Lesbian Therapists in West Los Angeles, CA
Welcome to my practice! The decision to seek psychotherapy is not always easy, so I want to praise you for taking this first important step! In our work together, we will focus on increasing your awareness of how learned thoughts, emotions and behaviors can create psychological pain and even negative physical symptoms. We will develop your ability to manage these obstacles in order to live a more happy and fulfilling life. Stress, emotional pain, and physical discomfort do not have to get in your way of having healthy relationships, giving your best performance at work, or achieving your goals!
Welcome to my practice! The decision to seek psychotherapy is not always easy, so I want to praise you for taking this first important step! In our work together, we will focus on increasing your awareness of how learned thoughts, emotions and behaviors can create psychological pain and even negative physical symptoms. We will develop your ability to manage these obstacles in order to live a more happy and fulfilling life. Stress, emotional pain, and physical discomfort do not have to get in your way of having healthy relationships, giving your best performance at work, or achieving your goals!
Are you feeling unsupported and disconnected in your relationship due to trauma, PTSD, addiction, or infidelity? Are you missing the warmth, intimacy, trust, and connection you once felt? Let's work together to ease the discomfort of what's happening now to find a new loving intimacy in your relationship. Couples counseling provides a neutral space to speak honestly about what you're experiencing, how it's impacting you, and offers ways to improve communication, understanding, and intimacy. Additionally, I specialize in EMDR trauma treatment for individuals to reduce hypervigilance, fear, and flashbacks.
Are you feeling unsupported and disconnected in your relationship due to trauma, PTSD, addiction, or infidelity? Are you missing the warmth, intimacy, trust, and connection you once felt? Let's work together to ease the discomfort of what's happening now to find a new loving intimacy in your relationship. Couples counseling provides a neutral space to speak honestly about what you're experiencing, how it's impacting you, and offers ways to improve communication, understanding, and intimacy. Additionally, I specialize in EMDR trauma treatment for individuals to reduce hypervigilance, fear, and flashbacks.
Seeking support requires plenty of courage, strength, and determination. Taking the first steps toward change can feel both invigorating and nerve-racking at the same time. I aim to create a warm, supportive, and non-judgmental space for you to share your life experiences. One of our most fundamental human needs is to form connections, and I strive to utilize our therapeutic relationship as a guide for growth and healing. As a partner in your personal journey, I hope to empower you to gain the valuable insight and practical skills essential for overcoming obstacles, achieving your goals, and living a well-balanced, self-fulfilled life.
Seeking support requires plenty of courage, strength, and determination. Taking the first steps toward change can feel both invigorating and nerve-racking at the same time. I aim to create a warm, supportive, and non-judgmental space for you to share your life experiences. One of our most fundamental human needs is to form connections, and I strive to utilize our therapeutic relationship as a guide for growth and healing. As a partner in your personal journey, I hope to empower you to gain the valuable insight and practical skills essential for overcoming obstacles, achieving your goals, and living a well-balanced, self-fulfilled life.
People thrive when they feel a sense of purpose and connection to themselves and others. Most people come to see me when something is missing from their lives, be it purpose, connection, or both. Depression and/or anxiety may be at work. Anger or grief could consume more of their time and focus. Others feel stagnant, confused, expressing a lack of motivation and self-worth. Finding a safe place to explore your current struggles is possible in therapy. To achieve the meaningful changes you desire, seeking professional help is an effective option.
People thrive when they feel a sense of purpose and connection to themselves and others. Most people come to see me when something is missing from their lives, be it purpose, connection, or both. Depression and/or anxiety may be at work. Anger or grief could consume more of their time and focus. Others feel stagnant, confused, expressing a lack of motivation and self-worth. Finding a safe place to explore your current struggles is possible in therapy. To achieve the meaningful changes you desire, seeking professional help is an effective option.
When the difficult experiences from your past are still impacting you, it is hard to know what to do. You don’t feel like yourself anymore, and the people in your life are starting to notice. It’s coming out at work, in your relationships, in your mood. You might be thinking “I just want to move on with my life. Why can’t I just get over it already?” But no matter how many times you try to move on, you still feel stuck.
You are not alone. I help survivors of childhood and relationship trauma look at how their experiences have shaped them, and explore how to take back their lives from the memories that have burdened them for so long.
When the difficult experiences from your past are still impacting you, it is hard to know what to do. You don’t feel like yourself anymore, and the people in your life are starting to notice. It’s coming out at work, in your relationships, in your mood. You might be thinking “I just want to move on with my life. Why can’t I just get over it already?” But no matter how many times you try to move on, you still feel stuck.
