Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

License No: MFT 21837

337 Spruce St., Suite A
San Francisco, CA 94118

415-752-8501

Peter M. Schumacher, M.S.

Individuals · Couples · Parents/Families · Consultation

Young Adults · Adults · Adults with Children

Education: M.S. in Clinical Counseling from California State University at Hayward, 1983; B.A. in Psychology from Antioch University West at San Francisco, 1974

Experience / Training: Over 25 years clinical experience working with individuals, couples and families, including private practice since 1986 and working in community mental health settings; many years postgraduate research studying effective psychotherapy; trained in family systems, contemporary psychoanalytic theories, and somatic psychotherapy; over 15 years supervising interns and providing consultation to licensed clinicians.

Professional Interests:

  • Helping individuals successfully resolve life problems that result in depression, anxiety, frustration, worry, procrastination, and discouragement.
  • Creating a safe space to work on healing from trauma and loss.
  • Developing a wider range of self-expression, unleashing creativity, and building confidence and self-esteem.
  • Reducing insecurity, lack of confidence, and shyness.
  • Managing difficult life transitions and work-related stress.
  • Helping couples change frustrating interactions, heal from emotional pain, and create more meaningful connection.
  • Replacing painful family interaction patterns with improved communication, and developing satisfying parent/child relationships.
  • Eliminating obstacles that prevent the successful pursuit of long-sought-after creative endeavors and life goals.
  • Clinical consultation and supervision.

Professional Affiliations / Activities
Clinical Member, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Member of the Board of Trustees, San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group
Supervising Therapist, San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group Training Center and Clinic
Former Adjunct Faculty, California Institute of Integral Studies
Former Adjunct Faculty, John F. Kennedy University

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