June Lin-Arlow, MFT

Psychotherapist

(She/Her)

I work with adults, couples, and families navigating the lasting effects of complex trauma — particularly those who grew up in immigrant families, cross-cultural environments, or communities where survival required disconnecting from emotional life. My approach is depth-oriented and psychoanalytically informed, with particular attention to how culture, identity, and intergenerational history shape the way we experience ourselves and our relationships.

Many of the people who find me are carrying something they've been managing for a long time: anxiety, depression, relationship patterns that keep repeating, or a sense of disconnection they can't quite name. Some are navigating cross-cultural relationships, questions of belonging, or the stress of living within marginalized communities. Others are becoming parents and finding that the experience stirs up complicated feelings about the way they were raised.

I offer individual therapy, couples therapy, and family therapy, in person in San Francisco and online throughout California. I also speak Mandarin.

HOW I WORK

My approach is grounded in psychoanalytic thinking, with attention to the body and to the ways trauma lives not just in memory but in the nervous system. I integrate somatic work and EMDR alongside depth-oriented psychotherapy — not as standalone techniques, but as tools that can help when overwhelming experiences are difficult to access through words alone.

In therapy, I pay close attention to what unfolds between me and my clients — the dynamics, the feelings, the moments of connection and disconnection. I understand these as opportunities to notice patterns that often repeat outside the room, and to explore them in a space where something different can happen.

My style is warm, direct, and unhurried. I'm interested in helping people slow down enough to feel what they're actually feeling — and to discover that what they've been carrying doesn't have to be carried alone.

WHO THIS WORK IS FOR

My work tends to resonate with people who sense that their struggles have roots in early life, family history, or cultural experience — and who want more than surface-level coping. I work with:

  • Adults dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, or relationship difficulties

  • Couples navigating conflict, distance, or the impact of different cultural backgrounds

  • Families working through intergenerational dynamics, communication breakdowns, or major transitions

  • New and expectant parents finding that parenthood activates old wounds alongside new joys

I am especially attuned to the experiences of immigrants and children of immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals and couples, people of color, and anyone navigating questions of identity, belonging, and difference.

BACKGROUND

I am the daughter of Chinese immigrants who came to the U.S. following the Cultural Revolution. I grew up in Texas, often one of few people who shared my cultural background — an experience that shaped my understanding of what it means to feel like an outsider and how that feeling reverberates through a life.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked in marketing and product management at early-stage tech startups in San Francisco. A period of personal questioning led me to meditation, personal therapy, and eventually to graduate school. I hold an MA in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, with a concentration in Community Mental Health.

I am currently completing the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, where I also serve on the DEI Steering Committee and the Learning & Reconciliation Committee. My additional training includes EMDR, the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), Child-Parent Psychotherapy, and the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy through the Ackerman Institute for the Family.

I have published in psychoanalytic literature — my paper on gentrification, cultural displacement, and sense of home won the annual writing award from the Northern California Society of Psychoanalytic Psychology.

I am also a board member of Community Forward SF, a supportive housing and mental health services organization in San Francisco.

Education and Training

License 
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #133654.

Education
​I hold an MA in Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies with a concentration in Community Mental Health, which had an emphasis on social justice, systems thinking, and liberation psychology. 

​Clinical Work Experience
I started a private practice in San Francisco in 2023. Previously, I worked with adults, families, and children at The Marina Counseling Center, Homeless Children's Network, ​The Clinic Without Walls, and Seeds of Awareness. I also worked as an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant at preschools and a domestic violence shelter in SF. 
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