Therapists in 91361
Jade Dearing
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Westlake Village, CA 91361
Many of us don’t realize how negative events from our childhood affect the quality of our lives. You wake up most days feeling worthless, angry, fearful, anxious, insecure, and sad. These feelings negatively affect your behavior … you are unmotivated, impulsive, reactive, and take too many risks. These behaviors are negatively affecting every aspect of your life. Bills are piling up, you go from one job to the next, one relationship to the next, and may even be abusing drugs and alcohol. I treat symptoms of childhood developmental trauma/complex PTSD, (i.,e., anxiety, depression, and dissociative disorders).
Many of us don’t realize how negative events from our childhood affect the quality of our lives. You wake up most days feeling worthless, angry, fearful, anxious, insecure, and sad. These feelings negatively affect your behavior … you are unmotivated, impulsive, reactive, and take too many risks. These behaviors are negatively affecting every aspect of your life. Bills are piling up, you go from one job to the next, one relationship to the next, and may even be abusing drugs and alcohol. I treat symptoms of childhood developmental trauma/complex PTSD, (i.,e., anxiety, depression, and dissociative disorders).
Rosanna Santos Marriage and Family Therapy, Inc.
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, LPCC
Verified Verified
Westlake Village, CA 91361
Let's face it...life happens! We try our best to make the environment around us as comfortable as possible for ourselves, and many times we succeed. Then, there are those times when we just feel stuck and frustrated, perhaps even discouraged. Often, if we stay in those 'stuck' places for too long, we end up feeling depressed, anxious, stressed, angry, insecure, vulnerable, unmotivated, or just plain moody. It almost feels like there's some hidden knowledge that could unlock that 'stuck' feeling and let us get back to, or begin, feeling motivated and confident about the direction of our lives.
Let's face it...life happens! We try our best to make the environment around us as comfortable as possible for ourselves, and many times we succeed. Then, there are those times when we just feel stuck and frustrated, perhaps even discouraged. Often, if we stay in those 'stuck' places for too long, we end up feeling depressed, anxious, stressed, angry, insecure, vulnerable, unmotivated, or just plain moody. It almost feels like there's some hidden knowledge that could unlock that 'stuck' feeling and let us get back to, or begin, feeling motivated and confident about the direction of our lives.
Diane R Gehart
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Westlake Village, CA 91361
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With over 30 years of experience, I provide effective therapy to individuals, couples, adolescents, children, and families, addressing issues such as depression, anxiety, OCD, child and adult trauma, couples issues, divorce, parenting, child/teen concerns, sexuality, work-related issues, life transitions, eating disorders, personality disorders, and grief.
Whether you are looking for a therapist because of recent difficulties or challenges that started years ago, you will find that I offer a rare combination of rigorous training with a down-to-earth style to help you achieve your goals. As an established professor and author in the field, I am well-versed in the latest research to ensure your problems are resolved as efficiently as possible using the most effective methods available. If you have had difficulty connecting with past therapists or are concerned that I might act like therapists in the movies, I believe you will find my style refreshingly more relatable.
With over 30 years of experience, I provide effective therapy to individuals, couples, adolescents, children, and families, addressing issues such as depression, anxiety, OCD, child and adult trauma, couples issues, divorce, parenting, child/teen concerns, sexuality, work-related issues, life transitions, eating disorders, personality disorders, and grief.
Whether you are looking for a therapist because of recent difficulties or challenges that started years ago, you will find that I offer a rare combination of rigorous training with a down-to-earth style to help you achieve your goals. As an established professor and author in the field, I am well-versed in the latest research to ensure your problems are resolved as efficiently as possible using the most effective methods available. If you have had difficulty connecting with past therapists or are concerned that I might act like therapists in the movies, I believe you will find my style refreshingly more relatable.
