Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists in West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Ciaran Kane Phelps
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified Verified
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90034
Waitlist for new clients
My work often centers around folks who are experiencing grief or loss, healing from trauma, navigating life transitions, or experiencing relational challenges. My areas of specialty are neurodivergence (autism, ADHD, etc.), gender exploration, and BPD. I also support folks who are dealing with overwhelming anxiety, depression, dissociation, or cPTSD. I am queer-affirming and trans-affirming. I also have familiarity with spiritual and religious trauma. I bring an anti-oppressive, postmodern, and trauma-informed framework into my work. I support individual adults, kids, families, and couples.
My work often centers around folks who are experiencing grief or loss, healing from trauma, navigating life transitions, or experiencing relational challenges. My areas of specialty are neurodivergence (autism, ADHD, etc.), gender exploration, and BPD. I also support folks who are dealing with overwhelming anxiety, depression, dissociation, or cPTSD. I am queer-affirming and trans-affirming. I also have familiarity with spiritual and religious trauma. I bring an anti-oppressive, postmodern, and trauma-informed framework into my work. I support individual adults, kids, families, and couples.
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Dr. Kelly A Williams
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Welcome! I want you to know that engaging in counseling is not an admission of failure. On the contrary, it is a bold statement of growth and strength. I specialize in Borderline Personality Disorder, Couples and Marital Counseling, and Trauma. Most of my clients find me easy to talk to and appreciate my practical and relational approach to treatment. Call for a free consultation - ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. I accept Private Payors, Cigna, Blue Shield of California, Magellan, United Healthcare, and Optum Health Insurance.
Welcome! I want you to know that engaging in counseling is not an admission of failure. On the contrary, it is a bold statement of growth and strength. I specialize in Borderline Personality Disorder, Couples and Marital Counseling, and Trauma. Most of my clients find me easy to talk to and appreciate my practical and relational approach to treatment. Call for a free consultation - ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. I accept Private Payors, Cigna, Blue Shield of California, Magellan, United Healthcare, and Optum Health Insurance.
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Alyson DiRocco Fisher
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90034
I specialize in treating bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, and anxiety.
Connecting with the right therapist can be challenging. As a clinician, I strive to empower clients to make meaningful changes, while also helping them hold self-compassion in the process. I ground my work in evidence-based therapies, and use an in-depth case conceptualization to understand how problems are getting in the way of the life my clients want to lead.
I specialize in treating bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, and anxiety.
Connecting with the right therapist can be challenging. As a clinician, I strive to empower clients to make meaningful changes, while also helping them hold self-compassion in the process. I ground my work in evidence-based therapies, and use an in-depth case conceptualization to understand how problems are getting in the way of the life my clients want to lead.
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Dr. Yamonte Cooper
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, EdD, LPCC, NCC, CST
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025
With 20+ years of counseling experience, I offer psychotherapy and sex therapy for adults and couples of diverse backgrounds dealing with relationship difficulties, sexual dysfunctions, gender & sexual identity, trauma, depression & anxiety, borderline personality, grief, and other mental health problems.
Are you desperate to feel love and connection in your relationship while feeling hopeless and alone? Do you feel anxious or sad? Maybe you want to strengthen your relationship? Do you want to have greater communication and understanding? Maybe your relationship needs a shift to create change and healing? Are you tired of suffering and being in pain? If so, I would like to collaborate and help you with your relationship or individually while empowering you to live your best life!
With 20+ years of counseling experience, I offer psychotherapy and sex therapy for adults and couples of diverse backgrounds dealing with relationship difficulties, sexual dysfunctions, gender & sexual identity, trauma, depression & anxiety, borderline personality, grief, and other mental health problems.
Are you desperate to feel love and connection in your relationship while feeling hopeless and alone? Do you feel anxious or sad? Maybe you want to strengthen your relationship? Do you want to have greater communication and understanding? Maybe your relationship needs a shift to create change and healing? Are you tired of suffering and being in pain? If so, I would like to collaborate and help you with your relationship or individually while empowering you to live your best life!
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Alex J. Russan
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90034
I work with a range of experiences, including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, OCD, borderline and narcissistic states, addictions, and recovery from profound trauma.
