Therapists in Valley Village, CA

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), I have extensive experience working with individuals, couples, families, and groups dealing with a wide array of challenges. Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship problems such as codependency, infidelity, or other concerns, trauma, anger, grief, addiction, or other issues, I would be honored to walk with you to discover a better way forward in life.

Do you feel trapped by your own thoughts? Are you feeling like no matter how hard you try you can't catch a break? Are you haunted by past experiences or traumas? You are not alone. I am a Los Angeles-based psychotherapist and counselor that utilizes strength-based, solution-focused, and mindful therapy to guide you on your journey to self-improvement. Psychotherapy is one of the most important spaces that allow us to have difficult, yet important, conversations to find our purpose in life. Psychotherapy can also help you move through traumas and roadblocks to reach your full potential.

Dedicated to Enriching the lives of those we serve, by promoting a strength based, client centered approach. We believe that achieving a balanced social emotional state of wellbeing is the foundation to prosperity, good health and meaningful relationships. Where there is balance and harmony, the possibilities to happiness become endless. Our job is to offer you individualized skills and strategies to meet your specific needs, while assisting and supporting you along your journey. We specialize in working with couples and individuals seeking relationship clarity, self-determination, and social emotional support.

I work to provide a supportive and client-centered space for individuals to share their experiences. Reaching out to a therapist can be a difficult experience and it is important to me that my clients feel comfortable and safe. I am genuinely passionate about building a healthy, nurturing, and interactive relationship with clients, which will help foster growth and change. I earned my BA from the UCLA and my Masters in Social Work from USC. I am currently providing psychotherapy both in-person and via telehealth.

Hello, I'm Jerome, a licensed marriage and family therapist. I have been extremely successful with providing couples and individual psychotherapy ensuring that each client receives the highest level of therapeutic care. I have helped people with addiction, alcohol use, anger, depression, anxiety, and more. I employ an advanced Cognitive Behavioral therapeutic approach designed to motivate individuals and couples to achieve their treatment plan objectives. As an LMFT for the past nineteen years, I have always been responsible to nurture my client’s aspirations.

Do you experience painful sex, anxiety, struggle with starting or keeping an erection, and ejaculating sooner than you want? Perhaps you have a partner and you are anxious about how to communicate your true feelings or concerns about sex and intimacy. Being authentically you and communicating how you feel can be a real struggle. If this resonates with you, then know that you are not alone. Also, know that your fears are valid; it can feel painful to be rejected, not heard, not seen, and not fulfilled. These struggles are not a reflection of you as a person. They are a sign that there is an area that needs attention and support.

I'm a no-nonsense, supportive guy, the kind people are happy to have on their side. If I have a tombstone I hope the word CURIOUS will be on it. My curiosity is endless. I love helping folks get curious about how things - visible and invisible - impact their lives, from finances and sex to emotions and power. Engaging, supportive, and playful are other words clients use. About a third of my clients are couples. Over half are men. Many do some kind of creative work and created their own business. They are all over the Shy-to-Outgoing Spectrum.

Hello. My name is Mark. I am a gay, disabled therapist (licensed clinical social worker, LCSW). I believe that we all have the strengths to overcome or cope with the challenges we face, we might just need a little support. I work with a wide range of clients, but I have a passion for those with disabilities, those with foster care experience, and those in the LGBTQI community. I work with clients facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions. While in session with me you can expect a direct and empathetic approach.

My approach to psychotherapy is influenced in large part by my own experience of existing as a sensitive and emotional human. It’s also influenced by my background in the visual arts which influences me to see the therapeutic space as one that is creative, dynamic and even playful. I try to operate from a baseline of empathy, curiosity and non-judgment. I work primarily from a Gestalt therapy style, from which I emphasize the power of the therapeutic relationship and the here-and-now experiences that emerge as the therapeutic process unfolds. I also utilize attachment theory and somatic experiencing in the way I work.

Hello. I'm Peter L. Hoffman, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Los Angeles. For over a decade, I have maintained a strength-based, person-centered practice open to individuals and couples. I have an eclectic approach that meets you where you are, and I work collaboratively and with deep empathy. I am LGBTQ-affirming, trauma-informed, and mindfulness-based, and hope that together we can move beyond indecision, insecurity, inertia and fear to capture the essence of who you want to be.

I offer expertise in evidence-based treatments for anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties. I use a collaborative and strengths-based approach that integrates cultural factors as appropriate. I was raised in an inner-city, urban area, and I carry a high level of understanding for individuals that come from marginalized environments like myself. I also specialize in professional and work stress. I have been a business owner, philanthropist, and investor for almost 30 years. I have experience with high output career stress and how it can affect us.

I am currently accepting new patients both in person (Burbank, CA) and virtually throughout the state of California. I accept many major insurances, EAP benefits, and have a self-pay option. Research supports, and I firmly believe, that the greatest indicator of therapeutic success is based on the relationship and therefore I take a highly collaborative approach. Together we can sort through which of your needs are not being met, and work on on how to take meaningful steps to remedy that.

With over twenty years experience in LGBTQ counseling, research, and teaching, I have a deep understanding of our community. Among LGBTQ individuals anxiety and depression may involve feelings of emptiness, relationship problems, interpersonal sensitivity, or addictions. The roots of these struggles can vary, but it helps to have a therapist who grasps the alienating impact of growing up in a world that disavows the core of who we are. I will help you address these issues, and others, through a deeper approach that can feel energizing, challenging, and even liberating.

One of the highest predictors of successful outcomes in psychotherapy is the therapeutic relationship. My therapeutic approach is rooted in the scientific research of attachment theory and the ancient wisdom of community: we do not heal alone by ourselves; healing occurs relationally—through rupture and repair—and by having new and corrective emotional experiences. I am a therapist who works with my clients as a collaborator, soul friend, and deep listener. I believe in the power of evocative empathy—the radical notion that it can be powerfully healing to be deeply moved by one another.

Trust and confidentiality are vital to the therapeutic relationship and process. For parents of transgender and non-binary youth, this can sometimes leave them feeling "out of the loop." Before their child came out, they came in. As a result, parents often find themselves behind and may feel confused, overwhelmed, and sometimes scared about what this new information means about their child and future. In an attempt to close the knowledge gap, parents often rely on asking questions but are often met with anger from their children and sometimes feel shut out.