Therapists in Los Angeles County, CA
Shana Chan Pope
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Culver City, CA 90230
I've had the privilege of working with couples, individuals, and families around issues such as communication, career difficulties, depression, anxiety, substance use, eating disorders, and trauma.
Please note: Currently only doing telehealth. "The brave man (or person) is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." (Nelson Mandela) Journeying through life is not supposed to be a solitary endeavor. I have found that in times of joy and pain, it is better to have it shared with others. I value the courage that it takes to be willing to open up and explore inwardly and relationally. I provide a safe and validating environment for those who want to personally grow, explore relationship dynamics, or seek support with mental health issues.
I've had the privilege of working with couples, individuals, and families around issues such as communication, career difficulties, depression, anxiety, substance use, eating disorders, and trauma.
Please note: Currently only doing telehealth. "The brave man (or person) is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." (Nelson Mandela) Journeying through life is not supposed to be a solitary endeavor. I have found that in times of joy and pain, it is better to have it shared with others. I value the courage that it takes to be willing to open up and explore inwardly and relationally. I provide a safe and validating environment for those who want to personally grow, explore relationship dynamics, or seek support with mental health issues.
Gabriella Azzam
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Is a lack of intimacy or stress in your relationship causing you to feel disconnected as a couple? Do you have a hard time feeling heard and seen in your partnership? Are you worried that you’re no longer on the same page about the goals, values, and visions you once shared together? Has one, or maybe even both, of you been unfaithful in your relationship? Sometimes life has a way of getting between us and our partners, leading us to turn away from—instead of towards—one another. Common obstacles like career stress, parenting, and significant life transitions can take up a lot of space in our lives without ample room to connect.
Is a lack of intimacy or stress in your relationship causing you to feel disconnected as a couple? Do you have a hard time feeling heard and seen in your partnership? Are you worried that you’re no longer on the same page about the goals, values, and visions you once shared together? Has one, or maybe even both, of you been unfaithful in your relationship? Sometimes life has a way of getting between us and our partners, leading us to turn away from—instead of towards—one another. Common obstacles like career stress, parenting, and significant life transitions can take up a lot of space in our lives without ample room to connect.
Lyra Velayo Matin
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
14 Endorsed
Valley Village, CA 91607 (Online Only)
I am a depth-trained and results-oriented psychotherapist. My goal is to help you gain self-awareness and teach psychological tools for personal growth and healing in and beyond therapy. If you are dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, a difficult life transition, creative blocks, unhealthy behaviors that you can’t seem to change, or challenges regarding your neurodiversity or sexuality, I will help you use them as opportunities for positive and sustainable transformation. I provide online therapy to individuals, couples, and families using psychoanalytic, somatic, coaching, evidence-based, and psycho-spiritual approaches.
I am a depth-trained and results-oriented psychotherapist. My goal is to help you gain self-awareness and teach psychological tools for personal growth and healing in and beyond therapy. If you are dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, a difficult life transition, creative blocks, unhealthy behaviors that you can’t seem to change, or challenges regarding your neurodiversity or sexuality, I will help you use them as opportunities for positive and sustainable transformation. I provide online therapy to individuals, couples, and families using psychoanalytic, somatic, coaching, evidence-based, and psycho-spiritual approaches.
Dr. Alicia Dukoff, Psy.D, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
Verified Verified
Newhall, CA 91321
I work with a wide range of clientele including individuals, couples, families and adolescents. In a nurturing and safe therapeutic environment, I work in collaboration with clients on the journey to self discovery, healing past traumas and removing the blocks to invite new space for growth and greater sense of fulfillment in life. In addition to my specialization in sex therapy, I work with individuals with depression, anxiety and PTSD.
I work with a wide range of clientele including individuals, couples, families and adolescents. In a nurturing and safe therapeutic environment, I work in collaboration with clients on the journey to self discovery, healing past traumas and removing the blocks to invite new space for growth and greater sense of fulfillment in life. In addition to my specialization in sex therapy, I work with individuals with depression, anxiety and PTSD.
Dr. Rita de Cassia Silva
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, PPS
Verified Verified
Northridge, CA 91324 (Online Only)
Do you wake up in the morning feeling empty, tired, and unmotivated? Are you struggling with issues related to your past, uncontrollable thoughts, anger, grief, communication, anxiety, or major life changes? Are you seeking a more loving, meaningful, and harmonious relationship with your partner and your loved ones but don't know how or what to do to improve it? There comes a time when help is needed from a licensed professional.
