Therapists in 90019
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As a psychotherapist who is deeply engaged in therapy with people who have trouble ‘Fitting- in’, please be assured that you can talk to me. I will help you accept and manage your thoughts, feelings and life experiences constructively. I want to help you find the relief and way forward you may need. And I will help you achieve the personal growth and direction you desire.
As a psychotherapist who is deeply engaged in therapy with people who have trouble ‘Fitting- in’, please be assured that you can talk to me. I will help you accept and manage your thoughts, feelings and life experiences constructively. I want to help you find the relief and way forward you may need. And I will help you achieve the personal growth and direction you desire.
![Photo of Deborah Howell, MA, MFT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/a82b4e03-fa48-4894-b9c4-ff35531513da/1/320x400.jpeg)
Deborah Howell
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Waitlist for new clients
People enter into therapy for many reasons. Often the catalyst is difficulty with a relationship, a job, or a way of coping. Anxiety and depression can provide the stimulus to seek help. When they intrude into everyday waking consciousness they are indicators that something is out of balance and needs to be addressed. Areas of particular interest within my practice are parent-child difficulties, especially the early stages of parenting; relationships; finding one's voice and inner authority; creativity; grief and loss; and the struggle to live one's own life.
People enter into therapy for many reasons. Often the catalyst is difficulty with a relationship, a job, or a way of coping. Anxiety and depression can provide the stimulus to seek help. When they intrude into everyday waking consciousness they are indicators that something is out of balance and needs to be addressed. Areas of particular interest within my practice are parent-child difficulties, especially the early stages of parenting; relationships; finding one's voice and inner authority; creativity; grief and loss; and the struggle to live one's own life.
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Southern California Counseling Center
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90019
My intention is to help you reconnect to the vitality, openness and curiosity that lives within you. I help people rediscover their authentic selves, find their voice, and self-actualize unapologetically.
My intention is to help you reconnect to the vitality, openness and curiosity that lives within you. I help people rediscover their authentic selves, find their voice, and self-actualize unapologetically.
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Eric Burke
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90019 (Online Only)
Our deepest Self is good, creative and generative; we are beautiful and resilient beings, an integration of body, mind, spirit, and ancestry. Yet sometimes life’s challenges sabotage our joy or interrupt our purpose, leaving us feeling anxious, grieved, or manifesting destructive thought and behavioral patterns. These challenges are the daily demands of navigating our chaotic world, but sometimes include other traumas such as violence, abuse, or family and inter-generational wounds.
Our deepest Self is good, creative and generative; we are beautiful and resilient beings, an integration of body, mind, spirit, and ancestry. Yet sometimes life’s challenges sabotage our joy or interrupt our purpose, leaving us feeling anxious, grieved, or manifesting destructive thought and behavioral patterns. These challenges are the daily demands of navigating our chaotic world, but sometimes include other traumas such as violence, abuse, or family and inter-generational wounds.
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Kim Fuentes
Associate Clinical Social Worker, MSW, ACSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90019 (Online Only)
I am a proud queer femme first-generation Oaxaqueña residing in Los Angeles. I'm a sex worker rights organizer, a reluctant PhD student, and an abolitionist social worker. There is a special place in my heart for providing affirming, informed services to sex workers of any kind! My greatest issue with traditional therapy is approaches that merely train people to cope with harmful systems with little acknowledgment of the crushing weight of racial capitalism. Therefore, my approach to treatment is based on harm reduction, relying on community networks, and allowing care to start from within.
I am a proud queer femme first-generation Oaxaqueña residing in Los Angeles. I'm a sex worker rights organizer, a reluctant PhD student, and an abolitionist social worker. There is a special place in my heart for providing affirming, informed services to sex workers of any kind! My greatest issue with traditional therapy is approaches that merely train people to cope with harmful systems with little acknowledgment of the crushing weight of racial capitalism. Therefore, my approach to treatment is based on harm reduction, relying on community networks, and allowing care to start from within.
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Allyn Morse
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90019
I believe that everyone wants to be let off their own hook. Oftentimes, we have been taught that there is something inherently wrong with us, both in our family systems and in society as a whole. By exploring and dismantling internalized, destructive beliefs around self-worth and value, my clients and I collaborate to instill value from within. When we are able to act from a place of self-knowing, self-love, and self-compassion, we are able to show up authentically in our relationships and in the world at large, enjoying the fruits of our emotional labor by living a life we might not have always thought possible for ourselves.
