Young Adults & Life Transitions

TL;DR: Finding the right therapist for your teen takes a different approach than finding one for yourself. The fit between a teen and their therapist matters more than almost any other factor, which means you need a therapist with genuine experience working with adolescents, not just one who accepts teens on their caseload. Erica Spartos, LMFT #81057, has worked with adolescents across nine San Francisco public schools and in private practice for over 20 years. Searching for

According to Erica Spartos, LMFT (CA #81057), finding a therapist in San Francisco is harder than it should be, not because good therapists don't exist, but because the process of choosing one is overwhelming and rarely explained well. The single strongest predictor of whether therapy works is not the therapist's credentials or modality. It is the quality of the relationship between you and your therapist. This post walks through exactly what to look for, what to ask in a con

According to Erica Spartos, LMFT (CA #81057), feeling lost, stuck, or behind in your 20s is one of the most common experiences of early adulthood and not a sign that something is wrong with you. The developmental task of your 20s is identity formation, and that process is genuinely hard. This post explains why your 20s are psychologically demanding, what is actually happening beneath the surface, and what helps when the feeling will not lift on its own. Why do so many people