Somatic Therapists in Los Angeles, CA
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Alonso J. Dominguez
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
6 Endorsed
Verified
6 Endorsed
In our current challenging times, many of us find ourselves at a breaking point. Anxiety, depression, apathy, exhaustion are pushing us to reach out for support and care. I offer a safe space to face these stressors. I come with 25 years of experience to help navigate deeper coping skills to bring forth hope, strength, and new meaning. I approach therapy from a existential lens incorporating both depth and
somatic
practices. I work with individuals, and families. Give me a call and see if, together, we can make for better days.
Sylvia Messina Bercovici
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I use individual psychotherapy, EMDR,* mindfulness meditation, and
somatic
therapy in the self-healing mind approach.
I am interested in treating people whose potential is hindered by negative concepts of themselves imprinted in childhood (through traumatic experiences or neglect of basic emotional needs) and who frequently suffer from symptoms like chronic depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. I am committed to helping these individuals attain a sense of self that brings them happiness and fulfillment. My basic perspective is that the human mind possesses the capacity to heal itself, if guided in the right way. I have explored various methods and approaches to helping the mind restore its basic wholeness.
Kate Rosenberg
Counselor, MPS, LPCC, CCLS
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
My approach to psychotherapy is grounded in traditional talk or psychodynamic therapy along with mindfulness, attachment,
somatic
, humanistic, and expressive art based theories.
Finding a therapist can be a daunting process and I believe it is important to feel at ease in order to do the work that therapy entails. I provide a comfortable, down to earth environment and demeanor that will allow you to develop insight, find more choices in your life, and build your self confidence. It is very important to me that you get the results you are looking for in therapy and that your experience is a positive one. I am sensitive, caring and dedicated to our work together.
Sostenes Lima
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I have extensive training and practice in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing),
Somatic
based and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
I specialize in working with individuals and couples who seek to address experiences of trauma, anxiety, depression and more. Professionals of color, creatives, athletes, and fathers are clients that I often walk alongside in therapy. My therapeutic approach is relational and client-centered, using EMDR, Psychodynamic, Culturally Sensitive Therapy, and Mindfulness as primary tools in achieving my clients goals for wellness.
Not accepting new clients
Jillian Boelke
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I draw from psychodynamic, relational, attachment, CBT, mindfulness, and
somatic
theories.
Healing is a non-linear process. I will guide and support you through the ups and downs of change by empowering you to embody your strengths. My goal as a therapist is to help you build a better relationship with yourself and others by exploring your authentic needs and fostering self-acceptance. I am highly sensitive to cultural and societal influences and the impact they have on each person’s unique experiences. We will go at your pace to help you heal from painful memories that may have led to stuck feelings, negative thoughts, unhelpful patterns, distrust in others or in self, or difficulties in concentration and attention.
Sergio Ocampo
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, SEP, BEng, EMDR II
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
Using the most effective interventions, such as EMDR, MINDFULNESS and
SOMATIC
EXPERIENCING, we can gently renegotiate your difficult moods, habits and memories.
BOOK AN ONLINE SESSION TODAY! - Do LOVE and HAPPINESS elude you? Are you FEELING DOWN and blue or ON EDGE and irritable? Did something harmful, hurtful, or devastating happen long ago that still haunts and negatively influences you today? If you have the need to talk to someone in a safe, secure, confidential environment, I can help. Childhood experiences, traumatic events, and family issues often stay with us throughout our lives. These can affect our moods and views of the world and may show up as anxiety, depression and even PTSD symptoms – sleepless nights, constant worrying, and a sense of emptiness are not uncommon.
Nicole David
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified
Verified
I work from a blend of modalities including LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy, Jungian theories, Mindfulness and
Somatic
techniques.
We are all human. We all deserve to be heard and seen. Your emotions, thoughts, dreams are not a burden. This is your space. Your time. From the very beginning there are expectations that are projected onto each one of us by the outside world. Expectations of how we should or should not act, feel, love, do, pursue, or be. This can develop into symptoms of feeling lost, disconnected, isolated, and never feeling good enough.
