Psychotherapy
Serving Individuals, Teens, Families and Couples throughout Marin
Dylan Kersh
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #107259
Through authenticity and a wide range of clinical experience, I have cultivated my own unique therapeutic style that has helped many of my clients to heal and thrive. It is my mission to create an inclusive and accessible private practice where clients feel safe to open up, be vulnerable, explore themselves, and grow.
I work with individuals, teens, couples, and families from diverse backgrounds and sexualities. In addition, I am experienced in providing evidence-based treatments to clients with a wide variety of problems, diagnoses, and issues (see below).
What is Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy, or talk therapy, is a way to help people with a broad variety of mental illnesses and emotional difficulties. Psychotherapy can help control or eliminate troubling symptoms so a person can function better and can increase well-being and healing. Problems helped by psychotherapy include difficulties in coping with daily life, the impact of trauma, loss, and specific mental disorders, like depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance abuse.
Does Psychotherapy Work?
Research shows that most people who receive psychotherapy experience symptom relief and are better able to function in their lives. About 75 percent of people who enter psychotherapy show some benefit from it. Psychotherapy has been shown to improve emotions and behaviors and to be linked with positive changes in the brain and body. The benefits also include fewer sick days, less disability, fewer medical problems, and increased work satisfaction.
With the use of brain imaging techniques researchers have been able to see changes in the brain after a person has undergone psychotherapy. Numerous studies have identified brain changes in people with mental illness (including depression, panic disorder, PTSD and other conditions) as a result of undergoing psychotherapy.
TREATMENT ORIENTATIONS
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ISSUES
Adoption
Alcohol Abuse
Anger
Anxiety
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Career Counseling
Codependency
Coping Skills
Divorce
Drug Abuse
Dual Diagnosis
Emotional Disturbance
Family Conflict
Gambling
Grief
Internet Addiction
Life Coaching
LGBTQ issues
Marital and Premarital
Multicultural Issues
Oppositional Defiance
Peer Relationships
Relationship Issues
School Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
Sexual Addiction
Spirituality
Stress
Transgender
Trauma
Video Game Addiction
Testimonials
ANICIA WILLIAMS, MFT
Director of Outpatient Services, Alta Mira Recovery Programs
"Dylan is not only a skilled therapist, but an incredible human being with an authentic desire to help others. Due to the extraordinary amount of work he has done on himself, he has developed an abundance of compassion and understanding. Employing these strengths, I have personally witnessed a wide variety of clients heal, grow, and thrive as a result of their work with Dylan."
PATRICIA SAUNDERS, MFT
Relationship Solutions, San Rafael
"Dylan was my supervisee during his tenure at FamilyWorks. He possesses a rare combination of skill, knowledge and personal life experience that allows him to fully connect with his clients. Best of all, Dylan is authentic in his work; he is just the right balance of diplomacy and sensitivity, which allows his clients to realistically and effectively address their issues.”
BENJAMIN RUSSACK, MFT
Primary Therapist at Foundations Recovery Network
"On a personal note, I have always regarded Dylan as man of deep moral integrity and exquisite intellect. On a professional note, as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist myself, I frequently refer patients to Dylan due to my unshakable confidence in his psychological acumen and sheer, raw clinical talent. Lastly, and to be perfectly frank, the world is simply better off with a therapist like Dylan in it.”
KENNETH PERLMUTTER, PhD
Family Systems Psychologist
Founder, Family Recovery Institute
"We need more therapists like Dylan -- men who understand stuck young adults and their issues. The combination of psycho-dynamic therapy, CBT methods, and recovery tools Dylan employs is state of the art."