Individual therapy
For anxiety, low mood, grief, life transitions, and patterns you’re ready to understand and change.
Explore individual therapy ↗San Francisco Bay Area · California telehealth
Experience matters.
So does feeling
truly understood.
Psychotherapy and counseling for individuals, couples & families.
Throughout my career, I have worked with people across generations, cultures, identities, and life experiences. My approach is warm, empathic, and collaborative, creating a space where you can feel genuinely heard and understood.
ROBERT SARISON · LMFTLicensed Marriage and Family TherapistAging, Dementia & CaregivingIndividual · Couples · Family
Psychotherapy for everyday life
What brings you here
is where we begin.
You may know exactly what needs to change. Or you may simply know that something isn’t working. We’ll make sense of it together, with attention to what matters most to you.
Couples therapy
Move beyond the same argument. Work toward clearer communication, greater understanding, and a more connected relationship.
Explore couples therapy ↗Family therapy
Make room for different perspectives, address conflict, and navigate changing roles together.
Explore family therapy ↗The way I work
More than an
interesting conversation.
Therapy should help create meaningful change you can experience in your relationships and everyday life.
An active, collaborative approach ↗01 Understand the pattern
Notice the connections between your thoughts, emotions, actions, and relationships.
02 Try something different
Draw from CBT, DBT-informed skills, relational work, and creative approaches to practice new responses.
03 Bring it into your life
Set meaningful goals, try practical strategies, and review what is helping. Adjust the work together as your needs change.
Aging, Dementia & Family Caregiving
When someone’s memory changes,
family life changes too.
Support for the person.
Support for the people
who love them.
Aging, memory loss, and caregiving can bring difficult decisions, changing roles, and grief that is hard to name. As a Dementia Capable Care Specialist (DCCS), I bring extensive experience in aging and dementia care to compassionate, practical support for individuals and families.
Aging, memory loss & family caregiving ↗
Creativity with a purpose
Sometimes a new perspective needs a different approach.
I also believe therapy can be creative, imaginative, and even playful. Drawing on my background in drama therapy and improvisation, I help people explore new perspectives, experiment with different ways of responding, and discover possibilities that may be difficult to find through conversation alone. Sometimes meaningful change begins when we give ourselves permission to imagine—and try—something different.
What drama therapy can look like ↗
Meet Rob
Experience that stays focused on you.
I’m Robert Sarison, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. My work across psychotherapy, aging services, professional education, and leadership has deepened my interest in how people adapt, connect, and change.
More about Rob ↗In conversation
A sense of the person
behind the practice.
Meet Rob through an original video from his professional work.
For professionals: training & consultation ↗Original video: “Rob Sarison.” Loading the player connects to YouTube. Watch on YouTube.
California telehealth · San Francisco Bay Area
Support for the life you’re living.
I help individuals, couples and families navigate relationships, anxiety, low mood, grief and life transitions. My background in drama therapy and dementia care also informs support for caregivers and families facing memory changes. With a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area, I offer telehealth to clients physically located in California.