Do you wake up in the morning feeling empty, tired, and unmotivated? Are you struggling with issues related to your past, uncontrollable thoughts, anger, grief, communication, anxiety, or major life changes? Are you seeking a more loving, meaningful, and harmonious relationship with your partner and your loved ones but don't know how or what to do to improve it? There comes a time when help is needed from a licensed professional.
Arsen I Muradyan
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Long Beach, CA 90803
I work compassionately with individuals and couples to restore their lives and relationships.
I believe people know what's good for them and that we all can overcome the obstacles in life that hold us back. When the intensity of life's problems becomes overwhelming, we need someone to help us develop strategies and to support our efforts to continue to grow and change. Whether you are dealing with frustration and uncertainty or destructive and addictive behaviors, I will work to help you grow and turn your life around.
I work compassionately with individuals and couples to restore their lives and relationships.
I believe people know what's good for them and that we all can overcome the obstacles in life that hold us back. When the intensity of life's problems becomes overwhelming, we need someone to help us develop strategies and to support our efforts to continue to grow and change. Whether you are dealing with frustration and uncertainty or destructive and addictive behaviors, I will work to help you grow and turn your life around.
Andrea Arias
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Glendale, CA 91208 (Online Only)
I specialize in working with adolescents, adults, and couples who are going through a challenging time in their life or trying to make sense of negative experiences.
Are you feeling stuck and needing a change? Tired of experiencing restlessness due to the worries? Whether you're going through a sudden unexpected event or you're looking to revisit old habits that are no longer serving you, I'm here to help. I am a compassionate, warm, genuine, and caring professional who honors the entire spectrum of the human experience. I believe in creating a non-judgmental, safe, and authentic therapeutic relationship to support healing.
I specialize in working with adolescents, adults, and couples who are going through a challenging time in their life or trying to make sense of negative experiences.
Are you feeling stuck and needing a change? Tired of experiencing restlessness due to the worries? Whether you're going through a sudden unexpected event or you're looking to revisit old habits that are no longer serving you, I'm here to help. I am a compassionate, warm, genuine, and caring professional who honors the entire spectrum of the human experience. I believe in creating a non-judgmental, safe, and authentic therapeutic relationship to support healing.
Solange Zelman, MFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90026 (Online Only)
I specialize in treating individuals who struggle with anxiety, parenting challenges, adults raised by narcissistic or borderline parents, couples, and families facing communication breakdowns & negative relational patterns.
Therapy is about exploring, experimenting, discovering, and being vulnerable. In our therapy together you will learn to increase self-compassion and mindfulness, and your ability to sit with uncertainty and bear witness to uncomfortable feelings and body sensations. You will gain awareness of the role negative core beliefs and thoughts have upon mood and learn how to challenge those negative thought patterns. You will learn to set appropriate boundaries by asserting feelings, recognizing wants and needs, and identifying the role shame and guilt might play in causing unhealthy, harmful, stale, and inauthentic behaviors.
I specialize in treating individuals who struggle with anxiety, parenting challenges, adults raised by narcissistic or borderline parents, couples, and families facing communication breakdowns & negative relational patterns.
Therapy is about exploring, experimenting, discovering, and being vulnerable. In our therapy together you will learn to increase self-compassion and mindfulness, and your ability to sit with uncertainty and bear witness to uncomfortable feelings and body sensations. You will gain awareness of the role negative core beliefs and thoughts have upon mood and learn how to challenge those negative thought patterns. You will learn to set appropriate boundaries by asserting feelings, recognizing wants and needs, and identifying the role shame and guilt might play in causing unhealthy, harmful, stale, and inauthentic behaviors.
Rachael Erin Reiss
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90066
I work with individuals and couples dealing with experiences of depression, anxiety, self-doubt, divorce, insecurities, grief and relationship struggles.
Are you feeling unsatisfied in your life, your job or your relationships? Do you struggle with shame or self-judgement? Do you feel unfulfilled in work or feel sad or anxious but don't know why? Are you and your partner arguing or struggling to connect? If you are ready, I can help you get unstuck and make the positive changes you are looking for. Together, we will gain a better understanding of what drives your feelings, decisions and behaviors. We will explore the parts of your life that are no longer serving you and look for ways you can engage in life from a more intentional, full and open place.
I work with individuals and couples dealing with experiences of depression, anxiety, self-doubt, divorce, insecurities, grief and relationship struggles.
