Women's Issues Therapists in West Hollywood, CA
I specialize in supporting women navigating anxiety, postpartum challenges, and self-esteem concerns. Many of my clients come to therapy seeking balance between their personal lives, relationships, and roles as mothers or professionals. My goal is to help you feel more in control, confident in your decisions, and connected to the best version of yourself.
I specialize in supporting women navigating anxiety, postpartum challenges, and self-esteem concerns. Many of my clients come to therapy seeking balance between their personal lives, relationships, and roles as mothers or professionals. My goal is to help you feel more in control, confident in your decisions, and connected to the best version of yourself.
If you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or relationship challenges. I work with individuals—both adults and teens—and specialize in helping couples navigate their struggles. I understand the complexities of intersectionality the blending of cultural, gender, and societal expectations and how it impacts relationships and personal growth. Whether you’re dealing with emotional distress, communication issues, or past trauma, I offer a safe, compassionate space to explore your emotions, uncover the root causes of your struggles, and break free from old patterns. Together, we’ll develop practical strategies.
If you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or relationship challenges. I work with individuals—both adults and teens—and specialize in helping couples navigate their struggles. I understand the complexities of intersectionality the blending of cultural, gender, and societal expectations and how it impacts relationships and personal growth. Whether you’re dealing with emotional distress, communication issues, or past trauma, I offer a safe, compassionate space to explore your emotions, uncover the root causes of your struggles, and break free from old patterns. Together, we’ll develop practical strategies.
Do you find yourself doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result? Are you struggling to find balance in your life? Do you feel like there's a part of you that has died and hasn't come back to life?
Hi, my name is Merisa. I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Art Therapist and artist. I help highly functioning adults manage their stressors and find more balance in life. I am an art therapist, meaning we will use art as a communication tool to express emotions, process trauma and relieve stress. I have many clients who are not willing to do art therapy, and that's okay as well!
Do you find yourself doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result? Are you struggling to find balance in your life? Do you feel like there's a part of you that has died and hasn't come back to life?
Hi, my name is Merisa. I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Art Therapist and artist. I help highly functioning adults manage their stressors and find more balance in life. I am an art therapist, meaning we will use art as a communication tool to express emotions, process trauma and relieve stress. I have many clients who are not willing to do art therapy, and that's okay as well!
My practice is informed by the interconnectedness of all things, especially the relationship between mind, body, and spirit (or soul), and the interrelationships between beings. I am influenced by Western psychological theories, as well as holistic, ancestral, and indigenous wellness rituals from around the world.
My practice is informed by the interconnectedness of all things, especially the relationship between mind, body, and spirit (or soul), and the interrelationships between beings. I am influenced by Western psychological theories, as well as holistic, ancestral, and indigenous wellness rituals from around the world.
My goal is to create a safe space where you can explore your inner world, experience growth, feel comforted, supported, and challenged. My intention is to assist as you explore your truths, dismantle stories that no longer feel accurate, and re-connect with your authentic self. It’s important to me that you experience positive growth, and that you do so while feeling safe. The way I work with clients is collaborative, warm, curious and direct. We work together to connect with all aspects of yourself, including parts of you that the world as deemed unacceptable, unlikeable, or unworthy.
My goal is to create a safe space where you can explore your inner world, experience growth, feel comforted, supported, and challenged. My intention is to assist as you explore your truths, dismantle stories that no longer feel accurate, and re-connect with your authentic self. It’s important to me that you experience positive growth, and that you do so while feeling safe. The way I work with clients is collaborative, warm, curious and direct. We work together to connect with all aspects of yourself, including parts of you that the world as deemed unacceptable, unlikeable, or unworthy.
I’m here to invite you to adventure within! Work with me to explore, express, and embody your most authentic self. When we are not in step with this, we often suffer with anxiety, depression, and pain and we don’t even know why. When we finally see what is holding us down, we can find compassion for ourselves and loosen the grip of what binds us. As you start connecting with your truest self, you can move towards a life that feels deeply meaningful, expansive and fulfilling. Many of my clients are empty nesters. This is an incredible time to go deep in therapy. Let go of old wounds and really get to know yourself now.
I’m here to invite you to adventure within! Work with me to explore, express, and embody your most authentic self. When we are not in step with this, we often suffer with anxiety, depression, and pain and we don’t even know why. When we finally see what is holding us down, we can find compassion for ourselves and loosen the grip of what binds us. As you start connecting with your truest self, you can move towards a life that feels deeply meaningful, expansive and fulfilling. Many of my clients are empty nesters. This is an incredible time to go deep in therapy. Let go of old wounds and really get to know yourself now.
