Adults Therapists in Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA

Therapy offers a confidential place of refuge where you can be seen and heard. Together we will explore how external pressures and feelings of self-blame, self-criticism, fear or sadness, as well as loss and past trauma, may be affecting your ability to move forward or express yourself in an authentic way. By devoting time and attention to understanding your unique story and the ways in which past relationships shape current ones, you can gain greater self-awareness and an understanding of how underlying feelings and thoughts are affecting your mood. In building a strong relationship I will help you work through core issues.

The stories we tell about ourselves can be complicated. Often times, how we see ourselves is based on how others see us, on societal expectations, or assumptions rooted in the past. I work with clients to help engage curiosity and exploration, detangling behaviors and feelings that get in the way of the life and relationships they desire. I believe the problems we face can actually serve as an important catalyst for achieving the things we value most in our lives. In session, we will work together to create new meaning, generating change when needed and exploring what all is possible.

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.

I am a clinical social worker providing psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults , and families. My areas of specialty and interest are LGBTQ-identified people, kids and teens, and people struggling with eating disorders. I value critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and humor within the therapeutic relationship. I treat my clients with respect and acknowledge that they are the authorities of their own lives. I make an effort to emphasize strengths without invalidating very real feelings or minimizing problems. I collaborate with my clients to develop effective and individualized treatment plans to empower them to make changes in their own lives.

I believe that the therapeutic relationship and self-insight are key to change in treatment. My approach is warm but active, direct and honest. I have years of experience using evidence-based treatments for anxiety, depression, eating disorders and relationship issues.

The therapy room is a haven for overwhelming feelings, traumas and confusion- a space for gentle exploration, where I walk alongside you as you uncover patterns and dynamics that keep you from feeling whole.

My goal, as a therapist, is to help people reconnect with their true selves. I believe that we all have the innate ability to heal ourselves and change. However, whether it be trauma, attachment issues in childhood, or unconscious stories that we live by – we become stuck in beliefs or situations that no longer serve us. That is where I come in. Together we will build an environment that will allow you to make contact with the parts of yourself that have been cast aside in order to heal. My style includes humor, gentle confrontation, and an empathic abiding presence. I hope to help you create the life you desire.

Choosing a therapist is an important decision. In my experience, the best therapeutic work happens when there is a strong relationship between you and your therapist. I believe that healing happens when you are able to share your inner world with another person and feel safe and supported doing so. My goal is to create an environment where you feel seen, heard, cared for, and understood. The therapeutic process can be both challenging and rewarding. Processing your experiences in therapy helps to deepen self-awareness, and can positively impact your mood, functioning, and interpersonal relationships.

I’m a queer multiracial therapist who specializes in working with adults in their 20s and 30s. Many of the people I work with seek therapy because they feel stuck, lost, or overwhelmed. You might be struggling to manage deep emotions while keeping up with everyday life, or feel like everything you do needs to be perfect. Through a relationship based on trust and safety, I’ll work alongside you to identify what’s holding you back and reconnect with your unique strengths. As a result, you’ll make choices that align with your values, feel more connected to yourself and others, and move forward with greater ease and presence.

Childhood experiences live on inside us as adults , sometimes leading to stress in relationships, low self-esteem, fear of failure, and an overwhelming urge to "fix." If we don’t understand the effects of our history, we can never let go of who we think we are, to uncover and explore the self who has been hiding all along. Our approach is centered on creating a healing relationship with you, one in which you can learn to be yourself again, or sometimes, for the very first time. Together, we can process the stale patterns that keep you stuck so you can move on to more fulfilling relationships with yourself, others, and the world.

I am 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 understand that sometimes life can be challenging and can hinder personal growth, happiness, relationships, quality of life, professional success, and parenting among other things. You feel like you are spinning your wheels but not going anywhere. You feel exhausted, overwhelmed, anxious, sad, and or irritated. You may be surprised to know that there are ways to cope with these feelings so you can grab the reigns and get back on that horse! You want to create meaningful change but you aren’t sure where to start.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in trauma and eating disorders. Together, we will work to build insight and self-compassion in order to help you heal from whatever brings you to therapy, let it be to work through trauma, address maladaptive coping skills, overcome perfectionism, or just feel better in your own skin. As a therapist, I am both direct and compassionate and pride myself on showing up authentically as a human. My priority is creating a trusting and safe therapeutic relationship that can serve as a container for you to get to know all parts of yourself - even (/especially) the messy parts.

I know that beginning psychotherapy can feel scary. I hope to provide a space that feels warm, non-judgmental and helpful. I tend to work with adults , adolescents and couples who are experiencing trauma, depression, anxiety, grief and many of the other effects and challenges of the world we live in. Overall, I believe that navigating these experiences feels better when we get to work through them with someone else.

Psychotherapy has the greatest impact when it is collaborative, interactive, and trauma-informed. I provide a safe, empowering space where we can slow down & untangle the messiness of being a human. Some of the goals of our work together will include: managing stressors, breaking old patterns, setting healthy boundaries, and weathering the upsets of life through mindfulness, co-regulation, and self-compassion. Therapy is about connecting to your strengths and learning how to integrate your experiences, including your traumas, into a healed, authentic sense of self. I am trained in attachment-focused EMDR & the Hakomi method.

Hello! I am most interested to get to know you. I work with adults across the developmental spectrum who may be suffering, struggling, and seeking. My clinical experience includes treatment to those with depression, anxiety, trauma, substance abuse, psychiatric crisis, intimacy deficits, and sex-related problems. I will assist you in developing a comprehensive understanding of the factors impacting your mental health. Collaboratively, we will establish integrative strategies to alleviate distress, renew capacity for secure attachments, and increase your agency for self-regulation and fulfillment.