Are you feeling unsatisfied in your life, your job or your relationships? Do you struggle with shame or self-judgement? Do you feel unfulfilled in work or feel sad or anxious but don't know why? Are you and your partner arguing or struggling to connect? If you are ready, I can help you get unstuck and make the positive changes you are looking for. Together, we will gain a better understanding of what drives your feelings, decisions and behaviors. We will explore the parts of your life that are no longer serving you and look for ways you can engage in life from a more intentional, full and open place.
Tim Dvorak
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90004
If any of the above resonates, I'm here to say there is HOPE to step out of the negative cycle and live a happier, more meaningful, and courageous life! Among other issues, I help adults, teens and couples reduce anxiety, set healthy boundaries, practice clear and assertive communication, stop people-pleasing, and navigate relationship conflict.
Before therapy, my life was ruled by anxiety, a harsh inner critic, and chronic low-level depression. Maybe you relate? Fear and doubt can grow so strong that our worlds become ever-smaller, robbing us of faith in our ability to overcome the obstacles standing in the way of the life we want. Summoning the courage to see a therapist can be a priceless gift we give ourselves. In therapy, we gain tools to self-soothe and insight into the root of the harmful messages we tell ourselves. We are reacquainted with our strengths, learn to accept the discomfort inherent in growth, and can get back into the driver's seat of our lives.
If any of the above resonates, I'm here to say there is HOPE to step out of the negative cycle and live a happier, more meaningful, and courageous life! Among other issues, I help adults, teens and couples reduce anxiety, set healthy boundaries, practice clear and assertive communication, stop people-pleasing, and navigate relationship conflict.
Before therapy, my life was ruled by anxiety, a harsh inner critic, and chronic low-level depression. Maybe you relate? Fear and doubt can grow so strong that our worlds become ever-smaller, robbing us of faith in our ability to overcome the obstacles standing in the way of the life we want. Summoning the courage to see a therapist can be a priceless gift we give ourselves. In therapy, we gain tools to self-soothe and insight into the root of the harmful messages we tell ourselves. We are reacquainted with our strengths, learn to accept the discomfort inherent in growth, and can get back into the driver's seat of our lives.
Sparrow Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Granada Hills, CA 91344 (Online Only)
You deserve a professional, caring environment with someone who will partner with you to achieve YOUR goals.
Are you facing a major life transition or struggle? Are you seeking guidance that aligns with your unique beliefs? At Sparrow Counseling I specialize in providing professional, holistic and compassionate therapy to serve people just like you. I work with people who are interested in exploring how beliefs and values influence thoughts and decisions while helping clients develop coping strategies and tools for life’s challenges. I have walked with clients through depression, grief and loss, anxiety, relationship issues, death and dying, physical and emotional abuse, career challenges, racism and infidelity.
You deserve a professional, caring environment with someone who will partner with you to achieve YOUR goals.
Are you facing a major life transition or struggle? Are you seeking guidance that aligns with your unique beliefs? At Sparrow Counseling I specialize in providing professional, holistic and compassionate therapy to serve people just like you. I work with people who are interested in exploring how beliefs and values influence thoughts and decisions while helping clients develop coping strategies and tools for life’s challenges. I have walked with clients through depression, grief and loss, anxiety, relationship issues, death and dying, physical and emotional abuse, career challenges, racism and infidelity.
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Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CPCC
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90036
I have been in practice for over 10 years, helping clients to explore and resolve relationship issues, as well as anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction. My work is client-centered, which attempts to tailor the therapeutic approach to the needs of the client. I incorporate Cognitive-Behavioral techniques, Mindfulness Practice, Narrative Therapy and Attachment Theory, which looks at the ways in which childhood experiences may affect one's relationship to self and others.
I have been in practice for over 10 years, helping clients to explore and resolve relationship issues, as well as anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction. My work is client-centered, which attempts to tailor the therapeutic approach to the needs of the client. I incorporate Cognitive-Behavioral techniques, Mindfulness Practice, Narrative Therapy and Attachment Theory, which looks at the ways in which childhood experiences may affect one's relationship to self and others.
Amy Carlson
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90230
A strong therapeutic relationship is essential to effective therapy, so it is my focus to collaborate on goals with my clients and create a trusting, calm supportive environment for you to gather your own insight and perspective.
