Therapists in Palm Springs, CA

My work has always included individual adults, couples, families, and groups. My clients have been impacted by trauma, coped with depression, anxiety, sexual difficulties, identity development, difficulties in work environments, challenges in relationships, pursued aspirations in the professions and arts, and explored existential questions. Many cope with the impact of discrimination and oppression based on race, ethnicity, gender, identity, age, and intersectional factors. I have experience with the existential and practical questions related to aging. I have a lot of experience working with chronic pain.

I hope to meet you where you are and journey with you as you create your favorite self. Are you wanting to change unhealthy life patterns? Are you stressed or dealing with the effects of anger or anxiety? Maybe life is just really tough right now. Let us sit together and discover new ways of coping based on your strengths and write the story of "you" that you prefer. Your personal story matters and I strive to be aware and considerate of the ways every-day life intersects with who YOU are, and work with you towards life satisfaction.

How is your self esteem holding up? Could you use some support to feel more at peace? Calming your mind and improving your ability to handle life's challenges and opportunities makes happiness possible. If you are dealing with low self esteem, depression, anxiety, stress, relationship concerns, career dilemmas or sexuality problems, I am here to assist. I offer a safe and supportive place where you can achieve your goals, improve your life and feel better. I see clients in person in my Palm Springs office and do virtual therapy with clients in West Hollywood and all over California.

Affirmative, interactive, client-centered therapy can help you address depression, anxiety, and destructive behaviors. I serve heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, trans, non-binary, and polyamorous individuals. I practice individual therapy, relationship counseling, and sex therapy. My experience includes working with substance use issues from a harm reduction approach, regardless of whether my client's goal is abstinence or substance use management. I love to help people address trauma, improve communication, take control of their lives, gain sexual confidence, and get their needs met.

We all learn, whether intentionally or not, ways to handle the hardships that are a part of our life. These choices and mechanisms can be helpful and fruitful for our lives, or they can have hurtful and destructive outcomes. Some may seek healing, while others may choose to numb or ignore uncomfortable circumstances. No matter where you may fall in this spectrum, my desire as a therapist is to assist you with learning healthy and positive coping skills, so that you can take these skills into your everyday life and bring about the change you would like to see in yourself.

Are you experiencing: relationship issues, feeling overwhelmed, or stuck? Perhaps you are in a Neuro-Diverse relationship (you're wired differently) and stuggle to understand each other and get your needs met? Do you want to learn better commuication and problem-solving skills? Maybe you want a more fulfilling sex life - solo, or with your partner. There are many things that affect us and our sexuality over time: stress, age, life events, hormone changes, unresolved relationship issues, past trauma... I can help you navigate these areas to find the answers you're looking for and get you to a better place!

I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in Palm Springs, California. I work with adults 18 and over, and specialize in one-on-one therapy as well as couples therapy, and use my background in clinical psychology to help clients learn coping skills to ulitize when they are experiencing emotional distress. I also support the LGBTQ community in meeting their mental health needs. I am committed to creating a safe, warm, and empathetic environment with you as we explore your choices in developing the solution that works for you.

Available in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs, both locations offer in person or/and virtual appointments. We treat individuals, couples and families. Please ask your therapist what insurance they currently take. Please be sure to complete all paperwork prior to seeing your therapist. We work closely with psychiatrists to ensure that you obtain the highest level of care. We have both male and female therapists to choose from.

I provide psychotherapy for individuals, couples and families. My aim is to help you identify and understand past experiences and to assist you in making decisions to cultivate a life of satisfaction, meaning and peace.

As a licensed therapist for thirty years, Director of the Coachella Valley's most successful counseling center, and host of "It's A Family Affair" on Time Warner Television for ten years, I've helped people with a wide range of personal challenges. I see individuals on a path of spiritual growth and personal transformation. Many of my clients have experienced trauma and are seeking higher answers to life's most difficult questions.

In addition to immediate help, people want deep and lasting change, and this is the overall focus of my approach. First, a vital part of therapeutic success is forming a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship. My approach centers on creating a warm, collaborative and interactive therapeutic setting in which painful or troubling feelings, thoughts, memories, and issues can be faced and worked through. Goals are tailored to each individual, and can be brief and focused, or longer-term and more depth-oriented. I specialize in life transitions, trauma, identity issues, and mood problems. I also work with couples.

Do you feel like your relationship is dying right before your eyes? Do you feel powerless and confused? Have you tried everything? I can help you discover your major relationship style and destroy roadblocks preventing you from having a much more exciting, passionate life that you desire and deserve. I can help you identify your core values, beliefs and motives effecting the choices you make in your primary relationships. If you would like more clarity about what you value and believe, and what drives and motivates you in your relationship, then call or contact me for a session today.

My goal is for clients to benefit from my experience as a LMFT (132685), registered nurse (307004), & a doctorate in human sexuality. I have a broad range of counseling experiences from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), relationship management, anxiety, and LGBTQ issues. Generally, psychotherapeutic problems are interrelated in some form. For example, many LGBT+ clients deal with nonacceptance from significant others. Resolving feeling of alienation can enhance one's livability. Many diverse individuals' have experienced various forms of traumas in their lifespan (rejections, sexual violations, biases), PTSD is not uncommon.

I assist individuals, couples & families who wish to improve their communication within their relationships, while reducing anxiety & depression reaching a more positive outlook. My concentration includes the comfort and safety of confidentiality and a setting which encourages positive solutions to life challenges. We will work.the present while addressing the past with direction. Our past is our knowledge. We have learned and earned life from the past. Self-express; say what you need to say, and mean what you say. Don't be afraid to say, yes; don't be afraid to say, no. Find your path to Emotional Freedom reaching Emotional Wisdom.

I believe that the power of vulnerability is one of our greatest strengths and ultimately can provide us with a deeper sense of self, security, comfort, and more compassionate towards one another. Coming from a strength-based form of doing therapy and providing support to others, I work to provide my clients with a sense of validation and comfort. As a cis male that identifies as Latinx and as a proud member of the LGBTQIA community, I am able to hold the experience of living in many diverse, cross-cultural emotional experiences that we sometimes may not even know how to begin to understand.

I do virtual sessions for clients located in Texas and California. Are you feeling sad, overwhelmed, or misunderstood? Are you having relationship issues? Do you have a child that is having difficulties? Perhaps there are problems in your primary relationships such as a spouse or other significant others. As a marriage and family therapist it is my mission to help bring about the relief of mental health symptoms as they occur within relationships. Let's work together to build a strong alliance to learn and practice new ways of thinking, being, and doing in a caring environment.

I love working with clients who are curious about what more there is to experience in this life, who are ready to do the work of diving within in order to heal past wounds and create a life that they truly love. Sometimes trauma, relationship problems, work, or other life circumstances can result in our lives shrinking. We can become fearful or lose touch with what it is that we love, prioritizing other things. I'm committed to walking with you while you get back to yourself by processing all that you've been through.

How many hours have you spent on the internet and telling your family that it was for work or for school when it was porn? How many times have you told yourself that you would quit or at least cut down? You do not have to wait until your family finds out before you reach out for help. Pornography addiction can be as real as drug addiction and it can ruin relationships and even get you fired. Partners often see the use of porn as cheating, even if you do not.

Therapy can offer guidance on your journey towards emotional freedom and mental well being. Modern therapists want to teach you the tools to create your own psychological, emotional, ethical, sexual and philosophical way in the world- your life, for you, by you. There are individuals, groups, corporations, even therapists- whole systems of people designed to try to make you feel outraged, anxious, addicted, scared, depressed, helpless, and hopeless. Whether they are successful or not is up to you.