Transgender Therapists in Hawthorne, CA
Hello! I am Aviva Euripides, and I am pleased to meet you here. Our clinical work involves tracking and assessing how it assists you in meeting your goals. This solution-focused work is thus overall practical, but it is rooted in academic and clinical rigor. I graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. I attended New College of California, where the focus was on meeting the clinical needs of a diverse community with relevance and meaning. I have supervised and trained clinicians in treatment settings ranging from the counselor's office to acute mental health facilities.
Hello! I am Aviva Euripides, and I am pleased to meet you here. Our clinical work involves tracking and assessing how it assists you in meeting your goals. This solution-focused work is thus overall practical, but it is rooted in academic and clinical rigor. I graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. I attended New College of California, where the focus was on meeting the clinical needs of a diverse community with relevance and meaning. I have supervised and trained clinicians in treatment settings ranging from the counselor's office to acute mental health facilities.
Dr. Phyllis E. Dworsky is a Psychologist in California who has been practicing since 1997. Dr. Dworsky offers both cognitive behavioral techniques to work toward goals and psychodynamic understanding as to what sabotages goals and triggers anxiety, depression, and anger. She also offers support and communication strategies for couples with a strong background in Gottman techniques. In her spare time, Dr. Dworsky enjoys hiking, yoga, poetry, and literature.
Dr. Phyllis E. Dworsky is a Psychologist in California who has been practicing since 1997. Dr. Dworsky offers both cognitive behavioral techniques to work toward goals and psychodynamic understanding as to what sabotages goals and triggers anxiety, depression, and anger. She also offers support and communication strategies for couples with a strong background in Gottman techniques. In her spare time, Dr. Dworsky enjoys hiking, yoga, poetry, and literature.
Hello! I'm Maral Sultanian, Ph.D., LMFT. My license number is LMFT47519. I espouse neuro-relational, integrative arts therapeutic, person-centered, psychodynamic, supportive, and interactive clinical approaches to your mental health services needs. I feel there is always a way to clearly express our needs in creative and interactive ways. I look forward to our collaboration and to joining you on your path toward healing and resilience. I am open to working with all clients. The initial assessment will indicate whether it is a good fit for the client to continue their work with me.
Hello! I'm Maral Sultanian, Ph.D., LMFT. My license number is LMFT47519. I espouse neuro-relational, integrative arts therapeutic, person-centered, psychodynamic, supportive, and interactive clinical approaches to your mental health services needs. I feel there is always a way to clearly express our needs in creative and interactive ways. I look forward to our collaboration and to joining you on your path toward healing and resilience. I am open to working with all clients. The initial assessment will indicate whether it is a good fit for the client to continue their work with me.
Cleo Young
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Hawthorne, CA 90251
Waitlist for new clients
Rooted in compassion and person-centered care, Cleo collaborates with and help clients who suffer from anxiety, depression, PTSD/traumas, transgenerational burden, grief/losses, life's transitions... Cleo has extensive experience in assisting clients with self-image and eating concerns. She is in alliance with LGBTQIA+ community and has spent years assisting clients with intimate partner violence and ageing-related mental health challenges in addition to being a substance use specialist.
Rooted in compassion and person-centered care, Cleo collaborates with and help clients who suffer from anxiety, depression, PTSD/traumas, transgenerational burden, grief/losses, life's transitions... Cleo has extensive experience in assisting clients with self-image and eating concerns. She is in alliance with LGBTQIA+ community and has spent years assisting clients with intimate partner violence and ageing-related mental health challenges in addition to being a substance use specialist.
Kayleigh Soto
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC
Verified Verified
Hawthorne, CA 90250 (Online Only)
We know asking for help is not an easy thing to do. We also know that finding a provider you trust to help you navigate mental health care can be a challenge. That's why we're here and we're doing things differently. As a patient at Bonmente, you enjoy comprehensive treatments customized specifically for your unique circumstances, convenient telemedicine appointments that allow you to see your provider from the comfort of home, an online patient portal that lets you communicate directly with your provider, and a highly trained support team that makes becoming a patient as simple as it should be.
