Community Referrals

While I am not open to taking on new clients at this time, I sympathize with the difficulties in finding a therapeutic provider that is a great fit with availability in their caseloads for new clients.

To try to limit barriers to accessing mental health services, I have compiled a list of therapeutic providers whom I trust to provide services similar to my own values and standards. All providers listed are trusted colleagues who support those within the Queer, Neurodiverse, and LGBTQIA+ Communities and offer a warm, relational approach similar to my own. Please let them know Celine referred you when you reach out so you can be given priority.

I anticipate my availability re-opening in April 2025. If you would like to be updated when I re-open, please email me here conveying your interest and I will be sure to keep you informed upon my return. In the meantime, I wish you all the best in your search for a fantastic therapist.

Sunoo Youm (they/them) Telehealth | Rate: $200

Sunoo specializes in expressive, trauma informed, person-focused therapy with AAPI diaspora and QTPOC. Sunoo’s approach to therapy is integrative, strength based, playful, casual, and conversational. Sunoo works primarily through talk therapy and with mindfulness and somatic elements woven throughout. Their goal is to step into your world and connect with you there through curiosity and empathy and to enable you on your journey towards actualization.

Ellen Ottman (she/her) Telehealth | Rate: $210 (sliding scale available)

Ellen blends somatic therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Brainspotting, and mindfulness to help clients connect to themselves more deeply and move towards a place of healing and self-compassion.

Ellen’s work is rooted in a deep understanding of trauma, sexual trauma, and the intersectionality of identities. Ellen has experience supporting a wide variety of clients, but as a queer person, she is passionate about working with other LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples/relationships.

Bayley Azevedo (she/her) Telehealth | Rate: $170 (sliding scale available)

Bayley’s goal as a therapist is to help folx feel seen, understood, and safe. She uses a relational framework to build trust and strong relationships with her clients. Bayley works primarily with LGBTQIA+ individuals and relationships navigating everything from depression, anxiety, identity exploration, work stressors, relationship challenges, communication, intimacy, etc.! My hope is to create a space where you can show up authentically as yourself, and navigate challenges while feeling seen and supported.

Michael Boykin (he/him) Telehealth | Rate: $165

Michael’s approach is psychodynamic and highly relational, blending humor, warmth, and directness. In his practice, he works to empower people — adolescents and adults — through collaborative, culturally-sensitive therapy to foster self-awareness, growth, and healing.

Michael’s main areas of focus are in Men's issues, BIPOC issues, burnout and stress, sexuality and gender, anxiety, and depression.

Amy Golsong (they/them) Oakland | Telehealth | Rate: $200 (sliding scale available with priority for QT Folks)

Amy works with youth, adults, and relationships with emphasis in working within the Queer, Trans, and Neurodivergent communities. Amy also works within generational trauma, shadow work, and perfectionism, in addition to relationships of any configuration. Amy pulls from numerous modalities, but some are: transpersonal, psychodynamic, gestalt, attachment theory, somatics and parts work.

Kel Smith (she/her) San Francisco | Telehealth | Rate: $220 (sliding scale and low fee spots available)

Kel is a somatic therapist who offers individual therapy, couples therapy, and facilitates a weekly Trans Women's Somatic Therapy Group . Her approach is active, client centered, and built on a foundation of curiosity.

Kel’s approach benefits people who are looking for support in identifying and interrupting patterns to shift impulses and find more agency in their actions and behaviors. Kel supports clients in developing greater understanding of self, anxieties, past experiences, and fears by applying curiosity to the somatic experience.

Aerin Riegelsberger (he/they) Oakland | Telehealth | Rate: $200

Aerin is an Oakland-based queer, transmasculine associate clinical social worker. He works with folks of expansive gender identities, sexual orientations, and relational practices. His specialty areas include anxiety, substance use, and gender alignment. His style incorporates somatic approaches, parts work (IFS), mindfulness, creative expression, and a harm reduction lens. 

Jackie Alvarado (she/her) Walnut Creek | Telehealth | Rate: $185

Jackie works with adolescents and adults. She works with a myriad of presenting problems such as anxiety, depression, perfectionism, co-dependency, and trauma, from a “bottom up” approach, focusing on the body and using modalities such as somatic body work, mindfulness, EMDR, IFS, Narrative therapy, Polyvagal therapy, and meeting clients where they are at.

Annie Patyk (she/her) Oakland |Telehealth | Rate: $170

Annie is an Associate Marriage & Family Therapist based in the Bay Area, dedicated to helping women reconnect with their sense of self, reclaim their inner power, and unlock their full potential.

Annie provides compassionate support for ambitious, highly sensitive people who struggle with anxiety, perfectionism, overwhelm, and imposter syndrome.