For referring professionals

A clear next step for the person you are trying to help.

Concise referral information for primary-care clinicians, psychiatrists, Stanford and community providers, and fellow therapists seeking depth-oriented individual or couples therapy in Palo Alto.

Who may be a good fit

Adults and couples who are functioning outwardly while struggling privately, and who want therapy that makes room for meaning, relationship, and present-moment experience.

  • Anxiety, high-functioning depression, burnout, grief, or life transition
  • Relational trauma and longstanding protective patterns
  • Men who have difficulty accessing or expressing inner experience
  • Engineers, technical leaders, researchers, and founders
  • Stanford students and postdocs seeking ongoing community care
  • Couples caught in recurring conflict, distance, or transition

When another referral may fit better

This practice is outpatient psychotherapy and is not emergency, crisis, detoxification, intensive outpatient, or psychiatric medication care.

I do not market my work as EMDR, Prolonged Exposure, Cognitive Processing Therapy, DBT, eating-disorder specialty care, or substance-use treatment. When a structured specialty service is the clearer fit, an accurate referral is more useful than stretching the scope of the practice.

For immediate danger or inability to stay safe, use 911, 988, or the nearest emergency department.

Location667 Lytton Ave, Suite #9, downtown Palo Alto
FormatIn person in Palo Alto or telehealth for clients located in California
Sessions50 minutes, typically weekly; some early-morning and evening availability
InsuranceAetna and Wellfleet; superbills for other PPO plans. Benefits and network status should be verified.
CredentialShawn Walters, Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT #138642
SupervisionChristina Miller-Martinez, LMFT #105663; employed by A Good Place Therapy
Referral process

Simple, direct, and privacy-conscious.

1

Share the website or consultation link

The prospective client can review the approach and request a free fifteen-minute consultation directly. No clinical history is needed in the first message.

2

Let the prospective client initiate contact

This preserves choice and avoids transmitting protected information through ordinary email or a website form.

3

Coordinate only with written authorization

If care coordination would help, it can occur after the client signs an appropriate release and the communication method is agreed upon.

Please do not send clinical details through the website. The contact form is for scheduling and basic fit questions, not records, diagnoses, histories, or urgent concerns.

Have a referral-fit question?

You can share this page directly, invite the prospective client to request a consultation, or contact the practice with a general question that does not identify a patient.

Contact the practiceReview credentials