Therapists in Los Angeles, CA
Together we can look at your challenges in direct and objective ways to help address that which prevents you from living fully. I enjoy working with people hoping to transform their lives and wanting to reconnect to their authentic self. I also work with techies and individuals struggling with medical illness and chronic conditions. Sessions will entail better understanding you, your tribulations, and that which no longer serves you.
Together we can look at your challenges in direct and objective ways to help address that which prevents you from living fully. I enjoy working with people hoping to transform their lives and wanting to reconnect to their authentic self. I also work with techies and individuals struggling with medical illness and chronic conditions. Sessions will entail better understanding you, your tribulations, and that which no longer serves you.
I understand the complexities of unresolved childhood trauma. I have expertise in shame, anxiety, grief and loss, related to the experience of adoption or foster care. You are not alone. I am an adoptee and former foster youth and adoption-foster care competent. I have a team of adoption therapists, foster care therapists in Los Angeles supporting birth parents, adoptees, foster youth, foster parents, and adoptive parents skilled in reunification, adoption, adoption trauma, open adoption, foster care to adoption, search, and reunion. We have a network of peer support groups so you can be part of a thriving community!
I understand the complexities of unresolved childhood trauma. I have expertise in shame, anxiety, grief and loss, related to the experience of adoption or foster care. You are not alone. I am an adoptee and former foster youth and adoption-foster care competent. I have a team of adoption therapists, foster care therapists in Los Angeles supporting birth parents, adoptees, foster youth, foster parents, and adoptive parents skilled in reunification, adoption, adoption trauma, open adoption, foster care to adoption, search, and reunion. We have a network of peer support groups so you can be part of a thriving community!
Cara Brown
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90041
Life is a constant, ever-changing process, often unfolding in ways beyond our control. Some clients arrive at therapy feeling stuck and disconnected, struggling to move forward. Others feel overwhelmed, and unable to keep pace. For many, it is a confusing mix of both dynamics shaping their lives unconsciously—keeping them caught in a familiar, but unpleasant loop. In therapy, we explore what feels unresolved, embracing the known and unknown with curiosity and care, to rediscover authenticity within. Together, we cultivate a sense of self that feels embodied, integrated, and connected to personal truth and relational others.
Life is a constant, ever-changing process, often unfolding in ways beyond our control. Some clients arrive at therapy feeling stuck and disconnected, struggling to move forward. Others feel overwhelmed, and unable to keep pace. For many, it is a confusing mix of both dynamics shaping their lives unconsciously—keeping them caught in a familiar, but unpleasant loop. In therapy, we explore what feels unresolved, embracing the known and unknown with curiosity and care, to rediscover authenticity within. Together, we cultivate a sense of self that feels embodied, integrated, and connected to personal truth and relational others.
Hello, my name is Diane (she/her) and I’m an Asian American psychologist, passionate about serving the BIPOC community and all historically marginalized folx. My specialties include trauma, racial identity, eating disorders/body image concerns, anxiety, and life transitions. My expertise also includes working with undergraduate and graduate students, health professionals (e.g., doctors, nurses, therapists), and creatives (e.g., actors, artists, writers). I’ve had the privilege of working with first-generation college students, immigrants, and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Hello, my name is Diane (she/her) and I’m an Asian American psychologist, passionate about serving the BIPOC community and all historically marginalized folx. My specialties include trauma, racial identity, eating disorders/body image concerns, anxiety, and life transitions. My expertise also includes working with undergraduate and graduate students, health professionals (e.g., doctors, nurses, therapists), and creatives (e.g., actors, artists, writers). I’ve had the privilege of working with first-generation college students, immigrants, and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Los Angeles
Psychologist, PsyD, PhD
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90025
CBT Los Angeles is a nationally-recognized practice specializing in evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy. All of our therapists are doctoral-level experts in CBT, many having taught and supervised at top graduate clinical psychology programs and clinical training programs around the country. Our expert therapists are deeply experienced in treating a variety of psychological problems. At CBT Los Angeles, we bridge innovation science with state-of-the-art treatment.
CBT Los Angeles is a nationally-recognized practice specializing in evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy. All of our therapists are doctoral-level experts in CBT, many having taught and supervised at top graduate clinical psychology programs and clinical training programs around the country. Our expert therapists are deeply experienced in treating a variety of psychological problems. At CBT Los Angeles, we bridge innovation science with state-of-the-art treatment.
