Here at the Intimacy, Sexuality & Gender Center of California, the General Public and Professional Communities will discover much information about Psychotherapy, Sex Therapy, Gender Therapy, Sexual Abuse Therapy, and Sacred Sexuality, Professional Supervision, Groups, and Workshops.
In addition to General Sex Therapy, ISGC offers a unique and specialized focuses on the LGBT, KINK and other sexual and gender minorities.
ISGC is most famous for its innovative work with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse. We are the home of the first and longest running Male Survivor Support Group on the Central Coast.
ISGC is unique, offering the first and only Professionally led Transgender Support Group that meets the WPATH Standards of Care.
We have designed a myriad of treatments and groups to meet the specific needs of every patient. We are innovative in our response by offering groups and workshops that reflect the needs of the community.
ISGC is very proud to now offer Caregivers a home. We have designed groups and workshops for their specific needs.
Stephen L. Braveman, LMFT, DST, Founder and Director, has been a leader in his field for over thirty-two years. Now, he and his partner, Wanda M. Braveman, Office Manager and Patient Advocate, have reinvented the Center, offering more groups and services to meet the needs of the community!
A Certified Diplomate of Sex Therapy, Gender and Sexual Abuse Specialist, and Tantra Educator, Stephen’s work speaks for itself. Stephen’s book, “CPR for Your Sex Life: How to Breathe Life into a Dead, Dying or Dull Sex Life” continues to teach, fascinate and enthrall readers!
Wanda, Patient Advocate and Author, offers a fresh new approach to the ISGC experience with her memoir, “White Knight, Living with Alzheimer’s Moment by Moment” and her warm counseling style!
Together, they form a team that is responsive to the community as they offer a comprehensive, new approach to your therapy needs.
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Bob and Ellie Braveman are Service Animals that work here at ISGC as emotional support dogs. Their main job is to greet patients as they enter our offices. Bob and Ellie also provide emotional support to some patients that find it very comforting to love and stroke our them during their therapy sessions with Stephen. Mostly you can find them sleeping, curled up lovingly together.