We know asking for help is not an easy thing to do. We also know that finding a provider you trust to help you navigate mental health care can be a challenge. That's why we're here and we're doing things differently. As a patient at Bonmente, you enjoy comprehensive treatments customized specifically for your unique circumstances, convenient telemedicine appointments that allow you to see your provider from the comfort of home, an online patient portal that lets you communicate directly with your provider, and a highly trained support team that makes becoming a patient as simple as it should be.
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Anya Kavanaugh
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Clients seek me out for my lived experience as an autistic, ADHD, and transgender therapist with expertise in neurodivergence and queer identities.
As a neurodivergent or queer individual in today's society, you feel pressured to conceal your true self, anxious about potential rejection if you express yourself authentically. You often mimic others to fit in, hide your true self, and strive for perfection to gain acceptance. Simply for being yourself, you're labeled as "weird," "strange," or "different," which deepens feelings of isolation. Whether you're exploring your neurodivergence, gender, or sexuality for the first time or grappling with understanding your needs, there is a path forward from surviving to thriving.
Clients seek me out for my lived experience as an autistic, ADHD, and transgender therapist with expertise in neurodivergence and queer identities.
As a neurodivergent or queer individual in today's society, you feel pressured to conceal your true self, anxious about potential rejection if you express yourself authentically. You often mimic others to fit in, hide your true self, and strive for perfection to gain acceptance. Simply for being yourself, you're labeled as "weird," "strange," or "different," which deepens feelings of isolation. Whether you're exploring your neurodivergence, gender, or sexuality for the first time or grappling with understanding your needs, there is a path forward from surviving to thriving.
Linda K Reeves
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 (Online Only)
You've found an ally and someone who specializes in providing LGBTQ affirmative treatment to those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-binary, questioning or queer. I also love supporting parents and partners who are struggling after learning their loved one's sexual or gender identity is something other than what they believed. You don't have to do this alone. Whether working individually, with a couple or a family, I focus on establishing a safe environment so we can build a trusting relationship enabling you to learn new ways to live with more authenticity and joy.
You've found an ally and someone who specializes in providing LGBTQ affirmative treatment to those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-binary, questioning or queer. I also love supporting parents and partners who are struggling after learning their loved one's sexual or gender identity is something other than what they believed. You don't have to do this alone. Whether working individually, with a couple or a family, I focus on establishing a safe environment so we can build a trusting relationship enabling you to learn new ways to live with more authenticity and joy.
I am comfortable exploring sexual identity and transgender issues.
My name is Jennifer Hardy. I am Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 25 years' experience working with individuals, families, and couples. I have had the privilege of supporting a diverse population, including foster youth, sex workers, transgender youth and adults, and individuals involved in the criminal justice system. I focus on encouraging people to build upon their strengths in order to help them face and move through challenges.
I am comfortable exploring sexual identity and transgender issues.
My name is Jennifer Hardy. I am Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 25 years' experience working with individuals, families, and couples. I have had the privilege of supporting a diverse population, including foster youth, sex workers, transgender youth and adults, and individuals involved in the criminal justice system. I focus on encouraging people to build upon their strengths in order to help them face and move through challenges.
Anthony Cavuoti
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 (Online Only)
I will provide you with the comforting support we all need and trying times. Thank you for reaching out, if you would like to tell me or email me about what you are going through, I will meet you where you are at emotionally. If you are still recovering from what is hurting your heart and you prefer not to share it right away that is all right as well and I honor and respect you for that; I will make the needed accommodations so that you will feel safe to share your stories, and recover from and reclaim at your own pace what was lost, taken, missplaced, neglected are faded away.
I will provide you with the comforting support we all need and trying times. Thank you for reaching out, if you would like to tell me or email me about what you are going through, I will meet you where you are at emotionally. If you are still recovering from what is hurting your heart and you prefer not to share it right away that is all right as well and I honor and respect you for that; I will make the needed accommodations so that you will feel safe to share your stories, and recover from and reclaim at your own pace what was lost, taken, missplaced, neglected are faded away.