People choose to see a therapist for a variety of reasons whether it is for personal growth, an issue that needs to be resolved, a life transition, past or current trauma, difficulties in relationships, feeling stuck and unsure how to move forward, depression, anxiety, childhood adversity (neglect, abuse, attachment trauma, living with addiction) or grief and loss. Regardless of the reasons, it takes courage to face whatever is causing you pain or suffering. My approach to therapy comes from a place of deep respect and compassion for each and every client. I create a safe space for you to make sense of your experiences.
People choose to see a therapist for a variety of reasons whether it is for personal growth, an issue that needs to be resolved, a life transition, past or current trauma, difficulties in relationships, feeling stuck and unsure how to move forward, depression, anxiety, childhood adversity (neglect, abuse, attachment trauma, living with addiction) or grief and loss. Regardless of the reasons, it takes courage to face whatever is causing you pain or suffering. My approach to therapy comes from a place of deep respect and compassion for each and every client. I create a safe space for you to make sense of your experiences.
In our sessions, we will engage in an open process where you can safely explore your feelings, thoughts, wishes, and behaviors. My expertise will help you to understand the underlying causes of your current difficulties. In therapy, we will clarify how your emotions impact your everyday experiences and relationships, and we will work to solve problems by identifying patterns that may be connected to your distress. I believe through therapy, as awareness is raised and insights are established, shifts and changes can be made for the betterment of your relationships, career, and daily life.
In our sessions, we will engage in an open process where you can safely explore your feelings, thoughts, wishes, and behaviors. My expertise will help you to understand the underlying causes of your current difficulties. In therapy, we will clarify how your emotions impact your everyday experiences and relationships, and we will work to solve problems by identifying patterns that may be connected to your distress. I believe through therapy, as awareness is raised and insights are established, shifts and changes can be made for the betterment of your relationships, career, and daily life.
Many are hurting in their day to day life, sometimes the hurt is personal as is depression, anxiety, poor esteem, grief and loss; other times the struggle is a relational one within partnerships, in marriage or with children, family or friends. Healing is possible though often times we are unsure of where to begin. I am here to help you take the first steps towards your personal healing and or to guide you in additional movements forward. You can thrive and not just survive but it all starts with the first step.
Many are hurting in their day to day life, sometimes the hurt is personal as is depression, anxiety, poor esteem, grief and loss; other times the struggle is a relational one within partnerships, in marriage or with children, family or friends. Healing is possible though often times we are unsure of where to begin. I am here to help you take the first steps towards your personal healing and or to guide you in additional movements forward. You can thrive and not just survive but it all starts with the first step.
Psychological assessment and individual psychotherapy are helpful when people might be looking for self-understanding. These services help foster better self-awareness, strengths identification, or new coping skills to build resilience. My work in psychological assessment centers a collaborative style through which I intend for people being tested to better understand themselves, their learning styles, and/or their ways of experiencing the world. Therapy is a space where I aim to work with clients to reach their goals by understanding clients' contexts, identities, strengths, and goals.
Psychological assessment and individual psychotherapy are helpful when people might be looking for self-understanding. These services help foster better self-awareness, strengths identification, or new coping skills to build resilience. My work in psychological assessment centers a collaborative style through which I intend for people being tested to better understand themselves, their learning styles, and/or their ways of experiencing the world. Therapy is a space where I aim to work with clients to reach their goals by understanding clients' contexts, identities, strengths, and goals.
Cay Carroll Kidd
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, LCPC, CPC
Verified Verified
Online Only
I'm a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with 17 years of experience. My work consists of individual psychotherapy with adult clientele only. I enjoy helping people and compassionate in my work with clients. Everyone experiences challenges in life; however, it's through the challenges that you grow the most. Together, we will work closely to analyze what struggles you are facing and their underlying causes, and work towards implementing change to the behaviors and thought patterns that are keeping you from being the best version of yourself.
I'm a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with 17 years of experience. My work consists of individual psychotherapy with adult clientele only. I enjoy helping people and compassionate in my work with clients. Everyone experiences challenges in life; however, it's through the challenges that you grow the most. Together, we will work closely to analyze what struggles you are facing and their underlying causes, and work towards implementing change to the behaviors and thought patterns that are keeping you from being the best version of yourself.
Have you ever wondered why you do the things you do, or think the way that you think? Or have you been feeling stuck in a feeling and want to make a change? I do my very best to create a safe space for my patients and make authentic observations about lifestyle, thinking patterns, relationship/attachment styles, and clinical symptoms so that you can understand yourself better. Sometimes starting therapy with a new clinician can be a challenging and/or intimidating process, and I try to be as realistic as possible. I also understand that no one is perfect, and I come from a person-centered non-judgmental approach to therapy.
