Therapists in Pacoima, CA

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from Los Angeles California with over 15 years of experience providing psychosocial assessments and therapeutic care to adults and older adolescents needing help with finding solutions to make their lives happier and more fulfilling. With the use of proven therapeutic techniques, individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, substance abuse, trauma, and various life transitions can learn to reconcile and manage the stressors that create barriers to well lived lives and healthy relationships.

Do you feel as though your anxiety and depression are unmanageable? How about feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or helplessness like you’ve hit rock bottom and are struggling to find hope for tomorrow? Once we start to unravel the details of our past and trauma we give ourselves the ability to process feelings that we have long suppressed. I aim to collaborate with you and provide tools to decrease the challenging feelings you are currently facing and achieve a more integrated and balanced sense of self, leading to emotional healing and personal growth.

I have worked with teens in schools, treatment centers, and in private practice to provide understanding support and care during many individuals’ hardest, human experiences. Through the use of cognitive behavioral techniques, I have seen clients increase self-esteem, increase functionality, and decrease their sadness and anxiety.

I am dedicated to providing personalized support for individuals struggling with a range of issues, including anxiety, depression, trauma (EMDR Certified), sexual addiction, marital issues, substance addiction, and panic attacks. My comprehensive approach to therapy draws from a combination of evidence-based practices, including CBT, DBT, Psychodynamic, and solution-focused therapy, to help you achieve lasting results. I have over 8+ years of clinical experience, along with the best sexual addiction and trauma therapy training. You can trust that you are with a professional who has been trained at the highest-level institutions.

I utilize a client centered approach in working with adolescents and adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, and life transitions. In a safe, supportive, and non judgemental space we can explore the negative patterns in your life, work through any barriers, and move towards healing, growth, and change.

We only know what we know, no shame in not knowing what we don’t. Consider it a privilege to accompany you on your journey to a more fulfilling life. Therapy shouldn't have to be complicated or intimidating. I work with a compassionate, supportive, and individualized approach reducing your distress and symptoms and build your strength and resilience. I'm a lmft with over 35 years experience. My style is interactive, direct, and supportive. I focus on the here-and-now but recognize that one's past impacts choices, feelings, and behaviors in the present. I hope you find therapy with me to be a safe, nurturing, productive experience.

Hello! My name is Jennifer Adams and I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who specializes in Trauma Healing and uses mind, body and spirituality (if applicable) to help clients work through any issues that arise in everyday life. While I am originally from Florida, I moved to California in 2014 to work in the mental health field for the last 9 years. I have a background working with families, couples and individuals who struggle with grief and loss, traumatic experiences, depression, anxiety, psychosis and running groups on a variety of topics!

Do you feel lost or tempted to despair? Do you feel as if you're not truly or deeply living? As if real and substantial change may not be possible for you? I believe your despair can give way to an unfolding realization of hope. You can be more than you are, better than you are, even transform your life as you know it. Your life can increasingly be marked by an enduring sense of inward peace that no one can take from you. If you're struggling with such core life issues, I believe I can help you.

Are you struggling with work, relational, and life stressors that have overwhelmed you and you are unsure what to do next? You're trying to open the next chapter in your life, but your past traumas and anxiety stop you. This is where I come in and help guide you in making YOUR right decision. I will help you through your journey in becoming worry-free and assist you in processing unresolved feelings and learning healthy coping skills for emotional distress

My name is Michael Villanueva, and I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist in California. I have worked as a professor at a university, providing research and clinical services on remote tribal lands, served as a combat clinical psychologist in Afghanistan, and implemented research with computational neuroscientists at UC San Diego on the effects of psychedelics on the human brain. I provide individual talk psychotherapy (including telehealth) and Neurotherapy in my office. I record and analyze my clients’ EEG (i.e., brainwaves), which provides me with a personalized approach to neurofeedback training to address my clients’ symptoms

Dr. Alonie Butler is a Psychologist in California who has been practicing since 2010. Dr. Butler provides a supportive environment in order to explore conflicts, find meaning, and to explore the journey of reaching your goals. The therapeutic relationship that develops in sessions is unique in effort to address internal conflicts that interfere with daily life and ability to solve problems due to unconscious and/or conscious stressors. Therefore, Dr. Butler provides Cognitive Behavior Therapy in effort to help explore how we get stuck in a rut with our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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.

Life can feel impossible to avoid struggling and we often don't feel we have the skills to cope successfully through. Unfortunately, sometimes we don't have all the resources we need for a given situation. Parts of us take on desperate roles trying to help us to survive. This might look like anxiety, depression, PTSD, addiction, and relationship/family issues. I aim to help you process unresolved issues and feelings and find solutions.

Are you seeking self-improvement? I want to help! I treat individuals, couples and families from adolescence through geriatric, offering a variety of approaches from DBT to EMDR to deep psychodynamic exploration. While compassionate and empathetic, I provide an interactive, straightforward approach to help you meet your goals quickly and learn to THRIVE. I've authored 4 published books, hosted a weekly psychology-related podcast, and have appeared on numerous national TV shows (e.g. Tyra Banks). For more information on services and products, and a view of my blogs, please visit me at www.drdebraonline.com!

Finding the right therapist is difficult. My work uses an affirmative, nurturing approach where I provide a safe place for my clients to explore how their lives may be more connected to loved ones, friends, family, and self. In our work together I provide passion, curiosity, a sense of humor, and ways to help overcome unhealthy patterns and find inner peace.