Nathan Lupo, LMFT

Specialties

As a licensed therapist, I’m trained to work with people on a variety of psychological and emotional issues. My clients are most often young men and women who are experiencing dissatisfaction in life due to depression, social anxiety, or relationship issues. My goal is to help by focusing on the root of the problem, which often lies in the unconscious.

So, how does this work? As you describe to me what’s going on in your life, your thoughts, feelings and dreams, I listen for patterns. These patterns may arise in your speech, in your actions, in your ways of viewing the world and others around you. They often have something in common with an early emotional experience that, whether you realize it or not, had a profound effect on the way you view yourself and others. Change begins by understanding this effect and working through the emotional experience.

The goal of therapy is to reveal a more authentic and empowered self, one unencumbered by the limitations put upon us (and, indeed, which we put upon ourselves) by our early experiences and unconscious psychological responses. It is, at times, a difficult process, but it is immensely rewarding.

If you are feeling depressed, dissatisfied, anxious, or at an impasse in your relationship, therapy can help. You don’t have to remain stuck, and you are not alone.

History

Established in 2008.

I began my practice in 2008 under the supervision of a licensed therapist who had over 30 years of experience. I worked with him over a period of 6 years, gaining insight and deepening my understanding of human psychology, before striking out on my own in the summer of 2014.

Meet the Business Owner

Nathan L.

Business Owner

I knew as early as high school that I wanted to become a therapist. Back then, the profession appealed to me in two ways: through it, I could help people, and, because each person is unique, I would be intellectually challenged and inspired by my clients for as long as I remained in practice.

I obtained my master’s degree in psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), a small liberal arts university in the SOMA district of San Francisco. CIIS was founded on the idea of bringing together Eastern religious philosophies with Western psychological theories. I had been drawn to the basic tenets of Taoism and the writings of Carl Jung, and so the program seemed a good fit.

In graduate school, I met professors who introduced me to psychoanalytic theory, and I found there a blueprint for human psychology and psychological well-​being that made sense to me. I’ve been studying and practicing psychoanalytic therapy ever since.