Therapy in San Francisco · Online in CA & ID

All of you is welcome here.

Individual and couples therapy for BIPOC, queer, and gender-expansive folx in San Francisco.

Online throughout California and Idaho.

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Psychodynamic

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Attachment-Based

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Emotionally Focused

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BIPOC

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Queer

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Gender-Affirming

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In-Person in San Francisco

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Online in CA & ID

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Individual & Couples Therapy

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Psychodynamic · Attachment-Based · Emotionally Focused · BIPOC · Queer · Gender-Affirming · In-Person in San Francisco · Online in CA & ID · Individual & Couples Therapy ·

The weight you've been carrying

Most spaces weren’t built for you.

You've been carrying this a long time — and most of the spaces meant to help didn't look like you, talk like you, or get what it costs you to walk through the door.

You're the one who holds it together. But underneath that, you're living in survival — the overthinking, the way you go numb when you can't make sense of what you're feeling. You people-please. You look to everyone else before you trust yourself. You make yourself smaller because somewhere along the way, you learned that was safer.

Maybe you've tried therapy before and all it did was manage your symptoms — or you spent half the session educating your therapist on your identity instead of doing your actual work.

Or maybe there's a part of you that quietly wonders if something is wrong with you. Because you feel deeply and see things others don't. You've never quite fit into the spaces around you, or you've had to shape yourself to survive in them. You might have been told you're "too much," too sensitive, too emotional — or you've learned to believe that on your own.

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a different kind of practice

You don’t have to translate yourself here.

Inward Roots Collective is a Black, queer, and gender‑affirming therapy practice built specifically for the people who are usually an afterthought in these spaces. As a non‑binary, transgender, queer therapist, Key understands how vital it is to have a space where you don’t have to explain or defend who you are. We don't push change. Instead, we slowly help you build enough safety to actually be with your emotions — not just manage them.

how to get started

Three steps to finding your ground.

o1 · Send us a message

Tell us a little about what's going on. There's no perfect thing to say. Just start where you are.

o2 · Free Consultation

We'll set up a free consultation so you can feel us out and see if this is your space. No pressure, no commitment.

03 · We Begin, at your pace

Weekly sessions, in-person in San Francisco or online anywhere in California. At the pace that works for you.

what we offer

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Services

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What We Offer

Services

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For individuals

Individual Therapy

Psychodynamic and attachment-based.

Weekly 50-min sessions. For anxiety, emotional overwhelm/regulation, self-doubt, attachment wounds, and the relational patterns you can’t seem to shake.

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For relationships

Couples Therapy

Emotionally Focused Therapy for all relationship structures.

We work with emotions live in the room — not as homework for later.

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For organizations

Clinical Consulting

Attorneys, agencies, and criminal justice organizations.

Consultations specializing in ECM programs, justice-involved care, and behavioral health system development.

What becomes possible

What it feels like to come home to yourself.

You feel grounded in your body. You stop bracing against your own emotions and start trusting them as part of you. There’s a sense of belonging in who you are that doesn’t depend on anyone else confirming it.

You’re more open. More clear. The way you move through your relationships and your life starts to shift once something settles on the inside.

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Inward Roots Collective_Individual and couples therapy for BIPOC, queer, and gender-expansive folx_San Francisco_Idaho

All of you. Every feeling. Rooted, held, free.

Individual & Couples Therapy · San Francisco · Online in CA & ID