Have you ever wondered why you do the things you do, or think the way that you think? Or have you been feeling stuck in a feeling and want to make a change? I do my very best to create a safe space for my patients and make authentic observations about lifestyle, thinking patterns, relationship/attachment styles, and clinical symptoms so that you can understand yourself better. Sometimes starting therapy with a new clinician can be a challenging and/or intimidating process, and I try to be as realistic as possible. I also understand that no one is perfect, and I come from a person-centered non-judgmental approach to therapy.
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Her professional social work experience includes working directly with individuals and families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds as a Medical Social Worker and Clinical Social Worker. Her over 20 years of experience includes working in public health with adolescents who were pregnant and parenting, children challenged with physical disabilities, and individuals living with HIV/AIDS, as well as with individuals receiving care in renal dialysis, hospital, home health, hospice, and pediatric clinic settings as well as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).
Her professional social work experience includes working directly with individuals and families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds as a Medical Social Worker and Clinical Social Worker. Her over 20 years of experience includes working in public health with adolescents who were pregnant and parenting, children challenged with physical disabilities, and individuals living with HIV/AIDS, as well as with individuals receiving care in renal dialysis, hospital, home health, hospice, and pediatric clinic settings as well as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).
Kaaren Migdale
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Relationships are hard. Perhaps you are struggling to move past infidelity, resolve past resentments, or dissolve a marriage? Maybe you need help having hard or awkward conversations about equitable partnerships, money or deepening connection and intimacy? My therapeutic approach is rooted in your personal growth, allowing the authentic self to safely emerge in connection with others. You can grow into a less reactive, defensive or avoidant person. Relationship therapy can help you feel seen, let go of expectations, repair past hurt, enjoy more satisfying sex, and find real partnership.
Relationships are hard. Perhaps you are struggling to move past infidelity, resolve past resentments, or dissolve a marriage? Maybe you need help having hard or awkward conversations about equitable partnerships, money or deepening connection and intimacy? My therapeutic approach is rooted in your personal growth, allowing the authentic self to safely emerge in connection with others. You can grow into a less reactive, defensive or avoidant person. Relationship therapy can help you feel seen, let go of expectations, repair past hurt, enjoy more satisfying sex, and find real partnership.
Cynthia Cerrato
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90032
As a Woman of Color, I'm very passionate and dedicated towards promoting wellness, healing and recovery. Living in our fast paced world, we often find ourselves feeling empty, depleted, irritable and disconnected. We begin to question life, our existence, and our purpose. My approach is holistic and mindfulness based. I have extensive experience working with diverse communities of color. This has allowed me to understand the mind body connection and how our environments contribute to our dysfunction. I am a bilingual, bi-cultural licensed therapist and graduated from Mt. St. Mary's University.
As a Woman of Color, I'm very passionate and dedicated towards promoting wellness, healing and recovery. Living in our fast paced world, we often find ourselves feeling empty, depleted, irritable and disconnected. We begin to question life, our existence, and our purpose. My approach is holistic and mindfulness based. I have extensive experience working with diverse communities of color. This has allowed me to understand the mind body connection and how our environments contribute to our dysfunction. I am a bilingual, bi-cultural licensed therapist and graduated from Mt. St. Mary's University.
My clients describe me as easy to talk to, insightful, warm, and occasionally funny. I strive to help my clients find balance as they struggle with major life transitions, like early adulthood and becoming a parent. If mood swings and negative thoughts start to trigger earlier traumas or anxieties, I will be there to help my clients navigate a path forward to a better future. I work to help my clients heal from the past, organize the present, and grow into the best versions of themselves. I support clients in developing healthier relationships with their families, friends, and most importantly: themselves.
My clients describe me as easy to talk to, insightful, warm, and occasionally funny. I strive to help my clients find balance as they struggle with major life transitions, like early adulthood and becoming a parent. If mood swings and negative thoughts start to trigger earlier traumas or anxieties, I will be there to help my clients navigate a path forward to a better future. I work to help my clients heal from the past, organize the present, and grow into the best versions of themselves. I support clients in developing healthier relationships with their families, friends, and most importantly: themselves.
Life is a journey. We all struggle at times and need a safe environment in which we can explore our feelings, build greater understanding of ourselves and others, and develop positive coping skills. I meet clients "where they are at" in their lives journey. I believe in a nonthreatening approach, where clients feel safe and free to be themselves. My goal is to help my clients navigate the ups and downs of their life by gaining greater insight into their thoughts, feelings and behaviors, and by developing the skills needed to meet life's challenges.