Betty Nourparvar
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDR
Verified
Verified
I incorporate a blend of approaches and draw upon my training in EMDR and
Somatic
Experiencing (SE) to provide my clients with the most comprehensive and specialized care.
Welcome! Therapy can be a profound journey of transformation. It is my goal to create a safe, non-judgmental therapeutic environment where my clients have the opportunity to explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in order to gain the insight needed to make lasting changes. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been practicing in the mental health field for over 15 years and have acquired formal training in a variety of settings, including community mental health centers, outpatient psychiatric clinics, Community-Based Adult Services programs and school settings.
Alexander Uhlmann
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
This is a
somatic
approach that allows us to get beneath the words in order to focus on actions and real, felt experiences.
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.
Julie Markowitz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MBA
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I primarily work in a
somatic
and relational way which means that I deal with what is happening in the moment in the nervous system between us.
I believe in all people’s innate capacity to heal. To me, all symptoms that we experience whether it be chronic pain, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, etc can be explained by trauma. Trauma does not have to be big events. Trauma can be if we are not attuned to emotionally as children or if our parents have their own unprocessed trauma—this sort of trauma often leads to deep seeded beliefs that we are unloveable and bad. Our healing comes from teaching our parts that we are loveable and accepted just as we are.
SoKer Psychotherapy Inc
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified
Verified
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.
Annie Wilson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MS, LCSW
Verified
Verified
In my many years of experience, I have been fortunate to witness the curative benefits of the therapeutic relationship. I work with individuals, couples, and families, from young children to adults, who are suffering from anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, loss, and trauma continue to The children and adolescents I have had in my practice have struggled with issues of divorce, adoption, peer pressures, anxiety, depression, sibling rivalry, and social difficulties. Utilizing a
somatic
understanding and integrating EMDR, has deepened the work with many clients, especially those who have experienced trauma.
Jade Tree Holistic Psychotherapy
Marriage & Family Therapist
Verified
Verified
We integrate psychodynamic therapy- which explores how your psychological, emotional and relational set points got formed- with
somatic
work, mindfulness, art therapy, meditation, EMDR and Jungian dream analysis.
Jade Tree is a collective of psychotherapists who offer holistic, professional, artful, compassionate therapy for adults, couples and adolescents. We tailor our caring, hands-on approach to each client, and our aim is to help you become the person you want to be. We believe that real lasting change is possible, and we have the skill and dedication to help you get there.
Waitlist for new clients
Lee Ann Teaney
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Verified
Using gentle, accelerated tools proven to treat trauma such as EMDR,
somatic
therapy, mindfulness and attachment repair, you can integrate mind, heart, body and feel good.
These are such intense and overwhelming times. We are all grieving. Before 2020 maybe you had some anxiety or a history of trauma but overall you were functioning and feeling OK without ongoing therapy. Or despite all you do to take care of yourself, you were experiencing quite a bit of anxiety and stress, struggling with feelings of shame, anger or self-hatred for a very long time. Since 2020 and that's happened your nervous system is on overload and everything feels overwhelming, exhausting, scary. The existential pain you’ve struggled with is back and real and being felt by you and people all over the world.
Jessiline Berry
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified
Verified
Mine is a relational psychodynamic approach, combined with mindfulness, creative arts, movement, and
somatic
interventions, intended to help you FEEL so you are empowered to HEAL.
I work with people from all walks of life, including LGBTQIA+ and individuals from the global majority who experience marginalization. My approach is sex and body positive, and always (and in all ways) respectful of the intersectionality of identities. I have a particular interest in working with artists and survivors of sexual trauma, single or partnered, who want to (re)connect with their sense of desire, sexual agency, and sensual vitality.
Sheila Thiele
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I utilize an array of modalities with my clients including the following: Narrative therapy,
Somatic
work, Inner-child/parts work, Trauma informed therapy, mindfulness, object relations, CBT, attachment theory, and others.
