Teletherapy for Mid Wilshire - Los Angeles, CA

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist providing psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. Consults with Preschool programs with teachers and parents with children presenting with developmental delays as well as children with social emotional challenges. Provides family therapy, play therapy, individual adolescent & adult therapy. Provides support and guidance to families who are seeking assistance with the IEP (Individualized Education Plan) process and school district.

I am passionate about helping deep feelers and thinkers (from children to adults) live a life of meaning and fulfillment by: learning strategies on how to manage emotions, cope with existential dread, navigate changing relational roles and identities, and build resiliency during times of uncertainty and stress. My empathetic nature plays a role in my therapeutic style. I collaboratively work with those who experience emotional instability due to to anxiety, depression, ADHD, Autism, attachment injuries, heartbreak, CPTSD, and grief.

Thank you for taking the time to learn about me. I specialize working with children and adolescents who’ve experienced trauma and depression. I enjoy working with this population because preventative intervention can aid children in overcoming their adversities at a young age in order to become healthy adults. I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in my sessions to address negative thought patterns, anxiety, depression and anger problems.

My work with individuals is rooted in mindfulness, attachment, and the occasional nudge. I support clients in connecting with themselves while helping them understand how their history impacts their current relationships and their sense of self. Together, I work with clients on creating a healing, safe, and non-judgmental environment where vulnerability, laughter, and silence are all welcome.

Insight, encouragement, and challenge to grow, mixed with a healthy dose of humor makes for great success in the Baking Oven of life! Learning comes from multiple sources, such as life experience, books, others, and training. Learning without growing and maturing is not the definition of wisdom. What do you think? Want to grow wiser together, then call me. Making better decisions in life, helps for greater happiness and joy. A trauma of your past controlling you today? Unresolved traumas can cause addiction and relationship issues. Learn how to take the control back, how to get your life back, and how to enjoy life again.

My clients are brave and looking for a reflective, containing space to work through sadness, worries, chronic stress, transitions, familial and cultural stressors, and relationship difficulties. Therapy requires connection, vulnerability and collaboration; together we'll disrupt toxic stress and make progress toward your goals. We’re all lovable and deserving of rest and joy.

I value helping to foster a secure space and use an integrative approach to help clients feel empowered to reach their personal goals. Intersectionality has been paramount on my own personal healing journey and I have had the opportunity to work with clients who benefit from the same lens.

I value helping to foster a secure space and use an integrative approach to help clients feel empowered to reach their personal goals. Intersectionality has been paramount on my own personal healing journey and I have had the opportunity to work with clients who benefit from the same lens.

I value helping to foster a secure space and use an integrative approach to help clients feel empowered to reach their personal goals. Intersectionality has been paramount on my own personal healing journey and I have had the opportunity to work with clients who benefit from the same lens.

Calling all over-thinkers, perfectionists & people pleasers! If you feel bound by the shameful “shoulds” that keep you stuck in cycles of problematic patterns, bad habits, unfulfilled relationships & addictive behaviors - I see you. As a gay man and US immigrant, I have lived the “othering” that comes from not belonging to the dominant norms and culture; and I recognize the deep sense of isolating loneliness that follows rejection, harsh judgment & low self-esteem. A recovering perfectionist myself, I get it. I am here to help. Living our lives for others is exhausting. When will enough be enough? When will YOU be enough?

I value helping to foster a secure space and use an integrative approach to help clients feel empowered to reach their personal goals. Intersectionality has been paramount on my own personal healing journey and I have had the opportunity to work with clients who benefit from the same lens.

I value helping to foster a secure space and use an integrative approach to help clients feel empowered to reach their personal goals. Intersectionality has been paramount on my own personal healing journey and I have had the opportunity to work with clients who benefit from the same lens.

You carry a smile on your face and present yourself so put together. Behind your smile is a belief that you are not good enough. You find yourself overachieving and striving for the next thing you think will make you feel satisfied and fulfilled. But it's exhausting. You're tired of taking care of everyone's needs except your own, and believing that people will only love you if you behave a certain way or perform a version of you. Your mind is constantly running, wondering if what you said was “weird” or "too much", believing that other people are judging you as harshly as you judge yourself. I know how hard this is.

Often in my practice I work with creative, put-together people, but, despite appearances, inside they feel disconnected from themselves and others. Many times these feelings are a response to experiencing trauma. We tend to think traumatic events only include extreme experiences, but trauma can also occur through nuanced events that break our trust in others, ourselves and the world. This can program the brain and nervous system to be highly sensitive to shame, rejection and fear. BUT, through reparative experiences like therapy, neuroscience has shown that the human brain can rewire itself to new ways of thinking and responding.

Art Therapist for help with • Parenting • Adulting • Aging • Grieving —You finally realize you really need some customized tools to navigate your current situation. You’re creative & have tried solving tough problems on your own, but it just isn't working & you’re actually ready to do this. A couch & a box of tissues just isn’t enough. I can help. Art Therapy is a comfortable way to gently learn how your unique brain works & get you (or a loved one) back on track. Using a variety of visual methods and art materials, we’ll lay your issues out on paper to help explore solutions and meaningfully respond to your personal situation..

Whatever challenge you may be facing at the moment, let's explore it together. I will be your guide along your path of self-discovery and help you to achieve a greater sense of equanimity. I have expertise in a variety of relationship concerns, especially parenting dilemmas, problems related to anxiety or feelings of depression. I will support you toward your goal of emotional well-being, beginning with self-compassion and self-kindness. Embrace every day as a new day.

It takes a great deal of strength and courage to begin a therapeutic relationship. My goal is to support you in living your best, most meaningful life. I hold a safe and compassionate space where you will develop new skills, empathy, confidence and a sense of empowerment when tackling your areas of concern. You will learn to manage stress, improve interpersonal communication, learn about/implement self-care and boundaries. I bring a fun, creative perspective to therapy, and utilize a variety of modalities that are tailored to the unique needs of each client!

I value helping to foster a secure space and use an integrative approach to help clients feel empowered to reach their personal goals. Intersectionality has been paramount on my own personal healing journey and I have had the opportunity to work with clients who benefit from the same lens.

My therapeutic approach is empathetic understanding, sincere, caring, and genuineness without judgment, guilt, or blame. Creating a safe environment where individuals can feel comfortable to be themselves. My passion is helping people overcome trauma through building resiliency and empowerment. Before joining Abundance, I worked in a school district, private practice, and residential dual diagnosis treatment and walked alongside clients toward wholeness and healing. I love working with all individuals, couples, and teens experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma (PTSD), abuse, life transitions, grief and relationships & immigration.