You know the capital of Kansas, but you hesitate when you’re asked what you do for fun. We go through years of education, but we often don’t even know ourselves. All we do know is something feels off…we feel unfulfilled in our work, and our relationships feel draining. We’ve worked so hard to make those around us proud, we forgot to think about how we feel about ourselves. Let's change that. My goal is to provide a space free of distraction and judgement so we can explore the experiences and relationships in your life that shaped you and begin to figure out our own personal values and strengths.
A strong therapeutic relationship is essential to effective therapy, so it is my focus to collaborate on goals with my clients and create a trusting, calm supportive environment for you to gather your own insight and perspective.
You know the capital of Kansas, but you hesitate when you’re asked what you do for fun. We go through years of education, but we often don’t even know ourselves. All we do know is something feels off…we feel unfulfilled in our work, and our relationships feel draining. We’ve worked so hard to make those around us proud, we forgot to think about how we feel about ourselves. Let's change that. My goal is to provide a space free of distraction and judgement so we can explore the experiences and relationships in your life that shaped you and begin to figure out our own personal values and strengths.
Chaka McAlpin
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Both careers have offered me daily reminders of life's most stressful issues (trauma, relationship conflicts, loss, racism, community violence, equity issues, parental separation, etc.
Welcome. I am a passionate therapist with a sense of humor. I believe that even the saddest days warrant a laugh or a laugh with a few tears. Whether therapy is an old friend or a new journey, I will create a safe place for you to work on those issues that you have attempted to move past on your own. Whether you desire change...clarity...or growth? You have made the first step toward change just by searching for a therapist. If you are ready to begin the work, I am committed to helping you reach your goals.
Both careers have offered me daily reminders of life's most stressful issues (trauma, relationship conflicts, loss, racism, community violence, equity issues, parental separation, etc.
Welcome. I am a passionate therapist with a sense of humor. I believe that even the saddest days warrant a laugh or a laugh with a few tears. Whether therapy is an old friend or a new journey, I will create a safe place for you to work on those issues that you have attempted to move past on your own. Whether you desire change...clarity...or growth? You have made the first step toward change just by searching for a therapist. If you are ready to begin the work, I am committed to helping you reach your goals.
Maribel Flores
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MS, AMFT, APCC, Hablo, Espanol
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Whittier, CA 90602 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
(**Hablo español) Making the decision to begin therapy is not an easy task. With your best interest in mind, I strive to provide a trusting, safe, and supportive environment. Whether your concerns include depression, anxiety, adjustment, relationship, or family issues, or you would like to work on enhancing your strengths, personal or career-related, or improving your self-esteem, we can work collaboratively in setting goals that can help you.
(**Hablo español) Making the decision to begin therapy is not an easy task. With your best interest in mind, I strive to provide a trusting, safe, and supportive environment. Whether your concerns include depression, anxiety, adjustment, relationship, or family issues, or you would like to work on enhancing your strengths, personal or career-related, or improving your self-esteem, we can work collaboratively in setting goals that can help you.
Sorin Iarovici
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90026
I have worked with a diverse group of clients from various backgrounds and sexual orientations: adults, adolescents and couples and am comfortable working with many issues including but not limited to generalized anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, relationship distress, lack of self-esteem and strong inner critical voice, suicidal ideation, OCD.
Therapy offers a confidential place of refuge where you can be seen and heard. Together we will explore how external pressures and feelings of self-blame, self-criticism, fear or sadness, as well as loss and past trauma, may be affecting your ability to move forward or express yourself in an authentic way. By devoting time and attention to understanding your unique story and the ways in which past relationships shape current ones, you can gain greater self-awareness and an understanding of how underlying feelings and thoughts are affecting your mood. In building a strong relationship I will help you work through core issues.
I have worked with a diverse group of clients from various backgrounds and sexual orientations: adults, adolescents and couples and am comfortable working with many issues including but not limited to generalized anxiety, depression, childhood trauma, relationship distress, lack of self-esteem and strong inner critical voice, suicidal ideation, OCD.
Therapy offers a confidential place of refuge where you can be seen and heard. Together we will explore how external pressures and feelings of self-blame, self-criticism, fear or sadness, as well as loss and past trauma, may be affecting your ability to move forward or express yourself in an authentic way. By devoting time and attention to understanding your unique story and the ways in which past relationships shape current ones, you can gain greater self-awareness and an understanding of how underlying feelings and thoughts are affecting your mood. In building a strong relationship I will help you work through core issues.
Mariya Kriv
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Please call or email me for an individual, couples or family therapy consultation today.
