About Us
Free Association Clinic for Existential Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Therapists
Stephen Mosblech, MA, LMFT
As a psychotherapist I’m passionate about awe, discovery and the belief that to be fundamentally heard can transform your suffering at its roots. I do this work because life is happening now, and not one second of it can ever be gotten back. My approach blends insights from Lacanian psychoanalysis with expertise gained over two-decades of deep commitment to Buddhist meditation practice. Having spent more than half of my life outside of America, I am particularly sensitive to how complex, de-centering and overwhelming relationships, career and even the most basic enjoyments can be in a foreign culture. Over the last couple of years at RAMS Child, Youth and Family Clinic I specialized in working with teens in San Francisco dealing with complex trauma. I currently serve as a Mentor for the American Psychological Association (APA), where I support the training of early stage psychoanalytic practitioners around the world. Adjacent to my work in psychoanalysis, I maintain painting, writing and photography practices where I explore the primality and mystery of the unconscious. My work is exhibited or published regularly in California, Europe and Asia. I also lead popular retreats at the intersection of art contemplation, Buddhist meditation and psychoanalytic inquiry – including at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Deer Park Institute in northern India and at recovery and holistic wellness centers.
Licensed by State of California – LMFT154069
Licensed by State of Florida (as a telehealth provider) – TPMF1660
Devon Cortright, PsyD
Licensed by State of California – PSY34409
Evan Sola, PsyD
a licensed psychologist practicing in Oakland, CA, where he offers intensive depth psychotherapy, occasionally facilitated by ketamine. He is passionate about creating a bridge between psychedelics and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. He is a contributing author on the MAPS MDMA-assisted therapy treatment manual for PTSD, and served as a therapist in MDMA clinical trials for PTSD at UCSF and Polaris Insight Center, as well as anxiety associated with life-threatening illness in Marin county. Evan serves as a supervisor and educator for several psychedelic therapy organizations in the Bay Area. His dissertation involved coding themes of transformation in combat veterans during daylong psychedelic therapy sessions, and he has served as a supervisor in several studies using MDMA-assisted therapy to treat PTSD. Dr. Sola gained his PsyD from the California Institute of Integral Studies, clinical psychology program, where he was awarded the Kranzke scholarship for psychedelic research. Before becoming a therapist, Evan had a career as a division 1 college wrestling coach at The Citadel military college in Charleston, South Carolina.
Offering sessions in person and remotely.
Licensed by State of California – PSY31172
Kevin Pinjuv, PsyD
I have an eclectic approach to therapy that integrates the client-centered philosophies of the humanistic tradition, the concrete skill based approaches of Mindfulness-based modalities, and the depth perspective of psychoanalysis. I believe that every client is unique and I make every effort to tailor individual sessions in a way that is most helpful to the person. Theories, techniques, and tools are only useful insofar as they increase the sense of wellbeing or insight for the individual. Because I don’t believe in “one-size- fits-all” therapy, I strive to maintain a flexible and receptive attitude toward each person I work with. I have had the privilege of serving a diversity of individuals from various ethnic, cultural, and sexual orientation/identity backgrounds. Prior to beginning my studies in clinical psychology, I was employed at various civil rights and nonprofit organizations on the east coast including the Human Rights Campaign and the College Success Foundation. I have a regular meditation practice and consider it to be an important part of maintaining my own personal peace of mind and helping me better connect with clients. I have a particular interest in the intersection of spirituality and psychology. I truly love my job. I feel so grateful to get to know all my clients and explore together how they can have a happier, more satisfying life.
Licensed by State of California – PSY29877
Amber Trotter, PsyD
Licensed by State of California – PSY33221
Jana Morgan, LCSW
As a psychotherapist, I use a contemporary, relational, psychodynami approach in therapy. I am also integrating somatic body experiencing, spirituality and always account for the social justice frameworks where we both as client and therapist, are embedded. Somatic approaches help to locate, feel, explore your felt-sense and your metaphors which begin to locate your living questions: issues of identity, personal growth queries, such as “how do I thrive among others, how do I psychically injury myself, how do I exist, and how do I enliven myself?” All become temporal foci for our work toward cultivating your personal balance and healing. “Clear and sweet is my soul, and clear and sweet is all that is not my soul.” (a line from poem by Walt Whitman, Song of my Soul)I have been practicing psychotherapy for over 25 yrs. My physical office is in town of Sonoma, CA. 95476. I am a trained clinician (licensed clinical social worker/LCSW) I graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Canada with a MSW in 1991. Since that time to the current – I participate in ongoing psychological, group dynamics and philosophical trainings to continue to develop both professionally and personally. (NCSPP psychoanalytic intensive study group 2024-2025, ongoing psychodrama training at the Moreno Psychodrama Institute, modern analytic group therapy at AGPA, somatic approaches such as CRM (Comprehensive Resource Method) guided visualization, yin and restorative yoga and meditation. I specialize in working with clients that initially may be looking for solutions to stressful circumstances or distressing affective states- where we concurrently work on self understanding via experiential learning toward change, sometimes mastery and always acceptance of our human conditions. I work remotely and in-person, preferring in person. For remote clients I request in-person meeting 1x/4-6 wks.
Licensed by State of California – LCSW60948
Asheley Denis, NP
I am a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) with a strong foundation in trauma-informed and person-centered care. My clinical experience spans across inpatient, outpatient, and community-based settings, working with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. I have a particular interest in supporting individuals navigating mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions. My practice is grounded in a holistic and collaborative approach, blending medication management with psychoeducation and supportive psychotherapy. I value creating a nonjudgmental space where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered in their healing journey. I currently offer virtual sessions and provide care to clients throughout California. I help individuals of all ages manage anxiety, mood disorders, and life transitions through an integrative approach that combines medication support with a deep understanding of the person behind the symptoms.