You may be feeling worn down by self-doubt, perfectionism, or the pressure of keeping it all together. Maybe you’ve survived emotional abuse, or simply feel stuck repeating old patterns that no longer serve you. Together, we can untangle what’s holding you back, make sense of the pain you’ve carried, and rebuild a sense of peace, balance, and confidence. You don’t have to keep struggling alone. Healing is possible, and it begins here.
You may be feeling worn down by self-doubt, perfectionism, or the pressure of keeping it all together. Maybe you’ve survived emotional abuse, or simply feel stuck repeating old patterns that no longer serve you. Together, we can untangle what’s holding you back, make sense of the pain you’ve carried, and rebuild a sense of peace, balance, and confidence. You don’t have to keep struggling alone. Healing is possible, and it begins here.
I work with intelligent motivated clients who are functioning relatively well in their lives, but may feel stuck in certain areas. Whether it’s a relationship, career, health issue, life transition or some other emotional or mental roadblock that has you feeling like you’re not functioning at your best, we can get down to the root of it, get clear on direction and move through it, onward and upward.
Depending upon your needs and desires, we can also address health issues simultaneously. This is an additional optional opportunity to have another perspective, along with any other health professionals, with whom you may be working.
I work with intelligent motivated clients who are functioning relatively well in their lives, but may feel stuck in certain areas. Whether it’s a relationship, career, health issue, life transition or some other emotional or mental roadblock that has you feeling like you’re not functioning at your best, we can get down to the root of it, get clear on direction and move through it, onward and upward.
Depending upon your needs and desires, we can also address health issues simultaneously. This is an additional optional opportunity to have another perspective, along with any other health professionals, with whom you may be working.
I am a generalist Licensed Psychologist and work with a variety of issues, including relationships, family dynamics, career stress, depression, anxiety, and trauma. My therapeutic approach is relational, insight-oriented, and collaborative, grounded in warmth, empathy, and clinical depth. I help women and men develop greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, and clarity around patterns that no longer serve them, fostering meaningful growth and lasting change across their personal and professional lives.
I am a generalist Licensed Psychologist and work with a variety of issues, including relationships, family dynamics, career stress, depression, anxiety, and trauma. My therapeutic approach is relational, insight-oriented, and collaborative, grounded in warmth, empathy, and clinical depth. I help women and men develop greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, and clarity around patterns that no longer serve them, fostering meaningful growth and lasting change across their personal and professional lives.
I work with LGBTQIA+ adults, neurodivergent folks, and women who feel stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed. Whether you’re exploring your identity, navigating trauma, or seeking support in polyamorous or non-monogamous relationships, therapy with me offers a space to feel seen and supported. Together, we’ll build more compassion, clarity, and self-trust, so you can move through life with more ease and alignment.
I offer virtual services throughout California and Washington.
I work with LGBTQIA+ adults, neurodivergent folks, and women who feel stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed. Whether you’re exploring your identity, navigating trauma, or seeking support in polyamorous or non-monogamous relationships, therapy with me offers a space to feel seen and supported. Together, we’ll build more compassion, clarity, and self-trust, so you can move through life with more ease and alignment.
I offer virtual services throughout California and Washington.
The birth of a child can be the most joyful experience in a woman's life and simultaneously disorienting and disillusioning. As a licensed psychotherapist, yogini and mother, I will hold the space for the complexity of this transition and help you navigate challenges that include, but are not limited to: Changes in identity and body image; relationship issues; experience with postpartum depression and anxiety. My multilayered lens brings healing, integration, and transformation to the lives of others through both individual, couples and group therapy.
The birth of a child can be the most joyful experience in a woman's life and simultaneously disorienting and disillusioning. As a licensed psychotherapist, yogini and mother, I will hold the space for the complexity of this transition and help you navigate challenges that include, but are not limited to: Changes in identity and body image; relationship issues; experience with postpartum depression and anxiety. My multilayered lens brings healing, integration, and transformation to the lives of others through both individual, couples and group therapy.
Healing looks different for all of us. As we navigate different seasons, relationships, and themes in life, it can be helpful to have a space that is yours. You are the expert of your experience, and I believe in healing practices that emphasize collaboration and connection. I show up with a relational approach, ready to meet you where you are and how you want to support growth and exploration. I value social justice, supporting a good fit between therapist and client, and flexibility. My practice integrates the honoring of your cultural values, intersecting identities and meaningful relationships that inform who we are.