As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. By applying complementary therapy approaches and techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
Please call or email me for an individual, couples or family therapy consultation today.
As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. By applying complementary therapy approaches and techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
Crossroads Family Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MTS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Covina, CA 91723
Crossroads Family Therapy offers quality therapy at affordable rates. We at Crossroads offer a variety of approaches to counselling as well as a wide range of specialties. It serves individuals, couples, families, adults, teens and children. Clients may come to Crossroads to visit regularly for individual therapy sessions or group work, meet virtually for telehealth sessions, or work intensively with one of its therapists during a time of crisis.
Crossroads Family Therapy offers quality therapy at affordable rates. We at Crossroads offer a variety of approaches to counselling as well as a wide range of specialties. It serves individuals, couples, families, adults, teens and children. Clients may come to Crossroads to visit regularly for individual therapy sessions or group work, meet virtually for telehealth sessions, or work intensively with one of its therapists during a time of crisis.
Dr. Alan E Clark
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90404 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 35 years of private practice experience. I trained within APA-accredited doctoral programs and internship programs. I am licensed to practice psychology in both California and Colorado. I specialize in treating couples and individual adults presenting with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, grief, substance abuse, and relational conflict and dissatisfaction. I am trained in psycho-dynamic psychotherapy, but I also apply cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, and interpersonal psychotherapy techniques to address the best methods for each individual and his or her issues and needs.
I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 35 years of private practice experience. I trained within APA-accredited doctoral programs and internship programs. I am licensed to practice psychology in both California and Colorado. I specialize in treating couples and individual adults presenting with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, grief, substance abuse, and relational conflict and dissatisfaction. I am trained in psycho-dynamic psychotherapy, but I also apply cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, and interpersonal psychotherapy techniques to address the best methods for each individual and his or her issues and needs.
Natalie Holst
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT , APCC, MBA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90027
I specialize in therapy for trauma, stress, relationship problems and attachment, and dissociation.
Are you tired of feeling like you're merely surviving rather than thriving? Perhaps, on the surface, you appear to have it all together, but internally, you feel like you're falling apart. You've dedicated yourself to work and relationships, yet a sense of inadequacy persists. Do you sometimes feel stressed, exhausted, unfulfilled, or disconnected? When triggered do you shut down, have unexpected emotions, or dissociate? I aim to provide a sanctuary for you to explore your experiences, emotions, and parts of yourself without judgment. My goal is to support you in reclaiming your sense of agency and aligning with your true self.
I specialize in therapy for trauma, stress, relationship problems and attachment, and dissociation.
Are you tired of feeling like you're merely surviving rather than thriving? Perhaps, on the surface, you appear to have it all together, but internally, you feel like you're falling apart. You've dedicated yourself to work and relationships, yet a sense of inadequacy persists. Do you sometimes feel stressed, exhausted, unfulfilled, or disconnected? When triggered do you shut down, have unexpected emotions, or dissociate? I aim to provide a sanctuary for you to explore your experiences, emotions, and parts of yourself without judgment. My goal is to support you in reclaiming your sense of agency and aligning with your true self.
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Couples Counseling Therapists
Does couples counseling work?
Research shows that couples counseling is effective; it can reduce relationship distress and improve emotional awareness, communication, empathy, intimacy, and overall relationship satisfaction. For example, emotionally focused therapy was found to be effective for about 75 percent of couples, and those benefits lasted at least two years.
When should a couple seek counseling?
Couples can benefit from counseling if they consistently struggle in their relationship. They may have lost the ability to communicate effectively, become entrenched in harmful patterns, begun to fight more than usual, broken the other’s trust, suffered from a mental or physical illness, or faced any number of other challenges. Many therapists offer free consultations, so if a couple isn’t sure whether therapy is necessary, asking directly can provide clarity.
How can I get my partner to go to couples therapy?
The decision to seek couples therapy is often driven by one partner, who then convinces the other to participate. When discussing the idea, the initiator should be direct and assertive. They can state the problems they see and explain how the relationship would benefit from therapy. In more serious cases, they can also explain how their relationship may suffer without making any changes or seeking professional help.
How does a couple prepare for couples counseling?
The anticipation of beginning couples counseling can be difficult—sometimes more difficult than the first session itself. Taking a few moments to reflect can allay those concerns: What are the current challenges? When and how did they begin? What do they want the relationship to look like in the future? Reflecting on these questions can help individuals or couples articulate their goals. Of course, the therapist will also ask questions and guide couples through the process.