Licensed by State of California – NP95032657
Carly Stock, LPCC
Licensed by State of California – LPCC10531
Laya Jamali, LMFT
Licensed by State of California – LMFT146600
Diana Yee, PsyD
This poem by Wendell Berry describes my orientation well:
“It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.”
I have deep respect for the amazing intelligence of our body, heart, mind, and spirit. When we listen, these parts of ourselves come together and new truths appear. As someone from two cultures and a supporter of the queer community, I also pay attention to how culture and society shape us.I specialize in adults and elders with depression, anxiety, personal growth and self-esteem, religion and spirituality, and relationship issues. I can speak emotions and conversational Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese. I am offering telehealth therapy. Let’s listen together as your new song begins.
Licensed by State of California – PSY35796
Rory Cohen, LMFT
I have worked as a therapist for the past 12 years, I have worked in multiple clinics/practices. In addition to that I have been a supervisor and adjunct faculty. I specialize in anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD and autism. I believe I work best with individuals and I can work across all ages and backgrounds. I work with clients to help them understand how their actions, behaviors and beliefs are natural consequences of their relationships with themselves and internal beliefs. I utilize a lot of EMDR work as well as motivational interviewing. I work remotely, from my home. I aim to help you understand your underlying beliefs about yourself, others and the world to help identify what has led you to where you are today. From there I help identify different ways to change or accept your circumstances
Licensed by State of California – LMFT100835
Mae Conroy, LCSW
With deep listening, together we will collaborate to identify your unique therapy goals. Coming into connection with distressing symptoms, making meaning of parts of yourself and your life brings forward opportunity for growth and transformation. Individual adult clients and adolescent clients, couples and families are all welcome. Experienced social worker over thirty years, trained in somatic, body-based therapies and currently in ongoing AEDP, EMDR and Gestalt training. Clinically supervised in treatment of complex trauma and accompanying issues like anxiety, depression, substance overuse, and other signals of distress. Experienced in childhood trauma, grief and loss and Veterans issues with adults, adolescents, couples and families. This first inquiry is an important step, I want you to make a connection with the right therapist for you. I offer a 15-minute free consultation to see if we might work well together on this next part of your journey together. Sessions are available both in person at Los Altos and San Jose offices and virtually.
Licensed by State of California – LCSW128987
Clinical Supervisors
Stephen Mosblech, MA, LMFT
specializes in working with gifted and highly sensitive children, teens and adults to navigate histories of complex trauma and chart authentic, new expressions of creativity and desire. He has worked as a clinician at RAMS Child, Youth and Family Clinic, Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (SOTA) and The Clinic Without Walls, a free psychoanalytic clinic serving marginalized populations of San Francisco. He has held leadership positions as a core Editor and Editorial Board Member of the European Journal of Psychoanalysis. His psychoanalytic texts have been published in Vestigia, DIVISION/Review, Critica and the European Journal of Psychoanalysis. Recent painting and photography work around the dynamic unconscious have been exhibited at Rotterdam Photo Festival 2024,CICA Museum in South Korea and Der Greif Guest Room. He is a popular international workshop leader on topics that blend art contemplation and Buddhist awareness practices. He has taught in this capacity at: Esalen Institute in Big Sur; the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; California Institute of Integral Studies; New Life Foundation, Thailand; and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s Deer Park Institute in Northern India. He received a Scholar Award from the Psychoanalytic Division of American Psychology Association (2022-23) for his work on Freud. He is a member of the “Freud Research Group” of the International Society of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy. He is a graduate of the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), program in Integral Psychology and of Brown University (2004). Currently, he is completing training as a psychoanalyst at the Lacan School of Psychoanalysis.
Licensed by State of California – LMFT154069
Michael Guy Thompson, PhD,
received his psychoanalytic training from R. D. Laing and associates at the Philadelphia Association in London, and served as the organization’s administrator from 1973–1980. He is Personal and Supervising Analyst and Faculty Member, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, San Francisco, and previously Adjunct Professor at the California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco, and the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. He is the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and reviews, as well as six books, The Death of Desire: A Study in Psychopathology (1985), The Truth About Freud’s Technique (1994), The Ethic of Honesty (2004), The Legacy of R. D. Laing: An Appraisal of His Contemporary Relevance (Ed., 2015), The Death of Desire: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness (2017, 2nd edition), an extensively revised and expanded edition of the original, and most recently, Essays in Existential Psychoanalysis: On the Primacy of Authenticity (2024), published by Routledge. Michael is founder and director, New School for Existential Psychoanalysis, and founded Free Association, Inc. in 1988 to further the legacy of R. D. Laing. His current project is a book on the relation between love and happiness: The Heart of the Matter: Essays on the Trials and Tribulations of Love Relationships. He lives in Berkeley, California. www.mguythompson.com
James Norwood, PsyD
graduated from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) with a doctorate in clinical psychology. His dissertation focused on psychedelic therapies. James has studied existential philosophy and psychoanalysis with Michael Guy Thompson for the past seven years. He has also been a principal organizer for the Gnosis Retreat Center, a project to open an R.D. Laing style house for people experiencing extreme states in the Bay Area of California. He is currently a psychotherapist at the Berkeley Therapy Institute and the Free Association Clinic and has served as adjunct faculty at CIIS. Thus far, he has presented papers at Esalen Institute, CIIS, and other public forums on: Spirituality and Death: What Carlos Castaneda tells us about how to live with death; The Pursuit of Gnosis Retreat Center: How trying to create a home for extreme states supported authenticity; The Romantic-Tragic Vision of Happiness; Altered States and Extreme States: How psychedelics and psychosis can occasion breakdowns and breakthroughs.