Women's Therapy Center

History

The Women's Therapy Center (WTC) was originally conceived by two Berkeley clinicians, Nina Ham and Jane Loebel, in 1979, specifically to create a training site that offered an alternative to existing models of teaching psychotherapy. The guiding principle was to develop a clinical training program with a focus on the unique issues relevant to the female therapist-female client dyad. Furthermore, their goal was to integrate feminist and egalitarian ideals with sound clinical theory and technique. The WTC became a non-profit corporation in 1985. WTC's roots were in its training program, but as the years passed, our client services became central to becoming a community-based organization. Accordingly, our Women's Clinic, Couples' Clinic, and Adolescent Girls Program are designed to provide easily accessible and affordable therapy for a diverse client population in our East Bay community.

Specialties

Our therapists provide psychotherapy for adult women of all ages, ethnicities, and sexual orientations as well as adolescent girls, couples, and gender non-conforming and transgender individuals.