Multiracial Therapists in Pacific Palisades, CA
Hi and welcome to my in-person or telehealth practice. Ready for a change? Are you feeling down, anxious, unmotivated or simply unhappy? First know that you are not alone. You have already made the first courageous step toward the positive changes you are seeking. Let's transform your current state into a new life for yourself absent of stress, anxiety, depression and worry. Together we can develop healthy adaptive strategies to support you through life changes, develop strong relationships, and help you connect with your authentic self.
Hi and welcome to my in-person or telehealth practice. Ready for a change? Are you feeling down, anxious, unmotivated or simply unhappy? First know that you are not alone. You have already made the first courageous step toward the positive changes you are seeking. Let's transform your current state into a new life for yourself absent of stress, anxiety, depression and worry. Together we can develop healthy adaptive strategies to support you through life changes, develop strong relationships, and help you connect with your authentic self.
Do you leave therapy feeling like you “talked it out,” but nothing is changing? Figuring yourself out can feel productive, but change doesn’t come from treating yourself like a problem to solve. You’re not imagining it. Being the client can feel awkward under the pressure to explain what you’re experiencing before it makes sense to you. If therapy doesn’t account for this dilemma, sessions become another place where performing takes over presence. I offer a method for sustaining a regulated state where shifts emerge organically and clarity arrives without forcing it. Clients carry alignment, agency, and ease into daily life.
Do you leave therapy feeling like you “talked it out,” but nothing is changing? Figuring yourself out can feel productive, but change doesn’t come from treating yourself like a problem to solve. You’re not imagining it. Being the client can feel awkward under the pressure to explain what you’re experiencing before it makes sense to you. If therapy doesn’t account for this dilemma, sessions become another place where performing takes over presence. I offer a method for sustaining a regulated state where shifts emerge organically and clarity arrives without forcing it. Clients carry alignment, agency, and ease into daily life.
Welcome. I'm Dr. Lancaster, Founder of Pneumatherapy, an integrative Jungian approach to psychotherapy that combines evidence-based clinical practice with dreams, symbols, active imagination, intuition, humor, and personal meaning. I welcome adults (21+) from diverse spiritual, religious, and cultural backgrounds, offering a compassionate, collaborative space to explore life's challenges, relationships, identity, and the deeper questions that shape who we are and how we live.
Welcome. I'm Dr. Lancaster, Founder of Pneumatherapy, an integrative Jungian approach to psychotherapy that combines evidence-based clinical practice with dreams, symbols, active imagination, intuition, humor, and personal meaning. I welcome adults (21+) from diverse spiritual, religious, and cultural backgrounds, offering a compassionate, collaborative space to explore life's challenges, relationships, identity, and the deeper questions that shape who we are and how we live.
Many of the people I work with are ambitious, productive, and used to handling things on their own. At some point, substance use, compulsions, or anxiety begin to interfere with their health, relationships, or ability to keep things on track. If you're looking for something more private, individualized and focused than support groups, but aren't suited for inpatient care, you're in the right place. I intentionally limit the size of my practice, staying directly involved and responsive to your needs. I work with individuals, couples and families, to focus on what is practical, discreet, and workable in real life.
Many of the people I work with are ambitious, productive, and used to handling things on their own. At some point, substance use, compulsions, or anxiety begin to interfere with their health, relationships, or ability to keep things on track. If you're looking for something more private, individualized and focused than support groups, but aren't suited for inpatient care, you're in the right place. I intentionally limit the size of my practice, staying directly involved and responsive to your needs. I work with individuals, couples and families, to focus on what is practical, discreet, and workable in real life.
I am currently accepting private clients for individual grief support sessions. I offer a range of support topics including substance-use disorder loss, anticipatory grief related to illness, accident, and substance use, and disenfranchised loss related to murder, suicide, or substance use. In addition, I offer support for other types of loss that may not be recognized by traditional therapies, such as the loss of a pet, job, co-worker, or dear friend. Sessions are ongoing and are offered via phone or Zoom. For Individual sessions, I work on a sliding scale fee. For more information: hearthomeshealingdotgmaildotcom
I am currently accepting private clients for individual grief support sessions. I offer a range of support topics including substance-use disorder loss, anticipatory grief related to illness, accident, and substance use, and disenfranchised loss related to murder, suicide, or substance use. In addition, I offer support for other types of loss that may not be recognized by traditional therapies, such as the loss of a pet, job, co-worker, or dear friend. Sessions are ongoing and are offered via phone or Zoom. For Individual sessions, I work on a sliding scale fee. For more information: hearthomeshealingdotgmaildotcom
Find your best therapist match with us! We're a diverse, highly-trained, and inclusive team of therapists helping you to live the life you want. We build supportive, compassionate, caring, and non-judgmental relationships with our clients, so you feel safe to grow and heal. To enhance your experience, we offer concierge billing for PPO insurance and flexible scheduling, including weekday, evening, and weekend appointments. We work with children, teens, and adults, providing therapy for individuals, couples, and families. We support clients navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions.
