Therapists in Pico-Robertson, Los Angeles, CA

I am a licensed psychologist with 20 years of broad clinical experience including in UCLA Hospital and Cedars Sinai Medical Center. In both Individual and Marriage Counseling, I will work with you to understand how ordinary life events as well as unusual stressors, losses and traumas can have an impact on your emotional well being. Together we work to expand on your inner strength, your self-awareness, and help you make meaningful, desired, long-lasting changes. By living more authentically and cultivating a compassionate understanding of yourself, you can begin a path towards a more satisfying life with more satisfying relationships.

Make time for yourself today. Painful symptoms from depression, anxiety, and/or relationship problems can cause great difficulty as we try to navigate through daily life. You don't have to go through difficult times alone. Talking about what you are experiencing is the first step to feeling better. I listen carefully and openly to current and past struggles to help promote self-awareness and understanding. I work closely with my clients to alleviate problematic symptoms and promote overall well-being.

Finding a good therapeutic fit can be a real challenge! When you're at a low point, it can seem even more daunting to reach out and take on this task. I aim to make this process as simple and effective as possible. If you're struggling with issues, I can provide a supportive, gentle, compassionate, and nonjudgmental presence while we work together to learn what steps you can take to make things better. If you're doing mostly OK but just need someone to talk to as you navigate life's ups and downs, I can help with that too! My main areas of experience and expertise are substance use, anxiety and mood issues, and life transitions.

Are you looking for a supportive space to explore thoughts, process feelings, create a plan for lasting change and live the kind of life you want? No matter what you've been through or what your current circumstances are, you have deep strength, resiliency and the capacity to change. Whether you're dealing with trauma or anxiety, struggling with relationships, sex and intimacy or trying to cope using addictive/compulsive behaviors - there is help and hope. Is now the time for you to begin?

Starting therapy and picking a therapist can be stressful. Think about our first meeting simply as a conversation. Whether you're choosing a new career, getting in/out of a relationship, or mourning the loss of a loved one, it's often helpful to talk to an objective person outside of your family or friend group to understand what is going on and to create new, positive coping skills. In my practice, I see adults and couples. I bring my extensive education, training and experience as a social worker and contemporary psychoanalyst to our work.

The relationship between you and your therapist is a unique one built on trust and honest communication. I am a licensed clinical social worker with five years experience. I am also a mediator with 14 years experience and former Executive Director of the California Academy of Mediation Professionals where I supervised a team of mediators helping them resolve thousands of court-related disputes. I have also conducted private couple and family mediations for the past ten years. I have 12 years experience in financial counseling, and 20 years experience as a university administrator.

Jennifer Velazquez is an LCSW with 10+ years of experience working with diverse populations dealing with past traumas, parenting, and relationship issues as well as learning to adjust to life’s changes. Her goal is to create a warm, nonjudgmental, safe space where you can express your emotions and challenges while possibly being able to enjoy your journey working through them.

I treat codependency...a fancy word for over-focusing on others and under-focusing on you. Letting others determine your self-esteem is a dangerous thing to do. But when you're harmed as a kid, you learn that you don't matter. You come away from childhood with broken "antennae". You don't see unhealthy traits in others. Too much pain teaches you to ignore your feelings and live in your head. It's a trick that gets you through childhood, but it sabotages adult relationships. My passion is helping you use your voice to get what you want.

Hi there, I'm Tim Connely, LMFT. I work hard to create a safe and secure environment in order to support my clients in doing the work of understanding their thoughts and the effects they have on our life. I work with people across the lifespan encouraging them in any way I can. I have worked with clients across the lifespan. I have worked with people as young as 4 all the way to people in their 70's and 80's. I am most comfortable treating people that have experienced trauma, dealing with life events, depression, anxiety, and many more.

Do you find yourself wondering why your depression and anxiety never seems to go away? Have you tried therapy before just to have your symptoms return? Well, you are not alone. Many people experience recurrent forms of depression and anxiety. Sometimes symptoms can become so consistent it’s hard to remember how things felt without them.

Soul-Centered Psychotherapy — My work supports your healing and finding your way back from grief, anxiety, and regret to your true, exciting, and unlimited self. Whatever the catalyst, know that in the seeking you are answering your soul’s cry for healing, expression, and expansion. Your journey towards healing and wholeness has already begun.

I'm a Licensed Certified Social Worker with many years of clinical experience, currently licensed in CA, FL, NJ and NY. The focus of my work is with betrayed partners (of sex addicts). Most of my clients approach me trying to understand and process the trauma that they have suffered. For many patients, their recent trauma, is not their first. Patients often tell me that I’m so easy to talk to and that they feel comfortable and validated when working with me. In helping my clients understand their trauma, and the dynamics around it, I work gently and carefully, while ensuring comfort and safety as we talk about these difficult topics

Taking new clients beginning January 2023. You may be experiencing symptoms and discomfort, but you may not know the origin of those symptoms and that discomfort. It may even be pronounced enough that it's causing disruptions in your daily life. Maybe you're feeling sad, depressed, and anxious. Maybe you're experiencing addiction, relationship concerns, work-life balance struggles, or trauma-related issues. Perhaps you're dealing with some type of loss, grief, or major life change. Maybe you just don't feel like yourself. Something is off, but you can't put a finger on it. Or perhaps you just need some support, someone to talk to.

I have a deep passion for helping people find liberation from concerns that bring them to therapy. Understanding why we do things the way we do them is critical to growth, change and healing. I ground my work in warmth, compassion, authenticity and an understanding of how thoughts and emotions relate to neuro/physiological processes, as well as how past experiences inform current beliefs, thoughts, feelings and behaviors. My aim is to help you gain clarity into underlying causes of problems, provide strategies for coping and support you in taking risks and trying new ways of being, to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

I work with each person who comes to my office with compassion and respect, knowing that each patient has a unique story. I am interested in learning why you have come to see me. Among the psychological problems I address are anxiety, depression, marital problems, and grief as well as stuckness in career or personal growth. The treatment I offer is tailored to the patient's individual needs. I am trained to do psychotherapy and Jungian psychoanalysis. In psychotherapy we explore what is causing you psychic or physical pain as well as additional symptoms, or trauma as they emerge.

SoKer Psychotherapy Inc is a group practice with license clinicians (psychologist, LMFT, LCSW) that have a wide array of specialties. We have therapists that work with children, youth, families, adults and older adults. We utilize an array of modalities including DBT, CBT, TFCBT, EMDR and Somatic Experiencing. We have therapists that specialize in disordered eating, substance use, self harm reduction, LGBTQIA, depression, anxiety, trauma, relational stressors, parenting and much more. We pride ourselves on providing culturally competent treatment that is collaborative, goal oriented and skills based.