Adults Therapists in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA

Our life experiences can lead us to question our identity and purpose in the world we live in. This can lead us to anxiety, depression, and trauma. Do you want to improve how you face challenges, function in your relationships, and face overwhelming feelings? I place heavy importance on addressing trauma. Trauma disintegrates the parts that make up your whole self, which can leave aspects of who you are hidden from your awareness. Left unaddressed, anxiety and depression can worsen, which can rob you of the necessary connection that all human beings need to thrive. I aim to help you process unresolved trauma.

As a therapist, my main goal is to assist you on your journey to feeling more emotionally whole; helping you figure out who you are, offering support as you navigate your current life circumstances and creating the life and relationships you truly want and deserve. I primarily work with teens and adults, and use a direct approach that is both caring and down to earth. We will work together to normalize your human experience, create awareness and insight into aspects of your life you would like to enhance or repair, and develop the essential tools needed to make the behavioral changes you are looking for.

Maybe you've been struggling to feel like yourself for a while now, and have been hesitant to reach out for help. I'm glad you're here. Sometimes life loses its spark and sense of meaning and it's hard to find the way. Life can feel like a heavy burden, with feelings of hopelessness, sadness, or meaninglessness. Maybe you no longer want to participate in the things you once enjoyed. You find yourself isolating, or avoiding life. If you're tired of struggling and feeling bad about yourself and life, I can help. While these circumstances may have been the past, it doesn’t need to be your future.

I look forward to helping you. I work to create a safe, empathic environment where we can explore your concerns at a pace that feels comfortable to you. Life is challenging, but therapy provides a place of comfort to look at life's stressors as well as what scares, saddens, or angers us. I work to help clients build a deeper and more compassionate understanding of themselves in order to identify their strengths, develop new coping skills, build more meaningful relationships and live a more fulfilling life.

Hi, I am Alexa, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (145873) practicing in the State of California. My journey in assisting individuals began at a young age, and I have since committed myself to supporting teens, adults, and couples in their pursuit of personal growth and well-being.

I provide psychotherapy to adults, couples, and young adults in the West Los Angeles area. Many people come to therapy seeking help with depression, anxiety, and in some cases, trauma recovery. Therapy is a place for you to learn more about what you think, how you feel, and what you do. It can be a way to enhance support, feeling understood, and in some cases the opportunity to begin to make changes in your life. We can collaborate to work towards your goals together. The therapeutic process is tailored to help you figure out what you may need to help you achieve personal and professional well-being.

We often feel lost when solutions cannot be found for the challenges we face. It's at this point that our challenges become obstacles that block us from fully living our lives. Unfortunately, time doesn't heal all pain and our anxiety, anger, depression, and fear don't always go away on their own. As a therapist, my goal is to help you better understand yourself, find purpose in your pain, alleviate your stress, and make more space for creativity, love, and happiness in your life.

Hello, I am a Bilingual (Español) Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I understand that we all walk our own path in life, and at times may be faced with roadblocks that make it difficult to keep going. We may be experiencing depression, anxiety, and other stressors from our everyday life. It may be that we are being weighed down by something we can’t psychically see, but feel. Once that weight has been lifted, you will be able live a life filled with genuine happiness and a greater sense of self. I would like to accompany you in lifting that weight and working through those roadblocks with understanding, compassion, and empowerment.

Welcome! I’m Jessie Latin, an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist based in Los Angeles. I specialize in supporting teens and young adults through life’s challenges with a focus on body image, eating disorders, perfectionism, anxiety, and life transitions. I am dedicated to helping individuals navigate these complex issues with compassion and expertise. In our sessions, you’ll find a safe and nonjudgmental space to explore your relationship with food, body, and self. Together, we’ll develop strategies to manage stress, boost self-esteem, and foster empowerment.

Do you struggle with the belief that no matter what you do it won’t be good enough? Is it hard to say "no" to others because you worry they will reject you? Maybe you walk on eggshells around the people in your life, scared to say the wrong thing so you shut down and don’t speak up? I help people like you learn what your needs are so you can advocate, build boundaries and thrive in your relationships rather than be filled with guilt, shame and resentment.

My therapy practice is a humanistic and wholistic approach. I offer a relational space for individuals and couples to risk being vulnerable with me, t themself, and with each other. Together we learn how past and present experiences influences thoughts, feelings and actions. We actively and sensitively identify and process patterns which are embedded in childhood or other relational experiences in order for something different to happen. Therapy is a great way to receive feedback, gain awareness and practice different ways of being. In session work is growth you take with you as you live everyday which feels good and is authentic.

Feeling safe and understood is a vital piece of what makes therapy helpful. I value finding a balance between exploring the issues that are important to you and being direct during our sessions. I will often check in with you to ask how you are feeling about what we talk about in sessions and the progress you are making.

There's a desire to express helpless and repressed feelings. You need help sorting out the confusion and alleviating the fears. Tired of holding in your feelings, you want your side to be heard. Yet there's a part of you that's afraid. Afraid of all the judgment. These fears have kept you small and voiceless, striving to do it "right." It's worked at times, at getting what you want, but has it, really? You're now sick and tired, feeling alone, and darned if you do or darned if you 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.

I currently work with adults, couples, and families. I see therapy as one approach for an intentional practice of self and relational awareness. If you are feeling limited by your own beliefs, expectations or blurry boundaries with others, and/or constructs and constraints imposed by our systems, I want to help empower you to be curious about your potential and purpose in your own life and in the world around you. I like metaphors, so I'll use one now. I see therapy as a bass line, something that maintains a consistent and reliable beat in the background while you improvise, play, and experiment in the foreground.

Hello and welcome. I would love to help you feel more present and connected. I use attachment-based, trauma-informed approaches that address the root sources of distress. My approach is compassionate, curious, and affirming—and I’m able to be direct and practical when needed. I am trained in somatic practices, including EMDR, a science-backed, mind-body approach which can expedite healing. I work with adults, teens, and children. I offer support for: anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships/dating, neurodiversity, life transitions, identity, sexuality, career, infertility, and parenting.

Therapy with me is a safe space where my clients can press the pause button and reset each week. My clients use our time together to evaluate the direction they are headed and make adjustments necessary to get where they want to be. Although the details of course vary from client to client, I understand from 15+ years working with families in hospitals, schools, and therapy rooms, that this process is only effective when you like your therapist! I am happy to offer 15-30 min Zoom consultations to help assess whether we'd be a good fit.

Keeping up with work expectations, family dynamics, social life, relationships... It's easy to feel disconnected from what we want out of life when we're just trying to get through the day. Many people who seek out therapy with me struggle to take time for themselves and set boundaries. I help adults overcome anxiety and people pleasing so they can feel empowered to live authentic, intentional lives. I support my clients in processing emotions, untangling the past, and gaining insight. Together we challenge those patterns that are no longer serving while building new ones.

I provide a safe, comfortable, and healing space in which to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. I help individuals (adults and adolescents), couples, and families explore challenges, patterns, preferences, successes, and strengths. I strongly believe that greater awareness is the key to a personal growth. Increased awareness leads to acceptance (self and otherwise) and actions more reflective of one's values and desires.

Hey there, I’m Emily. I am a compassionate and dedicated therapist helping adolescents, young adults, couples, and families work through obstacles and build lasting relationships. My ideal client is someone who comes into therapy with a readiness to engage and a willingness to dive deep into self-exploration. They want to understand the 'whys' of their behavior, the origins of their pain, and they yearn to learn new, healthier ways to cope with life's stressors. They seek to break the cycle of trauma, to build fulfilling relationships, and to move towards a future where their past doesn't dictate their possibilities.