Women's Issues Therapists in Downtown, Long Beach, CA
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Liliana Gonzalez
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90802 (Online Only)
Hello! My name is Liliana Gonzalez, and I am a family and marriage counselor licensed in Los Angeles, California with over 8 years of experience working as a clinical therapist in a community-based environment. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, compassion fatigue, peer relationships, and women's issues. I also helped many people who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse. Seeking help takes courage and strength. Congratulations on making the first step towards a positive change.
Hello! My name is Liliana Gonzalez, and I am a family and marriage counselor licensed in Los Angeles, California with over 8 years of experience working as a clinical therapist in a community-based environment. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, compassion fatigue, peer relationships, and women's issues. I also helped many people who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse. Seeking help takes courage and strength. Congratulations on making the first step towards a positive change.
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I'm Susan Faitos and I am a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) working with clients in California via telehealth. My primary focus is working with individuals seeking therapy for anxiety, depression, grief, women's issues, and chronic illness/pain challenges. I am also experienced in working with relationship/family issues and I am sex-positive, sexual orientation, and kink friendly. My style is well-suited for individual adults who are experiencing life transitions and/or challenges coping with their current situations.
I'm Susan Faitos and I am a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) working with clients in California via telehealth. My primary focus is working with individuals seeking therapy for anxiety, depression, grief, women's issues, and chronic illness/pain challenges. I am also experienced in working with relationship/family issues and I am sex-positive, sexual orientation, and kink friendly. My style is well-suited for individual adults who are experiencing life transitions and/or challenges coping with their current situations.
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Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
Relationship and sexual concerns, couples therapy, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, stress management, insomnia, women's issues, creativity, LGBTQ- welcome.
Learn how to feel more connected to yourself, others and the world around you. Therapy provides all the elements of intimacy: honest communication, vulnerability and trust. Good therapy is challenging yet warm, providing both structure and empathy for your unique experience. We are a collective of therapists with a wide range of specialties. Our intake professionals will help connect you with the right therapist for your needs. We make appointments easy, offering evenings and weekends and flexibility for creative professionals who can't make the same time each week.
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Ani Harutyunyan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90813
I provide psychotherapy to adults with concerns related to depression, anxiety, adjustments/life transitions, interpersonal relationships, school/work difficulties, women's issues, self-esteem issues, parenting difficulties, and family conflict.
My name is Ani Harutyunyan. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker having earned my Master of Social Work Degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from California State University Northridge. I am a member of NASW and a Certified Cognitive Behavior Therapist. I provide individual, family, couples, and group psychotherapy to adults. Psychotherapy is both a helping relationship and a process of change, which overcomes challenges and increases happiness.
I provide psychotherapy to adults with concerns related to depression, anxiety, adjustments/life transitions, interpersonal relationships, school/work difficulties, women's issues, self-esteem issues, parenting difficulties, and family conflict.
My name is Ani Harutyunyan. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker having earned my Master of Social Work Degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from California State University Northridge. I am a member of NASW and a Certified Cognitive Behavior Therapist. I provide individual, family, couples, and group psychotherapy to adults. Psychotherapy is both a helping relationship and a process of change, which overcomes challenges and increases happiness.
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My name is Mary, (MA, LMFT) I am originally from Santa Barbara, California. I am a trained therapist focused in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Strength Based Therapy, although I utilize a very person-centered approach when it comes to modifying treatment based on the needs of the client. I have significant experience working with young adults, and adults. I have an interest in women's issues including fertility difficulties, pregnancy, and post partum. I have experience treating ADHD, anxiety, depression, stress associated with work and school life, and trauma.
My name is Mary, (MA, LMFT) I am originally from Santa Barbara, California. I am a trained therapist focused in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Strength Based Therapy, although I utilize a very person-centered approach when it comes to modifying treatment based on the needs of the client. I have significant experience working with young adults, and adults. I have an interest in women's issues including fertility difficulties, pregnancy, and post partum. I have experience treating ADHD, anxiety, depression, stress associated with work and school life, and trauma.
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Patricia L Sellers
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, EdPsych, MSHS, CAMC-1, CBIF
Verified Verified
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90802 (Online Only)
Several evidence-based interventions will be used to work on Anger Management, Parenting, Co-Parenting, and Women's Issues to help with: Depression, Social Anxiety, and Family Issues.
