Therapists in Westwood, Los Angeles, CA

I am a seasoned therapist with over 20 years of experience, offering a compassionate, genuine & direct approach. I am passionate about instilling hope, affirming strengths, and supporting a sense of empowerment. I do my best to provide practical tools to navigate life's challenges.

My therapy style is both integrative and collaborative. I am passionate about working with individuals who are looking for both solutions and insight into their conflicts and struggles to help them achieve understanding and balance in their lives. I utilize psychoanalytic foundations of treatment with combined interventions from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to help assist patients in understanding the patterns and conflicts that keep them from living a more balanced life.

Psychotherapy can be a way to increase our life satisfaction and to regain a sense of aliveness. In a non-judgmental and compassionate space, we can start a conversation about what matters in life. If a person has grown up without much care or consideration for their uniqueness or has gone through personal trauma and tragedy as an adult, psychotherapy can help.

Make time for yourself today. Painful symptoms from depression, anxiety, and/or relationship problems can cause great difficulty as we try to navigate through daily life. You don't have to go through difficult times alone. Talking about what you are experiencing is the first step to feeling better. I listen carefully and openly to current and past struggles to help promote self-awareness and understanding. I work closely with my clients to alleviate problematic symptoms and promote overall well-being.

Maybe you're overwhelmed, maybe you feel nothing. Maybe you're lost. Maybe you're running in so, so many directions, the world has stopped making sense, and you're overusing screens or substances, and have stopped caring. I invite you to sit down with me. Let's work together to come back to peace, strength, sweeter awareness, and maybe even some joy. I work with students, artists, actors, writers, and other professionals including those in the tech, medical, and entertainment industries. I treat individuals navigating anxiety, depression, and mood disorders hoping to live with a lighter heart. I have a few areas of ongoing inquiry:

Welcome! I've been in practice since 1990, specializing in helping people who've been victims of trauma (sexual, emotional or physical abuse, assault, harassment, as well as traumatic injuries, illnesses, accidents, disasters or climate distress), in child or adulthood. I also work with people having difficulties with major life transitions, such as moving away to college or a new city; divorce or bereavement; emotional challenges in changing careers or finishing training programs; or eating/body image. Helping people break destructive or unhappy relationship patterns is another area of my work.

Are you feeling overwhelmed and don't know what steps to take to feel better about yourself and your relationships? Do you experience imposter syndrome? Do you find yourself feeling stuck in how to support your child in their challenges and mood changes? I believe that psychotherapy is a collaborative process. My hope is for clients to feel they can be their authentic selves while reflecting on their strengths and bringing awareness to their vulnerabilities and needs through a non-judgmental approach. I have extensive training in working with children, adolescents, adults, and first-generation clients.

I received my Masters degree from Philips Graduate Institute in 2003, and have been providing services to children, couples, families, elders and adolescents in different settings such as Private Practice, hospitals, and Health Care centers. I use different approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Awareness Integration Model, Family systems and so on. Services: Life Coaching; Couple Therapy and Coaching; Family Therapy and Coaching; Hypnosis; Individual Therapy for Adolescents, Children, Elderly, Men and Women; Parenting; Family Therapy; Sex Therapy; Relationship and Intimacy; Stress Management, and so on.

My passion lies in guiding individuals and couples through the complexities of anxiety, depression, past traumas, relationship dynamics, and personal growth. The essence of my practice is to offer a sanctuary—a place where authenticity is nurtured, and resilience is fortified. I believe in the transformative power of therapy, and my mission is to illuminate the path to self-discovery and empowerment for all who embark on this journey with me. Let's navigate the intricacies of your unique narrative together and embark on a journey toward healing, understanding, and profound personal growth.

Hello! I am a Licensed Psychologist and the founder of PEAKPsychLA - a private psychotherapy practice in Westwood near UCLA. I work with teenagers, adolescents, and adults who are experiencing depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, intense or overwhelming emotions, and alcohol/drug misuse. I also work with people living with major mood disorders and personality disorders. If you are struggling with any of these experiences, want to feel better, and are looking for someone you can trust to help, I provide individual therapy, couples, and/or family therapy, in person and via remote telehealth services.

Remote sessions now available. The focus of my practice is helping people who have reached a crossroad; men and women in the second half of life who have lost their sense of meaning and purpose; young adults striking out on their own for the first time and wondering where their genius lies; couples about to be married; and couples in conflict wondering how to stay together. These new experiences are fraught with unexpected moods like anger, fear, self-doubt, and loneliness. Old ways of coping no longer work. But fear not. This is a perfect time to rediscover your innate talent, courage, and imagination.

I am here to help you to sort out barriers and identify what may be holding you back from being the person you want to be and living the life you want to live. Together, we will identify hindering behavioral patterns, navigate ways to reframe unhelpful thoughts, and discard limiting core beliefs that don't serve you. Through reflection, increased insight, a developed sense of empowerment, and the application of effective coping strategies, we can work together to create achievable outcomes.

In my high school psychology class, I learned there is an entire language that describes my experience-the sometimes conflicting experiences of living between two different worlds. I became passionate about finding ways to address the experience of people whose hurts are often invisible. I was saddened by my observation that too many people feel stigmatized and alone with their inner turmoil and wanted to find a way to make the heart, mind and body whole. My dream is that therapy becomes accessible to everyone and viewed merely as another source of support.

You are the expert in your life — sometimes we can forget about that. My job is to help you identify the objects in your life that are getting in the way of you living your full potential. I have expertise in trauma, depression, anxiety, diversity, and relationships. As a long-time clinician working in a high-energy emergency department and long time clinician, I understand how a significant event can alter your course. My job is to get you back to living as your most authentic self. I have worked with individuals and couples for over 20 years and look forward to working with you. We got this!

Feeling overwhelmed, constantly unsettled or a persistent sadness that colors everything? Drained energy and mental exhaustion can leave us not knowing how to start the healing process. Seeking support is a courageous step to allow another person in and build a safe relationship in order to facilitate change. I provide a nonjudgemental supportive environment where we can work together to decrease feelings of depression, anxiety, confusion, and other uncomfortable states we often find ourselves in. I will empower and challenge you to increase self-awareness, develop insight, and learn healthy ways to cope with life's challenges.

I am passionate about my work with adults who struggle to live in the in-between worlds (e.g., cultural and gender identity, work, family, relationships, etc.). I believe that transformation occurs within a blanket of emotional security. Therefore, it is crucial for me to curate a compassionate and safe therapeutic space for my clients as they experience difficult emotions in the moment. I practice from a strength-based approach in which I view you as the expert in your lived experience. Together, I will co-create a support system that is unique to your individual healing journey. You are safe here.

Empowerment, safety, and wholeheartedness. These are the values that drive my work. I use a holistic approach to focus on individual strengths and needs. I work to help clients change stuck patterns and feel empowered in their lives, as well to teach skills for managing mental health symptoms and overwhelming life experiences.

I help people connect with and embrace their truest selves so they can live authentic, meaningful, and above all, joyful lives. I work with those who feel their emotions deeply, care about the world and the people in it, and want to learn how to take care of and advocate for themselves amidst the chaos. Compassion, understanding, and a deep belief that everyone deserves to be heard are at the foundation of my work.

Are you feeling disconnected? Do you keep your thoughts and feelings to yourself? Do you feel alienated, like you don’t belong or fit in? Have you been questioning how you have been living your life? Are the desires you once had changing and leaving you with questions? Have you been questioning your sexuality? I can help you move toward clarity and acceptance to be the person you want to be. It is important that you feel you are in a safe environment, where you will be able to talk without feeling impinged upon.