Jay Klyman
she/he/they
AMFT
We heal in community, with each other.
I’ll be alongside you in your journey, celebrating the wins, mourning the lows, and trying to piece together the puzzle of why it’s feeling so hard right now. We might take a deep breath together and just say, wow that fucking sucks. Because it’s not always about doing something, sometimes it’s just being with the hurt and the pain and learning to believe that you’ll survive it.
I specialize in serving LGBTQIA+ folks, neurodivergent folks, and folks with chronic pain and disabilities. I also love working with parents and families of all walks of life, those struggling with substance use, and people who are new to therapy. I work with couples, individuals, polycules, and families. I have over 10 years of experience running groups and am excited to begin offering group therapy in mid-2026.
I provide pre-surgical assessments aka "letters" for gender affirming care.
I’ve worked in special education, in residential treatment for teens and adults, and in San Francisco doing clinical case management. In these various settings, I’ve honed my skills at meeting you where they are at and honoring your agency and choices.
Contact
(510) 255-5702 (text or call)
Now offering specialized consultation and training
I bring over a decade of process and skills group therapy experience in residential settings for adults and teenagers, special-ed classrooms, virtual classrooms. Get in touch to spruce up your group’s curriculum or help get your team back to basics. Group therapy is one of the most powerful forms of therapy and yet it is one that clinicians and clinical teams are often afraid of. Reach out to build the skills and confidence of your team!
Academic Papers
Micro-Ruptures Between Trans Client/Therapist Micro-Ruptures Between a Trans Client and a Therapist: Exploring Trans Cultural Humility
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Storytelling As a Modality for Working with Drug Users in Recovery in a Community Mental Health Setting
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"A Poem Is Never Finished, Simply Abandoned": Liberation psychology in a group setting for transgender and neurodivergent clients: my partner gaslights me, my partner is violent...the system gaslights me, the system is violent Read more here