People sometimes live their entire lives, and never receive care for problems that lead to depression, anxiety, or stress, that interferes in relationships and careers. If this is you, I look forward to working with you, through Telehealth, This method works for those with busy schedules. If you have a cell phone, tablet, or computer, you can be in therapy from the comfort of home. Care is provided with empathy and compassion, to address your specific requirements. We will work together to identify, and manage whatever contributes to your current need(s), and as we work towards change, the awesome person you are, will be revealed!
Several evidence-based interventions will be used to work on Anger Management, Parenting, Co-Parenting, and Women's Issues to help with: Depression, Social Anxiety, and Family Issues.
People sometimes live their entire lives, and never receive care for problems that lead to depression, anxiety, or stress, that interferes in relationships and careers. If this is you, I look forward to working with you, through Telehealth, This method works for those with busy schedules. If you have a cell phone, tablet, or computer, you can be in therapy from the comfort of home. Care is provided with empathy and compassion, to address your specific requirements. We will work together to identify, and manage whatever contributes to your current need(s), and as we work towards change, the awesome person you are, will be revealed!
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Rena Trujillo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90831
Sometimes you're overwhelmed with emotions and feel paralyzed or you are so afraid of being abandoned that you won't let anyone in; whatever it is you are feeling, I believe you deserve a space to feel safe to share what's deep inside of you; to deeply discover who you are and what you love in life; to accept your history and use it as your strength; to have empathy for yourself first to have empathy for others and to fall in love with who you are; I want to help you on your journey to becoming Empowered by exercising your Mental Fitness with a purpose to guide you towards your Truth.
Sometimes you're overwhelmed with emotions and feel paralyzed or you are so afraid of being abandoned that you won't let anyone in; whatever it is you are feeling, I believe you deserve a space to feel safe to share what's deep inside of you; to deeply discover who you are and what you love in life; to accept your history and use it as your strength; to have empathy for yourself first to have empathy for others and to fall in love with who you are; I want to help you on your journey to becoming Empowered by exercising your Mental Fitness with a purpose to guide you towards your Truth.
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Sofia Karim
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90813 (Online Only)
Perhaps you're ready to do "the work" but find yourself feeling stuck and unsure where to start. If you're burnt out, struggling in your relationships, or adjusting to a huge change such as motherhood, you've come to the right space. I work from a perspective that honors your past in order to shed what's needed to have the future you deserve. I will hold space for you free of judgment, so you can truly see yourself in an effort to connect to your own internal guidance system and tap into your authenticity.
Perhaps you're ready to do "the work" but find yourself feeling stuck and unsure where to start. If you're burnt out, struggling in your relationships, or adjusting to a huge change such as motherhood, you've come to the right space. I work from a perspective that honors your past in order to shed what's needed to have the future you deserve. I will hold space for you free of judgment, so you can truly see yourself in an effort to connect to your own internal guidance system and tap into your authenticity.
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Keesha Clark
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90802 (Online Only)
Becoming a parent, going through pregnancy and childbirth or loss will impact your relationships (with others and yourself) in ways you never imagined. And lets not talk about parenting and the incredible difficulty involved with being responsible for other small humans. You will stand in the mirror and the person staring back at you is unfamiliar. You are irritable, tired and on edge all of the time. Your self esteem is low and you are feeling guilt and worry almost all the time. It all seems impossible and no one truly understands. You are not alone. Not alone in the pain. And you don't have to be alone in the healing.
Becoming a parent, going through pregnancy and childbirth or loss will impact your relationships (with others and yourself) in ways you never imagined. And lets not talk about parenting and the incredible difficulty involved with being responsible for other small humans. You will stand in the mirror and the person staring back at you is unfamiliar. You are irritable, tired and on edge all of the time. Your self esteem is low and you are feeling guilt and worry almost all the time. It all seems impossible and no one truly understands. You are not alone. Not alone in the pain. And you don't have to be alone in the healing.
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Eunice Fuentes
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC
Verified Verified
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90802 (Online Only)
I am here to help you learn to love yourself, to have patience, and to look at problems from a different and positive perspective so that you can find new ways to resolve them. Maybe something happened in life that has affected you and despite your efforts, it has been hard to cope with, leading to stress, hopelessness, anxiety, or depression.
I am here to help you learn to love yourself, to have patience, and to look at problems from a different and positive perspective so that you can find new ways to resolve them. Maybe something happened in life that has affected you and despite your efforts, it has been hard to cope with, leading to stress, hopelessness, anxiety, or depression.
