"When people come to therapy, it's important to remember that they are trying to cope in the best way they can. You don't have to wait until things feel unbearable. I have been a psychotherapist for over 20 years, and have experience working with Online Gaming, Adolescents, Parenting Conflicts, Cross-cultural Therapy, Learning Disabilities, Depression, GLBT Issues, Bereavement,Anxiety and Trauma. A video is worth a thousand words, so if you go to my website you'll find two that talk about my specialty, who I am and how I work."

"We humans have an innate desire to grow and develop to our fullest. For full development, we need a secure relationship with human connection, secure attachment and a sense of belonging are core. While many of us did not experience that deep connection and secure attachment earlier in our lives due to caretakers who were not optimally available to us because of their own unmet needs, preoccupations and human frailties. I am dedicated to providing that kind of secure attachment for you NOW. Out of this secure base, you CAN become the "best that you can be.""

"Finding the right therapist can be an overwhelming process. It is a courageous step in allowing another in and building a safe relationship to facilitate change. I strive to provide a nonjudgemental supportive environment where we can work together to decrease feelings of depression, anxiety, confusion, and other uncomfortable states we can find ourselves in. I will empower and challenge you to increase self-awareness, develop insight, and learn healthy ways to cope with life's challenges. I am an active participant in the therapy process and help my patients expand perspective to reach their full potential. "

"My goal is to help people open up and discover new aspects of themselves. I believe that every person has a unique and interesting story. I work towards deconstructing problem-saturated narratives and thickening thin descriptions that lead to unhealthy thinking patterns and behaviors."

"Struggling with personality disorders can create significant obstacles in relationships with family, friends, colleagues, and intimate partners. Through committed Dialectical Behavior Therapy, I focus on calming distress, mending emotional wounds, and building serenity in order to access supportive relationships and sense of self. DBT treats chronic emotion dysregulation, ongoing and pervasive emotional experiences that are overwhelming, expansive, and cause impulsive and potentially harmful behaviors. Included with individual DBT, I offer phone coaching where my clients call me as a "coach" to get assistance in using skills out in their world - home, work, relationships, when and where skills are really needed."

"I work with clients who are creative and want to use their talent to make a difference. I also specialize in individuals and couples who have not received the necessary support, love, limits, and validation needed during childhood. I see adults who are cautious regarding a romantic commitment because they've experienced parental abuse, addiction or divorce in childhood. I'm an adoptive mother, with a specialty in adoption. I work with birth parent grief, adoptive parent child management, adoptee resolved issues, within the context of open, closed or reunion adoptions."

"I am a senior level psychologist with a wide range of professional and personal experience and interests. My parents were of Mexican heritage and I was reared in blue-collar Detroit, Michigan. Spanish was the primary language spoken in my household during my upbringing. I received my PhD in Counseling/Clinical Psychology from Michigan State University. I recently retired from the University of California, San Diego campus where I worked providing services to students and consulting with administration regarding student issues. Over the years I have immersed myself in various psychological modalities: couples therapy, hypnosis, alcohol and substance abuse."

"My approach is highly interpersonal and engaging. I don't specialize in specific diagnoses. Instead, I concentrate on understanding you and helping you understand your thoughts, feelings, motivations, desires while attempting to resolve the barriers to where you want your life to go. Please allow me to support, and guide you and your loved ones, to a life of calm & and peacefulness. ​I look forward to meeting you."

"I am a Marriage and Familty Therapist and a Psychoanalyst in private practice in both Pasadena and Beverly Hills."

"You had imagined your life unfolding in this uniquely wonderful way; having a career that fulfilled you and you were excited about, a strong and committed relationship and a great group of friends who supported you and you share exciting experiences with. Now it feels like some areas are just ok and other seem to not be working at all. It also seems like others lives are going great when you look at social media. You feel stuck. Uncertain of the next move or even how to get back to a place of feeling confident and empowered."

"Elaine Verchick, MFT ( Marriage & Family Therapist), is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Beverly Hills. She specializes in mood disorders, specifically depression. In addition, she addresses relationship and self esteem issues, parenting teenagers, adolescents and eating disorders. How we experience things today is filtered through all our early verbal and non-verbal communication. Elaine addresses the repetitive patterns of behavior and communication that interfere in all relationships."

"My goal is to heal and restore balance in individuals, families and couples who experience stress, anxiety or depression in their lives. The journey to personal change starts when we explore your emotional pain and unresolved issues in a safe and empathic environment. With our collaborative work, you will learn how to restore positive energy, live in the present moment, create loving relationships, reduce stress and have a meaningful and joyful life. Based on my studies in clinical psychology and holistic medicine, I integrate different aspects of treatment to create a path to your well-being."

"I work with a variety of clients but have worked specifically with the following issues specifically: anxiety, depression, divorce, academic stress, relationship issues, victims of domestic violence, victims of sexual abuse, sex addictions, sexual issues, body image issues, families, couples, and more. Specialty areas include sex therapy, anxiety, and women's issues."

"I have over 30 years of experience in helping people of all ages with a variety of presenting problems, including depression, anxiety, severe and chronic mental illnesses, etc. I have extensive experience in work with trauma, addictions, and adults from dysfunctional families. I also work with people who have chronic and terminal illnesses and their families, and in accepting losses of all kinds. I welcome children, adolescents, adults and families to experience the benefits of therapy."

"As a Marriage and Family therapist, I work with adults individually, expecting mothers or couples and children. I work collaboratively and listen to people's life stories. I then work with them in understanding both the positive and negative patterns they may have in their interpersonal interactions with the people that matter the most. In family therapy, children and their parents will increase mutual understanding through effective communication and age appropriate developmental interventions. With adults, our sessions may focus on providing you with strategies and guidance in a time of transition or long term counseling due to a more long lasting emotional issue."

"Making the first step to seek help or find solutions in life can be difficult. My first goal is to make you feel comfortable and trust the therapeutic relationship. Once you develop trust in me as your therapist, we can work together in finding the coping skills you need to return to functioning in day to day life. Let me help you regain control of your life. I look forward to helping you meet your goals."

"I like to work with clients who see a need for change but can't seem to do it on their own. Together we can find ways that inspire, motivate and make for change. Change can happen effortlessly at times but also there are times when we must work at it together. I will work as long & hard for my clients as they are willing to work. Then we can both rejoice in the change."

"Fuller Psychological and Family Services (FPFS) is the community mental health and training clinic of the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology (accredited by the American Psychological Association). FPFS provides therapy to individuals, couples, families, and groups, to address a variety of symptoms associated with issues including but not limited to anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma, guilt, and bereavement. Because FPFS utilizes beginning students, advanced students, and licensed clinicians, we are able to provide therapy at affordable rates. Because we are embedded within an accredited graduate school of psychology, you will receive care of the highest ethical and professional standards"

"I believe that a life well examined is a life worth living.It's important to truly know yourself, and what your strengths and limitations are. Patient focused therapy is my focus, as your needs, desires, wishes, and goals are important. I have done much work within the LGBT Community, and with couples across all orientations. Couples bring their own personal histories and experiences into the their relationships forming "unconscious contracts" with each other. I help them understand what those are between each other, in order to help them have a better understanding of why they chose each other."