Therapists in Los Angeles, CA
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Dave McGuire
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
I treat clients from a trauma informed perspective. If it is addiction issues (substance or process) anxiety, depression or other mood disorders, so much of what informs these maladies is developmental or relational trauma. Big T or shock trauma can bring on many underlying issues that have been dormant. I work with clients to carefully assess their history and treatment goals. I use CBT, Psychodynamics, EMDR and other trauma treatment modalities to effectively resolve the inner disturbance.
Kristen Gardenhire Mihara
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Anxiety and stress are making it hard to fully enjoy your life. You may feel stuck in the same looping thought patterns and feel constantly "on edge." You have difficulty remembering a time where your anxiety or stress wasn't bothering you. It may feel daunting to connect with friends and family. Your personal faith may struggle. It can feel really lonely and isolating to experience anxiety. It can feel like no one really understands you. You want to be able to enjoy your life again. You don't want to be stuck any more!
Madeline J Wolf
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, MFT
Verified
I see individual adults, couples, and families. I offer a safe environment for my patients to explore the issues most affecting their lives and relationships. Together, we will seek an understanding of sources of these issues and try to find the most effective tools to cope with them. I offer the opportunity to explore and understand one’s self better.
Samantha Schumann
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified
Life has demands which make many people feel overwhelmed, frustrated, unworthy, and/or isolated. We are often told messages on how we should handle issues, behave, look, and feel. Many times we often lose touch with who we are and stick with the negative stories of "I'm not good enough". In my practice, I bring forth a collaborative and supportive environment. I also help empower people by exploring power dynamics and shine a light on their values. I consider my work relational. I have a passion for working with diverse populations and helping individuals rewrite their life stories for a future that better reflects who they are.
Gina Porter
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, ATR
Verified
I believe therapy should be a place to process your experiences, as well as receive helpful feedback and tangible ways to help make changes in your life. My role is to be active and involved, while supporting you to figure out the personal and structural changes you can make to live the life you want. My style is empathetic, non-judgmental, creative, and direct. My intention is for my clients to not only feel heard, but understood. I will collaborate with you to support you in developing personalized goals, while also challenging you to find and utilize your strengths to heal and grow.
Jamie Siegel
Associate Clinical Social Worker, ACSW
Verified
When you struggle with an eating disorder, you may feel lonely and it can be hard to open up and trust another person. You likely have also received some conflicting messages about the way things “should” be, which can make it hard to trust yourself and your body. I am here to help you embrace the “messy” and to remind you that perfection simply doesn’t exist. I will be right here with you as we explore what truly makes you you – the person you really are when you let go of the expectations of others and connect with your own values.
Dr. Dan Szuhay
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Are you are seeking a greater sense of well-being, connection, peace within your mind and soul, answers to your problems? Are you depressed, anxious, dealing with relationship issues? You may be wondering why your thoughts and feelings are so off and causing distress, asking yourself "What is wrong with me?" There are valid reasons why you are thinking and feeling the way you are right now. I am available, and would welcome an opportunity to join you on your journey to achieve a sense of liberation. Contact me for a free consultation.
Eve Wettstein
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSG
Verified
I enjoy helping clients identify and overcome obstacles that interfere with their ability to find balance, meaning, and joy in their lives. I aim to help clients understand their strengths and struggles, values and goals, and to make mindful, healthy choices. I have specialized training in anxiety disorders, issues related to parenting and caregiving, women's issues, and age-related struggles. My work is person-centered, strengths-based, and culturally sensitive.
Justine Gordon
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified
Navigating life's challenges is never easy, but reaching out for help is a brave first step to living a more genuine and fulfilling life. I have expertise in working with individuals struggling with childhood trauma and trauma-related symptoms such as grief, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and relational conflict. I believe every client is unique and deserves to be listened to and understood in an empathetic way. I am passionate about creating a safe, kind, collaborative and judgment-free space where clients can attain new insights, experience new feelings, and find a renewed sense of physical and mental well-being.
Kimberly L Chan
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified
You are not your past. So how do you break free of reactions that are rooted in adverse events from forever ago? By working in ways that respect the brain and the body's natural recovery process. Like strengthening the in-your-body type of awareness. I help people who are ready to free themselves from triggers and unwanted behavior patterns. Working with me, you'll get to know the basic mechanics of what's happening during a dysregulating experience and how to recover. You can grow more emotionally resilient in 4-12 sessions. Then we can target and resolve recurring themes that are getting in the way of living the life you want.
Divorce Doctor
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
Verified
Do you want to save your marriage or wondering if you should stay or go? Are you staying in your marriage for all the wrong reasons? Are you getting divorced and don't know what to do? Do you need help with your children and co-parenting? Then the Divorce Doctor has a prescription for you. We help our clients have a Better Marriage, a Better Divorce and become Better Parents. Our prescription for whatever you are going through will allow you to focus on what is most important - the emotional well-being of you and your children.
Sharon Moore
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
I treat clients with a wide variety of presenting problems that impact their relationships, functioning, and personal growth. My areas of emphasis include depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD and trauma recovery, workplace stress, life and career transitions, and creative issues/artist support (I work with many entertainment professionals). We collaborate to improve "emotional granularity": the ability to synthesize and understand new emotional experiences, to comprehend and verbalize to ourselves and others the meaning, dimensions, and consequences of our emotional experiences, and to formulate useful and compensatory responses.