I believe that everyone wants to be let off their own hook. Oftentimes, we have been taught that there is something inherently wrong with us, both in our family systems and in society as a whole. By exploring and dismantling internalized, destructive beliefs around self-worth and value, my clients and I collaborate to instill value from within. When we are able to act from a place of self-knowing, self-love, and self-compassion, we are able to show up authentically in our relationships and in the world at large, enjoying the fruits of our emotional labor by living a life we might not have always thought possible for ourselves.
![Photo of Keren Geier - SoKer Psychotherapy Inc, Clinical Social Work/Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/9d3ce75c-093e-4507-a032-d553d64ea7cd/1/320x400.jpeg)
SoKer Psychotherapy Inc is a group practice with license clinicians (psychologist, LMFT, LCSW) that have a wide array of specialties. We have therapists that work with children, youth, families, adults and older adults. We utilize an array of modalities including DBT, CBT, TFCBT, EMDR and Somatic Experiencing. We have therapists that specialize in disordered eating, substance use, self harm reduction, LGBTQIA, depression, anxiety, trauma, relational stressors, parenting and much more. We pride ourselves on providing culturally competent treatment that is collaborative, goal oriented and skills based.
SoKer Psychotherapy Inc is a group practice with license clinicians (psychologist, LMFT, LCSW) that have a wide array of specialties. We have therapists that work with children, youth, families, adults and older adults. We utilize an array of modalities including DBT, CBT, TFCBT, EMDR and Somatic Experiencing. We have therapists that specialize in disordered eating, substance use, self harm reduction, LGBTQIA, depression, anxiety, trauma, relational stressors, parenting and much more. We pride ourselves on providing culturally competent treatment that is collaborative, goal oriented and skills based.
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Hi, my name is Olga Gabriela Martinez. I received my education and training from Azusa Pacific University. I obtained a master's degree in Family Counseling and a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology. I am fluent in Spanish and have worked extensively with many cultural backgrounds. My work includes working with individuals, couples, and families. My areas of expertise are depression, anxiety, and trauma-related struggles. I have a special interest in women's issues and have worked extensively with women and men of different backgrounds. I am a Christian and have a special interest in the integration of faith in my treatment.
Hi, my name is Olga Gabriela Martinez. I received my education and training from Azusa Pacific University. I obtained a master's degree in Family Counseling and a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology. I am fluent in Spanish and have worked extensively with many cultural backgrounds. My work includes working with individuals, couples, and families. My areas of expertise are depression, anxiety, and trauma-related struggles. I have a special interest in women's issues and have worked extensively with women and men of different backgrounds. I am a Christian and have a special interest in the integration of faith in my treatment.
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Dr. Tierra T. Ellis
Psychologist, PhD, LP, NCSP
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90019 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Dr. Tierra is most passionate about helping you heal - and grow in your healing - so that you may continue to walk in your purpose. She is committed to providing culturally relevant services so that your healing experience aligns with your cultural values and true authentic self. She is also committed to assisting you in taking your healing into your own hands which is why she is devoted to providing mental health education and advocacy support throughout the process while helping you to prioritize yourself via self-love and self-care methods. Dr. Tierra also conducts Hip Hop & Healing group workshops as well.
Dr. Tierra is most passionate about helping you heal - and grow in your healing - so that you may continue to walk in your purpose. She is committed to providing culturally relevant services so that your healing experience aligns with your cultural values and true authentic self. She is also committed to assisting you in taking your healing into your own hands which is why she is devoted to providing mental health education and advocacy support throughout the process while helping you to prioritize yourself via self-love and self-care methods. Dr. Tierra also conducts Hip Hop & Healing group workshops as well.
![Photo of Karen Zalner, LCSW, Clinical Social Work/Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/f4b370a9-1cd0-4ffc-ab2c-60071f4f9817/1/320x400.jpeg)
Hello, I am Karen Zalner Licensed Clinical Social Worker working with clients statewide via Telehealth. I have experience working with clients who have been involved with child protective services, anxiety, trauma and depression. Therapy varies based on the needs of each client and my approach of being calm and strength based is to work together to accomplish the therapy plan/goals. I have experience with children, teenagers and adults. I focus on work with young adults. CBT and Strength based main approach along with using calming techniques and journaling along the way.
Hello, I am Karen Zalner Licensed Clinical Social Worker working with clients statewide via Telehealth. I have experience working with clients who have been involved with child protective services, anxiety, trauma and depression. Therapy varies based on the needs of each client and my approach of being calm and strength based is to work together to accomplish the therapy plan/goals. I have experience with children, teenagers and adults. I focus on work with young adults. CBT and Strength based main approach along with using calming techniques and journaling along the way.