Life is a journey. We all struggle at times and need a safe environment in which we can explore our feelings, build greater understanding of ourselves and others, and develop positive coping skills. I meet clients "where they are at" in their lives journey. I believe in a nonthreatening approach, where clients feel safe and free to be themselves. My goal is to help my clients navigate the ups and downs of their life by gaining greater insight into their thoughts, feelings and behaviors, and by developing the skills needed to meet life's challenges.
Tracy Vadakumchery
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, LMHC
Verified Verified
Online Only
Are you an Indian American who struggles with living up to unrealistic expectations? Are you afraid of someone thinking you're a "bad" person because they disagree with your deeply personal choices? Do you find that it's hard to be true to yourself because of "the culture"? Are you worried that people would love you less if you weren't exceptional? I want you to know that I've been there. That's exactly why I call myself The Bad Indian Therapist! I believe that your relationship to culture is personal to you. There's no such thing as a "good" or "bad" Indian, or a person everybody likes. So let's be "bad" together!
Are you an Indian American who struggles with living up to unrealistic expectations? Are you afraid of someone thinking you're a "bad" person because they disagree with your deeply personal choices? Do you find that it's hard to be true to yourself because of "the culture"? Are you worried that people would love you less if you weren't exceptional? I want you to know that I've been there. That's exactly why I call myself The Bad Indian Therapist! I believe that your relationship to culture is personal to you. There's no such thing as a "good" or "bad" Indian, or a person everybody likes. So let's be "bad" together!
Nora Bice
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
Anxiety therapy from a feminist lens: Since 2011, I’ve helped women challenge restrictive societal narratives around identity and self-worth. If you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or struggling to define what matters to you, you’re not alone—and I’m here to help. Together, we’ll work to reclaim a sense of self that aligns with your values and aspirations, not anyone else’s. Let’s partner on this journey toward clarity, confidence, and self-assurance.
Anxiety therapy from a feminist lens: Since 2011, I’ve helped women challenge restrictive societal narratives around identity and self-worth. If you’re feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or struggling to define what matters to you, you’re not alone—and I’m here to help. Together, we’ll work to reclaim a sense of self that aligns with your values and aspirations, not anyone else’s. Let’s partner on this journey toward clarity, confidence, and self-assurance.
Veronica Ghabour
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Mental health challenges are due to the aftereffects of traumatic experiences. Trauma can place a strain on your family, work, relationships, and even cause issues with self-worth. I specialize in trauma therapy along with treating personality disorders, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and addiction. All these disorders can look different from person to person, and that is where our therapeutic journey of empowerment and self-exploration begins. I concentrate on creating a safe space of growth and self-discovery through unconditional positive regard, emotional regulation, and guided activities.
Mental health challenges are due to the aftereffects of traumatic experiences. Trauma can place a strain on your family, work, relationships, and even cause issues with self-worth. I specialize in trauma therapy along with treating personality disorders, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and addiction. All these disorders can look different from person to person, and that is where our therapeutic journey of empowerment and self-exploration begins. I concentrate on creating a safe space of growth and self-discovery through unconditional positive regard, emotional regulation, and guided activities.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30+ years of clinical experience, & also a Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor. I provide parenting groups for parents of teens. STEP/Teen helps parents build close family relationships by helping parents deal with everyday problems such as moods, schoolwork, meals, & confronts today's more complex issues as substance use, sex, bullying, gangs, & depression. 8 sessions address issues •Understanding Yourself & Your Teen •Changing Your Response to Your Teen •Communicating Respect & Encouragement •Encouraging Cooperation and Solving Problems •Using Consequences to Build Responsibility.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30+ years of clinical experience, & also a Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor. I provide parenting groups for parents of teens. STEP/Teen helps parents build close family relationships by helping parents deal with everyday problems such as moods, schoolwork, meals, & confronts today's more complex issues as substance use, sex, bullying, gangs, & depression. 8 sessions address issues •Understanding Yourself & Your Teen •Changing Your Response to Your Teen •Communicating Respect & Encouragement •Encouraging Cooperation and Solving Problems •Using Consequences to Build Responsibility.
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Number of Therapists in Los Angeles, CA
3,000+
Average cost per session
$175
Therapists in Los Angeles, CA who prioritize treating:
| 93% | Anxiety |
| 87% | Depression |
| 72% | Relationship Issues |
| 72% | Self Esteem |
| 67% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 66% | Coping Skills |
| 62% | Stress |
Average years in practice
10 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 78% | Aetna |
| 66% | Cigna and Evernorth |
| 54% | UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH |
How Therapists in Los Angeles, CA see their clients
| 52% | In Person and Online | |
| 48% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 78% | Female | |
| 21% | Male | |
| 1% | Non-Binary |