Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists in Mid City, Los Angeles, CA
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Kimberly Resnick Anderson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, AASECT
Verified
Verified
I've also treated thousands of individuals with varied sexual lifestyles including LGBT,
Polyamory
and BDSM clients.
Everyone has a 'sexual story.' Our culture has a love-hate relationship with sex and sends many mixed messages. I help people explore the legacy of their sexual story and identify the biological, social and psychological barriers to sexual health and satisfaction. I am an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine with 30 years of clinical and teaching experience. I developed my own model of talking to clients about sex ("Comfort-Inducing Sexuality Dialogue") that is both comforting and profoundly liberating.
Veronica Davy
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified
Verified
Sometimes we encounter problems or life changes that are difficult to face, causing us to feel overwhelmed, unworthy, and isolated. We are often inundated with messages about how we ought to live our lives, dictating the way we are supposed to look, behave, and even feel. Our goals and values can feel out of reach; I aim to bring these forward by offering a supportive, collaborative, and empowering therapeutic environment.
Joshua Polk
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified
Verified
Life can be overwhelming at times because so much is happening to us and around us everyday. Navigating your way through all of it, in the healthiest way possible, can sometimes seem harder than the challenges themselves. Maintaining your peace, living unapologetically, setting boundaries, processing your emotions, owning your truths and overcoming one obstacle after another can all sound like easy tasks, but we’ve all struggled with them. I’m here to invite you into a safe and brave space of recognizing and resolving the challenges you face, while we discover your strengths. The time for radical change and healing is always now.
Eric Burke
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
Our deepest Self is good, creative and generative; we are beautiful and resilient beings, an integration of body, mind, spirit, and ancestry. Yet sometimes life’s challenges sabotage our joy or interrupt our purpose, leaving us feeling anxious, grieved, or manifesting destructive thought and behavioral patterns. These challenges are the daily demands of navigating our chaotic world, but sometimes include other traumas such as violence, abuse, or family and inter-generational wounds.
Waitlist for new clients
Evelyn Gould
Psychologist, PhD, BCBA-D, CPsych
Verified
Verified
Our program at New England Center for OCD and Anxiety (Boston and Los Angeles) offers specialized, affirmative, compassionate, and culturally responsive care for individuals and families struggling with OCD and related disorders. I have been supporting families and individuals with a broad range of challenges for two decades, and have particular interest and expertise in OCD, anxiety, Autism, LGBTQIA+ and college mental health, and complex co-morbid presentations. I also specialize in supporting caregivers, loved-ones and families.
Joseph Krimple
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Many of us have experienced difficulties in our lives that have shaped us into who we are today. Often times these experiences leave traumatic scars, mentally and physically, that can result in negative beliefs about yourself or others. Maybe these beliefs served a purpose to shield us from these traumas at the time, but today are no longer beneficial, and in fact are keeping us from achieving our full potential. Whether you want to achieve greater self-awareness, build stronger relationships, heal past wounds, or just feel better, I can help you transform those experiences and negative beliefs into a new and better way of being you
Dr. Douglas G. Sadownick
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I come from the heart. I'm here to help you feel safe and secure. I am here to go on a journey with you to find your true self, to lift depression, to work with anxiety, and transform this time of crisis into stronger relationships and more heart-felt productivity. As a gay, Jewish man, I have an ear for all people struggling with difference and oppression. I can go deep with you into healing old trauma. Or I can help you coach you with day-to-day career and relationship challenges. If you need a therapy to jump-start new growth in the New Year, I am here for you on that quest of both self-discovery and seeing more palpable results.
Samantha Schumann
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified
Verified
Being human is hard. We get so many messages from our families, our culture, and from social media about what is okay and what is not okay that it can sometimes feel overwhelming. You may be uncertain of what you actually feel and think. You may have a difficult time knowing how to express this to others or being able to ask for what you need. 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 have a passion for helping individuals rewrite their life stories for a future that better reflects who they are.
Dr. Amy Wiseman
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
My ideal client is the one who comes to my office with the genuine desire to grow and change. You have heard of depression and anxiety but you are unsure if you have a mental disorder. It is clear to you that something is not working but you don’t really know what it is, or maybe you know exactly what is going on but cannot seem to get a handle on how to change it. If you want to live as your highest and most authentic self, or if you just want to see a shift in unwelcome and uncomfortable behaviors, thoughts or feelings, my staff and I can help you begin that journey so long as you are ready to put in the work. 30 min FREE consult!
Oludara Adeeyo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I am passionate about helping people improve their overall well-being. I have experience supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and more. Additionally I specialize in helping BIPOC, especially Black women, manage racism related stress and intergenerational trauma.
Wendy Ortiz
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFA, MFT
Verified
11 Endorsed
Verified
11 Endorsed
Your issues, needs, and goals might include how to find balance in daily life, resolving relationship or family conflicts, questioning gender, processing trauma, or how to best navigate any of life's transitions. I allow what comes up in the room to guide how we will work together--which might mean we look at and process the past, or stay in the here-and-now, or a combination of both. I approach each client anew, drawing on a number of modalities, with the understanding that each person's needs are unique.
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Elinor Bawnik, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I work towards supporting my clients in developing insights, overcome obstacles, and uncovering the version of themselves they seek to find. I understand that in the face of challenges, this becomes an incredibly daunting task. I offer a non-judgmental and compassionate space for clients to feel heard and understood. I work with individuals, couples, and families dealing with anxiety, OCD, personality disorders, relationship issues, and life transitions. I utilize DBT, CBT and ACT along with Narrative Therapy, and Family Systems approaches, incorporating behavioral techniques as needed.
