Licensed Clinical Social Worker
License No: LCS 15151
4326 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 242-9866
2917 McClure Street
Oakland, CA 94609
(415) 242-9866
jimchristrup-deleteme[at]-deleteme-sbcglobal [dot] net
Jim Christrup, MSW
Individuals · Couples ·Groups · Workshops
Adults
Education: MSW, Portland State University, 1981
Experience / Training: Twenty-five years clinical experience including private practice and community agency settings. Professional Training in Resolving Trauma, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, 2001. Professional Training in Hakomi Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Hakomi Institute of San Francisco, 1998.
Professional Interests:
- Gentle, supportive, kind, and interactive therapy.
- Helping you to explore and transform limiting beliefs and behavior patterns. Removing the blocks to living a more fulfilling life.
- Gay/lesbian/bisexual issues. Healing from negative messages received from society, church, and family. Developing a more self-affirming identity. Preferring a gay-identified therapist to increase your own comfort level in therapy.
- Adult survivors of childhood physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect which can cause problems in adult functioning and fulfillment in life.
- Healing from trauma and post-traumatic stress. Symptoms of PTSD may include intrusive thoughts or images, avoidance, hypervigilance, an overactive startle response, irritability, or outbursts of anger.
- Relationship problems such as negative communication, criticisms, unrealistic expectations, withdrawal, and feeling stuck in non-productive interactions.
- Depression. Symptoms such as having a depressed mood that you cannot shake off, decreased pleasure in life, problems functioning well in work or personal life, lack of motivation, isolation, low energy, low self-esteem, and feelings of inadequacy.
- Anxiety. This might be experienced as restlessness, being on edge, tension, worry, stress, an inability to relax, problems sleeping, excessive fear or worry, or panic attacks.
Professional Affiliations / Activities
National Association of Social Workers. NASW Qualified Clinical Social Worker & NASW Diplomate in Clinical Social Work. Gay and Lesbian Therapist’s Association (GAYLESTA).