363 Prague Street
San Francisco, CA 94112-2851
(415) 333-1655
Second Office:
870 Market St., Suite 1101
San Francisco, CA 94102-2920
(415) 333-1655
Individuals and Couples Therapy
Evening hours available
Adults and Adolescents
Accessible to public transportation
Preferred provider with Blue Cross
& Value Options. Some other insurance accepted
Marleen Norman
received her master's degree in social work from California State
University, San Francisco, has been licensed since 1973, and is a
Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work. She received two
years' postgraduate training in analytical psychology at the C.G. Jung
Institute, Los Angeles, where she also received training in sand play
therapy. Additional
specialized training includes
Disaster Mental Health Services (through the American Red Cross) and
advanced training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
(through the EMDR Institute). She is in private practice with adults
and adolescents in San Francisco.
Ms. Norman developed and supervised
the counseling program for a
multi-service agency for adolescents and their families (San Diego
County), and the social services component for an acute
gero-psychiatric unit within a skilled nursing facility (San
Francisco). Her experience includes adoption services, residential
treatment for adolescents, and acute psychiatric inpatient services for
adolescents and adults. She has conducted stress management workshops
and provided Critical Incident Debriefing of traumatic events in the
Bay Area. Her
areas of special interest are anxiety, depression, co-dependency,
death\and dying issues (including survivors of suicide victims),
mid-life and transition issues, stress management, survivors of
physical and sexual abuse, and performance anxiety (her undergraduate major is in
theatre).
Short and long-term therapy are
provided to individuals and couples.
Regular office hours are weekdays, noon to 7:30 p.m. Same day
appointments may be available. Both office locations are convenient to
public transportation; her Post Street office is one block from Union
Square. Phone calls are returned promptly, usually within two or three
hours. If insurance is being used, claim forms will be submitted for
you on a monthly basis.
Ms. Norman is a founding director of
the California Coalition for
Ethical Mental Health Care and served on its board for three years.
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