Cultivate insight and create meaningful change in your life with You Rule Therapy (YRT)—a warm, collaborative, and affirming therapy practice based in San Francisco, CA.
We specialize in:
Inclusive, Trauma-Informed Therapy
At You Rule Therapy, we welcome clients across all gender identities, sexual orientations, and relationship structures, including kink, polyamory, and other consensual sexual expressions.
Our work is grounded in trauma-informed, culturally responsive care, creating a space where you can explore your experiences without judgment.
Would you like to change your relationship to alcohol and/or other drugs? We at You Rule Therapy help you explore your substance use from a non-dogmatic, non-judgmental Harm Reduction perspective.
Do you have sexual concerns you'd like to explore and change? We have therapists who work in various sexual realms including compulsive sexual behavior, gender identity exploration, and desire discrepancy to name a few.
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
James Baldwin
Meet Cynthia Hoffman, LMFT, CST
Over 24 years experience providing effective Individual, Couple, and Group Harm Reduction Therapy.
MFT Lic # 40736
Specializing in:
• Individual/Couple Harm Reduction Therapy for people who use substances
• Group Harm Reduction Therapy
• Sex Therapy
• Sex/Drug-Linked Behavior
• Provider Consultation
Over 24 years of experience providing effective Individual, Couple, and Group Harm Reduction Therapy.
Group Harm Reduction Therapy
Harm Reduction groups allow members to relate to others—reducing the isolation, depression, anxiety, and shame that can accompany substance misuse.
Individual & Couple Harm Reduction Therapy
Harm Reduction Therapy helps you identify effective techniques to manage drug/alcohol use and be able to identify and navigate through the feelings associated with substance use.
Sex Therapy
Sex therapy explores various aspects of sexuality and the role sexuality plays in people’s lives.
Training & Consultation
Introductory training group and ongoing consultation for mental health providers using Harm Reduction Therapy.
Bay Area Open Minds
San Francisco CAMFT
American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists
The Psychotherapist Association for Gender and Sexual Diversity
California Association of Harm Reduction Therapists
“Cynthia taught me practical ways for me to take care of myself that I will use for a very long time. And by teaching me how to manage my substance use, she also taught me how to advocate for my needs and to trust that I know how to make the decisions that are best for me.”