You are not alone. I help survivors of childhood and relationship trauma look at how their experiences have shaped them, and explore how to take back their lives from the memories that have burdened them for so long.
You may be afraid that your pain, loneliness, or turmoil will never end. I can help relieve troublesome problems such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and relationships with chronic conflict or painful distance. You may have tried therapy in the past, hoping that your life would improve. Maybe it helped, but eventually, you found yourself right back where you were feeling even more despair. If you’re stuck and discouraged, I want you to know that there is a way out. You might doubt that you can have a more peaceful and fulfilling life. However, the deep healing system I offer is highly effective. All you have to do is give it a try.
You may be afraid that your pain, loneliness, or turmoil will never end. I can help relieve troublesome problems such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and relationships with chronic conflict or painful distance. You may have tried therapy in the past, hoping that your life would improve. Maybe it helped, but eventually, you found yourself right back where you were feeling even more despair. If you’re stuck and discouraged, I want you to know that there is a way out. You might doubt that you can have a more peaceful and fulfilling life. However, the deep healing system I offer is highly effective. All you have to do is give it a try.
Are anxiety, depression, past experiences, or life changes making it difficult to feel like yourself? Perhaps you or someone you love is feeling overwhelmed, stuck, disconnected, or simply unsure of how to move forward. Whether you are seeking help for yourself, your child, or your family, therapy can provide a supportive place to understand what is happening beneath the surface. Together, we can identify what is getting in the way, build on your strengths, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Are anxiety, depression, past experiences, or life changes making it difficult to feel like yourself? Perhaps you or someone you love is feeling overwhelmed, stuck, disconnected, or simply unsure of how to move forward. Whether you are seeking help for yourself, your child, or your family, therapy can provide a supportive place to understand what is happening beneath the surface. Together, we can identify what is getting in the way, build on your strengths, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Beginning therapy takes courage and you've already taken the first step. My goal is to help you create a more fulfilling life. I provide a safe space to work collaboratively with you. I will listen and use my knowledge base to help address the parts of your life that feel challenging. I work in both short term and long term treatment modalities.
Beginning therapy takes courage and you've already taken the first step. My goal is to help you create a more fulfilling life. I provide a safe space to work collaboratively with you. I will listen and use my knowledge base to help address the parts of your life that feel challenging. I work in both short term and long term treatment modalities.
I specialize in depression, anxiety, and anger issues, identifying coping skills, building relationship skills, identifying client strengths, increasing self-care tools, building self-esteem, and teaching meditation skills, grounding, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques. I hope to reduce trauma symptoms by helping clients to learn self regulation skills.
I encourage the client to participate in homework assignment to build skills to stabilize the clients emotional and behavioral functioning. Further, specialties include addiction issues, grief work and couples therapy.
I specialize in depression, anxiety, and anger issues, identifying coping skills, building relationship skills, identifying client strengths, increasing self-care tools, building self-esteem, and teaching meditation skills, grounding, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques. I hope to reduce trauma symptoms by helping clients to learn self regulation skills.
I encourage the client to participate in homework assignment to build skills to stabilize the clients emotional and behavioral functioning. Further, specialties include addiction issues, grief work and couples therapy.
Feeling disconnected, exhausted from repeating patterns, or overwhelmed by major life transitions? As a therapist serving clients across California-including Pasadena, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, Glendale, La Canada and beyond, I help professionals and partners heal communication breakdowns, trust wounds, grief, and career-driven anxiety. Deep down, they’re looking for clarity, healing, and tools to move forward. They want a therapist who understands their unique story—not a one-size-fits-all approach—and who can guide them to healthier relationships, greater self-understanding, and a more fulfilling life.
Feeling disconnected, exhausted from repeating patterns, or overwhelmed by major life transitions? As a therapist serving clients across California-including Pasadena, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, Glendale, La Canada and beyond, I help professionals and partners heal communication breakdowns, trust wounds, grief, and career-driven anxiety. Deep down, they’re looking for clarity, healing, and tools to move forward. They want a therapist who understands their unique story—not a one-size-fits-all approach—and who can guide them to healthier relationships, greater self-understanding, and a more fulfilling life.
Briana is extremely compassionate, attuned, non-judgmental, and deeply cares about her clients. She is an advanced practitioner in CBT, DBT, and EMDR Phase I-III. She most recently worked as a psychotherapist at Mental Health America Los Angeles Wellness Center (MHALA) and was widely loved by her clients. Briana has worked with depression, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, family crisis, and relationship conflicts.
