Therapists in Los Angeles, CA

BIPOC - Have you experienced loss or adjusting to change? Life comes with loss and change: the death of a loved one, the loss of health, a break-up. Dealing with any loss and adjusting to major change often negatively affects us, and our emotional well-being and coping habits are sometimes compromised as a result. It is easy to fall into depression or develop anxiety if our coping is not managed and nurtured appropriately. I’m glad you are taking steps to process what change or loss means to you. As an Asian American Filipina, I provide culturally competent therapy services to those managing dual/multi cultural/BIPOC identities.

My approach is relational and strengths based. During my 25 years of practice I have supported clients confronting various forms of distress including anxiety, depression, childhood trauma and substance abuse. I have worked with families and individuals and have specific training and interest in supporting gender nonconforming adults, youth and their families.

Negar Sarshar, LMFT specializes in anxiety, helping people shift from a position of fear to one of empowerment. She provides direct feedback and guidance for people experiencing challenges with relationships and life transitions. Negar helps people strip away layers that don't feel authentic, and get in touch with the parts of themselves that may need some help coming alive. She is ever fascinated with the changes effected by the power of self-reflection & collaboration in therapy.

I strive to create a therapeutic relationship with you that enables you to progressively experience feelings of aliveness, personal authenticity and freedom through the lessening of your symptoms and conflicts. Together we will deepen your understanding of yourself through an exploration of your conscious and unconscious thoughts, feelings, relationships and fantasies as well as developmental difficulties and traumas in order to generate substantive and lasting change. For my part I facilitate this through responsive attention, actively adapting to your needs and cultivating trust with you, allowing this process to unfold.

One of the strongest choices you can make is to ask for help when you really need it. Connecting with an objective, non-judgmental person can help you from feeling stuck as you find answers to questions like: How do I deal with a complicated relationship? What is my true calling? How do I navigate my way through anxiety, stress, depression and addiction? Why do I keep making the same old choices? What do I need to do to feel better? Therapy is a profound step in creating the clarity you're seeking to lead a more stable, sustainable life.

Are you burned out on motherhood and trying to do everything right? Do you have trouble letting go of how things could or should be? Have you made parenting or life choices that seem unconventional to your family and they just don’t understand? Are you tired of pretending that everything is “fine”?

Shanoan is a Licensed Clinical Social Workers with over 10 years of experience. She is committed to equipping and empowering women to live healthy, flourishing lives. She is unique in that, she takes a holistic approach to addressing mental health issues by targeting additional areas of well-being such as: physical health, spiritual health, social-emotional health, social equity, community/social support systems, and intersectionality. She believes, true healing is all encompassing.

Damon Holzum, LCSW. I bring a fresh, passionate and compassionate approach to your concerns and engage with you as someone desiring a powerful, nurturing, and solutions focused experience. My focus is an integrative approach blending CBT, experiential, Gestalt, and narrative therapies to assist you and your significant other or family to thrive within your environment and understand your thoughts and feelings to be the best you. I engage with all genres of individuals and focus on sex-positive therapy, polyamory, alternative sexual practices and the destigmatization of all things sexual and intimate within your relationships.

Creating a safe, supportive and non-judgmental space for all who are interested in reconnecting to a sense of empowerment, fulfillment and inner peace. We'll work together to make meaningful changes to the underlying thoughts, feelings and behaviors getting in the way of the life you want to live. Sessions are uniquely designed to you based on an expertise in evidence based therapies such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, Interpersonal Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Results include feeling calmer, in control, and re-energized.

I'm Dr. Dean Leav, licensed psychologist and qualified medical evaluator (QME). I've been featured on NBC, KCAL, HLN, and other programs as an expert psychologist. I provide Evaluation Services, including (and not limited to): diagnostics (ADHD, Autism, Learning Dis.), cognitive/neuropsychological evaluations, workers' compensation (QME/AME), immigration-related evaluations, pre-adoption psychological evaluations, parenting/bonding assessments, drug & alcohol evaluations, pre-employment evaluations, and legal/forensics/criminal evaluations. These evaluations may be used to meet eligibility for certain services or accommodations.

{CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS} Do you find yourself wanting to break free from unhealthy relationship patterns? Do you have goals of improving your relationship emotionally and/or physically? Would you like to heal the wounds of past attachments? Do you feel curious about exploring your sexual identity? Are there sex specific concerns that you would like to obtain more clarity on? If the answer to any of the above questions is yes, please know that you are not alone. Even the healthiest of relationships need a check-up at times.

Loesha is a LMFT with over a decade of direct hands-on experience working in the fields of substance abuse and mental health, both as a clinician providing one on one therapy and facilitating groups, as a program manager, director and administrator. Loesha takes pride in providing excellent care for her clients by being supportive, proactive, caring and honest.

My work as a therapist is focused on accompanying individuals (14 years+) and couples through their struggles with life transitions, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and unprocessed trauma or difficult childhood experiences. Improving your quality of life is my goal. I know that feeling heard, seen, understood, and connected to someone you trust in a safe and non-judgmental space is essential for the process of healing, finding new direction and making healthy long-lasting changes.

Perhaps you are encountering roadblocks of a happier and more satisfying life. Feelings of anxiety, sadness, and dissatisfaction as well as relationship difficulties, can leave us feeling frustrated and confused. I extend my help in a safe and supportive way. Together, we can explore your experiences to create meaning and movement towards fulfillment. Our earlier life events may have influenced us to establish unhelpful patterns in how we regard ourselves and relate to others.

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who values the individuality of each patient and their needs within the context of universal human fears, existential and terrestrial. In other words, if you're tired of the old tapes in your head, we will be able to address this in session. I specialize in addressing anxiety, depression, eating disorders & relationship challenges in individual & couples therapy. I use EMDR as a modality for trauma work combined with humanistic existential psychology, DBT and mindfulness . I trust in the therapeutic process and I'm passionate about facilitating change with my clients.

Ditch Shame, Reclaim Authenticity! I help people who struggle with low self worth start to value themselves. My clients struggle like you do. Despite being great at their careers, supportive of those they love and able to handle what gets thrown at them, life is challenging. When they first come in, they are very hard on themselves, feeling helpless and even experiencing moments of self-hatred. When they take a moment to sit with themselves they often feel disappointed, ashamed and embarrassed.

After years of satisfying work as a business lawyer, I found my way to therapy through my volunteer work as a chaplain at Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail. It was through counseling individual inmates and facilitating groups in the jail that I began reaching people at a deeper level, seeing their unique qualities, and learning to appreciate the value of a strong therapeutic relationship in someone’s life. After receiving a master’s degree in clinical psychology at Antioch University, I trained at the Southern California Counseling Center, a leading nonprofit mental health agency.

Do you need guidance to help launch you into the next phase of your life? Feeling lost or unsure of how to proceed? Are you struggling with addiction or recurrent self-sabotaging patterns? I will help you determine what is holding you back from being the person you are meant to be and where your blocks are. I use a holistic method, looking at the entire person- mental, emotional, physical and spiritual and offer a variety of healing and coaching tools. Client's will be met where they are and the coaching program will be adapted to them. Whatever your situation, we can work on a plan of action, together.