Career Counseling Therapists in Culver City, CA

"Renew the Light Within You." Life’s circumstances can be challenging enough for emotional prosperity, but the last few years have been an especially difficult trial period. These times have touched everyone, regardless of personal circumstances. On top of challenges in your life’s journey that preceded the pandemic, now more than ever may be time to reach out for help. No matter what, your point of reference in life matters, along with your experiences, joys, losses, and any personal questions you might have about meaning in your life. These questions matter, because you matter, too.

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ― C.G. Jung. By taking a depth psychological approach, we explore the unconscious material of your psyche to understand what may be holding you back from realizing deeper layers of healing and wholeness.

During the pandemic, I am offering tele therapy sessions for new clients to deal with juggling family and work. I have helped many professionals with negotiation skills and difficult bosses. In 30 years as a psychologist, I've actively helped individuals and couples learn tools to create confidence, change negative thinking, and create healthy relationships. My areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, couples communication and work issues. I practice EMDR which accelerates your ability to get unstuck from negative beliefs, phobias, and traumatic memories.

Sometimes life presents us with difficulties and problems that can leave us feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or even hopeless, and thus preventing us from living the rich and meaningful life we are meant to live.

I recognize the courage it takes to acknowledge when life's challenges become too difficult to navigate alone, which is why I am grateful to embark on a journey of self-enquiry with you. I am passionate about working with adults, adolescents and couples struggling with trauma, anxiety, depression, and/or challenging life experiences. Part of my role will be to help you reconnect with your inherent strengths while also working with you to integrate new skills into your life. My main goal is to meet you where you are and collaboratively cultivate awareness surrounding your connection to your mind, body, emotions, and past experiences.

I believe the most important factors in the therapeutic relationship are compassion, acceptance, and collaboration. Through this type of relationship, I will create an environment where you feel safe and understood, and therefore ready to make effective change. My approach to therapy is strength- based and I will combine psychotherapy interventions with practical and personalized approaches to help you meet your unique needs. My therapy practice is based in the strongest research as well as specialized training in evidence based treatments.

By the time clients reach my door, they've often felt stuck--either individually or relationally--for quite some time. One of my greatest strengths is the ability to help people to identify the factors that are keeping them from moving forward and the steps that it will take to change the status quo. I work with clients in an active yet compassionate way to help them to achieve their goals. Also, I'm often able to help clients to access greater inspiration and support from whatever type of spirituality they've experienced.

I enjoy working with adults and couples and view the therapeutic relationship as a significant agent of change for those seking to work on long standing issues or every day difficulties. My psychotherapeutic style combines psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral interventions, depending on the needs of the individual or couple. This combination produces an empathic relationship that motivates, encourages and inspires clients to explore needed changes and helps to develop practical approaches to create those changes. I strive to create an atmosphere of acceptance and a safe place that fosters exploration, change and growth. Please call with any questions you may have.

At Counseling Services/LA Peace of Mind.com, we guide people to the light and empower themselves to heal. We help people who seek trust and freedom to be expressive, address life challenges, and barriers that interfere with growth and achieving life's goals. Now offering Neurofeedback in 2024

The therapeutic process is unique to the client. For some it involves deep reflection and questioning old idea's, and for others a problem solving collaboration. For me it is the excitement of the journey you will embark on, and the endless possibilities for growth. Transparency is paramount, and key to the process for both client and therapist. Work is progressive and tailored to the individual. As issues emerge, treatment plans are re-assessed and revised to meet client needs. For trauma I am trained in Trauma focused CBT and Functional Family Systems,for addiction CBT and 12-step and for couples family systems therapy.

I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Clinical and Abnormal Social Psychology from Park University and a Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from California Baptist University. I am currently registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences as a Marriage and Family Therapist. I have worked with clients dealing with an array of situations. I believe that everyone has a voice and deserves to be heard. I enjoy walking side by side with my clients through the healing process and giving them the encouragement and tools needed to achieve their highest quality of life.

Perhaps you're feeling down, anxious, upset, or other intense emotions. Maybe you're unsure about your future, or confused by your past. Whatever your needs may be, I am here to offer support. Therapy is a means of growth, self-discovery, and healing through way of processing and understanding. In my sessions, I promote looking at your past to better understand your current identity, patterns, and relationships. I will never force you to change, but will be there through every step you want to take.

I work with adults, children, couples, and families confronting a wide range of mental, emotional, spiritual, and relational challenges. These can range from major symptom and conflict management to a desire for greater meaning, balance, self-love, and mental clarity. Some goals we build toward together may include: self-understanding and a sense of wholeness; helping you become your own best ally in health and life; healthy relationships and support systems; improved self-esteem; identifying and communicating needs and feelings effectively; and greater creativity and empowerment in crafting your own life and story.

Consider working with me if you wish to; Create more meaningful relationships; Transform negative patterns into positive ones; Develop a deeper understanding along the spectrum of emotions that guide your experience; Cultivate deeper intimacy within yourself and extend it outwards; Develop skills to improve your quality of life. Additionally, I have developed an effective approach to the complex challenges of parenting and marriage, and enjoy working with couples and parents.

In addition to providing parenting support, I work with individuals encountering a variety of life challenges such as anxiety, relational issues, work stress, loneliness and depression. I also work with couples looking to repair ruptures, rekindle connection, improve communication and/or work on parenting issues. I have a background in meditation and mindfulness. It informs my practice and I often use it as modality to assist clients whether working with anxiety or parenting or other relational issues.

We all go through times that are stressful and overwhelming. Certain behaviors and aspects of our personalities can cause us trouble as well. Whether it be work problems, relationship issues, illness or just a vague feeling of unhappiness or irritability, seeing a therapist can help. As a clinical social worker, I have been trained to assess the complex picture of your life and determine where changes can be made. As partners in the process of therapy we can address emotional, mental, physical and practical areas of your life that can be modified or healed to bring about relief and fulfillment.

Welcome. These are psychologically, emotionally, and physically complex times in which we are living. We have been thrust into a radically new era at lightning speed. I seek to meet you where you are and assist you in resolving any pain and confusion which blocks your sense of peace, strength and authenticity. Together we will find tools to relieve constraining beliefs, anxiety and/or confusion and we will find a place of equilibrium from which you can engage your inner and outer world in new and more effective ways. You can then make the changes you need to make in order to experience more peace of mind and fulfillment.

As a certified (IAAP) Jungian analyst I have a passion to work with three specific groups: 1. Men and women, aged 35 - 65, who are experiencing a Mid - Life Crises/Transition, often accompanied by depression and anxiety, and a loss of meaning in life. 2. Young men and women, aged 19 - 34, who are experiencing a "Quarter Life Crises," searching for a more soulful life in work, relationships and beyond. 3. Therapists who want to incorporate Jungian analysis and dream work into their practices, and also those who may want to enter training to become a Jungian analyst. .

I believe that psychotherapy can be a tool to help someone to increase their self-awareness and promote healing and reparation to the life's pain and struggles. If you would like someone on your side to the new journey of rediscovering who you are and who you want to be, that is my goal. To provide support through this new path with the objective that life will unfold with more joy and happiness.