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I’m Dr. Christina Zavalza, a licensed clinical psychologist. I believe we are in an era of empowering ourselves unlike any we have seen before. We are becoming more aware of personal, social and cultural issues that can make it difficult to become our best and most powerful selves. Some of the issues we deal with today include trying to overcome trauma, navigating social expectations, balancing needs in relationships with taking care of ourselves, and ultimately wanting to feel empowered and whole in our homes, educational settings, workplace, and communities.
I’m Dr. Christina Zavalza, a licensed clinical psychologist. I believe we are in an era of empowering ourselves unlike any we have seen before. We are becoming more aware of personal, social and cultural issues that can make it difficult to become our best and most powerful selves. Some of the issues we deal with today include trying to overcome trauma, navigating social expectations, balancing needs in relationships with taking care of ourselves, and ultimately wanting to feel empowered and whole in our homes, educational settings, workplace, and communities.
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Shelly Ware
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90802 (Online Only)
My therapy style is collaborative and down to earth. I believe in helping empower my clients to make healthy choices. I enjoy teaching and encouraging my clients to become curious about their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. I have experience working with BIPOC Women who are experiencing anxiety, grief and loss, perinatal mood, and anxiety disorders, as well as navigating and healing from relationship trauma and unhealthy relationships. I also have experience helping women discern if they should stay or leave a relationship that feels confusing or unsupportive.
My therapy style is collaborative and down to earth. I believe in helping empower my clients to make healthy choices. I enjoy teaching and encouraging my clients to become curious about their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. I have experience working with BIPOC Women who are experiencing anxiety, grief and loss, perinatal mood, and anxiety disorders, as well as navigating and healing from relationship trauma and unhealthy relationships. I also have experience helping women discern if they should stay or leave a relationship that feels confusing or unsupportive.
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Jessica Hupf
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90802 (Online Only)
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I focus on women's mental health, emphasizing holistic well-being, relationship management, work-life balance, and parenting support. Using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness, I address challenges like stress, anxiety, and the impacts of physical health on psychological well-being. My practice offers tailored strategies for navigating personal and professional relationships, enhancing emotional regulation, and managing parenting responsibilities. My goal is to empower women to achieve resilience and balanced living.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I focus on women's mental health, emphasizing holistic well-being, relationship management, work-life balance, and parenting support. Using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness, I address challenges like stress, anxiety, and the impacts of physical health on psychological well-being. My practice offers tailored strategies for navigating personal and professional relationships, enhancing emotional regulation, and managing parenting responsibilities. My goal is to empower women to achieve resilience and balanced living.
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My name is Jeneba Young. I cater to African American millennial women who need assistance with tapping into their feminine energy. I am passionate about empowering African American millennial women navigate through relationship with themselves and others. I cater to women struggling with tapping into their feminine strength and inversely causing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, and life transitions. If you are ready to awaken your natural feminine strength, embrace womanhood, and express their inner truths lets speak!
My name is Jeneba Young. I cater to African American millennial women who need assistance with tapping into their feminine energy. I am passionate about empowering African American millennial women navigate through relationship with themselves and others. I cater to women struggling with tapping into their feminine strength and inversely causing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, and life transitions. If you are ready to awaken your natural feminine strength, embrace womanhood, and express their inner truths lets speak!
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Darlene Da Silva
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90802 (Online Only)
Hi! My name is Darlene Da Silva and I'm a bilingual, bi-cultural Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Since 2012, I have gained experience working with individuals in various mental health settings including non-profits, community-based settings, law enforcement, schools, and county mental health. I truly believe that the foundation of success in therapy begins with the therapeutic relationship, and will make every effort to provide the safe space needed to do the challenging, beneficial work that comes with therapy.
Hi! My name is Darlene Da Silva and I'm a bilingual, bi-cultural Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Since 2012, I have gained experience working with individuals in various mental health settings including non-profits, community-based settings, law enforcement, schools, and county mental health. I truly believe that the foundation of success in therapy begins with the therapeutic relationship, and will make every effort to provide the safe space needed to do the challenging, beneficial work that comes with therapy.
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Jeanet Vargas
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90813 (Online Only)
Are you finding yourself starting over, and finding it difficult to adjust to your new way of life. Does it feel hard to move forward and feels like your dragging your feet. Maybe you are in the middle of a divorce or break-up. All of these changes can be difficult to manage on your own. The intense feelings can be depression, anxiety, fear of the unknown, loneliness, struggling to make new connections, sabotaging your chances of love/friendships, and sense of loss. The experience can make you feel worthless, unloved, unseen and feeling like a failure.
