Person-centered
Unconditional positive regard, nonjudgment, and active listening — meeting people as the experts on their own lives.
San Francisco, CA
Justin White
Mental-health worker and researcher training toward Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) licensure — humanistic, acceptance-based, and identity-affirming, grounded in clinical practice and research on resilience.
How I approach the work
Evidence-informed
Grounded in research on stress, trauma, and resilience, and in acceptance-based, mindfulness-oriented practice.
Culturally responsive
Affirming care attentive to how identity and marginalization shape distress, help-seeking, and coping.
Mindful & intentional
Emotional acceptance and psychological flexibility as pathways toward resilience and meaningful change.
My approach
Healing happens in relationships.
I draw on humanistic and acceptance-based traditions: people grow best when they feel genuinely met, not corrected. My work — clinical and research alike — centers emotional acceptance, identity, and the relationships and protective factors that build resilience.
Justin White
- Humanistic / person-centered
- Acceptance-based & mindfulness
- Trauma-informed
- Biopsychosocial
- Identity-affirming
- Resilience research
Areas of focus
Clinical & counseling
Intake, individual/group/family counseling, and treatment planning in adult psychiatric residential care, under supervision.
Research
Applied research on protective factors and resilience, with a conference presentation and a manuscript in preparation.
Community & education
Peer support, community outreach, and clear, accessible communication about mental health.
Currently
Graduate student in the M.S. in Clinical Psychology program at San Francisco State University (since August 2026), a California pathway toward MFT licensure. Open to clinical and counseling roles, practicum and traineeship placements, and research positions.