Jack Lam
Associate Clinical Social Worker, MSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 (Online Only)
You have been living through a stressful and exhausting time. A global pandemic is constantly changing your relationships and the way you live your life. You have also been exposed to an unprecedented amount of collective trauma both within your communities, and on a larger global scale. You're finding it harder to get a good night's rest, and you struggle to find meaning in a world that seems overwhelmingly painful to exist in. You want things to be different, but you don't know how.
You have been living through a stressful and exhausting time. A global pandemic is constantly changing your relationships and the way you live your life. You have also been exposed to an unprecedented amount of collective trauma both within your communities, and on a larger global scale. You're finding it harder to get a good night's rest, and you struggle to find meaning in a world that seems overwhelmingly painful to exist in. You want things to be different, but you don't know how.
I offer therapy to individuals who experience disconnection from themselves, disconnection from their communities, and to those who are navigating trauma. Therapy with me is collaborative, curious, embodied, and slow. Together, we will explore your life’s stories through mindfulness and attention to your body. We will map connections and disconnections in your life and explore how and where you can re/connect the dots. Using holistic practices and resources from me, your communities, your ancestral lineages, and within yourself, we will work together to support you to meet life’s challenges. I am accepting clients for EMDR.
I offer therapy to individuals who experience disconnection from themselves, disconnection from their communities, and to those who are navigating trauma. Therapy with me is collaborative, curious, embodied, and slow. Together, we will explore your life’s stories through mindfulness and attention to your body. We will map connections and disconnections in your life and explore how and where you can re/connect the dots. Using holistic practices and resources from me, your communities, your ancestral lineages, and within yourself, we will work together to support you to meet life’s challenges. I am accepting clients for EMDR.
One of the most important aspects in therapy is for patients to feel heard, respected, and understood. Given that each individual is unique, and no one issue is ever the same among different people, my approach is integrative and tailored to meet the needs of the person, not the "problem". I strive to create a compassionate, non-judgemental environment for patients to learn, grow, explore, challenge, and to live the life they want to be living. I specialize in working with adults - individual, couples, and family - with anxiety, depression, PTSD/trauma, relationship problems, substance abuse, ADD/ADHD, and LGBTQ issues.
One of the most important aspects in therapy is for patients to feel heard, respected, and understood. Given that each individual is unique, and no one issue is ever the same among different people, my approach is integrative and tailored to meet the needs of the person, not the "problem". I strive to create a compassionate, non-judgemental environment for patients to learn, grow, explore, challenge, and to live the life they want to be living. I specialize in working with adults - individual, couples, and family - with anxiety, depression, PTSD/trauma, relationship problems, substance abuse, ADD/ADHD, and LGBTQ issues.
My therapeutic approach mainly focuses on helping my clients identify their strengths to help alleviate anxiety, depression, and trauma. I am a firm believer that our childhood experiences contribute to our beliefs, behavioral patterns, and selecting a romantic partner. Therapy is a process! To allow ourselves to be intimate and vulnerable with someone about our experiences and trauma can be daunting. As a therapist, it is my goal to help validate, create a safe environment and help understand aspects of lived experiences.
My therapeutic approach mainly focuses on helping my clients identify their strengths to help alleviate anxiety, depression, and trauma. I am a firm believer that our childhood experiences contribute to our beliefs, behavioral patterns, and selecting a romantic partner. Therapy is a process! To allow ourselves to be intimate and vulnerable with someone about our experiences and trauma can be daunting. As a therapist, it is my goal to help validate, create a safe environment and help understand aspects of lived experiences.
Marika Gonzalez Reznichek
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Redondo Beach, CA 90278 (Online Only)
Life can feel overwhelming. An unexpected event can suddenly throw everything off balance, or many smaller stresses can build up and make it hard to cope with everyday tasks. Together we can explore your inner strengths and how to use them moving forward and find healing throughout the process. I am dedicated to social justice and believe that it’s important to find awareness of one’s resilience in the process of self-discovery and acceptance.
Life can feel overwhelming. An unexpected event can suddenly throw everything off balance, or many smaller stresses can build up and make it hard to cope with everyday tasks. Together we can explore your inner strengths and how to use them moving forward and find healing throughout the process. I am dedicated to social justice and believe that it’s important to find awareness of one’s resilience in the process of self-discovery and acceptance.
