Welcome

Psychotherapy in California

Thoughtful, depth-oriented online therapy for trauma, stress, emotional patterns, and meaningful change

You may look capable from the outside while privately carrying anxiety, burnout, emotional overwhelm, or a self-critical inner life that rarely lets you rest. Perhaps relationships keep becoming painful in familiar ways, or some part of you feels disconnected from your own needs, emotions, or sense of self. Therapy offers a space to slow down, understand what has shaped you, and begin creating meaningful change.

I offer trauma informed psychotherapy for adults in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout California via telehealth.

What Brings People Here

People often reach out when they are struggling with anxiety, depression, burnout, painful relationship patterns, or the lasting effects of difficult life experiences. Many have spent years being hard on themselves, carrying too much on their own, or adapting so fully to others that they have lost touch with what they themselves feel, want, or need.

Some come because something in life has become too painful or exhausting to keep carrying alone. Others come because they are beginning to recognize old patterns, such as strong self-criticism, people-pleasing, difficulty trusting, or a persistent sense of not fully feeling like themselves, and want to understand those patterns more deeply and create meaningful change.

Ways We Can Work Together

Trauma-Informed Therapy

Depth-oriented therapy for emotional patterns, trauma, relationships, chronic stress, and the deeper experiences that shape how you move through the world

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy

A therapeutic approach that can support deeper emotional processing and new perspectives when regular therapy alone has felt meaningful but not sufficient.

Psychedelic Integration Therapy

A grounded therapeutic space to reflect on psychedelic experiences and translate insights into meaningful change in everyday life.

About Dr. Iris M. Steine

In my home country of Norway, I am a fully licensed clinical psychologist with more than five years of clinical experience across public and private healthcare. I also completed a PhD and postdoctoral research focusing on the long-term impact of adverse childhood experiences, chronic stress, and trauma.

Contact Me

Reach out to book a session or to schedule a 15-minute clarification call.

You can use this contact form, or if you prefer, send an email or leave a voice message.

email: drirismsteine@gmail.com

phone number: +1 510-545-3111