I am interested in helping people figure out whatever it is they need to figure out; in getting unstuck from wherever they find themselves stuck. I create an empathetic, supportive and trauma informed environment to help you see and challenge self-defeating patterns and beliefs, to find more satisfying ways to live and interact with others. I provide a unique therapeutic experience for each client, based on their individual needs, working primarily from a psychodynamic/analytic lens, integrating aspects of ERP (Exposure Response Prevention), mindfulness and existential therapy.
I work with a range of experiences, including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, OCD, borderline and narcissistic states, addictions, and recovery from profound trauma.
I am interested in helping people figure out whatever it is they need to figure out; in getting unstuck from wherever they find themselves stuck. I create an empathetic, supportive and trauma informed environment to help you see and challenge self-defeating patterns and beliefs, to find more satisfying ways to live and interact with others. I provide a unique therapeutic experience for each client, based on their individual needs, working primarily from a psychodynamic/analytic lens, integrating aspects of ERP (Exposure Response Prevention), mindfulness and existential therapy.
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Diane DeMartino
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025
I love working with passionate, creative, and sensitive professionals, as well as young adults navigating difficult challenges. These unique individuals often experience sensory overload and overwhelm, and they seek ways to create more manageable and meaningful lives where their talents can truly shine. They aim to better understand and regulate their emotions, boost self-respect, set healthy boundaries, improve relationships, find balance, and cultivate a sense of purpose. They are looking for genuine self-care and aspire to build an authentic life that reflects their true strengths and dreams.
I love working with passionate, creative, and sensitive professionals, as well as young adults navigating difficult challenges. These unique individuals often experience sensory overload and overwhelm, and they seek ways to create more manageable and meaningful lives where their talents can truly shine. They aim to better understand and regulate their emotions, boost self-respect, set healthy boundaries, improve relationships, find balance, and cultivate a sense of purpose. They are looking for genuine self-care and aspire to build an authentic life that reflects their true strengths and dreams.
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Daniel-Ardeshir Ravanshenas
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Affordable and accessible therapy is a necessity. I have two main concentrations to my practice: 1) I work with those interested in a confidential therapeutic setting to resolve complex psychological states and feelings (such as anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, trauma, childhood, relationship difficulties, personal grief, fear, shame, worthlessness, and existential questions about meaning-in-life). 2) I work in a consultant capacity for individuals with prescribed short-term, career-minded professional goals (public speaking, presentations, social skills, deadlines, writer's block, and management strategies).
Affordable and accessible therapy is a necessity. I have two main concentrations to my practice: 1) I work with those interested in a confidential therapeutic setting to resolve complex psychological states and feelings (such as anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, trauma, childhood, relationship difficulties, personal grief, fear, shame, worthlessness, and existential questions about meaning-in-life). 2) I work in a consultant capacity for individuals with prescribed short-term, career-minded professional goals (public speaking, presentations, social skills, deadlines, writer's block, and management strategies).
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Julie Markowitz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MBA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025 (Online Only)
I believe in all people’s innate capacity to heal. To me, all symptoms that we experience whether it be chronic pain, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, etc can be explained by trauma. Trauma does not have to be big events. Trauma can be if we are not attuned to emotionally as children or if our parents have their own unprocessed trauma—this sort of trauma often leads to deep seeded beliefs that we are unloveable and bad. Our healing comes from teaching our parts that we are loveable and accepted just as we are.
I believe in all people’s innate capacity to heal. To me, all symptoms that we experience whether it be chronic pain, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, etc can be explained by trauma. Trauma does not have to be big events. Trauma can be if we are not attuned to emotionally as children or if our parents have their own unprocessed trauma—this sort of trauma often leads to deep seeded beliefs that we are unloveable and bad. Our healing comes from teaching our parts that we are loveable and accepted just as we are.
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Anjali Alimchandani
Psychologist, PhD, MPP
Verified Verified
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90034 (Online Only)
My work as a psychologist is rooted in a profound belief that by recognizing and honoring our complex, messy life stories with honesty and gentleness, we lay the foundation to heal the obstacles preventing us from building fulfilling, meaningful lives. Throughout life, we all create narratives about ourselves to help us survive. These narratives are shaped by myriad factors (individual life experiences, relationships, intergenerational legacies, and experiences of oppression/privilege, belonging/rejection, among others). Over time, our narratives and coping mechanisms fall short. We wonder, what went wrong?Why? What's wrong with me?
