Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists in Los Angeles, CA
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Damon Holzum
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MA
Verified
My focus: You, Couples therapy, Your relationship(s), Solo/Poly/Bi/Homosexual and heterosexual identities,
Polyamory
, Sex & Sexuality Support, Gender Identity, Alternative Sexual Practices, Sex worker support and strategies, Kink culture, Emotionally Safe Sexual interaction.
Damon Holzum, LCSW. I bring a fresh, passionate and compassionate approach to your concerns and engage with you as someone desiring a powerful, nurturing, and solutions focused experience. My focus is an integrative approach blending CBT, experiential, Gestalt, and narrative therapies to assist you and your significant other or family to thrive within your environment and understand your thoughts and feelings to be the best you. I engage with all genres of individuals and focus on sex-positive therapy,
polyamory
, alternative sexual practices and the destigmatization of all things sexual and intimate within your relationships.
Jamie Chess
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Hello & welcome! My name is Jamie Chess and I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist LMFT 121910. I provide telehealth therapy using a secure video platform for California residents. I offer affirming services to individuals and partners across the gender, sexuality, and relationship spectrums, including LGBTQIA-2, kink, non-monogamy,
polyamory
, sex work, and power exchange. My specialties include helping clients with concerns around relationships, identity, and general mental health difficulties including anxiety, depression, and compulsive behaviors.
Manny Kemphues
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, aMFT
Verified
A lot of my work centers around trauma, gender identity, sexuality, kink, and
polyamory
.
Sometimes there are parts of ourselves, our desires, or our pasts that are difficult to share with others. This could be because of a lack of acceptance or support in your social world, and could be related to feelings of fear, shame, or disgust. I work with clients to build a relationship in which it is safe enough for clients to bring disowned parts of themselves into compassionate awareness as they develop a sense of wholeness. Throughout this deep internal work, I ask curious questions about environmental factors in order to facilitate liberation from internalized oppression and self-blame.
Kenneth Kennaugh
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CSAT
Verified
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) with certification from the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP). After graduating from UCLA with a degree in Sociology, concentrating in Conversational Analysis, I earned my Master's in Social Work from USC, concentrating in Business and Social Work in Global Communities. Prior to becoming Clinical Director at Center for Sexual Integrity, I served as the Associate Clinical Director at Center for Healthy Sex, working closely with one of the most respected authorities in the field, Dr. Alexandra Katehakis.
Gray Ck Phelps
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified
I have helped couples navigate communication, gender discovery and gender transition, loss, betrayal, life transitions,
polyamory
, and other various relational challenges.
My work often centers around folks who are experiencing grief or loss, healing from trauma, and navigating difficult life transitions. My areas of specialty are: neurodivergence (autism, ADHD, etc.), gender exploration, and BPD. I also support folks who are dealing with overwhelming anxiety, depression, dissociation, or PTSD (including cPTSD). I am queer-affirming, trans-affirming, and neurodivergent-affirming. I also have familiarity with spiritual and religious trauma. I bring an anti-oppressive, postmodern, and trauma-informed framework into my work. I support individual adults, kids, families, and couples.
Misty Johnson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW
Verified
I also specialize in working with the queer community, trans community, kink community, as well as working with poly,
polyamory
, and ethically non-monogamous ( ENM ) folks.
Are you experiencing communication challenges in your relationships? Challenges with sex or intimacy? Are you questioning or exploring gender and sexuality? I am here to support you and offer you tools and a place to process your current experience. I provide a safe space to explore who you are becoming and to discern old thought patterns that are no longer of service. I provide a healing space free of judgement and I offer tools that you can immediately implement and integrate into your current experience. I will collaborate with you and work dynamically with the intersections of your unique experience.
Kimberly Resnick Anderson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, AASECT
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.
Áurea Oliveira
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, MS, AMFT
Verified
In my specialty of relational therapy, my work with couples has been on emotional disconnection, communication concerns, infidelity, betrayal,
polyamory
and open relationship concerns.
As a therapist, I am guided by the idea that the more effectively dependent we are on each other, the more independent and adventurous we become. I also believe that the quality of our relationships can deeply impact our mental wellness in general. Humans are bonding, relational beings who need to feel secure and loved in their close relationships. We need to know that we matter to our loved ones. We need to feel heard, seen and accepted for who we are. It is when we don't feel heard and seen and stop feeling security and trust in our relationships that issues arise.
Sandy Peace
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
If you are ready for change in your life therapy is a great catalyst! I am an integrative therapist utilizing a variety of modalities tailored to individuals', partners', and groups' needs: mindfulness, somatic, CBT, DBT, EMDR, brief psychodynamic, existential, humanistic, and relational. I work with a wide range of presenting concerns such as: identity development, life transitions, relationship enhancement, empowered communication, family issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar, personality disorders, addiction, sexuality, sexual orientation, gender identity,
polyamory
/open relationships.
Shereen Hariri
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT, CST
Verified
Sometimes things are too big for you to handle alone. Whatever it is that brings you to my door, whatever your lifestyle, your challenges, or your hurts, I'm here to help you change what isn't working. Let's get you to the healthiest, most empowered version of your true self, both individually and in your relationships with others.
I welcome individuals and couples, adults and teens, and have an open, collaborative, holistic, proactive style. I can help with anxiety, depression, trauma, loss, self-esteem, spirituality, career planning, and creative/life coaching.
