Individual therapy
- Anxiety, depression & grief
- Relationships & personal growth
- Meaningful change at every stage of life
LGBTQ+ affirming care
Explore individual therapySan Francisco Bay Area
Experience matters.
So does feeling
truly understood.
Psychotherapy and counseling for adults, couples & families.
Professional workshops and trainings for organizations and communities.
Throughout my 25-plus-year career in healthcare, I have worked with people across generations, cultures, identities, and life experiences. My career has taken me from leading large nonprofit organizations to the deeply personal work of private practice, giving me a unique perspective on the importance of human connection. My approach brings warmth, humor, empathy, and collaboration, creating a space where you can feel genuinely heard and understood.
I bring particular expertise in aging and dementia care, drama therapy, psychotherapy, and affirming care for the LGBTQ+ community.
ROBERT SARISON · LMFT · RDTLicensed Marriage and Family TherapistAging, Dementia & CaregivingIndividual · Couples · Family
My areas of focus
Specialized care,
centered on you.
What brings you here is where we begin. Explore support for yourself, your relationship, or your family.
Psychotherapy
Couples therapy
- Resolving recurring conflict
- Clearer communication & shared decisions
- Deeper connection & intimacy
Family therapy
- Making room for different perspectives
- Improved family communication & deeper connection
- Adjusting to changing family roles, including aging and dementia-related challenges
Additional areas of expertise
Aging, dementia & caregiving
- Navigating complex care decisions
- Adjusting to memory changes
- Shifting family and caregiving roles
Drama therapy
- Imagination & storytelling
- Using improvisation to navigate everyday life
- New perspectives and responses
Training & consultation
- Practical workshops and training on aging, dementia care, and end-of-life decision-making
- Team and leadership development using improvisation and experiential learning
The way I work
More than an
interesting conversation.
Therapy should help create meaningful change you can experience in your relationships and everyday life.
An active, collaborative approach ↗01 Understand the pattern
Notice the connections between your thoughts, emotions, actions, and relationships.
02 Try something different
Draw from CBT, DBT-informed skills, relational work, and creative approaches to practice new responses.
03 Bring it into your life
Set meaningful goals, try pragmatic strategies, and review what is helping. Adjust the work together as your needs change.
Aging, Dementia & Family Caregiving
When someone’s memory changes,
family life changes too.
Support for the person.
Support for the people
who love them.
Aging, memory loss, and caregiving can bring difficult decisions, changing roles, and grief. I bring more than 25 years of experience designing and leading memory care programs, along with practical, compassionate support for individuals and families.
Aging, memory loss & family caregiving ↗Creativity with a purpose
Sometimes a new perspective needs a different approach.
I also believe therapy can be creative, imaginative, and even playful. Drawing on my background in drama therapy and improvisation, I help people explore new perspectives, experiment with different ways of responding, and discover possibilities that may be difficult to find through conversation alone. Sometimes meaningful change begins when we give ourselves permission to imagine—and try—something different.
What drama therapy can look like ↗
Meet Rob
Experience that stays focused on you.
I’m Robert Sarison, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. My work across psychotherapy, aging services, professional education, and leadership has deepened my interest in how people adapt, connect, and change.
More about Rob ↗In conversation
A sense of the person
behind the practice.
Meet Rob through an original video from his professional work.
For professionals: training & consultation ↗Original video: “Rob Sarison.” Loading the player connects to YouTube. Watch on YouTube.
California telehealth · San Francisco Bay Area
Support for the life you’re living.
I help individuals, couples and families navigate relationships, anxiety, depression, grief and life transitions. My background in drama therapy and dementia care also informs support for caregivers and families facing memory changes. With a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area, I offer telehealth to clients physically located in California.