My work as a psychologist is rooted in a profound belief that by recognizing and honoring our complex, messy life stories with honesty and gentleness, we lay the foundation to heal the obstacles preventing us from building fulfilling, meaningful lives. Throughout life, we all create narratives about ourselves to help us survive. These narratives are shaped by myriad factors (individual life experiences, relationships, intergenerational legacies, and experiences of oppression/privilege, belonging/rejection, among others). Over time, our narratives and coping mechanisms fall short. We wonder, what went wrong?Why? What's wrong with me?
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Melissa A. Richman, PsyD, LCSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PsyD, LCSW, DAPA
Verified Verified
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90035
Nurturing, nonjudgmental understanding, respect and honesty are at the heart of the therapeutic relationship I hope to develop with you. I believe that these deepest principles are the root of healing and recovery. The therapeutic relationship is where and how this takes place. When we address it in the here and now, then it most often generalizes to the present and future of your life. The foundation of my private practice lies in fostering this experience.
Nurturing, nonjudgmental understanding, respect and honesty are at the heart of the therapeutic relationship I hope to develop with you. I believe that these deepest principles are the root of healing and recovery. The therapeutic relationship is where and how this takes place. When we address it in the here and now, then it most often generalizes to the present and future of your life. The foundation of my private practice lies in fostering this experience.
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Couples Therapy; Infidelity; Gaslighting; IFS
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, CPD
Verified Verified
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90035 (Online Only)
BRINK OF BREAKUP OR DIVORCE; INFIDELITY; PARTNER BETRAYAL; DECEPTION, LIES, SECRECY; GASLIGHTING; CODEPENDENCY; TRAUMA BONDING ATTACHMENT: Struggling with the aftermath of infidelity, betrayal, relational safety violations, gaslighting or narcissistic abuse? Feeling trapped in toxic bonding, attachment issues, or navigating turbulent waters of a hi-conflict relationship? Whether you’re an individual grappling with inner turmoil or part of a couple ambivalent about staying together, I’m here to help you find clarity, healing, and a path forward.
BRINK OF BREAKUP OR DIVORCE; INFIDELITY; PARTNER BETRAYAL; DECEPTION, LIES, SECRECY; GASLIGHTING; CODEPENDENCY; TRAUMA BONDING ATTACHMENT: Struggling with the aftermath of infidelity, betrayal, relational safety violations, gaslighting or narcissistic abuse? Feeling trapped in toxic bonding, attachment issues, or navigating turbulent waters of a hi-conflict relationship? Whether you’re an individual grappling with inner turmoil or part of a couple ambivalent about staying together, I’m here to help you find clarity, healing, and a path forward.
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Mariya Kriv
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90035
As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. By applying complementary therapy approaches and techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
As a solution-focused therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. By applying complementary therapy approaches and techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
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Benjamin S. Edwards
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Let's go on an exploration that will lead to lasting and tangible positive change. It takes a lot of courage to do this, but it is often in the discomfort that we grow. I encourage you to call me for a free consultation and ask any questions you have about myself or therapy. I will want to know about your goals and what you are hoping for in a therapeutic relationship. My approach is eclectic, highlighted by depth psychology and systems thinking. I believe in a holistic and non-linear view of life that endorses compassion, curiosity, and also getting out of our comfort zones. Once there is trust between us, I will lovingly push you.
Let's go on an exploration that will lead to lasting and tangible positive change. It takes a lot of courage to do this, but it is often in the discomfort that we grow. I encourage you to call me for a free consultation and ask any questions you have about myself or therapy. I will want to know about your goals and what you are hoping for in a therapeutic relationship. My approach is eclectic, highlighted by depth psychology and systems thinking. I believe in a holistic and non-linear view of life that endorses compassion, curiosity, and also getting out of our comfort zones. Once there is trust between us, I will lovingly push you.