Catherine McDonagh
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 (Online Only)
I specialize in helping high-achieving professionals, both individuals and couples, cultivate greater self-awareness, clarity, and inner peace. While external success may be apparent, it often doesn't align with one's internal experience. Many individuals struggle with relationship issues, anxiety, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, depression, or constant striving, which can overshadow an otherwise fulfilling life. I provide a safe space for clients to explore their energy and the dynamics in their environment, unravel their innermost thoughts, address difficult emotions, and nurture self awareness.
I specialize in helping high-achieving professionals, both individuals and couples, cultivate greater self-awareness, clarity, and inner peace. While external success may be apparent, it often doesn't align with one's internal experience. Many individuals struggle with relationship issues, anxiety, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, depression, or constant striving, which can overshadow an otherwise fulfilling life. I provide a safe space for clients to explore their energy and the dynamics in their environment, unravel their innermost thoughts, address difficult emotions, and nurture self awareness.
MyWestCoastTherapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 (Online Only)
As a Psychotherapist Hasya integrates different theoretical orientations and interventions to offer a highly personalized approach to treatment. Along with compassion and understanding, she works in a collaborative partnership to uncover strengths and attain maximum potential for growth. Hasya is passionate about helping clients discover unconscious patterns that are limiting. She is supporting clients every step of the way combining therapeutic techniques with genuine care, humor and wisdom.
As a Psychotherapist Hasya integrates different theoretical orientations and interventions to offer a highly personalized approach to treatment. Along with compassion and understanding, she works in a collaborative partnership to uncover strengths and attain maximum potential for growth. Hasya is passionate about helping clients discover unconscious patterns that are limiting. She is supporting clients every step of the way combining therapeutic techniques with genuine care, humor and wisdom.
Mindfulpath Inc is a healing space encompassed by a variety of treatment professionals, providing a wide array of services, and working as one connected team to provide quality mental health care. Our community of practitioners make available a wide array of services from individual and group therapy to nutrition and yoga all in one location. Mindfulpath understands there is no one healing modality that works for all. We take the time to get to know YOU based on YOUR uniqueness and together we create a customized plan to best suit your needs as you walk on YOUR mindfulpath.
Mindfulpath Inc is a healing space encompassed by a variety of treatment professionals, providing a wide array of services, and working as one connected team to provide quality mental health care. Our community of practitioners make available a wide array of services from individual and group therapy to nutrition and yoga all in one location. Mindfulpath understands there is no one healing modality that works for all. We take the time to get to know YOU based on YOUR uniqueness and together we create a customized plan to best suit your needs as you walk on YOUR mindfulpath.
Aimee Beyers
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, APCC
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Hidden Valley, CA 91361
In our sessions, your struggles, triumphs, and curiosities, will be met with reverence and compassion. I embrace a creative and collaborative approach to conversation that recognizes circumstance and invites possibility. By exploring the multitudes within you, we can unearth your own unique and vast inner resources— making it easier to navigate life's challenges with your values and preferences at the forefront.
In our sessions, your struggles, triumphs, and curiosities, will be met with reverence and compassion. I embrace a creative and collaborative approach to conversation that recognizes circumstance and invites possibility. By exploring the multitudes within you, we can unearth your own unique and vast inner resources— making it easier to navigate life's challenges with your values and preferences at the forefront.
Lauren Schnell Graovac
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Thousand Oaks, CA 91361
I specialize in treating individuals and couples that want to improve their relational dynamics, self esteem and phase-of-life issues and reclaim their lives. I do this by helping clients first become aware of what is at the root of unwanted behaviors and patterns and second, repair and implement a new approach to our thoughts, relationships, and life in general. My clients range from students and families to influencers, business professionals, athletes, artists, and individuals seeking to better themselves. My treatment plans consider a holistic approach and can be done in person or online.
I specialize in treating individuals and couples that want to improve their relational dynamics, self esteem and phase-of-life issues and reclaim their lives. I do this by helping clients first become aware of what is at the root of unwanted behaviors and patterns and second, repair and implement a new approach to our thoughts, relationships, and life in general. My clients range from students and families to influencers, business professionals, athletes, artists, and individuals seeking to better themselves. My treatment plans consider a holistic approach and can be done in person or online.
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Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.