I am the CEO and Founder of Quest Family Therapy, the Gender Health Training Institute, and the TransFamily Alliance. At Quest Family Therapy, we provide safe, compassionate, and collaborative psychotherapy and/or coaching in an atmosphere that deepens understanding, improves communication, promotes healing for families, couples, youth, and adults who wish to make changes in their lives and relationships that are long-lasting and positive
Client Focus
Session Format: Couple, Family, Individual sessions.
Age Specialty: Adult, Children, Senior, Teen
Demographic Expertise: LGBTQ+ clients.
Languages: English
Treatment Approach
- Family Systems
Approach Description: Our approach to therapy is interactive and solution-focused. We integrate complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized experience that is tailored to each client or family's needs.
Education & Credentials
Dr. Shawn V Giammattei PhD
- Male
- License # PSY 22570
- Licensed in California
- Practicing Since 2009
Education: Bachelor of Arts: University of San Francisco
Masters and Doctorate: California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco
Advanced training in SPACE, DBT, EMDR, EFCT, IFS, Family Systems, Gottman Method, and Gender & Sexuality.
Finances
Fees
- Average Session Fee 225
- Out of Network
- Single Case Agreements with Kaiser and willing to discuss others for our gender diverse clients
Dr. Shawn V Giammattei Practice Details
Therapy Sessions
- Available In-Person in Santa Rosa, CA 95404 and San Francisco, CA 94116
- Available Online for residents of
I am a licensed clinical family psychologist specializing in LGBTQ+-affirming individual, couple, and family therapy. I run a group private practice with offices in Santa Rosa, San Francisco, and Sebastopol CA as well as Telehealth throughout California. We specialize in gender affirming care that is inclusive of families and partners across the lifespan.
As a narratively informed, socioculturally attuned, providers, we work collaboratively with clients and their families, extended family networks, friends, coworkers and community members to find solutions to the problems that are negatively impacting their lives and relationships. We use a non-pathologizing style of talk therapy and other techniques, such as EMDR, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Gottman Method, SPACE, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness approaches, and others that will most directly deal with the issues at hand. My interpersonal style is direct, curious, compassionate, calming, culturally sensitive, and respectful of personal values, belief systems, and lifestyles.
We are experienced in working with a diverse range of individuals, couples, and families, with a wide range of difficulties and have profound respect for all lifestyle choices, cultural backgrounds, and identities. We work primarily work with couples and families dealing with a wide range of problems including family conflict, parenting, couple relationship issues, sexual and gender identity exploration and experiences, anxiety, trauma, eating disorders, addictions, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and child/adolescent behavioral problems.
I am an active member of AAMFT, GAYLESTA, AFTNC, AFTA, and the APA Divisions 43, 44, and 53 and an SOC8 GEI Certified member and mentor for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health