Are you finding yourself starting over, and finding it difficult to adjust to your new way of life. Does it feel hard to move forward and feels like your dragging your feet. Maybe you are in the middle of a divorce or break-up. All of these changes can be difficult to manage on your own. The intense feelings can be depression, anxiety, fear of the unknown, loneliness, struggling to make new connections, sabotaging your chances of love/friendships, and sense of loss. The experience can make you feel worthless, unloved, unseen and feeling like a failure.
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Shannon Maximov
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90802 (Online Only)
I believe that most people can benefit from therapy at some point in their lives. Whether you struggle with persistent, troubling thoughts or feelings, or overwhelmed by events and life changes that are out of your control, therapy can help.
I believe that most people can benefit from therapy at some point in their lives. Whether you struggle with persistent, troubling thoughts or feelings, or overwhelmed by events and life changes that are out of your control, therapy can help.
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Roya Dedeaux
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90840 (Online Only)
***I have openings for new clients*** I have always been interested in working with people who don't quite feel like they "fit the mold." I particularly enjoy working with parents and their kids - esp. homeschoolers and folks with ADHD! I use play with purpose to help facilitate communication, awareness, and the therapeutic process. I use a lot of art, crafts & writing to help people express themselves. You will not find a one-size-fits-all approach here, instead we will work together to find an individualized approach that helps empower everyone involved and help you meet your goals! I am telehealth only right now.
***I have openings for new clients*** I have always been interested in working with people who don't quite feel like they "fit the mold." I particularly enjoy working with parents and their kids - esp. homeschoolers and folks with ADHD! I use play with purpose to help facilitate communication, awareness, and the therapeutic process. I use a lot of art, crafts & writing to help people express themselves. You will not find a one-size-fits-all approach here, instead we will work together to find an individualized approach that helps empower everyone involved and help you meet your goals! I am telehealth only right now.
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Brandi Michelle Romero
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90802
Available 8am-2pm on Weekdays! Brandi loves to work with all humans working through related to self-worth, relationships, identity, anxiety, etc. Brandi wants to provide that safe space that may be missing. Her goal is to help adults become introspective and limit the recreation of learned patterns. Brandi also loves to work with children and adolescents ages 7-17 around numerous issues, including, but not limited to: relationships/friendships, exploration, identity, self-esteem, anxiety, fears, and finding their voice. Brandi is dedicated to helping them become strong and healthy humans before they lead lives fully on their own.
Available 8am-2pm on Weekdays! Brandi loves to work with all humans working through related to self-worth, relationships, identity, anxiety, etc. Brandi wants to provide that safe space that may be missing. Her goal is to help adults become introspective and limit the recreation of learned patterns. Brandi also loves to work with children and adolescents ages 7-17 around numerous issues, including, but not limited to: relationships/friendships, exploration, identity, self-esteem, anxiety, fears, and finding their voice. Brandi is dedicated to helping them become strong and healthy humans before they lead lives fully on their own.
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Jessie Gonzalez
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Downtown, Long Beach, CA 90802 (Online Only)
I am a license Marriage and family therapist with 20 years of experience. I am trained in multiple Evidence based practices; Functional Family Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Trauma focus Cognitive behavioral therapy and Trauma systems Therapy for adolescent substance abuse.
I am a license Marriage and family therapist with 20 years of experience. I am trained in multiple Evidence based practices; Functional Family Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Trauma focus Cognitive behavioral therapy and Trauma systems Therapy for adolescent substance abuse.
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Women's Issues Therapists
How do you encourage a woman to go to therapy?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Offering specific examples of how an individual may be suffering, and what effects it has on them, should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.
How can women prepare for therapy?
Women can prepare for therapy by being willing to talk about their past experiences and their private thoughts. Before a session, an individual may want to reflect on how they’ve felt since the last session and what’s happened in their lives. Between sessions, it can be useful to write down notes about their reaction to a given event or how they felt at a particular time.
How long does therapy for women’s issues often last?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual and the challenges they face. Therapy types like Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Prolonged exposure therapy (PET), and Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. In some cases, such as for women with eating disorders, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
How can women overcome stigma around specific challenges in order to seek therapy?
Women dealing with domestic abuse, sexual assault, eating disorders, and any other number of troubles may feel a stigma around seeking help. It’s important to remember that these issues are not uncommon and there is no shame in getting help for them. Therapy is confidential, and women can talk about their experiences without fear of judgment. Seeking therapy can be a courageous and liberating act, and an important step toward healing and recovery.