Tim Pickett

AMFT #158944

“Tim provides a warm and non-judgmental space that allows their clients full expression to show up in session. Their collaborative style leads their clients to really come into their own.”

❋Empathetic

Tim’s grounded presence provides the space you need to show up with your full expression. They move at your pace and provide support without assumptions.

❋ Culturally Responsive

Tim brings a multicultural lens to their work as a person with a diverse background of experience in intersectional queer, trans, kink, ethical nonmonogamy, neurodivergent, and disability justice communities. They have worked with people from many backgrounds and cultures, and bring a postmodern, systems-aware frame to this work.

❋ Trauma Informed

Tim’s experience working with shame, grief, and addiction shows up in session as a wide container that can hold whatever you are bringing. They welcome all parts of you that want to show up, keeping your process front-and-center. They understand that patience is key to working with complex lives and histories.

❋ Collaborative

Tim understands that you are the expert in your own life and that you are the one driving therapy with your goals, your wants, and your needs. Their stance is power-neutral, offering you the opportunity to discover how you want to arrive and show up in your life through the microcosm of therapy.

Tim is an experienced clinician, specializing in shame, complex trauma, and the intersectionality of identity factors (any of BIPOC, neurodivergent, queer, trans, kink, enm, disabled).

Below are some of their qualifications.

Masters of Counseling, Wright University

Tim completed The Wright Institute’s two-year Master of Counseling program which focused on culturally-sensitive and trauma-informed counseling within systems of oppression. In their program, they received specialized training in Solution-Focused Therapy, a collaborative, brief therapy model that believes the client is the expert in their life. 

Mindfulness and Martial Arts

Tim has taken courses in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and energy work, and has years of experience with yoga and internal martial arts training. From this experience, they bring patience, grounding, and compassionate presence.

Transpersonal Ceremony Training

Tim trained in providing ceremonies for personal and spiritual growth and healing in a transpersonal framework, welcoming participants to show up with their fullest expression of mind, body, and spirit. They have officiated wedding, healing circle, and life transition ceremonies. 

Parts Work and Somatic Training

Tim has attended multiple parts work and somatic based trainings and workshops, including Internal Family Systems, Hakomi, Relational Somatic Healing and more.

FAQ

  • I specialize in working with LGBTQ+ folks, autism and ADHD, sexual shame and trauma, grief, structural dissociation, and spiritual crisis/developmental crisis. My circle is wide, allowing you to explore your relationships, your personal patterns, and your hopes for the future all along the way.

  • I use relational and compassion-based attunement throughout our work to stay with you every step of the way. I may bring in attachment or solution-focused theory to help you inquire about any missing or incomplete experiences in your past. I may use parts work or other somatic modalities as appropriate for deeper trauma work as your system lets us know that it’s ready/time for that. 

  • I work on a pay-what-you can sliding scale model between $125-175 per individual 50-minute session. I work with individual adults and teens. I also work with couples for sliding scale between $150-200 per 50-minute session.

  • I do not. However, I'm happy to provide you with itemized receipts of sessions (aka superbills) if you are eligible for full or partial reimbursement. 

  • I can provide in-person therapy in Oakland, and primarily work virtually.

Get Started with Tim

Please reach out with any questions or to schedule a free 20-minute consultation. On this call, you’ll discuss what you’re looking for and my offerings.