Healing looks different for all of us. As we navigate different seasons, relationships, and themes in life, it can be helpful to have a space that is yours. You are the expert of your experience, and I believe in healing practices that emphasize collaboration and connection. I show up with a relational approach, ready to meet you where you are and how you want to support growth and exploration. I value social justice, supporting a good fit between therapist and client, and flexibility. My practice integrates the honoring of your cultural values, intersecting identities and meaningful relationships that inform who we are.
Although I work with a wide range of issues, I have particular interest & training in the treatment of eating disorders, complex trauma, adult children of emotionally immature parents, women's issues, and relationships.
The best advice I ever received about practicing psychotherapy was, “be a human first and a therapist second." To this day, I hold this sentiment in mind while sitting with my clients. While my approach is informed by robust training, I ultimately hold the view that you are the expert on your own life. I utilize our relationship to help you develop a stronger, more truthful relationship with yourself. From a place of deep awareness, you will feel more empowered to make choices that are right for you, more congruence, connection, and authenticity in your life, more freedom from what burdens you, and more control over your own story.
Although I work with a wide range of issues, I have particular interest & training in the treatment of eating disorders, complex trauma, adult children of emotionally immature parents, women's issues, and relationships.
The best advice I ever received about practicing psychotherapy was, “be a human first and a therapist second." To this day, I hold this sentiment in mind while sitting with my clients. While my approach is informed by robust training, I ultimately hold the view that you are the expert on your own life. I utilize our relationship to help you develop a stronger, more truthful relationship with yourself. From a place of deep awareness, you will feel more empowered to make choices that are right for you, more congruence, connection, and authenticity in your life, more freedom from what burdens you, and more control over your own story.
Do problems feel unmanageable? Are relationships more stressful? Sometimes life can be challenging.
My practice is dedicated to listening carefully and offering insight with compassion and care. I offer a supportive space to understand emotional experiences, develop nurturing relationships, and move towards your personal goals.
Whatever your reasons for wanting to talk to someone, psychotherapy can help you discover your own potential. Starting the conversation is easier than you think.
Reach out to explore the possibilities.
Do problems feel unmanageable? Are relationships more stressful? Sometimes life can be challenging.
My practice is dedicated to listening carefully and offering insight with compassion and care. I offer a supportive space to understand emotional experiences, develop nurturing relationships, and move towards your personal goals.
Whatever your reasons for wanting to talk to someone, psychotherapy can help you discover your own potential. Starting the conversation is easier than you think.
Reach out to explore the possibilities.
I specialize in supporting women who feel stuck in cycles of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and difficulty setting boundaries. Together, we explore the patterns that lead you to prioritize others at the expense of your own needs, while helping you reclaim your voice, build self-trust, and create relationships rooted in authenticity and mutual respect.
I am also deeply committed to working with LGBTQ+ individuals navigating identity, relationships, and the effects of bullying, rejection, or internalized shame. Our work centers on creating a safe, affirming space where your full self is seen, honored, and supported.
I specialize in supporting women who feel stuck in cycles of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and difficulty setting boundaries. Together, we explore the patterns that lead you to prioritize others at the expense of your own needs, while helping you reclaim your voice, build self-trust, and create relationships rooted in authenticity and mutual respect.
I am also deeply committed to working with LGBTQ+ individuals navigating identity, relationships, and the effects of bullying, rejection, or internalized shame. Our work centers on creating a safe, affirming space where your full self is seen, honored, and supported.
In addition, I have specialized in Women's Issues, Depression, Anxiety, Life transitions, Retirement Issues, Feminist therapy, and Trauma.
With over 30 years of training and experience as a Licensed Clinical Therapist, I can offer an array of tools to address your needs and tailor an individualized approach to help you achieve your goals, resolve difficult experiences and feelings, improve relationships, and find more fulfillment in your life. Please look at my web site for info on my training.
In addition, I have specialized in Women's Issues, Depression, Anxiety, Life transitions, Retirement Issues, Feminist therapy, and Trauma.
With over 30 years of training and experience as a Licensed Clinical Therapist, I can offer an array of tools to address your needs and tailor an individualized approach to help you achieve your goals, resolve difficult experiences and feelings, improve relationships, and find more fulfillment in your life. Please look at my web site for info on my training.