Briana is extremely compassionate, attuned, non-judgmental, and deeply cares about her clients. She is an advanced practitioner in CBT, DBT, and EMDR Phase I-III. She most recently worked as a psychotherapist at Mental Health America Los Angeles Wellness Center (MHALA) and was widely loved by her clients. Briana has worked with depression, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, family crisis, and relationship conflicts.
It feels as though our lives have transitioned overnight due to current events. This time can be especially challenging if you were already in the midst of a life transition. Whether you just had a new baby, recently got married or divorced, love someone struggling with addiction, or went through a traumatic event; a sexual assault, medical crisis or are in the grieving process, I can offer support and expertise. I'm especially seasoned in working with trauma and helping folks navigate their interpersonal relationships and relationship to self. Collaboration, awareness, and transformation are key components to my therapy practice.
It feels as though our lives have transitioned overnight due to current events. This time can be especially challenging if you were already in the midst of a life transition. Whether you just had a new baby, recently got married or divorced, love someone struggling with addiction, or went through a traumatic event; a sexual assault, medical crisis or are in the grieving process, I can offer support and expertise. I'm especially seasoned in working with trauma and helping folks navigate their interpersonal relationships and relationship to self. Collaboration, awareness, and transformation are key components to my therapy practice.
Mindful Centers for Addiction and Trauma Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CSAT-S, MBAT-CS
Serves Area
Addiction cannot be overcome simply by knowing what it is or acknowledging its presence in your life. Nor can it be squashed by sheer will power. Many of our clients say they have felt that they could "just handle this by themselves," but once they reached out to us and got the help they needed, they realized that even if you can "just handle this alone," no one, including you, should ever have to. By reaching out to us, you are stating you are ready to bring balance back to your life.
Addiction cannot be overcome simply by knowing what it is or acknowledging its presence in your life. Nor can it be squashed by sheer will power. Many of our clients say they have felt that they could "just handle this by themselves," but once they reached out to us and got the help they needed, they realized that even if you can "just handle this alone," no one, including you, should ever have to. By reaching out to us, you are stating you are ready to bring balance back to your life.
If you're experiencing stress or anxiety—whether from climate change, wildfires, or everyday pressures—I’m here to help. These challenges can create fear or helplessness, but together we can build practical coping skills. Through online therapy using CBT, communication tools, and talk therapy, we’ll develop strategies you can use daily. I support anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, grief, self-doubt, social anxiety, and more. You don’t have to face this alone.
If you're experiencing stress or anxiety—whether from climate change, wildfires, or everyday pressures—I’m here to help. These challenges can create fear or helplessness, but together we can build practical coping skills. Through online therapy using CBT, communication tools, and talk therapy, we’ll develop strategies you can use daily. I support anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, grief, self-doubt, social anxiety, and more. You don’t have to face this alone.
Feeling alone or stuck—at home, work or your relationship? Are you stressed, overwhelmed or frustrated with work—or yourself, your partner or your kids? If this sounds like you & you're tired of struggling, I'd like to help. You can get the support, understanding & skills you need to succeed—& get more of what you want. Life doesn't have to be so hard. Therapy can help you clarify the issues, figure out your options, provide you with new tools—& get things moving in a positive direction. If you're unsure about Teletherapy or starting, give me a call to talk about what you need & how therapy can help. Visit my website to learn more.
Feeling alone or stuck—at home, work or your relationship? Are you stressed, overwhelmed or frustrated with work—or yourself, your partner or your kids? If this sounds like you & you're tired of struggling, I'd like to help. You can get the support, understanding & skills you need to succeed—& get more of what you want. Life doesn't have to be so hard. Therapy can help you clarify the issues, figure out your options, provide you with new tools—& get things moving in a positive direction. If you're unsure about Teletherapy or starting, give me a call to talk about what you need & how therapy can help. Visit my website to learn more.
Are you struggling with feelings of hopelessness, fatigue, low energy, moodiness or loneliness? These can be symptoms of depression. Sometimes depression triggers feeling out of control with eating, alcohol or compulsive spending. Are you trying to improve your relationships with loved ones? I have been helping people improve their inner life and relationships for over 20 years.
Are you struggling with feelings of hopelessness, fatigue, low energy, moodiness or loneliness? These can be symptoms of depression. Sometimes depression triggers feeling out of control with eating, alcohol or compulsive spending. Are you trying to improve your relationships with loved ones? I have been helping people improve their inner life and relationships for over 20 years.
If you're looking to create healthy chan, then virtual therapy can work. As a licensed psychotherapist (LMFT) specializing in hypnosis and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) I assist people in actualizing their dreams, which includes removing unhealthy patterns and achieving goals.. I work with all individuals, couples and LGBTQIA populations. I combine psychotherapy, hypnotherapy and/or NLP with emotional support and tools to transform you into your highest potential-self. I am proficient in eliminating or decreasing depression, anxiety, panic attacks and fears/phobias, as well as to promoting self-confidence.