Find your best therapist match with us! We're a diverse, highly-trained, and inclusive team of therapists helping you to live the life you want. We build supportive, compassionate, caring, and non-judgmental relationships with our clients, so you feel safe to grow and heal. To enhance your experience, we offer concierge billing for PPO insurance and flexible scheduling, including weekday, evening, and weekend appointments. We work with children, teens, and adults, providing therapy for individuals, couples, and families. We support clients navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions.
Muriel Francis-Hoyle
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, APCC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
Currently, I am not accepting new clients. I appreciate your interest, and will update this page if availability opens in the future. Please check back later or reach out if you’d like a referral to another provider
Currently, I am not accepting new clients. I appreciate your interest, and will update this page if availability opens in the future. Please check back later or reach out if you’d like a referral to another provider
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I specialize in three types of clients: women who often say "yes" when they need to say "no," people who struggle to do more than just go through the motions, and couples who are stuck at a crossroads even though they love each other deeply. Using effective, science-backed therapies, I help individuals and couples make meaningful change, reaching beyond what once felt possible. I am a firm believer in the transformative power of relationships, and work hard to cultivate a space where you can feel anchored as you explore the path back to joy, meaning, and connection.
I specialize in three types of clients: women who often say "yes" when they need to say "no," people who struggle to do more than just go through the motions, and couples who are stuck at a crossroads even though they love each other deeply. Using effective, science-backed therapies, I help individuals and couples make meaningful change, reaching beyond what once felt possible. I am a firm believer in the transformative power of relationships, and work hard to cultivate a space where you can feel anchored as you explore the path back to joy, meaning, and connection.
You might look like you're holding it all together, but internally feel anxious, disconnected, or stuck in repeating relationship patterns. If that resonates, you’re not alone. I work with adults and gay men seeking deeper self-understanding, emotional clarity, and more fulfilling relationships.
Clients come for:
anxiety and chronic stress,
depression, low self-worth, and low self-worth,
relationship issues and attachment patterns,
recovery, identity exploration, and major life transitions.
My approach is collaborative, grounded, and attuned to your nervous system. We'll move at a pace that feels steady and manageable.
You might look like you're holding it all together, but internally feel anxious, disconnected, or stuck in repeating relationship patterns. If that resonates, you’re not alone. I work with adults and gay men seeking deeper self-understanding, emotional clarity, and more fulfilling relationships.
Clients come for:
anxiety and chronic stress,
depression, low self-worth, and low self-worth,
relationship issues and attachment patterns,
recovery, identity exploration, and major life transitions.
My approach is collaborative, grounded, and attuned to your nervous system. We'll move at a pace that feels steady and manageable.
I identify as a biracial womxn who embraces my own multipotentiality.
"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do." -Kobe Bryant. Have there been times when you find yourself returning to cycles of overwhelm, burnout, performance avoidance or notice that you begin to fear making mistakes especially in moments that matter most? I’m here to help you recreate healthy patterns and to help you reconnect to a “flow” state on the sports pitch, in the classroom, home, office, creative set, on stage (wherever your passion is) & to help you reach your potential that feels most true to you.
I identify as a biracial womxn who embraces my own multipotentiality.
"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do." -Kobe Bryant. Have there been times when you find yourself returning to cycles of overwhelm, burnout, performance avoidance or notice that you begin to fear making mistakes especially in moments that matter most? I’m here to help you recreate healthy patterns and to help you reconnect to a “flow” state on the sports pitch, in the classroom, home, office, creative set, on stage (wherever your passion is) & to help you reach your potential that feels most true to you.
Are you a high-achieving executive or creative professional whose drive brings both fulfillment and added complexity to relationships, work, and daily life? Do you carry a level of pressure, anxiety, or longing that others don’t fully understand?
I offer a discreet, reflective space to explore the complexities of ambition, purpose, and relationships. Together, we’ll address stresses and recurring patterns and develop practical, personalized strategies, using cognitive and psychodynamic approaches, to support greater balance, clarity, and a more integrated sense of fulfillment across your personal and professional life.
Are you a high-achieving executive or creative professional whose drive brings both fulfillment and added complexity to relationships, work, and daily life? Do you carry a level of pressure, anxiety, or longing that others don’t fully understand?
I offer a discreet, reflective space to explore the complexities of ambition, purpose, and relationships. Together, we’ll address stresses and recurring patterns and develop practical, personalized strategies, using cognitive and psychodynamic approaches, to support greater balance, clarity, and a more integrated sense of fulfillment across your personal and professional life.