Marycatherine (Mc) McDonald
MA, PhD
What if the things you have been through are the very materials that you need to create exactly the life that you want? What if your failures could become the foundation for your success? What if the things you are ashamed of become the things that make it possible to have the kinds of relationships that you want? I can help you transform your life from what it is to what you want it to be - not by rejecting or denying what you have been through, but by honoring it.
Hardy Ophuls
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
I look forward to working with people interested in examining their past, present and future in hopes of finding greater meaning in, and understating of, all three of those aspects of their lives. Therapy can be scary, and is not without its risks, but I will provide a safe and non-judgmental container for the process. My passion is helping people interested in the examined life, and I bring much experience, both clinical and life experience, to this shared journey ahead.
Sherry Shirk Hoffman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PsyD
Verified
I've been guiding patients and couples toward emotional well-being for over 25 years. Kindness, compassion, and a capacity for deep listening allows for the co-creation of a secure therapeutic alliance, and an emotionally satisfying relationship. Together we'll identify interpersonal difficulties and negative emotional patterns. Building upon your unique individual history, we'll construct a coherent personal narrative that brings meaning and understanding to your life. This enriching relational process enables you to adapt to life's challenges, become emotionally resilient, and deeply connect with yourself and others.
Jesse Lainer-Vos
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Whether your concerns are specific - a relationship, work, troubling thoughts or experiences, or more abstract - feeling stuck, lonely, or misunderstood, quality therapy offers invaluable support. Therapy can help you to untangle your emotions, clarify your struggles, and better understand yourself and others.
Jennifer Salkin
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified
I treat addiction, depression, anxiety and trauma related issues. Treatment focuses on allowing you to gain insight, knowledge and power over the issues and circumstances in your life and developing new, healthy, and useful coping strategies. My ability to connect easily with clients allows us to explore your needs while being free to express yourself without judgement.
Charles Cerutti
Counselor, PhD
Verified
Are you interested in decreasing anxious feelings and improving your mood? Does thinking about issues become confusing rather than helpful? I work with individuals to slow down rapid thoughts and gain a greater sense of control. Clients are able to become more in tune with themselves through their participation inside and outside of counseling sessions. This is a mindfulness approach that taps the inner strengths of each individual to promote healing and growth. In a safe affirming environment, clients learn new perspectives on whatever has troubled them and begin to heal. Clients' input and questions are always welcome.
Catherine Brown
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
We are all human and experience the struggles of life, but having a support person and therapist in your life to be by your side during these times can make it a lot easier. I genuinely enjoy getting to know people and cherish this time with my clients. I feel energized and motivated by my conversations with clients, the emotional exchanges that take place, and learning about each other’s backgrounds. Many therapists get into this field because they can relate to a client’s experiences, and I am one of those therapists.
Jerel L. Lee
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified
My primary goal is to help you manage and succeed in life according to your own goals. At the same time, you want to be free of the emotional spaces that block self-expression. Through therapy you can safely confront and develop approaches to overcome fear. You can gain power over how you feel about your life. In life, you face tests and experience setbacks that challenge your ability to resolve difficult and longstanding issues. Your responses to these tests and setbacks reflect on your degree of self esteem, the value of personal and family relationships, and career aspirations.
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What type of mental health professional is right for me?
Some of the most common types of mental health providers in Los Angeles are psychologists, licensed counselors, therapists, psychotherapists, and licensed clinical social workers, all of whom diagnose mental health conditions and provide individualized treatment.
Services offered, education and credentials vary by type of mental health professional. Each professional in Los Angeles then may specialize in certain areas, such as depression, marriage counseling, or anxiety. Although many mental health providers are not licensed to prescribe medication, they may coordinate with a provider who can.
Both in-person and online therapy sessions are available from most psychologists.
Services offered, education and credentials vary by type of mental health professional. Each professional in Los Angeles then may specialize in certain areas, such as depression, marriage counseling, or anxiety. Although many mental health providers are not licensed to prescribe medication, they may coordinate with a provider who can.
Both in-person and online therapy sessions are available from most psychologists.
How to find a specialist?
You can refine your search using the filters on this page. There are several categories you can filter by to find mental health professionals with the experience you are looking for. You may want to filter for CBT Psychologists in Los Angeles, or Child Psychologists in Los Angeles.
Many find it useful to use filters to view only psychologists that have experience working with certain issues, like Los Angeles psychologists specializing in EMDR.
Many find it useful to use filters to view only psychologists that have experience working with certain issues, like Los Angeles psychologists specializing in EMDR.
What method of therapy is right for me?
When it comes to treatment methods, there's no 'right way.’ Each method of therapy can be beneficial for a variety of issues. Psychologists in Los Angeles specialize in therapeutic approaches such as CBT, EMDR, and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), among others. Finding a psychologist or therapist who is a good fit for you is the most important step to discovering what type of therapy, or combination of therapeutic approaches, will meet your individual needs. Learn what to expect from different types of therapy and how they work.
How to use my insurance?
Many therapists accept health insurance. Check to see if your insurance is covered. Feel free to discuss this when you contact the therapist.