If you're looking to create healthy chan, then virtual therapy can work. As a licensed psychotherapist (LMFT) specializing in hypnosis and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) I assist people in actualizing their dreams, which includes removing unhealthy patterns and achieving goals.. I work with all individuals, couples and LGBTQIA populations. I combine psychotherapy, hypnotherapy and/or NLP with emotional support and tools to transform you into your highest potential-self. I am proficient in eliminating or decreasing depression, anxiety, panic attacks and fears/phobias, as well as to promoting self-confidence.
As a Gottman-informed therapist, I help couples strengthen connection, rebuild trust, and communicate more effectively. Using the Gottman Couples Checkup, we identify strengths and growth areas, creating a roadmap for lasting change. I work best with couples ready to deepen understanding, manage conflict constructively, and foster a sense of friendship and shared meaning. My approach is warm, research-based, and focused on practical, lasting relationship growth.
As a Gottman-informed therapist, I help couples strengthen connection, rebuild trust, and communicate more effectively. Using the Gottman Couples Checkup, we identify strengths and growth areas, creating a roadmap for lasting change. I work best with couples ready to deepen understanding, manage conflict constructively, and foster a sense of friendship and shared meaning. My approach is warm, research-based, and focused on practical, lasting relationship growth.
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We are a group practice Network offering video and in person app Our vision is to connect you to a network of some of the most talented, highly qualified and compassionate professionals in the mental health field, each with a broad range of skills and unique personal style. Our therapists and psychiatrists are uniquely equipped to work with individuals, children, adolescents, couples and families. They will help you access the keys to your emotional/psychological healing, wholeness and sense of well being. Once you are connected with a therapist, all communication with them will be handled via their individual voice-mail or email.
) / Addictions/ ADHD / ADD/ Adolescents/ Adoption Issues/ Adult Children Of Alcoholics/ Adults/ Aging/ Senior issues/ Anger Management/ Anxiety Disorders Art/ Therapy Asperger / Bipolar Disorder/ Career Transition/ Childhood Abuse/ Children/ Christian Counseling/ Chronic Illness/ Chronic Pain/ Co-Dependency Issues/ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/ Couples/ Crisis Intervention/ Depression/ Domestic Violence/ Eating Disorders/ EMDR/ Family Therapy/ Farsi/ Gay / Lesbian Issues / Gender Identity /Grief / Loss Group Therapy /Homeopathic Medicine/ Hungarian/ Learning Differences/ Life Transitions Marital / Couples Therapy /Memory Loss/ Men's Issues/ Minority / Cultural Issues/Mood Disorders /OCD/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder /Panic Disorders/Parenting Issues Performance Anxiety/ Phobias/ Play Therapy /Polish /Post Traumatic Stress Disorder// PTSD Post-Partum Depression/ Premarital Counseling/ Psychiatry/ Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Relationship Difficulties/ Separation and Divorce /Spanish /Spiritual/Religious Issues/ Stress Management /Substance Abuse/ Terminal Illness/ Transitional Stress /Trauma /Veterans Women's Issues/ Workplace Stress / EAP
We are a group practice Network offering video and in person app Our vision is to connect you to a network of some of the most talented, highly qualified and compassionate professionals in the mental health field, each with a broad range of skills and unique personal style. Our therapists and psychiatrists are uniquely equipped to work with individuals, children, adolescents, couples and families. They will help you access the keys to your emotional/psychological healing, wholeness and sense of well being. Once you are connected with a therapist, all communication with them will be handled via their individual voice-mail or email.
You look at your friends and wish you could feel like they do. You want confidence in making decisions, a positive outlook on life, and enough energy each day for family, friends, and the things you love. Why does it all feel so hard? I offer you the opportunity to travel this next part of your life journey together so you are not facing your challenges alone. I will support your innate strengths and gifts as well as guide you in how to let go of the heaviness that you carry that has weighed on you for so long. Imagine waking up each day with the feelings of clarity and hopefulness. This future is possible for you!
You look at your friends and wish you could feel like they do. You want confidence in making decisions, a positive outlook on life, and enough energy each day for family, friends, and the things you love. Why does it all feel so hard? I offer you the opportunity to travel this next part of your life journey together so you are not facing your challenges alone. I will support your innate strengths and gifts as well as guide you in how to let go of the heaviness that you carry that has weighed on you for so long. Imagine waking up each day with the feelings of clarity and hopefulness. This future is possible for you!
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