Reaching out for therapy can feel weird, vulnerable, or honestly just exhausting sometimes. Many of the people I work with are carrying way more than they let other people see. Some are in the middle of burnout, relationship issues, trauma, grief, identity questions, neurodivergent overwhelm, or just feeling completely disconnected from themselves and their life.
Therapy with me is not about judging you or trying to force you into a box. It is about having a space where you can actually breathe, make sense of what is going on, and slowly start figuring out what healing and being yourself even looks like for you.
Reaching out for therapy can feel weird, vulnerable, or honestly just exhausting sometimes. Many of the people I work with are carrying way more than they let other people see. Some are in the middle of burnout, relationship issues, trauma, grief, identity questions, neurodivergent overwhelm, or just feeling completely disconnected from themselves and their life.
Therapy with me is not about judging you or trying to force you into a box. It is about having a space where you can actually breathe, make sense of what is going on, and slowly start figuring out what healing and being yourself even looks like for you.
I work with adults, couples, and groups who are thoughtful, high-functioning, and often successful on the outside, yet struggling internally with anxiety, burnout, emotional overwhelm, relational difficulties, or disconnection. Many of my clients are professionals, caregivers, creatives, immigrants, multicultural or bicultural individuals, and BIPOC clients navigating stress, perfectionism, identity questions, cultural transitions, and relationship challenges. Therapy offers a space for deeper self-understanding, emotional integration, and more grounded ways of relating to self and others.
I work with adults, couples, and groups who are thoughtful, high-functioning, and often successful on the outside, yet struggling internally with anxiety, burnout, emotional overwhelm, relational difficulties, or disconnection. Many of my clients are professionals, caregivers, creatives, immigrants, multicultural or bicultural individuals, and BIPOC clients navigating stress, perfectionism, identity questions, cultural transitions, and relationship challenges. Therapy offers a space for deeper self-understanding, emotional integration, and more grounded ways of relating to self and others.
Are past traumatic experiences, being an adult child of a dysfunctional home, incest survival experiences, addiction issues, phobia, panic, anxiety, C-PTSD, or depression affecting your success? Are distractions impacting your optimal performance abilities at work, in your intimate relationships, or in relationships with family members or with yourself? Are you surviving instead of thriving? I provide accelerated psychotherapy for individuals and couples who are challenged by performance loss and emotional unhappiness. I offer Diagnosis evaluation for addiction, mood, personality, and adult Autism spectrum. HSP and Kink friendly
Are past traumatic experiences, being an adult child of a dysfunctional home, incest survival experiences, addiction issues, phobia, panic, anxiety, C-PTSD, or depression affecting your success? Are distractions impacting your optimal performance abilities at work, in your intimate relationships, or in relationships with family members or with yourself? Are you surviving instead of thriving? I provide accelerated psychotherapy for individuals and couples who are challenged by performance loss and emotional unhappiness. I offer Diagnosis evaluation for addiction, mood, personality, and adult Autism spectrum. HSP and Kink friendly
Hi! My name is Cheyenne, I am a Licensed Clinical Therapist.
I am a clinician who specializes in supporting & empowering people who live with depression and anxiety.
I am passionate about this work and have over ten years of experience in the mental health field, including as a crisis counselor with crisis text line working with all ages, and as a school social worker working with ages 2-19.
Hi! My name is Cheyenne, I am a Licensed Clinical Therapist.
I am a clinician who specializes in supporting & empowering people who live with depression and anxiety.
I am passionate about this work and have over ten years of experience in the mental health field, including as a crisis counselor with crisis text line working with all ages, and as a school social worker working with ages 2-19.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by depression, anxiety, a low mood, or the effects of trauma? Do you feel stuck, question your self-worth, or struggle to cope with your identity or difficult life events? I want you to know that everyone deserves a safe, compassionate space to talk openly. Your thoughts, emotions, and life experiences are important and I strive to create an environment where you feel respected, supported, and understood! Let's get rid of those overwhelming emotions and let's find your bliss!
Are you feeling overwhelmed by depression, anxiety, a low mood, or the effects of trauma? Do you feel stuck, question your self-worth, or struggle to cope with your identity or difficult life events? I want you to know that everyone deserves a safe, compassionate space to talk openly. Your thoughts, emotions, and life experiences are important and I strive to create an environment where you feel respected, supported, and understood! Let's get rid of those overwhelming emotions and let's find your bliss!
I started Align because I want therapy to feel different.
In many families, feelings were something you managed quietly, needing help felt like failure, boundaries were seen as passive aggression, and defying expectations felt like betrayal.
I don't see it that way. Whether we are talking family or a relationship, you can do all of those things without alienating anyone. I think most of us were simply never taught the skills, and then we spend years judging ourselves for not having them.
So my work starts from understanding, not fixing. We look at the patterns you inherited and decide together which ones still serve you.
I started Align because I want therapy to feel different.