Ariel Rosenbloom
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Navigating modern adulthood can be complicated and stressful. I specialize in helping adults in their 20s and 30s manage a variety of presenting issues including trauma, relationships, identity, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, life transitions, and grief and loss. My approach is LGBTQIA+-affirmative, feminist, sex-positive, and culturally-inclusive. We'll work together to identify patterns, build upon strengths, and enrich your sense of self. My style is warm, open, and compassionate, and I aim to provide a safe, collaborative space that nurtures the therapeutic relationship and promotes empowerment and inner growth.
P. Michael Mastrofrancesco
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MFA
Verified
I have found that most people possess the necessary tools to improve their quality of life and simply need someone else to highlight them. I have a warm, direct style and utilize humor, when appropriate, to explore challenges and collaborate on ways to live one’s most fulfilled life. I use an experiential and intuitive approach to help clients develop the best possible relationships with themselves and others.
Dr Chris Donaghue
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, CST
Verified
Dr. Chris Donaghue practices general psychology & specializes in individual therapy, couples & sex therapy. His specialization includes addiction, sexual and relational work, trauma, sexual compulsivity, sexual dysfunctions, body image issues, and body positivity, including all gender expressions, sexual orientations, and Kink/Poly issues. Dr. Donaghue is a Doctor of Clinical Sexology and Human Sexuality, Doctoral trained in Clinical Psychology, Licensed Clinical Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, trained Somatic Educator.
Vimmi Jaggi
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MFA, MA
Verified
The life that we live these days is drastically impacted by the ongoing pandemic and capitalistic mindset, which results in stress and inability to manage our emotional needs. With the stress, trauma experiences including but not limited to childhood abuse, physical abuse, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, racial and social traumas takes toll on our bodies. This often shows up as fatigue, sadness, anxiety, overthinking, thoughts of self-harm and disables us from our lives. In such times we all can use a trauma informed and nonjudgmental external support to help us heal from root causes of these symptoms.
Tova Harkham
Marriage & Family Therapist Intern, MA, AMFT
Verified
Young adults arrive at therapy for a variety of reasons. As a clinician who specializes in establishing a supportive space for individuals to feel seen, heard, and acknowledged within the therapeutic relationship, I utilize my lived experience that developmentally impacted how I viewed the world as a young adult myself. Growing up within a tight-knit culture that (at times) limited my abilities to find my voice and step into my power in a way that felt most authentic to me, I excel at supporting individuals that are desiring to dismantle the roles they were given at a young age as they wrestle with learning who they want to be.
Eka S. Childs
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MS, AMFT
Verified
As a Trauma-Informed therapist, I believe Transitional Age Folx deserve support. I support clients who are dealing with past trauma or other disheartening experiences and want to rebuild confidence. I always start from a brave look at their unique strengths to develop and implement coping strategies that actually work. My role during the therapeutic process is to be a non-directive affirming cheer-leader, with valuable awareness of our innate ability to thrive. I show up for all sessions non-judgmental, empathic, and genuine and I welcome first-time therapy seekers!
Sarah Breunig
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified
I believe everything in us, biologically, psychologically, and spiritually, is oriented toward survival. Survival of our surroundings, communities; survival of past experiences and present circumstances; survival of what might be. Survival is an awesome force constantly at work on our behalf. It's a resource working in our favor that deserves honor and respect. But here’s the thing- surviving is not thriving. Surviving is not necessarily healing. So many of us feel a call towards a better quality in our everyday experiences, relationships, and within ourselves and communities. We feel an internal movement towards thriving.
Leah Smith
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, SEP
Verified
Many of my clients report that they struggle with high levels of anxiety, are perfectionists, self-critical, have low self esteem and are extremely sensitive to the energy and moods of others. They are empathic to the point of having difficulty identifying what feelings belong to them versus what feelings belong to others. They struggle with disordered eating, toxic relationships, finding balance between productivity and self care and having clear boundaries. Many have had little luck with traditional talk therapy and are looking for someone that can help get them out of their heads and into their bodies.
Karen Sharkey
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Are you struggling with life changes or relationship issues? Trying to understand and work with a recent ADHD diagnosis? Want to take control of your anxiety? Making that first call to start therapy can be hard; you're taking a risk that you'll connect with that voice on the phone, or that video image online. We all need a safe space where we can talk through our fears and struggles. You want to find that right person who you know is not just listening to you; but really hearing you.
Parisa Frost
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, ATR-P , EMDR
Verified
Not accepting new clients. Are you interested in exploring personal relationships, identities, or sexual issues from an open-minded and culturally sensitive perspective? Do you have past sexual traumas, toxic relationships, or codependency patterns that you would like to discuss in an objective and nonjudgemental space? When you allocate time to speak freely about these issues, you empower yourself to navigate any negative patterns or relationship dynamics from a place of curiosity instead of criticism. We will collaborate on the best way to unpack and understand your story from a growth mindset that is sustainable + strength-based!
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Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Therapists
Open relationship counseling in Los Angeles for open relationship non-monogamy clients
If you are looking for help with open relationship in Los Angeles or for a Los Angeles open relationship non-monogamy therapist, these professionals provide open relationship therapy in Los Angeles and counseling for polygamy and polyamory.
If you are looking for help with open relationship in Los Angeles or for a Los Angeles open relationship non-monogamy therapist, these professionals provide open relationship therapy in Los Angeles and counseling for polygamy and polyamory.