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Sarah is a compassionate therapist who draws from a blend of somatic, psychoanalytic, and psychodynamic principles to help individuals heal from trauma, eating disorders, creative blocks, relationship challenges, depression, anxiety, grief/loss, and life transitions. Her compassionate and direct approach, coupled with a touch of creativity, is designed to empower clients to achieve their goals and reach their full potential. Having spent years studying non-traditional healing modalities such as breathwork, energy healing, and Reiki, Sarah learned the importance of taking a holistic approach to healing.

Sona is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Doctoral Candidate striving to further her education, experience, and competency to better serve her clients. Sona’s presence in the room models a corrective and meaningful relationship with her clients which enhances trust and therapeutic connection. By modelling these corrective experiences, Sona is able to implement interventions to focus on developing insight, actionable change, healing the relationship with the self, and identity formation. Sona prefaces the importance of understanding what the therapeutic process will look like and will support you through your growth.

Therapy can be an opportunity for individuals to grow, understand themselves better and find an overall balance in life. I believe that all individuals are resilient, capable of healing, and can overcome any challenges that they may face. As a therapist, I provide my clients with a safe, supportive and nurturing environment. Through a collaborative therapeutic relationship, I will work with them to explore, challenge, and guide them to gain insight and self-awareness, and ultimately, create concrete positive changes in their lives.

Creating a vital, meaningful, and purpose-filled life while navigating an increasingly complicated and often hostile world is a tremendously difficult task. It is neither surprising, nor a failure when facing that task results in particularly painful and challenging periods in our life. As a therapist, I am always in awe of the incredible effort, strength, and abilities humans show in pursuit of building a life for themselves. My focus is on that life - its meaning, purpose, and thriving - and all of the systems, contexts, and identities that intersect with out efforts at caring for ourselves and our communities.

Nikki wants to provide a safe atmosphere for people to be heard, seen, and understood. She wants to help them heal and not feel alone. Nikki wants to promote change, help people feel good about themselves, and have an impact on society. She specializes in adults suffering from anxiety, depression, perinatal and postpartum anxiety and depression, transitions, and stress management. Nikki practices with a strong family-systems perspective that implements cognitive behavioral, narrative, solution-focused, trauma-focused, psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, and early-childhood therapies.

Finding the therapist who is the right fit for your individual challenges is essential to your growth: I engage with my clients through active listening, conversations, and with a sense of humor, providing a comfortable and collaborative space for them to work towards implementing change. In order to assist my clients in meeting their goals, I am both compassionate and straightforward in order to provide encouragement, support and direction.

We all have the capacity for healing through self-discovery, self-awareness, and community. My role is to ease clients into a journey of healing, becoming more authentic in their creative works and relationships, and challenging inner dialogue that does not serve them by finding compassion and empathy for themselves. Using a strengths-based, trauma-informed lens, I engage my clients by creating a safe space where we can collaboratively work on developing a more intimate relationship with the "inner self." I'm a warm, intuitive, empathetic, and connected therapist who can be a witness to your journey.

Struggling with anxiety? Feeling weighted down by depression? Overcome by addictions? Dealing with issues related to sexual identity? Does your child need an evaluation for school? These are issues I handle in therapy everyday. Therapy is a place to gain insight and become motivated to overcome obstacles. It is a place where you will be genuinely understood with no judgements. I am a licensed psychologist with over 10 years of experience. I am eclectic in my therapeutic technique to meet each and every client's needs. I am formally trained in Cognitive-Behavioral, Psychodynamic, and Short-Term, Solution focused therapy.

I believe each of us carries an inner healing intelligence, and that healing and growth are possible no matter what experiences have you brought to this moment. I provide a warm and compassionate space for you to develop wellbeing, offering acceptance, deep listening, and curiosity. You may be hurt by traumatic events, a difficult upbringing, or feel burdened by past or current relationships and life events. By exploring this burden, and processing stuck emotions and memories, you can gain a sense of safety, hope, inner strength, and serenity.