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Being human is hard. Sometimes, it can feel like we’re running in circles or sleepwalking through life on auto-pilot with racing thoughts that clutter the mind and paralyze the spirit. Overwhelmed by the weight of emptiness in the heart, but maybe already skipping or spiraling ahead to the next step to carry on with the performance of this existence because “everything is fine.” The show must go on, right? There may be limitations, even detrimental consequences to filling the void with excessive distractions. How did too much become never enough?
Being human is hard. Sometimes, it can feel like we’re running in circles or sleepwalking through life on auto-pilot with racing thoughts that clutter the mind and paralyze the spirit. Overwhelmed by the weight of emptiness in the heart, but maybe already skipping or spiraling ahead to the next step to carry on with the performance of this existence because “everything is fine.” The show must go on, right? There may be limitations, even detrimental consequences to filling the void with excessive distractions. How did too much become never enough?
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Nami Tefera
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MS
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90019 (Online Only)
Therapy is an intimate collaboration in self-discovery, problem solving, and empowerment. By creating a consistent safe space, I aim to cultivate a meaningful therapeutic relationship with my clients where they feel comfortable and supported. This allows us to collaboratively create tailored solutions for symptom relief & personal growth. I appreciate serving folks who deal with anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, and intergenerational trauma. I work with my clients to uncover how patterns of past unresolved conflict may be unconsciously repeated and disruptive to their current well-being and interpersonal relationships.
Therapy is an intimate collaboration in self-discovery, problem solving, and empowerment. By creating a consistent safe space, I aim to cultivate a meaningful therapeutic relationship with my clients where they feel comfortable and supported. This allows us to collaboratively create tailored solutions for symptom relief & personal growth. I appreciate serving folks who deal with anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, and intergenerational trauma. I work with my clients to uncover how patterns of past unresolved conflict may be unconsciously repeated and disruptive to their current well-being and interpersonal relationships.
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Veronica Mendez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, 98809
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90019 (Online Only)
I am a bilingual (Spanish) licensed psychotherapist who specializes in working with adolescents, young adults, and young children and their parents. I work collaboratively with my clients to help them understand the root of their symptoms and suffering so they can move forward in building the life and relationships they envision for themselves. Incorporating mindfulness and acceptance, I work to help individuals change relationships with painful thoughts and difficult emotions so they can fully engage in what is meaningful to them.
I am a bilingual (Spanish) licensed psychotherapist who specializes in working with adolescents, young adults, and young children and their parents. I work collaboratively with my clients to help them understand the root of their symptoms and suffering so they can move forward in building the life and relationships they envision for themselves. Incorporating mindfulness and acceptance, I work to help individuals change relationships with painful thoughts and difficult emotions so they can fully engage in what is meaningful to them.
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Courtney Adams
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90019 (Online Only)
Hello and welcome! I view mental health and its importance the same way that I view getting my car serviced; sometimes you go in just for a tune up and other times it requires more serious work. Either way, the service is beneficial and things start working a lot smoother afterwards. My goal is to create an environment that is safe and non-judgemental so clients feel comfortable disclosing whatever is on their hearts and minds. Clients come to me with a variety of concerns/needs ranging from relationship issues, stress, anxiety to simply needing a sounding board. Whatever the concern may be, you are welcome.
Hello and welcome! I view mental health and its importance the same way that I view getting my car serviced; sometimes you go in just for a tune up and other times it requires more serious work. Either way, the service is beneficial and things start working a lot smoother afterwards. My goal is to create an environment that is safe and non-judgemental so clients feel comfortable disclosing whatever is on their hearts and minds. Clients come to me with a variety of concerns/needs ranging from relationship issues, stress, anxiety to simply needing a sounding board. Whatever the concern may be, you are welcome.
![Photo of Keren Geier, Keren, Geier, LCSW, Clinical Social Work/Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/3d20e2d8-46cd-11ea-a6ad-06142c356176/3/320x400.jpeg)
Keren Geier
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, Keren, Geier, LCSW
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Our lives are like pieces of a puzzle. How we choose to put them together is among the most important decisions we make. Effective therapeutic work begins when you and/or your child are ready to explore the areas of your life that would benefit from personal growth and change. As a caring change agent, I have successfully helped kids, teens, families, young professionals and adults through trying growth periods.
Our lives are like pieces of a puzzle. How we choose to put them together is among the most important decisions we make. Effective therapeutic work begins when you and/or your child are ready to explore the areas of your life that would benefit from personal growth and change. As a caring change agent, I have successfully helped kids, teens, families, young professionals and adults through trying growth periods.
