About

My name is Paul Rubin. I am originally from Houston, Texas and have resided in the Bay Area since 2009. With my growing family, I plan to be in the Bay Area for the foreseeable future. I believe it can be a meaningful place to live, with opportunities for both personal and professional growth, as well as building community.

When I first moved to the Bay Area, I set out to become a therapist, but took a detour into the financial services industry as a financial planner. I eventually found my way back to it. I have a deep commitment to psychotherapy and to this work. My experience includes working with children and young adults on the autism spectrum, students in public schools, individuals in a homeless shelter, adults in private practice, families in a community health clinic, and older adults in long-term care. These experiences have shaped how I understand both the complexity and commonality of human experience across different settings.

Throughout these experiences, I have come to appreciate both the depth and breadth of the suffering we encounter as humans, and the importance of being with one another in those experiences. Through getting to know others in my work, I have also come to know more of myself. This can have a healing quality for everyone involved, and I have experienced this as a client as well. I continue this work with those who choose to engage in it. This ongoing process shapes how I show up and what I am able to recognize in the room.

This background shapes how I listen, what I pay attention to, and how I recognize patterns as they emerge.

In my work, I tend to stay close to what is unfolding rather than moving too quickly toward explanation or resolution. This allows aspects of your experience that are not immediately obvious to become more recognizable in the moment. Through this process, greater self-awareness can develop, along with a deeper sense of stability and choice.