Hello, I’m Sige.
In case you’re not sure how to pronounce my name, it rhymes with “prestige”. Sige is an ancient name that represents the feminine archetypes of silence and contemplation. My name is meaningful to me because it reminds me to slow down, tune in and connect with my true nature. My name also speaks to my lifelong call to empower women to know and love themselves deeply.
I am not just a therapist. I am also an artist, an edge-walker and a bridger of worlds. I am a put-together professional and a witchy, wild woman. I am called to help you wake up, live from your heart, serve others and heal the earth.
Sige Weisman, MFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #47802
Here’s how I work …
My approach is body-centered, relational and mindfulness-based. I believe that an “experience”, or a direct encounter with sensations, memories, images, thoughts and feelings, is a more powerful and lasting agent for change than cognitive “understanding” alone.
During our time together, I will turn our attention to your whole being, which includes not only your mind, where you weave stories and create meaning, but also your body, where you sense and feel, as well. My goal is to help you slow down and tune in to find your INNER WISDOM – the place from where you can get CLEAR and HONEST about what actually works for YOUR life – where you can let go of being “good” and constantly orienting around others.
Therapeutic Approaches
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Psychodynamic and Relational Psychotherapy
What happened in past relationships usually finds its way into our current relationships, including the relationship between client and therapist. Together, we will use our relationship as a vehicle to notice and transform unconscious and deeply conditioned relational patterns.
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Internal Family Systems Therapy
Developed by psychologist Richard Schwartz, IFS is based on the idea that the mind is made up of interconnected parts, each with its own unique role and perspective. IFS helps you connect with, understand and heal these wounded parts so they don’t run the show.
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Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy
Developed by Stan Tatkin, PACT combines cutting edge research from neurobiology, arousal regulation and attachment theory to help couples create a “Couple Bubble” to shift out of conflict and create a secure functioning relationship that allows for deeper and more loving connections.
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EMDR Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is powerful technology for healing psychological damage caused by traumatic events. It is clinically proven to treat emotional trauma that results from war, physical and sexual abuse, accidents, disasters, as well as events throughout one’s life that lead to symptoms like low self-esteem and performance anxiety.
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Somatic Therapy
Is a mindfulness based, body-oriented approach that draws from Eastern spiritual traditions and Western methodology. Together we’ll bring awareness to your body’s structures and habitual patterns in order to access unconscious core material, including the hidden core beliefs which shape your life, relationships, and self-image.
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California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA
Masters of Arts ~ Integral Counseling PsychologyWashington University
Saint Louis, MO
Bachelor of Arts ~ Art History & Graphic Design -
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
SF, CA ~ 2015-2017Couples Counseling Consultation
San Francisco, CA ~ 2014 – 2016 with Michael Klein, Ph.DPACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy)
Berkeley, CA ~ 2013-14 with Stan Tatkin Psy.D, MFTSoulcraft Intensive
Kings Canyon, CA ~ 2014 with Jeffrey Allen, Jade Sherer
Animas Valley InstituteWild Mind Intensive
Taos, NM ~ 2014 with Bill Plotkin, Animas Valley InstituteTrauma Resource Institute, Community Resiliency Model
Folsom, CA ~ 2014 with Elaine Miller-Karas, MSW, LCSWSafe Embrace Trauma Healing Program
Mill Valley, CA ~ 2013 with Elayne Doughty, MFTTrauma Resource Institute, Trauma Resiliency Model
San Francisco, CA ~ 2013 with Nancy Sokolow, LCSW and Jennifer Burton, MFTFundamentals of Somatic Experiencing
Sacramento, CA ~ 2012 with Brad Kramer, MFT & Cynthia Merchant, MFT, Somatic Experiencing Trauma InstituteAEDP Consultation
San Rafael, CA ~ 2012-13 with Karen Pando-Mars, MFTAEDP Essential Skills
San Rafael, CA ~ 2012 with Diana Fosha, Karen Pando-Mars, David Mars, Ron Frederick, Natasha Prenn & Eileen RussellFoundations of Facilitation
Facilitator Training for Healing Professionals
San Francisco, CA ~ 2011 with Marcia BaczynskiAccelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
AEDP Immersion: Body & Self in Relationship
Esalen Institute, CA ~ 2010 with Diana FoshaHakomi Method Experiential Couples Training
Mindful & Somatic Approaches to Assessment & Interventions
San Anselmo, CA ~ 2009 with Rob Fischer and Jon Eisman, Senior Hakomi TrainersThe Recreation of the Self Model of Human Systems (RC-S)
San Anselmo, CA ~ 2008 with Jon Eisman, Senior Hakomi TrainerRC-S Advanced Seminar
San Anselmo, CA ~ 2009 with Jon Eisman, Senior Hakomi TrainerThe Hakomi Method Professional Skills
San Anselmo, CA ~ 2006-07 with Rob Fischer, Jon Eisman, Richard Heckler, Manuella Mischke-Reeds, Scott Eaton and Julie MurphyTransforming Trauma with EMDR
Esalen Institue, Big Sur, CA ~ 2006 with Laurel Parnell, Ph.D.The Marina Counseling Center
San Francisco, CA ~ 2006-08The Integral Counseling Center
San Francisco, CA ~ 2005 with Lu Grey and Gieve PatelRegeneration After Trauma:
A Somatic Approach to Healing for Mental Health Professionals
San Francisco, CA ~ 2004 with Staci Haines & Michael Klein, Ph.D -
Certified Yoga Teacher
Kalani Oceanside Retreat
Puna, HI ~ 2002 with Senior Teacher, Cathy ElderInsight Meditation Retreats (Vipassana)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Woodacre, CA ~ 2003-Present with various teachers
Get started with Sige, today.
I offer a FREE 20 minute consultation. Let’s get acquainted and see if we are a good match to work together.