My practice is intuitive and client specific. Clients come to me with a wide arrange of intentions and desires; processing trauma, managing stress and anxiety, overcoming depression, wishing to grow spiritually/personally, identify areas in which they are stuck, diagnoses, family and relational troubles, or support in dealing with every day life. I strive to offer a safe, attuned, and empathetic space. I appreciate collaborating with my clients in a way that works for them. The most rewarding part of being a therapist is seeing my clients grow, discover, and know themselves deeper. I am honored to be a witness and facilitator.
Sandra (Sandi) Bohle
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, MFA, AMFT
Verified
16 Endorsed
Verified
16 Endorsed
I work from a Psychodynamic approach synthesized with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, and EMDR while incorporating humor, play, and
somatic
modalities to help individuals address the various challenges that life and relationships often bring.
Personal change and growth come from an encouraging, supportive, safe, compassionate, and empathetic environment where an individual can discover oneself and grow. Are you finding those coping mechanisms which once worked for you no longer are? Do you struggle to find a connection to yourself or others? Are you finding yourself still struggling with things that happened long ago and you don't understand why? Having the courage to work on one’s relationship to self and others can be powerful, deeply healing, and perhaps one of the most loving actions one can do.
Amanda DiGiulio
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Are you ready to break the painful cycles that keep you depressed, anxious, hopeless, addicted? Would you like to learn how to be alone and not feel lonely? Are you ready to leave the old story behind and realize your true potential - live the full embodied life you deserve? It takes great courage to break with ones' past story and stand alone, to learn to be reunited with yourself. Trauma lives in the body as wound. Through a client-centered, trauma focused
somatic
approach, as you become willing, we will take that journey together and tend those wounds that are the place where light can enter.
Seth Sultan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SEP
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I am a practitioner of
Somatic
Experiencing, a psychobiological treatment focused on resolving trauma and stress.
I specialize in the treatment of trauma, depression and anxiety. I strive to create safety with each person I work with so we can explore what is going on emotionally, physically, cognitively and spiritually. Trauma and stress live in the body and, in my experience, an integrated approach is most helpful, where we pay attention to feelings, physical sensations, thoughts, behaviors and images that arise during sessions. I also utilize mindfulness, and inner child healing. We will work together moving towards your goals, so that as you feel better, you will have more freedom to become the person you want to be.
Waitlist for new clients
Allison Perks
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, L, C, S, W
Verified
Verified
Specialized Training: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR);
Somatic
Therapy; Mindfulness; Interpersonal Neurobiology; CA Certified Sexual Assault Counselor.
As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your potential and lead a joyful life. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges. I am a therapist based in Los Angeles with over fifteen years of experience. I have worked in hospital, mental health, and community agency settings providing psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and program management. Allow me to tailor a treatment plan to meet your specific needs, utilizing my years of experience and the specialized training I have received. I look forward to working with you.
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Somatic Therapists
How does somatic therapy work?
Somatic therapy is a form of treatment that focuses on how the body and mind are interconnected. In this approach, physical symptoms are addressed because they may in fact signal emotional distress. Somatic therapists combine mindfulness, talk therapy, breathwork, yoga, dance, and physical manipulations of the body to help patients become more attuned to what their body is telling them.
Is EMDR a somatic therapy?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a form of somatic therapy, as it incorporates mental and physical principles. EMDR involves remembering a traumatic experience while allowing one’s eyes to track a side-to-side visual stimulus from a therapist. This lateral eye movement is believed to diminish the painful power of the memory so that it can be discussed with a therapist.
Is somatic therapy evidence-based?
Somatic therapy has been researched and studied, and some forms of somatic therapy are found to be effective in treating a wide range of conditions. Because somatic therapy encompasses many techniques, some, such as EMDR and meditation, have been studied more than others.
What is somatic trauma therapy?
Somatic trauma therapy is based on the idea that when people experience trauma, they can become stuck in the “freeze” part of a “fight, flight, or freeze” response. In this state, trauma can manifest itself both mentally and physically—through tension in the muscles, anxiety, and stress. Popular forms of somatic trauma therapy include EMDR, sensorimotor therapy, and somatic experiencing.