Danielle Torres
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Have you been hit with unimaginable life circumstances that make it difficult to move forward? Are you struggling with Low self esteem or negative self talk? Do you feel overwhelmed, avoid uncomfortable feelings, or have low motivation for change? Perhaps you want to change but don’t know where to start? I specialize in work with teens/adults dealing with 1st generation college students, professionals, and student athletes managing work life balance, cultural pressures, and performance issues. I also specialize in grief and loss, anxiety and depression, and work with LGBTQIA and trans issues. I have limited weekend availability.
Have you been hit with unimaginable life circumstances that make it difficult to move forward? Are you struggling with Low self esteem or negative self talk? Do you feel overwhelmed, avoid uncomfortable feelings, or have low motivation for change? Perhaps you want to change but don’t know where to start? I specialize in work with teens/adults dealing with 1st generation college students, professionals, and student athletes managing work life balance, cultural pressures, and performance issues. I also specialize in grief and loss, anxiety and depression, and work with LGBTQIA and trans issues. I have limited weekend availability.
Allison Marx
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, ATR
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Looking for a therapist who understands queer & trans issues, poly/ENM relationships, and the BDSM/kink community? Living your life authentically can be beautiful, messy, and complicated. Coming out or discovering new facets of your gender or sexuality can be both thrilling and confusing. Opening up your relationship might be something you’ve always fantasized about, but the reality can bring up unexpected emotions. Embracing your kinks may be liberating, but sometimes unexpectedly triggering. If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, and not sure how to navigate this, you don’t have to keep trying to figure it all out on your own.
Looking for a therapist who understands queer & trans issues, poly/ENM relationships, and the BDSM/kink community? Living your life authentically can be beautiful, messy, and complicated. Coming out or discovering new facets of your gender or sexuality can be both thrilling and confusing. Opening up your relationship might be something you’ve always fantasized about, but the reality can bring up unexpected emotions. Embracing your kinks may be liberating, but sometimes unexpectedly triggering. If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, and not sure how to navigate this, you don’t have to keep trying to figure it all out on your own.
Christiana Metzenbaum
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Redondo Beach, CA 90278 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
With over a decade of experience as a licensed therapist, I've worked in varying settings with diverse populations. My specialty areas include anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and relational issues with family, partners, and friends. I'm also dedicated to serving the LGBTQIA+ community. As your therapist, I believe you're the expert of your own life. Together, we'll work collaboratively to identify changes you'd like to make and develop a personalized plan to achieve them. My job is to help you see the changes that are possible. My hope is that when you leave our sessions, you'll feel supported in continuing on your journey.
With over a decade of experience as a licensed therapist, I've worked in varying settings with diverse populations. My specialty areas include anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and relational issues with family, partners, and friends. I'm also dedicated to serving the LGBTQIA+ community. As your therapist, I believe you're the expert of your own life. Together, we'll work collaboratively to identify changes you'd like to make and develop a personalized plan to achieve them. My job is to help you see the changes that are possible. My hope is that when you leave our sessions, you'll feel supported in continuing on your journey.
Counseling for Couples & Families
Psychologist, PsyD, MFCC, CHT
Verified Verified
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Relationships between husbands, wives, lovers, boy/girl friends, children or parents can be tricky. Happy, satisfying and fulfilling relationships require attention, energy, fun, humor, communication, time and investment of yourself. Too often relationships are hampered by misunderstandings, hurtful actions, stress, differences of opinions, unmet needs, and different expectations. Personality changes over time, affairs of the heart, infidelity, unmet sexual intimacy, abuse, cruel words, neglect, self-centeredness, different communication styles, different goals, values and dissimilar interests or fun activities also create unhappiness in relationships. Dr. Carol Francis has worked with relationships satisfaction for 32 years. 310-543-1824 or RelationshipSatisfactionNow.com and drcarolfrancis.com pathstosuccesses.com
Relationships between husbands, wives, lovers, boy/girl friends, children or parents can be tricky. Happy, satisfying and fulfilling relationships require attention, energy, fun, humor, communication, time and investment of yourself. Too often relationships are hampered by misunderstandings, hurtful actions, stress, differences of opinions, unmet needs, and different expectations. Personality changes over time, affairs of the heart, infidelity, unmet sexual intimacy, abuse, cruel words, neglect, self-centeredness, different communication styles, different goals, values and dissimilar interests or fun activities also create unhappiness in relationships. Dr. Carol Francis has worked with relationships satisfaction for 32 years. 310-543-1824 or RelationshipSatisfactionNow.com and drcarolfrancis.com pathstosuccesses.com
Kathie Ahn
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90027 (Online Only)
We all go through challenges. Stress, trauma, oppressive narratives, and social conditioning from our upbringing affect our emotions, moods, nervous systems, and sense of self. These experiences can show up as: identity/sexuality issues, depression, anxiety, low self-value, difficulty staying present, and problems with our interpersonal and romantic relationships. You want change but how and where do you start? Unfortunately, life or care-givers don't always teach us these skills. By working together, we can safely work towards finding the authentic, whole person that already resides in you.
