Adoption Therapists in 91301

If you are considering therapy, you have taken the first step toward making a positive change. It takes courage to seek support and talking with someone can help. When we experience painful events, feel our life’s plan has been taken out of our control, and experience disconnect in our relationships, we can feel hopeless, alone and lost. I believe that, through life’s challenges, we can learn how truly strong we are.

I am passionate about providing the highest quality assessment services for children and adults. My expertise has been cultivated through my assessment research studies, training, and treatment of disabilities and psychological conditions. My assessment services include neuropsychological, psycho-educational, and psychological testing. I also conduct med-legal, immigration, adoption, and forensic examinations. Treatment includes parenting support and ADHD/LD treatment. I guide individuals in building functional skills to cope with challenges that interfere with effective functioning. ADHD therapy provides support, structure, feedback, and the development of skills to increase self-awareness, independence, improve concentration, time-management, planning and organization skills.

Welcome to my practice! Deciding to seek psychotherapy is a significant step, and I commend your courage in taking it. My practice welcomes a diverse clientele, including adults, couples, families, and individuals of all ages, from children to teens. I am here to support you through challenges such as anxiety, interpersonal conflicts, depression, grief, trauma, adoption/foster care issues, or significant life changes. I ensure a culturally sensitive, adaptable approach, tailoring my methods to each client. Fluent in Armenian and Farsi, I provide a compassionate, non-judgmental, and safe environment for healing and growth.

I provide individual therapy to adults and treat a number of mental health issues using evidence-based practices including cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness-based therapy. My treatment specializations include anxiety and depression; life transitions; anger management; stress management; work and career issues; bereavement and grief; health issues; and LGBTQ+ issues.

Does anxiety keep you awake at night? Do you worry about what you should or shouldn't eat? Do you feel guilty over your food choices and feel the need to compensate by exercise, restriction or purging? Do you like the person you see in the mirror? Together we will explore your need to focus on food choices, calories, exercise and weight. There are many reasons that contribute to your emotional struggle that have nothing to do with food or how you look in the mirror. I will help you to discover the root of your anxiety and emotional pain so that you can learn to love and accept yourself as worthwhile and perfectly imperfect.

Life isn’t always easy. Whether you struggle with anxiety, depression, addiction or loneliness, you should know that there's hope for a better tomorrow. I specialize in helping married and unmarried partners and work with those going through or recovering from divorce. I am a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional and a Certified Addictions-Informed Mental Health Professional and have Gottman Relationship training. I can help you with the skills and tools you need to communicate effectively, solve your relationship problems, restore and strengthen relationships, heal the hurts, and experience the satisfaction you desire.

If you're looking for a therapist, I offer a complementary phone consult. If I don't think I can help, I can send you in the right direction. You may have concerns about your relationships, your career direction, present and future goals. You may be noticing repeating patterns that aren’t serving you and realize those patterns are hard to change. The patterns we repeat may come from past relationships and past traumas. I think I can help you gain some freedom from the past. Give me a call and we can see if we're a good match.

Welcome! Lets embark together on your journey to live authentically. I believe that the connection between therapist & client is the most powerful tool for change & healing. I work with kids, teens, adults, couples, & groups with a wide range of issues. These include but are not limited to: depression, anxiety, grief, identity issues, relationship issues, mood disorders, & chronic medical conditions. I also run various therapy groups! Therapy can be a safe, unbiased & supportive place to gain insight, process emotions, & to learn practical skills to handle life's challenges.

At Canyon Creek Counseling, we have extensive experience in working with individuals that are struggling with depression, anxiety, attachment trauma, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, substance abuse, physical and emotional abuse, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, body dysmorphia, self-esteem and body image issues, self-harm, and suicidal ideation.

I am often asked, "What kind of patients do you see in your practice?" "People just like you and me", I respond. The one thing that they all have in common is their desire to connect, to be heard, to express themselves without being concerned about saying too much or too little.

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step" -Lao Tzu. During this unprecedented time of uncertainty, change, & loss, many of us are struggling in different ways. Acknowledging your challenges & seeking help are the first steps in healing. At Diagnostic & Counseling Center, we have a diverse group of clinicians to offer support to individuals, couples, & families. We believe that each person possesses special strengths, & we strive to build upon these to facilitate growth. During therapy, we encourage clients to engage in self-exploration & provide tools to help individuals lead healthy, fulfilling lives.

I work with children and adolescents, and their families. The issues addressed include divorce, death of a parent or sibling, chronic illness, learning or behavioral challenges, physical, sexual or emotional abuse, school refusal, social phobia, anxiety, depression, self harming behaviors, bullying and peer conflicts, step-families, and identity struggles. Many of my interventions involve experiential activities with a gestalt orientation. I have been trained for many years by Violet Oaklander, and I offer trainings internationally in her theoretical model created specifically for working with children and their families.

We believe every person is unique and therefore needs an individually-tailored therapy approach. The philosophy of our practice is to help individuals overcome the challenges that confront them in order to achieve psychological, emotional & mental well-being.

Whether you are looking for a therapist because of recent difficulties or challenges that started years ago, you will find that I offer a rare combination of rigorous training with a down-to-earth style to help you achieve your goals. As an established professor and author in the field, I am well-versed in the latest research to ensure your problems are resolved as efficiently as possible using the most effective methods available. If you have had difficulty connecting with past therapists or are concerned that I might act like therapists in the movies, I believe you will find my style refreshingly more relatable.

Do you want to be happier and feel less anxiety and have more clarity. We all get challenged by accepting where we are with our problems. It's hard to be mindful about facing our issues. I can help you embrace that part that you are running from & if you can practice tools--you can start living the Way of Positive Psychology and you will heal & start to feel better. You really can do this. You really can heal. I haven't always felt as Anchored & Happy as I am now--for 25 years-I studied practiced & would be honored to teach you.

My practice is devoted to working with adults, adolescents and couples to help them deal with difficulties in their relationships and in their personal lives. I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist, and I am continually honored and intrigued by being able to help people in their lives. I received my degrees (Summa Cum Laude) from Washington University, and my doctorate in Psychology is from CSPP. In addition to my years of work in private practice, my experience includes years of intensive supervised client counseling, and now I am a supervisor at a well established clinic, in addition to my practice.

My ideal client is teens, young adults, women and parent coaching . I help teens learn tools for anxiety and young adult's with transitions. Women / moms trying to find themselves and build better self care . Parents also need more support with developmental stages of their children. I am practicing telehealth-health only.

I have been in practice since 1978 working with teens to seniors on a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, family/ relationship problems, harmful behaviors or feelings of emptiness or meaninglessness in their lives. Whether these emotional struggles have been throughout one's life, or the result of a life changing experience such as a divorce, death, illness or the transition of aging, everyone’s journey is unique. I work with each client in the way that best suits their personality and their individual needs.I believe Therapy is the opportunity to explore, learn and heal.

When it comes to mental illness, treatment and outlook can feel daunting. My therapeutic approach is developed on an individual basis with an emphasis on reshaping personality organization in order to create long-lasting change. I truly enjoy assisting my patients in defeating their symptoms and regaining control of their lives. I have experience working with an array of individuals, ranging from young children to adults suffering from a multitude of mental health issues. Aside from my private practice, I work as a group therapist in an intensive outpatient program with individuals just released from emergency psychiatric care.