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Framework Associates

At some point in life, we all experience a moment when we question whether we’re on the best path forward. Perhaps a relationship feels unfulfilling, we’re not advancing in our career the way we’d hoped, or we’re feeling unsure about a decision.

Framework Associates strives to provide affordable, accessible psychological services from exceptionally qualified therapists. Through years of specialized training, our therapists have discovered how to help you create the life you want. Together, we’ll unlock ways for you to feel happier, more balanced, and better connected to your authentic self and others.

Ryan Heapy

Flat out, my specialty is men. Throughout my years of working primarily with men, I’ve helped my clients achieve their dreams and reach their potential. I’ve helped incredibly successful men find joy, find purpose and find meaning. I’ve also helped many men navigate the path out depression, anxiety, and addiction while creating better relationships with family, friends, and partners. I pride myself on being someone my clients can completely trust, providing a place to truly be themselves without shame or judgment.

Dr. Orion Taraban

Orion specializes in men’s mental health. To that end, he helps men of all ages become the best versions of themselves. Orion’s approach to psychotherapy is direct, active, challenging, solution-focused, and time-limited. Think of it like therapeutic coaching. Sessions are practical and engaging; treatment is effective and efficient. Empathic and erudite, Orion cares deeply for his clients and strives to empower them through a collaborative sharing of insight and experience. Ultimately, he places particular emphasis on the process of self-realization in the service of individual authenticity. Call now for a free consultation.

Dr. Paul Fisher

I’m an experienced therapist, LMFT#23779, of more than thirty years. I have my own practice in San Diego, CA, and also counsel online, and teach graduate behavioral science courses virtually. I work primarily with adults, individually or as couples. I’ve led numerous support groups for men, as well as working individually with alcohol and porn addiction. I’ve also assisted men with life transitions, loss, divorce, parenting, co-parenting, self-care, anger management, and domestic violence. I assist in helping men understand themselves and to be responsible and accountable for their choices and behaviors. Men also need an awareness of what a woman needs in a healthy relationship, and I work in this area as well.

Dr. John Lee Evans

Straightforward, no nonsense approach to psychotherapy without a lot of psychobabble. Helping men deal with depression and anxiety even if they are experiencing outward success. Learning to deal with the inevitable pain and suffering of living when it is not something we normally share with those around us.

Robyn Shapiro

The stress of day-to-day life can become overwhelming and lead us to feel anxious, depressed and disconnected from ourselves and our closest relationships. It can be exhausting trying to manage work, family, friendships; only to find that we’ve neglected ourselves and our own needs.

Let’s work together. You’ll be in a safe, non-judgmental space, getting the support you need and deserve. We’ll explore new ideas and identify actionable approaches to help you better manage stress, improve your mood, self-esteem, enhance your communication skills, and build self-confidence. You’ll discover a newfound sense of empowerment, purpose, and joy.

Ready to feel happier, experience greater intimacy and connection in your life? Please schedule a free consultation.

Sam Wasfi

My focus has been to help my clients get unstuck from unhelpful behavioral patterns that are typically born out of generational trauma, and teach them ways to attend to their emotional and spiritual needs so that they are less reactive to triggers around them and more intentional with the decisions they make. This applies to couples’ work, addiction counseling, and spiritual healing.

Monet Goldman

Video game counseling is a novel approach that uses video games in counseling sessions to help closed-off clients express themselves. Video game counseling is a more immersive, artistic, and creative medium for clients to build skills and process their difficulties. I also help gamers stuck in their life to gain control over their video game habits and fulfill their other life ambitions.

Dr. Anthony Flynn

Dr. Flynn uses evidence-based models like CBT and ACT, emphasizing relationship factors and exploring systemic influences on clients’ experiences. He helps clients develop skills to meet needs and respond to stressors, including structural impediments to wellness.

His experience spans ages 17-101, including college students, unhoused people, Veterans, and LGBTQ+ communities. Since 2018, he’s practiced in various settings, including outpatient psychotherapy, inpatient health psychology, and gender-affirming care.

Dr. Flynn researches health disparities, ethics, and psychotherapy effectiveness. He enjoys travel, nature, motorcycling, and family time. Currently working under Dr. Enrique Gracian’s supervision while completing licensure.

Fabrice Paracuellos

I view therapy as being invited to explore ourselves in a welcoming way with someone with kindness who shares knowledge about how we function as humans, so we can gain an understanding for how we have functioned, what we need to thrive, and then thrive. This is self-worth and mastery. And with it comes our being more loving toward toward others and toward ourselves.

Leann Ravenel

I have been a mental health provider for nearly 20 years. I absolutely love what I do! I was trained psychoanalytically but also use a humanistic, client-centered and eclectic approach to therapy. I am a warm, caring and engaging therapist. I enjoy working with male clients and have had tremendous success in treating men with depression, anxiety and relationship issues.

Thank you.

Dr. Troy Piwowarski

I provide individual and group therapy for men in their 20s-50s who have done therapy before and are looking to go deeper.  As an individual therapist, I like to be actively involved and give feedback about what I’m noticing in the here-and-now.  This gives us a portal into understanding how you get tripped up and where you can lean into a fuller, deeper way of living. My men’s groups are long-term process groups that primarily focus on relationships between members.  Group is all about practicing direct, authentic contact and exploring your blocks to getting closer with others.

Aaron Kurtz

I’m an LCSW practicing in San Diego, California. I have a focus on Men’s issue’s and Gaming Addiction. Many of the men I’ve worked with have struggled to find mental health support that is sympathetic to their situation and understands their experience. I focus on concepts of mindfulness and use mainly CBT, DBT, and Strengths Based.

Niku (Nick) Shah

My practice can help you take stock of childhood messages you learned around toxic masculinity and heteronormativity so you can truly let go of what is no longer serving a purpose in your life. Depression, suicidal thoughts, self harming, addiction and going through tough periods in your relationships can be challenging. You don’t have to do it alone. Therapy can help you heal old relational trauma that is causing you distress, so you can be your best self at work, with friends and loved ones and in your intimate relationships.

Karen Baker

I work with individuals, couples and families to heal the obstacles to connection, with themselves and eachother, in order to live the fullest expression of their lives.

My therapeutic approach draws upon body-basded therapies and wisdom traditions as well as depth psychology. Together we will explore your life through five distinct elements: mind, body, spirit, community, and environment, with attention to both your suffering and your goals.

I am available and excited to begin helping you. Are you ready?