We all go through challenges. Stress, trauma, oppressive narratives, and social conditioning from our upbringing affect our emotions, moods, nervous systems, and sense of self. These experiences can show up as: identity/sexuality issues, depression, anxiety, low self-value, difficulty staying present, and problems with our interpersonal and romantic relationships. You want change but how and where do you start? Unfortunately, life or care-givers don't always teach us these skills. By working together, we can safely work towards finding the authentic, whole person that already resides in you.
Christina Matso
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA, MFT
Verified Verified
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
I enjoyed very much my post licensure work at a family institute. Whether working with a child, an adolescent, an adult, a dyad or the whole family, I will initially focus on the person suffering the most. Based on the presenting symptom, I may do brief crisis intervention to stabilize a situation until an individual's underlying issue has been crystallized. The life issue causing depression, anxiety, and fears will then be addressed in more depth. My approach is to assist people in their own healing, maximizing on their own strengths and resources.
I enjoyed very much my post licensure work at a family institute. Whether working with a child, an adolescent, an adult, a dyad or the whole family, I will initially focus on the person suffering the most. Based on the presenting symptom, I may do brief crisis intervention to stabilize a situation until an individual's underlying issue has been crystallized. The life issue causing depression, anxiety, and fears will then be addressed in more depth. My approach is to assist people in their own healing, maximizing on their own strengths and resources.
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Transgender Therapists
As a gender-diverse individual, why might I want to see a therapist who is also gender diverse?
A trans or gender-diverse client may want to see a therapist who is also trans or gender diverse because the client may feel safer sharing their experiences and more confident that the therapist will understand, validate, and support them. But trans or gender-diverse clients can also benefit from therapy with cisgender therapists; this is a personal decision based on the connection between the client and the therapist, and if that connection is strong, therapy will be successful.
What if I cannot find a therapist who shares my gender identity?
Therapy can still be effective if a therapist does not share a client’s gender identity; a large body of research indicates that the most important factor in successful therapy is the therapeutic alliance. A therapist can also be interviewed for sensitivity and competence on gender identity and expression to ensure they possess appropriate knowledge and skills. Many therapists have excellent training and extensive experience working with gender-diverse clients, and that expertise can be invaluable despite a therapist not sharing the same firsthand experiences.
How can I recognize a good therapist for working with gender-diverse clients?
An experienced therapist should be able to help clients explore their gender identity and expression, alleviate discomfort related to their gender identity, treat mental health challenges and trauma, address existing relationships and communication with family members and loved ones, and determine the next steps pertaining to nonmedical or medical gender-affirming interventions. To recognize a good therapist, clients can ask about these topics and explore their comfort and connection with the clinician.
How might I inquire about a therapist’s experience working with transgender clients?
Clients should feel comfortable asking therapists directly about their experience working with transgender or gender-diverse clientele. For example, clients may ask about the therapist’s training and education with regard to gender identity, how many trans clients they’ve worked with in the past, and what sorts of matters were discussed. You may wish to inquire how a therapist specifically supports the needs of transgender clients or clients questioning their gender identity. A good clinician who is nonetheless not the right fit for you is often happy to make referrals to others based on the concerns you articulate in a preliminary conversation.