Connie Hall
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
Do you feel useful and fulfilled in life? Are your relationships deep and meaningful? Are all your dreams coming true? Or are you overwhelmed by life? Do you doubt yourself? Are you disappointed with the people closest to you? If you are experiencing difficulty coping with the realities of your life and find yourself sinking into negativity, I can help you. In a compassionate, safe environment we can work together to overcome your problems. We can address the issues that are limiting your enjoyment of life and holding you back from happiness as your authentic self.
Not accepting new clients
Christina Harrison
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
NOTE: While as of January 2023, I am unable to accent new clients, please feel free to connect with any of my fellow colleagues as Nokdu Therapy (nokdutherapy.com) <3 My primary goal in working in mental health is to put myself out of a job. Given that each of us intrinsically know what we need to heal and grow, my approach to psychotherapy is to couple your expertise of being you – your reality and lived experiences – with my skillset, in order to collaboratively work towards achieving your goals. Through a culturally-affirming and healing-centered stance, I utilize evidence-based treatments to facilitate our work.
Thomas J. Pier Therapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, OSW-C, CMF
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
Problems are problems, people are not problems. Thru 26+ years of clinical practice, I've been privileged to companion many individuals & families facing cancer, chronic illnesses & distress (depression/anxiety), providing empathy, compassion, insights & support. We stand up to problems together focusing on resilience, wellness, enhanced coping, reduced distress, and adjusting to loss & life transitions. We find your strengths and values when they have been obscured by problems. I skillfully weave eclectic therapies with mindfulness, compassion & meaning-making, offering companionship on one's quest for personal insights & renewal.
Stephanie J Hubbard
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I offer in person, outdoor garden sessions and do phone when needed. I laugh a lot with my clients and even though sometimes the work can be painful, my clients usually begin to feel better and keep coming. I work well with creative people, BIPOC, and across the spectrums of straight to LBGTQ - and mono to poly. With specializations in Psychoanalytic, and Jungian therapy, I also draw on mindfulness and narrative approaches to help you thrive. I collaborate with your highest functioning self to support your confused, critical, scared young parts. The psyche is resilient and thrives on love and therapeutic attention.
Anjali Alimchandani
Psychologist, PhD, MPP
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
My work as a psychologist is rooted in a profound belief that by recognizing and honoring our complex, messy life stories with honesty and gentleness, we lay the foundation to heal the obstacles preventing us from building fulfilling, meaningful lives. Throughout life, we all create narratives about ourselves to help us survive. These narratives are shaped by myriad factors (individual life experiences, relationships, intergenerational legacies, and experiences of oppression/privilege, belonging/rejection, among others). Over time, our narratives and coping mechanisms fall short. We wonder, what went wrong?Why? What's wrong with me?
David Leong
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I specialize in the treatment of Gambling disorder. After struggling with my own gambling addiction, I went to back to school to earn my Masters in Social Work to help other problem gamblers do the same- quit. Since then, I have dedicated my social work career to helping individuals and family's affected by gambling disorder. I know what it is like from not only experience, but clinical expertise.
Becker Grumet
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified
5 Endorsed
Verified
5 Endorsed
We all need to be seen & witnessed. Whatever it is that feels too hard—be it exploring identity, navigating attachment wounds, combating intrusive thoughts, or processing the collective grief in the world—one of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself is dedicated time just for you & your needs. I would be honored to walk with you on your path. For me, therapy is relational. The human on the other side of the room (or screen) should feel like precisely that: a human! Together, we will create a container in which you can authentically examine your relationships with others as well as the pivotal relationship to self.
Not accepting new clients
Alicia 'logan' Barrs
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Every individual has an incredible well of innate potential and power to heal, self-actualize, and achieve their most authentic and incredible life. My role is to collaborate with others to catalyze that potential, to accelerate healing. Persons seeking counseling are individuals not content with status quo or complacency. They want to be their best selves and to expand their lives to make them as fulfilling and incredible. It is my greatest honor to provide the sacred space and clinical expertise that allows others to complete the work of evolving into their truest selves.
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Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists
Why might an individual want to see a therapist specializing in open relationships and consensual non-monogamy?
A client seeking help with an open or consensually non-monogamous relationship will prefer to talk with a professional whom they can count on to be nonjudgmental. Talking with a supportive therapist may on its own help relieve some of the stigma and challenges partners face. That said, the most important factor in the success of any type of therapy is the ability of the client and practitioner to form a strong, trusting bond. For this reason, an individual or couple could find success with a therapist who does not specialize in non-monogamous relationships but with whom they can build trust.
When should open or consensually non-monogamous partners seek counseling?
Like other couples, polyamorous partners typically seek counseling when they face relationship challenges they can’t solve themselves. In non-monogamous relationships, this could include breaches of trust, including infidelity; unclear rules or violations of boundaries; jealousy of outside partners; the stress of juggling the needs of multiple partners; or the effect of high partner turnover on children. Like those of other couples, polyamorous bonds can be threatened by increasingly frequent arguments, poor or dysfunctional communication, diminished emotional or physical intimacy, or the feeling that something is wrong, even if they don’t know what it is.
Do therapists have special training to gain expertise in open relationships and consensual non-monogamy?
No, but individuals seeking help with non-monogamous relationships would most likely consult a licensed professional with specific training in couples counseling or couples therapy. Couples counseling and couples therapy both involve teaching concrete strategies to navigate conflict in relationships. A good therapist can engage both partners as they explain these approaches but can also work with a single partner.
How long does therapy for consensually non-monogamous couples typically last?
Couples therapy for any type of couple, tends to be relatively time-limited, lasting around 12 weeks on average. A good therapist will tailor sessions to the individual partners’ emotions and sometimes their past, along with patterns found to be repeating in the relationship. In many cases, clients should expect their therapist to assign “homework” between weekly sessions.