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Forrest Hong
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Verified Verified
Los Angeles, CA 90019 (Online Only)
Welcome and please take a seat. Looks like you are beginning to take steps in addressing a specific, or maybe a general, need/concern that you are currently facing. Let's begin with you telling me why and what you want to talk about.
Welcome and please take a seat. Looks like you are beginning to take steps in addressing a specific, or maybe a general, need/concern that you are currently facing. Let's begin with you telling me why and what you want to talk about.
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Michelle Pow
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90019 (Online Only)
Hi, I’m Michelle! I am a second-generation Asian American mental health therapist and most importantly Human. As an Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I believe providing a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and social justice-oriented environment is critically important to doing this brave work. My goal is to support you on your journey to understanding yourself, healing from the past, and creating the life you want to live. My specialties include: First/Second Generation Asian American Mental Health, Intergenerational Trauma/Conflict, Relationships, Postpartum Mental Health, Racial Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, and Self-Esteem
Hi, I’m Michelle! I am a second-generation Asian American mental health therapist and most importantly Human. As an Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I believe providing a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and social justice-oriented environment is critically important to doing this brave work. My goal is to support you on your journey to understanding yourself, healing from the past, and creating the life you want to live. My specialties include: First/Second Generation Asian American Mental Health, Intergenerational Trauma/Conflict, Relationships, Postpartum Mental Health, Racial Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, and Self-Esteem
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Why do people seek therapy? They want to feel better. They want to improve their relationships. They want support in times of loss and transition. A search for insight and personal growth are also reasons. With over 25 years of clinical experience I have an approach that would help you find answer to these issues. Each person brings a unique story to therapy, and I draw from various therapeutic processes utilizing insight, cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to help them gain insight and feel better about their life.
Why do people seek therapy? They want to feel better. They want to improve their relationships. They want support in times of loss and transition. A search for insight and personal growth are also reasons. With over 25 years of clinical experience I have an approach that would help you find answer to these issues. Each person brings a unique story to therapy, and I draw from various therapeutic processes utilizing insight, cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to help them gain insight and feel better about their life.
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Lilyana Verdusco
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90019 (Online Only)
Are you tired of short-term solutions that don’t help long term? Finding yourself overly frustrated or agitated, but can’t figure out why? We do our best to handle all the challenges that life throws at us but sometimes we are left feeling like it’s not enough. My goal is to create a space to learn about the multiple influences of life that undoubtedly affect the way we function.
Are you tired of short-term solutions that don’t help long term? Finding yourself overly frustrated or agitated, but can’t figure out why? We do our best to handle all the challenges that life throws at us but sometimes we are left feeling like it’s not enough. My goal is to create a space to learn about the multiple influences of life that undoubtedly affect the way we function.
![Photo of Dr. Amy Wiseman, PsyD, Psychologist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/49d3698b-46cd-11ea-a6ad-06142c356176/3/320x400.jpeg)
My ideal client is the one who comes to my office with the genuine desire to grow and change. You have heard of depression and anxiety but you are unsure if you have a mental disorder. It is clear to you that something is not working but you don’t really know what it is, or maybe you know exactly what is going on but cannot seem to get a handle on how to change it. If you want to live as your highest and most authentic self, or if you just want to see a shift in unwelcome and uncomfortable behaviors, thoughts or feelings, my staff and I can help you begin that journey so long as you are ready to put in the work. 30 min FREE consult!
My ideal client is the one who comes to my office with the genuine desire to grow and change. You have heard of depression and anxiety but you are unsure if you have a mental disorder. It is clear to you that something is not working but you don’t really know what it is, or maybe you know exactly what is going on but cannot seem to get a handle on how to change it. If you want to live as your highest and most authentic self, or if you just want to see a shift in unwelcome and uncomfortable behaviors, thoughts or feelings, my staff and I can help you begin that journey so long as you are ready to put in the work. 30 min FREE consult!
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Number of Therapists in 90019
200+
Average cost per session
$185
Therapists in 90019 who prioritize treating:
95% | Anxiety |
90% | Depression |
75% | Stress |
68% | Life Transitions |
60% | Grief |
57% | Trauma and PTSD |
57% | Family Conflict |
Average years in practice
10 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
89% | Aetna |
80% | Managed Health Network (MHN) |
78% | Elevance |
How Therapists in 90019 see their clients
60% | Online Only | |
40% | In Person and Online |
Gender breakdown
81% | Female | |
17% | Male | |
2% | Non-Binary |