Dino Di Donato, MFT

Specialties

We work with Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapies to help people take a more active role in their lives.

History

Established in 2002.

After years of training and study I wanted to create a business that would allow me to combine the best of psychotherapy with my practice of mindfulness and Soto Zen. I wanted to find a way to serve the community and its individual members throught this synthesis of Eastern and Western thought and practice. I have been able to do that through my psychotherapy practice, supervising interns and teaching at San Francisco State University.

Meet the Business Owner

Dennis aka Dino D.

Business Owner

My life started in Brooklyn, New York. After years of experience in education, political organizing, community advocacy and managing performing arts organizations I settled into my practice of psychotherapy as a life practice. I believe my experience serves my clients well. I also accept as true that counseling/​psychotherapy works on the basis of the relationship between the therapist and the clients. Virtually all outcome studies seem to point to this result. The modality of the therapist does not matter as much as their rapport with the client because the relationship requires trust and authenticity. Sometimes the magic works and sometimes it doesn’t; hence, I do not encourage reviews of my work with clients as it can violate their confidentiality and will be based entirely on subjective, emotional responses that could be the result of their perspective of our relationship in one moment of time. If issues or questions arise I encourage people to discuss them in therapy.