making space for what has been shaping your inner world, often outside of your awareness. Through an embodied, relational approach, therapy becomes a place to:
Notice long-standing patterns
Understand how those patterns are formed
Explore new ways of relating to yourself, others, and the world.
Change unfolds through presence, curiosity, identity and integration rather than pressure and performative behaviors.
What Brings People Here
People arrive in therapy for many reasons. While every person's experience is unique, my work often focuses on:
Anxiety, Depression & Disconnection
When anxiety, low mood, or a sense of disconnection begin shaping daily life
Work Stress & Burnout
When professional demands begin crowding out other parts of life
Life Transitions
When change creates uncertainty, disorientation, or questions about what comes next
Identity, Belonging & Self-Understanding
When questions of identity, culture, gender, sexuality, or belonging ask for deeper exploration
Relationships & Couples Therapy
When recurring patterns, conflict, or disconnection make it difficult to feel close
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
When you're seeking a different perspective on longstanding patterns and emotions
Somatic Therapy & Hakomi-Informed Work
When experience feels held more in the body than in words.