Attachment-based Therapists in Bel Air, Los Angeles, CA

I have over 12 years experience in the field of grief, loss and life transitions and have seen how disruptive it can be to individuals, partnerships and families. I have worked primarily with clients who have been impacted by a chronic health condition, those who have lost a loved one or are experiencing anxiety and depression due to a life transition. My approach is to make meaning of your losses, support you through your grief and identify strategies to help you feel grounded, connected and seen.

Do you often struggle with interpersonal relationships with friends, romantic partners or family members and find yourself caught in similar relationship patterns? I help individuals and couples who want to work on creating and fostering healthy and fulfilling relationships. Together we will work on examining why you often feel stuck in repetitive relationships patterns that you can't seem to get out of and the ways that it impacts other areas of your life. I use an attachment based lens to help guide treatment and explore the ways your past attachment patterns may be showing up for you in the present.

I am a licensed psychologist and my focus has centered my work around toddler and teen diagnosis and intervention, parent counseling/skills training, and family group psychotherapy. I utilize my background and training in psychodynamic, relational, and attachment-based approaches to therapy, but also appreciate when cognitive and behavioral approaches are needed. Utilizing my skills in psychodiagnostic and psychoeducational testing and therapy, I provide individualized treatment and support to children and their families.

Accepting new clients! I am a non-judgmental, empathetic, client-centered therapist who works with individuals of all ages, couples, families, and groups. My hope is to create a space for you to feel truly safe and supported while having your multilayered experiences honored, validated, and understood. My approach to therapy is multi-disciplinary, combining psychodynamic techniques, attachment-based , and trauma-informed therapy. I am also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) & Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT).

The decision to seek therapy takes an enormous amount of courage, and marks a new stage of one’s life. I welcome you to this stage, and thank you humbly for considering me to join you on this journey. It's my goal to co-create a space that allows us to work together as equals, so that within our therapeutic relationship you feel safe to use your true voice. Through this relationship, my hope is that you’re able to make discoveries about yourself, perhaps become aware of some unhelpful patterns in your life, and embark on the healing process you deserve.

In my work with children and teenagers, I see behavior as having meaning. Difficult behaviors such as defiance, tantrums, aggression, and isolation are often the youth’s maladaptive attempts at communicating emotions. I see my role as a facilitator of effective communication, collaborating with youth to understand their experiences and identify/verbalize their thoughts and feelings. With a decade of working with kids in a variety of settings, I work primarily from a relational and attachment-based foundation, which utilizes compassion, attunement, and co-regulation to promote wellbeing through enhanced relationships and self-worth.

I'm happy you're here. It takes courage to seek out a perspective that can transform and empower you. When we allow ourselves the time to connect with our bodies, thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, we can heal and release what no longer serves; while at the same time strengthening what is true. Everything you are feeling serves a purpose. It is useful information. Symptoms such as: anxiety, depression, addiction, or relationship challenges are all trying to tell you something. You need some attention and we can all benefit from positive, focused attention where we need it.

Do you struggle with anxiety & depression? Do you feel stuck in old patterns? Are you curious about therapy, looking for support or needing help? Taking the first step to start therapy can be intimidating & finding the right fit in therapy can be difficult. My emphasis is on creating a safe, compassionate, & non- judgmental environment to facilitate your internal healing & personal growth.

My clients are leaders, emerging professionals, clinical providers, young adults, and pain patients. I serve on the Council of Therapists for my prescribing partners at Journey Clinical and offer psychiatric evaluation, psychotherapy, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), and integration. The work is solution-focused and experiential, with a "whole person" perspective. After 25 years in the field, a pragmatic blend of approaches have become core to my practice. These include Internal Family Systems, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, CBT, ACT, Habits of Mind, and attachment-based and somatic modes.

Are you struggling with behavior patterns that no longer serve you? Are feelings of stress and anxiety overwhelming you? Are you immersed in persistent negative thoughts? Let’s collaborate to ease these obstacles, and help you move towards well-being, calm, and more fulfillment.

You’ve been stuck in “autopilot mode” for a while, but the dissatisfaction has become almost impossible to ignore. It can feel like there’s a voice deep down in your body, screaming at the top of its lungs to be heard, but the idea of acknowledging and confronting your anxieties alone seems impossible to bear. On the outside, it looks like you “have it all together,” but in reality, you spend the entire day in your head, and walk on eggshells to avoid conflict or making others uncomfortable. It may sound surprising, but these could be signs that you are in “survival mode." You may feel stuck or disconnected, but there is hope.

My approach to therapy is rooted in a belief that change is possible. Most of my clients come to me because something in their lives isn't working. Whether the problem is familial, romantic, professional, emotional, or even existential, I find it usually comes down to a matter of relationship. How are we relating to the things that cause us to suffer? When we understand these relationships and the parts we play in them, we are free to make different choices, and to experience our lives, ourselves, and our loves in richer, more fulfilling ways.

My name is Sharon Halimi. I work with adolescents and adults to help each client become connected with their 'true self' while addressing core issues on deep levels. I work with clients within a psychodynamic framework, and focus on each client's unresolved or unprocessed issues and conflicts that he or she may not be consciously aware of. Focusing on the unconscious aspects of each client helps he or she develop increased understanding of their thoughts and feelings.

There's a desire to express helpless and repressed feelings. You need help sorting out the confusion and alleviating the fears. You've managed well enough on your own, but don't want to anymore. You want support. You need it. Tired of holding in your feelings, you want to acknowledge and talk about them, even though there's a part of you that's afraid. Doing "all the right things" has worked at times, but has it, really? You're now sick and tired, feeling alone, and darned if you do or don't. Aligning with your core values has become important. Striving to break free from who you think you should be is becoming what you're seeking.

Therapy is a sacred space and my focus is on helping you get to the root cause of your struggles. I find healthy relationships are the key for psychological, physical, and spiritual health. I provide awareness into your behaviors, and the ability to see the underlying issues of why you're unsatisfied with your life. If you're having difficulty regulating your emotions when it comes to romantic relationships, or feel that you find yourself in the same relationship, then you have found the right page. I will help you get to the core of these issues, and find yourself content with your personal relationships.

I believe the most important part of the healing process is the therapeutic alliance between a client and their therapist. I work at your own pace to build trust and a feeling of safety in the therapy room. I provide a space where you can voice and sift through intrusive thoughts and feelings that you may not feel able to process elsewhere. I primarily work with adult women, individuals who identify as LGBTQ+, preschool age children and couples.

I have found that most people possess the necessary tools to improve their quality of life and simply need someone else to highlight them. I have a warm, direct style and utilize humor, when appropriate, to explore challenges and collaborate on ways to live one’s most fulfilled life. I use an experiential and intuitive approach to help clients develop the best possible relationships with themselves and others.