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Sean Sullivan, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist
Psychotherapy, coaching, and applied psychological work grounded in presence, science, and lived experience
A personal psychology practice
Welcome. I’m Sean Sullivan, a licensed clinical psychologist based in Muir Beach, California.
In my psychotherapy and coaching practice, I work with individuals navigating stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, performance demands, and questions of meaning and direction.
My approach is collaborative, evidence-based, and grounded in contemporary psychology and neuroscience. After gaining a clear understanding of your situation, we work together to develop practical, sustainable changes aligned with your goals and values.
Therapy is not about fixing or optimizing who you are. It is about reconnecting with clarity, agency, and a deeper sense of self-trust.
In my psychotherapy and coaching practice, I work with individuals navigating stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, performance demands, and questions of meaning and direction.
My approach is collaborative, evidence-based, and grounded in contemporary psychology and neuroscience. After gaining a clear understanding of your situation, we work together to develop practical, sustainable changes aligned with your goals and values.
Therapy is not about fixing or optimizing who you are. It is about reconnecting with clarity, agency, and a deeper sense of self-trust.
Presence as a foundation
Over time, my clinical work has increasingly centered on a simple observation: regardless of what is happening in life, when attention returns fully to the present moment, people regain access to calm, perspective, choice and inner peace.
This insight led to the development of The Presence Shift® — a brief, structured practice for returning to presence in real-life moments. While Presence Shifts emerged from clinical work, they are not therapy and are offered separately from psychotherapy.
Presence is not a belief system.
It is an experience that can be returned to.
This insight led to the development of The Presence Shift® — a brief, structured practice for returning to presence in real-life moments. While Presence Shifts emerged from clinical work, they are not therapy and are offered separately from psychotherapy.
Presence is not a belief system.
It is an experience that can be returned to.
Selected professional recognition
- Brian BrunsingBend, Oregon“I’ve been shifting into presence with Dr. Sullivan and on my own for over ten years. Each of those years has been the best year of my life.”
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Dr. Sean Sullivan’s practice was first recognized as one of the Top Psychology Practices in San Francisco in 2015.