ABOUT
Dylan Kersh
Born and raised in the Bay Area, I spent over a decade teaching middle and high school students in Oakland, Maui, and Marin County. Although I found this career rewarding, I eventually realized that my greatest asset was the ability to connect with people and inspire them to do positive things in their lives. This realization led me to go back to school to pursue my passion to become a psychotherapist.
After graduating from The Wright Institute in Berkeley with a Master’s in Counseling Psychology, I began my career at FamilyWorks in San Rafael, California. While at FamilyWorks, I worked with individuals, teens, families, and couples from a diverse spectrum of backgrounds. I found that with an open heart, a sincere desire to connect, and clinical integrity, I could affect real change in my clients’ lives.
After completing my training at FamilyWorks and becoming a licensed intern, I moved to the Mind Therapy Clinic in Corte Madera to work with individuals struggling with both severe mental illness and addiction. I also began working at A New Path Marin, a transitional program for men with substance abuse disorders which focused on recovery coaching as well as therapy. During this phase of my career, I really cultivated my talent for connecting with men and helping them to identify and deepen their emotional experience.
I then accepted a position as Program Director at Shine a Light Addiction Specialists in San Rafael. While at Shine a Light, I developed a strengths-based coaching program that teaches the tools and provides the support and motivation to help clients build the life they’ve always dreamed of. In addition, I coordinated and managed the treatment of up to 20 clients dealing with addiction and severe mental illness. I have also worked at the Muir Wood Adolescent Outpatient Program and the Foundations Recovery Network Outpatient Program in San Francisco; both are Dual Diagnosis treatment centers that focus on both addiction and mental illness.
Concurrently, I launched my private practice in San Rafael. I am trained and have specialized in the treatment of Complex Trauma using both EMDR and Internal Family Systems therapies. I also have significant experience and expertise working in Addiction and Recovery, Family Systems Therapy, as well as Depression and Anxiety Disorders. Over the last decade, I’ve also earned the reputation of having a gift for working with men. I can say that I’ve helped many middle aged men avoid a “midlife crisis” by helping them to identify, process, and communicate their feeling. Moreover, I run a Men’s Therapy Group and supervise a similar group for younder men 22-40. In addition to my work with men, I continue to work with woman of various ages and couples.
More recently, I have become more involved in supervising new clinicians. I focus on doing my best to help inspire them to trust their intuition and training to become the best version of themselves. I work with interns pro-bono at the Community Institute for Psychotherapy and as the Director of Training for the Family Recovery Institute. It’s a real pleasure and satisfaction to be able to see the next generation of therapists come into their own.
As a result of this wide range of professional experience and training, I have created a private practice that offers a unique variety of services: individual psychotherapy, trauma work, family therapy, couples, groups, and recovery coaching. In all my work, I lean into my warm and direct communication style and focus on building connection.
