Therapists in Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA

Are you looking for space to explore your gender or sexual identity? Are you wanting to bring more authenticity to your life and relationships? Do you have a harsh inner critic and want to learn how to be more generous with yourself? As you move through adulthood, you never lose your potential to grow and make meaningful change in your life.

I am a Latine, Queer person and LA-based psychotherapist with roots in the borderlands of the Sonoran Desert. As your therapist, I can support you in accessing and nourishing your tender (sometimes hidden) parts, within a therapeutic relationship built on mutual respect and consent. My therapy process is collaborative, embodied, and curious. I enjoy working with people of all ages and identities, and have a soft spot for teens.

I believe that the therapeutic process is about attunement and connection. My style is curious, warm, and empathetic. I enjoy working with creative people who are dealing with relationship issues, anxiety, grief, life transitions, and those who are ready to process experiences of trauma. I utilize a psychodynamic perspective which means I like to collaborate with the client in an exploration of their history to better understand themselves. I also work relationally and intersubjectively which means that together we will explore how the unconscious plays out within the therapeutic relationship.

Whether you are entering a new life stage, starting, ending or maintaining relationships, or just feeling stuck in old patterns, our sessions provide a highly confidential space to work on trust and transformation. Artists and entertainment professionals are very well suited towards this in-depth approach centered in an existential and Buddhist-informed perspective. I work especially well with the gifted and talented.Together we can explore past and present obstacles that can lead towards moving beyond procrastination and insecurities about your abilities, developing a stronger sense of identity and reaching your full potential.

We all deserve to feel seen, included, and understood, no matter who we are. As an LGBTQ+ affirmative therapist, my aim is to help you better see yourself in all aspects of who you are, feel more included in relation to those around you, and experience a greater understanding of how you fit into a wider world. Maybe you’re exploring your non-binary gender for the first time. Maybe you’re supporting a transgender family member or partner. Maybe you’re working through relationship challenges as an LGBTQ+ person. Together, we can explore what “seen,” “included,” and “understood” mean for you and how you can achieve them.

In therapy together, rather than condemning the uncomfortable, we will collaborate to invite curiosity and creative exploration, gently unearthing the enriching energy, space, self-acceptance, and inspiration you seek to thrive, evolve, or better understand yourself and your relationships. We can explore symptoms, unhelpful patterns, and defenses that may have arisen in your life. These symptoms can serve as helpful guides to a deeper story leading you to a fuller and more satisfying sense of self.

Life presents constant challenges, you are not alone in this! Our emotions can sometimes make experiences even more complicated. Having a judgment free zone to explore your internal and external life, can be an essential pause to make sense of things and connect with yourself. I provide a trauma informed, authentic, compassionate space, where you will be provided with the support and tools to build your self esteem and self awareness and gain control over your emotions and your choices. I come from a strengths based perspective and am eager and passionate to stand beside you on your journey to becoming your best self.

Hello I am Ian, a psychotherapist working in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. We will meet in my unique and relaxed space nestled amidst the trees of Elysian Park. I practice modern therapy to treat age old problems.

I provide a supportive container and direct feedback while exploring issues such as boundaries, relationship with self and others, “being” rather than “doing,” and clarity around your patterns and direction in life. My goal is to meet you exactly where you are. Pulling from a variety of modalities and skills to customize treatment, my approach is tailored to each individual client.

I'm here to help you find healing and self-discovery. My expertise includes eating disorders, body image, creative individuals, anxiety, life transitions, relationships, depression, grief, family conflicts, and self-worth. I believe in culturally attuned therapy, tailoring it to your unique experience and needs. Let's embark on a warm and nurturing journey together, honoring your individuality and empowering your growth.

Every client is unique and my approach varies depending on the needs of the client. At the heart of my practice is listening carefully and maintaining a stance of curiosity with the goal of trying to understand my client's unique experience in the world. I believe the most important factor of successful treatment is not theory or technique but the quality of the relationship between client and therapist. I work collaboratively with a warm, empathic, down-to-earth style that helps individuals feel comfortable, where dialogue and the process of reflection and exploration allow insight and growth to develop.

Others may look at you and see someone who has it all together, but inside you are experiencing personal struggles, anxiety, poor self-esteem, or deep sadness, and it's affecting your relationships and how you feel about yourself. Maybe you are already quite self-reflective and aware, but realize you need support to dig deeper and identify your blind spots and see new perspectives of your situation. You are craving more inspiration in life, healthier relationships, and are ready get a better understanding of who you truly are and what you want out of life and love. I can help you bring the unconscious to light.

I think of therapy as a creative and collaborative process that allows for a deeper, more integrated sense of oneself to emerge over time. I work with clients to help them better understand and navigate their experiences so that they can feel more authentic and aligned as they move through the world. I see myself as a helper and guide as clients build understanding of how to release old patterns and experience new things.

Making the decision to begin therapy can be difficult. Whether you’d like help making changes, dealing with life transitions, working through difficult relationships, addressing sexual issues, uncomfortable moods, ongoing trauma, or just trying to develop a sense of peace, balance and integration, psychotherapy can give you the opportunity to grow, guide you through difficult times, and ultimately move you towards a more satisfying and enriching life. A supportive environment where you have the freedom to be uncensored, true to yourself, and feel accepted and understood is the foundation of growth and change.

Developing a healthy relationship with ourselves and others can be difficult. You may feel disappointed, alone or like you're not enough. I can help you make space for your feelings to better understand yourself in a meaningful way. In our work, we will explore the origins of these feelings and build upon your self-esteem. I enjoy working with people on their interpersonal relationships and with those exploring their gender and sexuality. I have worked with adults transitioning, gender-expansive youth, and parents as they embark on this journey with their children. Together, we can help you feel connected and more than enough again.

We will work in a confidential space, where we thoughtfully,carefully, and intelligently reflect on your emotional life. We can gently explore the origins of your feelings and work through how they show themselves. Our work will be focused in the here and now: by exploring who you are right now, change in your outlook or actions becomes possible. Generally, I use ideas firmly grounded in psychoanalytic theory and technique that are informed by my personal practice of Zen meditation of over ten years. Paying attention to what you do and how you feel can reveal the source of discomfort.

Trauma, depression, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts hold you back from thriving in the life you'd like to live. I work to understand your history, it's connection and contribution to where you are now, and we shift the emotional clutter that impacts your mood, relationships with partners, with friends, and work. I'm a seasoned therapist, certified in EMDR Therapy, and a certified EMDR Consultant, certified in Interpersonal Therapy, certified in Perinatal Mental Health (preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum) and often train other clinicians around trauma, birth loss, pre and postpartum mental health, HIV/AIDS and LGBTQIA+.

Motherhood breaks us & remake us. From the beginning stages of trying to conceive to caring for your baby to the postpartum period following birth, it can be a complicated time. Exploring your fertility, getting pregnant, & welcoming a newborn into the world can simultaneously be the most joyous & the most difficult time of our lives. As a survivor of postpartum depression & anxiety, I know how critical those early months of parenthood & beyond can be. Whether it’s building your support network, growing into your new identity, or finding time to cope and care for yourself, there is so much to navigate. That's why I'm here to help.