Grief Therapists in 90041

Everybody has a story to tell, and I want to hear yours. I believe you are the expert in your experience, and together we can navigate your life with more understanding and ease. My role is to help empower you to become your authentic self using curiosity and empathy. I aim to create a nonjudgmental environment where you can speak freely about your anxiety, relationship issues, thoughts, impulses, secrets, sadness, desires, happiness, work stress, ideas, grief, life transitions, low self-esteem, body dysmorphia, and past/current traumas.

You have the ability to live a self determined life, free from the pain of your past. No matter what challenges you are facing, growth, healing, and recovery are possible. My approach to therapy is collaborative, relationship driven, and rooted in helping you understand the way your attachment style and the different parts of your personality influence your relationships, habits, and patterns of behavior. We will work to bring context to your history, understand the ways you've learned to protect yourself, and support new ways for you to respond to old triggers and memories as we build your path to emotional freedom.

We go to therapy for many reasons: to untangle old patterns, to seek relief from emotional pain, to move through grief, to develop our capacity in relationships, to know ourselves more deeply. Everyone’s therapy experience is unique to them. Some of the ways that we might work together include: exploring what you feel and how you express it, noticing how your past experiences are influencing your present, and what calls your attention when it has space to be heard. We will have the opportunity to slow down dynamics and work with them. This is all approached with curiosity, collaboration, and compassion.

I take a warm and collaborative approach to psychotherapy and will work with you to achieve symptom relief and lasting change. My background in theater and the arts allows me to be creative and non-rigid in my methods, although I am also goal-oriented and well versed in evidence-based approaches to therapy. I specialize in working with trauma, grief and bereavement, anxiety, depression, addiction and LGBTQIA+ issues. I also work with creatives to help establish flow and decrease blockages. My aim is to build an authentic and trusting relationship with each patient to help individuals lead more fulfilling and meaningful lives.

It's hard being human. Let's put our heads together and see what we can do.

Welcome to my therapy practice! We can connect about your needs, your hopes, and the challenges that are getting in the way. Are you struggling with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, relationship stress, or life transitions? Do you want to learn to live the best life you can? Do you want to learn to manage difficult thoughts and feelings ? Are you ready to start a journey of self-discovery? My role is as a guide, a support, and an advocate along the way. I offer teletherapy to residents of both California and New Mexico.

I am a child & family specialist. I worked many years in residential treatment working with severely emotionally disturbed children & their families. I work with parents to help them handle their child's behavioral issues. I also have extensive experience working with adults suffering from depression, anxiety, stress & mental health issues. I am EMDR CERTIFIED by EMDRIA. I am LGBTQIA2+. I am a certified grief recovery specialist. I have experience treating substance abuse issues. I have extensive experience providing therapy to medical & nursing students due to my experience in medical social work.

Taking the time to reflect and process our life experiences is important for personal growth, healthy relationships, and general well-being. Therapy provides a safe space to explore behavioral patterns, validate experiences, and move towards positive change. I have an empathetic and collaborative approach when interacting with children, adolescents and families. I am skilled in supporting parents with children at all stages of development. I hold Masters Degrees in both Human Development and Marriage and Family Therapy.

My name is Katie Szymanski (she/her/hers) and I am an Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Eagle Rock, LA. I work with children, teens, adults, and families. I specialize in trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders and creative and career blocks. I work with teens and children to help give tools and strategies for dealing with life's tough stuff and by giving them a place to be themselves and talk about difficult feelings.

Being alive is infinitely complicated. It's wonderful, embarrassing, scary, and exciting. Aliveness can mean so many different things to each person based on their past experiences of self, family, relationships, and systems. In my therapeutic practice, I hold space for this infinite variance, and the struggle to know and communicate it to others. I also maintain a fundamental belief in the possibility and power of connection. Connection allows people to inhabit themselves and their relationships in new ways. It allows for exploration of emotions and desires, and a growing capacity for self-awareness and self-integration.

There are times when all of us need a little outside help. You might be experiencing worry, trouble sleeping, or difficult feelings. You might be in a relationship where cycles of conflict keep you from feeling close and fulfilled. Or you might be dealing with a loss and feel unsure how to cope. Whatever brings you here, you deserve a compassionate and caring place to work through it. Together, we can gain insight into your challenges, identify and build on your strengths, and heal the parts of you that need care so that you can create the life you want.

With curiosity and compassion, we'll explore how your mind works and understand how your experiences have shaped your relationships today. I support individuals and couples in witnessing and making sense of where they feel stuck in relationships and developing more connected relationships with themselves and others. As an Asian-American therapist, my clients appreciate my ability to integrate a culturally sensitive lens in understanding the interplay of cultural and familial dynamics. I also specialize in helping clients navigate grief and loss, and help clients become more comfortable with what shows up.

Anxious, depressed, or stuck? I work to create a safe, non-judgmental space for adults and adolescents of all religions, races, sexualities, and genders to process their life needs, wants, and fears. I provide psychotherapy within the context of a therapeutic working alliance; by first building trust and safety in the therapeutic relationship, one can then work towards tackling larger life goals. I work from a core belief that our minds and bodies are deeply connected. Treating the whole person, including the impact of stress on their physical body, is an important component to treating trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and more.

As a licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice, I have treated a variety of disorders and issues ranging from anxiety and depression to relationship problems, career transitions, low self-esteem, adjustment disorders, parenting issues, and grief.

Are you finding the transition into motherhood challenging or overwhelming? Whether it be infertility, miscarriage, peri-natal/postpartum depression and anxiety, or simply the challenges of maintaining a sense of self as you care for your family, the most important thing you can do is seek support through this transitional time of your life. I consider it a privilege to walk alongside my clients through each stage of transition. Whether it be a new job, a child, a relationship, or the loss associated with life transitions, I provide a safe space to explore one's feelings and get unstuck.

If difficult life experiences have left you feeling stuck, worried, hopeless, angry or overwhelmed, we can work together to bring change to your life. My first priority is building a trusting, safe relationship with you. I will utilize my expertise in interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care to create a safe, non-judgmental environment, informed by a framework founded on the connections between mind, body, and emotion. I will use cutting edge science about the brain that empowers you with information to understand your relationship patterns and why you think, feel, and behave the way you do.

As clinicians our priority is to be genuine, thoughtful, and empathic partners to you in addressing your mental health concerns. Together we will work on helping you feel empowered and better able to take on life's challenges. We focus on both long and shorter term psychotherapy for adults and children struggling with a variety of different issues. Please check out our website for further details on our experience and approach to therapy. Do not hesitate to contact us to discuss your treatment needs and whether or not we'd be a good match.

I create a compassionate, non-judgmental space to collaborate on your goals. With an integrative therapy approach tailored to your unique needs, we would work together to build a connection where meaningful change can occur, allowing you to live with more ease and move forward in life empowered by strengths, both old and new. I approach our work with cultural humility and an anti-oppressive framework that supports intersectionality, particularly for those who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+ or queer, women, creatives and artists, and birthing parents in all stages of their perinatal journey from preconception to postpartum.

My therapeutic approach is collaborative, conversational, holistic, and empowering. Whether you're an individual or a couple, I am dedicated to helping you find deeper meaning in your circumstances in order to heal past wounds and challenge unhelpful behaviors and thoughts. My clients often grapple with issues such as grief and loss, illness, career challenges, creative pursuits, self-sabotage, anxiety, depression, and addiction. Additionally, I have a particular passion for working with those experiencing racial trauma or racial identity crises.