In many families, feelings were something you managed quietly, needing help felt like failure, boundaries were seen as passive aggression, and defying expectations felt like betrayal.
I don't see it that way. Whether we are talking family or a relationship, you can do all of those things without alienating anyone. I think most of us were simply never taught the skills, and then we spend years judging ourselves for not having them.
So my work starts from understanding, not fixing. We look at the patterns you inherited and decide together which ones still serve you.
We all yearn to live authentically and be valued for who we are. When we don’t have safe and affirming relationships, parts of us get pushed aside to meet others’ needs. We feel on edge, exhausted, disconnected and lost as to how to truly feel well.
I see therapy as a sanctuary for honoring all aspects of ourselves. Healing and growth occurs when we feel safe enough to feel into the present moment. Together we can build an authentic relationship and tend to whatever arises with curiosity and compassion. Guided by your wisdom, we can hold space for grief and experiment with supports and boundaries to meet your needs.
We all yearn to live authentically and be valued for who we are. When we don’t have safe and affirming relationships, parts of us get pushed aside to meet others’ needs. We feel on edge, exhausted, disconnected and lost as to how to truly feel well.
I see therapy as a sanctuary for honoring all aspects of ourselves. Healing and growth occurs when we feel safe enough to feel into the present moment. Together we can build an authentic relationship and tend to whatever arises with curiosity and compassion. Guided by your wisdom, we can hold space for grief and experiment with supports and boundaries to meet your needs.
I help adults, couples, and families work through trauma, anxiety, ADHD, eating and body image concerns, and relationship distress. Many of my clients feel stuck in patterns that make sense on the surface but are exhausting to live with, especially when they are used to being the responsible one or the one everyone else depends on. In our work together, I focus on helping you understand what is happening in your nervous system, how past experiences may still be showing up in the present, and what it takes to actually create change that lasts.
I help adults, couples, and families work through trauma, anxiety, ADHD, eating and body image concerns, and relationship distress. Many of my clients feel stuck in patterns that make sense on the surface but are exhausting to live with, especially when they are used to being the responsible one or the one everyone else depends on. In our work together, I focus on helping you understand what is happening in your nervous system, how past experiences may still be showing up in the present, and what it takes to actually create change that lasts.
I work with kids, teens, families, and adults who want to understand what’s happening underneath the surface. Sometimes that shows up as anxiety, ADHD, conflict, big emotions, or feeling stuck in the same patterns over and over. Other times, people come in knowing that something feels off, even if they can’t quite put it into words yet.
I work with kids, teens, families, and adults who want to understand what’s happening underneath the surface. Sometimes that shows up as anxiety, ADHD, conflict, big emotions, or feeling stuck in the same patterns over and over. Other times, people come in knowing that something feels off, even if they can’t quite put it into words yet.
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FAQ - About Multiracial Counseling
Why might mixed race or multiracial identity be important to address in therapy?
Mixed race or multiracial identity can shape how you understand yourself and relate to others around you, so it is natural that this identity may be important to speak about in therapy. If you identify as mixed race, you may find it helpful to speak with a therapist about identity, belonging, racism, cultural disconnection, or feeling pressure to “choose” one part of your background over another. A therapist who understands or shares your mixed race identity may be better able to support conversations about your experiences. A shared background may also strengthen the therapeutic alliance, which refers to the working relationship between you and your therapist and is tied to positive therapy outcomes.
How can a mixed race therapist support couples counseling or family therapy?
Like other therapists, mixed race therapists can support couples and families with a broad range of concerns, including communication challenges, conflict, parenting, life transitions, and relationship stress. However, therapists who personally identify as mixed race may be especially helpful when race, culture, or ethnicity are part of the concerns being discussed, such as when partners come from different cultural backgrounds and are navigating differing personal or community expectations. A mixed race therapist may also help couples and families explore how identity shapes each person’s experience in the relationship. Family members, for instance, may not experience race or culture in the same way, even within the same household. Therapy can offer a space to talk through these differences.
How might I inquire about a therapist's experience working with mixed race or multiracial clients?
The initial consultation, which is typically a brief phone or video call, can be a good time to ask about a therapist’s experience working with multiracial clients. You can ask specific questions, such as “Do you have experience working with multiracial clients?” or broader questions, such as “How do you approach cultural identity in your practice?” As sessions begin, it can be helpful to notice how the therapist responds to your concerns. A good therapist should respond with respect, curiosity, and cultural humility. If you feel dismissed or misunderstood, or if you find yourself having to explain your beliefs or cultural context constantly, it may be worth considering another therapist.
Who is included in Psychology Today's directory of mixed race therapists?
The directory of mixed race therapists includes therapists who have shared their mixed race or multiracial identity in their profiles, as well as therapists who indicate that they have extensive experience working with mixed race clients, regardless of their own background. Not all therapists choose to disclose this information on their profile, and these individuals may not appear in search results for this reason.