Pema Chodron states that the "essence of life is that it's challenging." I believe that with the right support, your difficult life experiences and challenges, whatever they may be or however they stemmed, can be overcome with time. I work with adults, adolescents, and couples through these challenging experiences. I bring empathic energy, intuition, careful consideration, humor, and challenge to the process of converting difficulty into growth. My work is driven by philosophies and therapies based in trauma-informed care, neurobiology, attachment theory, nonviolent communication, Emotion Focused Therapy, Buddhism, and EMDR.

I am passionate about helping people live the life they want, and bring my values of honesty, kindness, humor, compassion and "keeping it real" to my practice. Therapy can inspire change, create greater self-awareness and improve the quality of one's life and relationships. I provide a comfortable and collaborative environment in which you can take risks and explore different ways of thinking, feeling and being. My aim is to help you gain clarity about the underlying causes of problems, provide strategies to help you cope and empower you to trust your inner voice and live each day authentically.

Being human isn’t easy. It can be awkward, scary, beautiful, exciting, and completely bewildering. Seeking help for your humanness is brave. Therapy can provide a safe environment to challenge lifelong patterns, address old wounds and traumas, and develop a deeper understanding of yourself. It can also help undo old wiring and unhelpful narratives so that you can create better habits, communication skills, and behaviors. Through a relational, direct, and compassionate approach, I treat individuals, couples, and families who want to find more joy, create better relationships, "update their software," and live more authentically.

I am passionate about helping my clients navigate difficult emotions and find a deeper sense of self. I specialize in supporting the LGBTQIA+ community. I work with queer, lesbian, bi, and trans identifying adults and adolescents in individual, couples, and group settings where we focus on issues ranging from identity, gender exploration, sexuality, relationship issues, to resilience. With my background in the arts, I am well attuned to the unique challenges faced by creative individuals and partnerships. My clients work with me through creative blocks, financial insecurity, and other industry challenges.

CBT Los Angeles is a nationally-recognized practice specializing in evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy. All of our therapists are doctoral-level experts in CBT, many having taught and supervised at top graduate clinical psychology programs and clinical training programs around the country. Our expert therapists are deeply experienced in treating a variety of psychological problems. At CBT Los Angeles, we bridge innovation science with state-of-the-art treatment.

CBT Los Angeles in a nationally-recognized practice specializing in evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy. All of our therapists are doctoral-level experts in CBT, many having taught and supervised at top graduate clinical psychology programs and clinical training programs around the country. Our expert therapists are deeply experienced in treating a variety of psychological problems. At CBT Los Angeles, we bridge innovation science with state-of-the-art treatment.

You are not the problems you are dealing with. The fundamental belief that guides my practice as a psychotherapist is that all of us are worthy, lovable and creative beings capable of thriving and sustaining meaningful relationships. But there are times when we may lose sight of that. Perhaps you have been functioning well for years, but something has happened to upset your equilibrium or temporarily overwhelm your ability to cope. Perhaps you have been harboring feelings of inadequacy your whole life. In either instance, I can help reacquaint you with your strength and purpose, and innate worthiness.

I am a depth oriented psychotherapist with experience working with clients suffering from symptoms and behaviors that require somewhat of an unconventional approach. At times, people experience symptoms and behaviors that have a root cause in the unconscious that cannot readily be accessed with conscious intervention. I work with clients that are suffering from symptoms which can be symbolic of something greater within the psyche. For example, one can have a phobia of a particular thing only to find that the underlying cause had nothing to do with the object of which they feared.

I emphasize a more here and now approach to therapy, sometimes referred to as present-centered therapy. I focus on ways to free your mind from past problems and painful memories as well as limit your worry about negative future scenarios. This can help you live your life and relationships more fully now. We will address your concerns together in a collaborative, mutually respectful way. In my practice I work with a diverse range of clients, lifestyles, ethnicities, and careers. There is much more information about my practice and my approach on my website, which I encourage you to view.