If you are feeling lost, alone, or out of touch with your usual self, I know you have not made the decision to reach out for help lightly. Seeking therapy is an effort to do just about anything to finally feel better. Maybe you are feeling weighed down by life's stressors, like it is impossible to be a woman in today's society, struggling to navigate the transition to motherhood, overcome with sadness, and hopeless about how to take care of yourself, your relationship, or your child. If you are searching for holistic support in embodying your role as a mother, or mood management during pregnancy and post-partum, I can help.
If you are feeling lost, alone, or out of touch with your usual self, I know you have not made the decision to reach out for help lightly. Seeking therapy is an effort to do just about anything to finally feel better. Maybe you are feeling weighed down by life's stressors, like it is impossible to be a woman in today's society, struggling to navigate the transition to motherhood, overcome with sadness, and hopeless about how to take care of yourself, your relationship, or your child. If you are searching for holistic support in embodying your role as a mother, or mood management during pregnancy and post-partum, I can help.
We all have the potential to create the lives and relationships we want, even in the most challenging of situations. Grappling with the normal questions and challenges of being human can, at times become overwhelming. I work with clients to tap into the inner and outer resources that may have been unrecognized or perhaps forgotten, and to utilize these resources and skills to transform difficulty and pain into ease and wellbeing. You don't have to stay stuck in habitual patterns that don't serve you. Through thoughtful exploration and practice you can build a life of greater freedom and possibility.
We all have the potential to create the lives and relationships we want, even in the most challenging of situations. Grappling with the normal questions and challenges of being human can, at times become overwhelming. I work with clients to tap into the inner and outer resources that may have been unrecognized or perhaps forgotten, and to utilize these resources and skills to transform difficulty and pain into ease and wellbeing. You don't have to stay stuck in habitual patterns that don't serve you. Through thoughtful exploration and practice you can build a life of greater freedom and possibility.
Dear woman, you deserve the same love and care you so freely give to others, no exceptions. You’ve been carrying it all—the roles, the responsibilities, the guilt of not being able to hold it all together. Somewhere along the way, you learned that tending to others helped keep the peace, even when it meant setting yourself aside. Beneath it all, there is a wild longing: to have meaningful relationships without losing yourself, to pour from a full cup, and to live a life that feels authentically yours.
Dear woman, you deserve the same love and care you so freely give to others, no exceptions. You’ve been carrying it all—the roles, the responsibilities, the guilt of not being able to hold it all together. Somewhere along the way, you learned that tending to others helped keep the peace, even when it meant setting yourself aside. Beneath it all, there is a wild longing: to have meaningful relationships without losing yourself, to pour from a full cup, and to live a life that feels authentically yours.
I believe the connection you have with your therapist is essential to having a positive experience in therapy. People seek therapy for many reasons. You notice feeling sad, stressed, worried or overwhelmed; you experienced a traumatic event or a great loss; you are trying to change certain patterns in your life; you want more fulfilling relationships. Whether I am working with individuals, couples or families, I am empathic, collaborative, and provide suggestions and feedback in a safe, respectful and supportive environment. I have worked with different cultures, backgrounds, ages and professions, and love learning from my clients.
I believe the connection you have with your therapist is essential to having a positive experience in therapy. People seek therapy for many reasons. You notice feeling sad, stressed, worried or overwhelmed; you experienced a traumatic event or a great loss; you are trying to change certain patterns in your life; you want more fulfilling relationships. Whether I am working with individuals, couples or families, I am empathic, collaborative, and provide suggestions and feedback in a safe, respectful and supportive environment. I have worked with different cultures, backgrounds, ages and professions, and love learning from my clients.
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Women's Issues Therapists
How do you encourage a woman to go to therapy?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Offering specific examples of how an individual may be suffering, and what effects it has on them, should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.
How can women prepare for therapy?
Women can prepare for therapy by being willing to talk about their past experiences and their private thoughts. Before a session, an individual may want to reflect on how they’ve felt since the last session and what’s happened in their lives. Between sessions, it can be useful to write down notes about their reaction to a given event or how they felt at a particular time.
How long does therapy for women’s issues often last?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual and the challenges they face. Therapy types like Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Prolonged exposure therapy (PET), and Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. In some cases, such as for women with eating disorders, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
How can women overcome stigma around specific challenges in order to seek therapy?
Women dealing with domestic abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, and any other number of troubles may feel a stigma around seeking help. It’s important to remember that these issues are not uncommon and there is no shame in getting help for them. Therapy is confidential, and women can talk about their experiences without fear of judgment. Seeking therapy can be a courageous and liberating act, and an important step toward healing and recovery.