About NOELLE

Noelle Braddock, MA, AMFT, APCC
Registered Associate Marriage & Family Therapist #108841
Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor #5562
Supervised by: Gieve Patel, LMFT #47196

It feels like a great honor to be trusted to witness others in their process. To be with them in their vulnerability, their grief, their power, their suffering, their immense resilience. I am so deeply grateful for this work: for the ways it allows me to show up as myself, for the intimacy and connection, for the humility, for the ways it offers proof again and again of the possibility — or rather, the inevitability — of change and growth. The partnership therapy that I offer is depth-oriented and strongly rooted in Gestalt, somatic, and mindfulness-based modalities, as well as intersectional feminism and attachment theory. It is trauma-informed and client-centered. For those that are interested, I also enjoy using intuition, creativity, and the imaginal realms (imagery, visualization, experiential exercises, art, dreamwork, etc.) to support our explorations.

I’m sex-positive, queer, kink friendly and welcoming of all LGBTQ+ & gender-expansive individuals of all ethnic and racial identities and positionalities. If we end up working together, you will likely share a lot about you. So here’s a little bit about me: I’m a white (French, British, and German heritage), queer, cis-woman from a middle-class background who is able-bodied (with some lived experience of chronic illness). I’m often dreamy, sensitive, irritable, passionate, anxious, patient, funny.

I love humor, music, sour gummy worms, Rihanna, poetry, shoes, crying, and books. I’m passionate about social justice and art. I grew up in a coastal town so the ocean feels like home. I startle easily. I love singing and songwriting. Some of the big themes I’ve grappled with during this lifetime are: grief & loss; sex, sexuality & sensuality; sexual orientation; gender; monogamy & ethical non-monogamy; body image & eating disorders; my relationship to pleasure, freedom, containment & safety; depression; anxiety; co-dependence & attachment; addiction & relationships with family members struggling with addiction; sexual trauma; perfection; disconnection from creativity; betrayal, infidelity & trust; suicidality.

As I see it, my work as a therapist is to be deeply present in my own process: To take care of myself. To come to intimately know my experiences of themes clients may bring to therapy. To discern where I end and others begin. To continuously do my work of exploring what is evoked for me in contact with my clients. To examine my positionality. To own what is mine so that it doesn’t interfere with my holding of another. To remain curious about others’ experiences. To always respect my clients’ authority of their experience.

Specializations:

I offer counseling partners experiencing a broad range of life challenges. And, I have extensive experience in supporting folks as they navigate the following content areas:

● Grief & loss

● Couples / Partnership Therapy

● Infidelity, betrayal, & trust repair

● Identity exploration as individuals and partners

● Sexual orientation, sexuality, and sensuality and Sex Therapy

● Creativity

● Trauma and impact on relationships and intimacy

● Systems & lived experiences of oppression

● Communication skills and deepening intimacy and connection

● Co-dependence & other attachment styles

● Anxiety & fear

● Depression & dampened energy/aliveness

● Existential crisis/es

● Perfectionism and learning to accept and love oneself

● Addiction/distressing relationships with substances

MODALITIES

• Gestalt Therapy

• Partnership Therapy

• Sex Therapy

• LGBTQ+ Therapy

• Intersectional Feminism

• Somatic Therapy

• Non-Violent Communication

• Attachment Theory

• Mindfulness

• Trauma-Informed Approach

• Client-Centered Approach

I studied psychology and sociology for my undergraduate degree at Georgetown University. I then went on to work in consumer research at a television network, before realizing that my spirit felt ill-suited for the corporate world. It was then that I took the leap, moving from the east coast out to California to pursue my dream of becoming a therapist.

I completed my degree in Integral Counseling Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies.. I am trained in the Gottman Method of Couples Therapy.

Office Location:

315 Sanchez Street (16th & Sanchez) San Francisco, CA 94114