Psychotherapy
and Consultation
Therapy Services
Areas of Specialization
Relationship issues can affect every aspect of your life and I enjoy working with every type of relationship. Let's work through these concerns together.
Most people who come to see me aren’t in crisis. They’re high-functioning adults who’ve hit a point where something isn’t working and they want to actually deal with it. That might be a career transition, a relationship that’s drifted, a growing sense that they’ve been living on autopilot, or just the weight of managing a demanding life without much support. I work with individual adults across a range of concerns and I don’t think there’s one right way to do therapy. I’ll work with you directly and honestly, which means I’ll tell you what I actually think rather than just reflect your own words back at you.
High-performing professionals are often the last people to ask for help. The same drive that makes you good at what you do, the ability to push through, compartmentalize, and keep functioning under pressure, can also make it easy to ignore what’s quietly building underneath. I work with people in demanding careers who are starting to notice the gap between how they look from the outside and how they actually feel. That might be burnout that hasn’t been named yet, a creeping sense that the work that used to feel meaningful no longer does, or relationships that have taken a back seat to professional obligations for long enough that they’re showing the strain. I’ve worked extensively with physicians and others in medical training, and that experience informs how I think about high-stakes professional culture more broadly. You probably don’t need me to explain why asking for help feels complicated. Let’s just get into it.
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Becoming a father changes everything: your identity, your relationships, your sense of what matters. And most men go through that transformation without anyone really asking how they’re doing. I specialize in working with dads at all stages: new fathers adjusting to life with an infant, fathers of young kids navigating the gap between the dad they wanted to be and the one they feel like they’re becoming, and men trying to stay connected to their partners and themselves while the demands keep piling up. If you’ve been putting yourself last and you’re ready to actually talk about it rather than just push through, I’m a straightforward therapist who won’t make that feel weird.
About Dr. Westheimer
Dr. Josh Westheimer grew up in Houston, Texas, where he resided through high school. He attended The Colorado College for his undergraduate studies where he majored in Spanish. After college, Dr. Westheimer went to spend several years in the San Francisco Bay Area where he worked in digital advertising around the time of the first dot com boom. He became interested in psychology and mental health while conducting research on refugee mental health with a professor of psychology in San Francisco.
other areas of specialization
Depressed Mood
Anxiety
Trauma
Chronic illness (patients and loved ones)
Bereavements, Grief/Loss
Health behavior change
Adults
Young adults