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Valerie Reich
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, APCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Now Accepting New Clients! My best-fit client is someone who is open to exploring their own healing. Are you burnt-out on life, career, and/or relationships? Are you going through a transition or experiencing sudden change? Have substances, sex, or shopping begun to take up too much of your time? Do you feel your relationships are lacking in some way, or things are feeling tense and difficult? My best fit-clients experience all of these and more, and are ready to make some changes in their lives.
Now Accepting New Clients! My best-fit client is someone who is open to exploring their own healing. Are you burnt-out on life, career, and/or relationships? Are you going through a transition or experiencing sudden change? Have substances, sex, or shopping begun to take up too much of your time? Do you feel your relationships are lacking in some way, or things are feeling tense and difficult? My best fit-clients experience all of these and more, and are ready to make some changes in their lives.
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Kathleen W Gray
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, MFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (Online Only)
I want to help you have a happier life. People usually come to therapy w/ a problem that they are unable to solve on their own. I respect the work you have already done to try to get unstuck. What I offer is the possibility for new & imaginative ways of thinking about your dilemmas & a positive & supportive place to try out different ways of being in the world. With respect for your past, the work in our therapy is focused on the present and a "where do we go from here" perspective.
I want to help you have a happier life. People usually come to therapy w/ a problem that they are unable to solve on their own. I respect the work you have already done to try to get unstuck. What I offer is the possibility for new & imaginative ways of thinking about your dilemmas & a positive & supportive place to try out different ways of being in the world. With respect for your past, the work in our therapy is focused on the present and a "where do we go from here" perspective.
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Elizabeth Chase
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90034 (Online Only)
We all arrive to therapy with unique needs, hurts, and wishes. We may not even know what we are seeking, just that life is not feeling good. My goal as a therapist is to be a partner in the journey – we may not know the path, or even the destination. Therapy can help reveal forks in the road, grieve parts of the trail, or even give us the courage to trek on. We can process trauma and define what it means to heal. We can develop a greater sense of self and a deeper connection with others. My ideal client is someone who wants to learn about themselves, but maybe feels unsure of where to start.
We all arrive to therapy with unique needs, hurts, and wishes. We may not even know what we are seeking, just that life is not feeling good. My goal as a therapist is to be a partner in the journey – we may not know the path, or even the destination. Therapy can help reveal forks in the road, grieve parts of the trail, or even give us the courage to trek on. We can process trauma and define what it means to heal. We can develop a greater sense of self and a deeper connection with others. My ideal client is someone who wants to learn about themselves, but maybe feels unsure of where to start.
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Sheri Lynn Kane
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025
You are exhausted, anxious, and depressed. You want someone who can understand you and help you find the relief you deserve. I can teach you why you feel the way you do and why your body and mind respond the way they do. If you are ready to regain your life and feel whole again, call me, I can help!
You are exhausted, anxious, and depressed. You want someone who can understand you and help you find the relief you deserve. I can teach you why you feel the way you do and why your body and mind respond the way they do. If you are ready to regain your life and feel whole again, call me, I can help!
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Arielle Hanien
Pre-Licensed Professional, Rabbi, PsyD, SEP
Verified Verified
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90064
You deserve the support you need. When we are struggling with anxiety, PTSD, personal or relationship transitions, life can feel especially difficult. Experiences of trauma, changes in our identity and relationships, legal or learning challenges can sometimes be overwhelming--even long after they happen. Often, beliefs that once provided guidance or comfort change, leaving us feel even more lost at sea. Yet deep within, we all have access to a feeling of our aliveness that can help us navigate these rough spots. Our work offers you safety and caring to bolster your strengths, recover your joy, and find your inner knowing once again.
You deserve the support you need. When we are struggling with anxiety, PTSD, personal or relationship transitions, life can feel especially difficult. Experiences of trauma, changes in our identity and relationships, legal or learning challenges can sometimes be overwhelming--even long after they happen. Often, beliefs that once provided guidance or comfort change, leaving us feel even more lost at sea. Yet deep within, we all have access to a feeling of our aliveness that can help us navigate these rough spots. Our work offers you safety and caring to bolster your strengths, recover your joy, and find your inner knowing once again.
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Emily Rebecca Ward
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified Verified
9 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (Online Only)
Are you ready to stop feeling anxious and/or depressed? Do you want to learn skills to calm your racing mind? Do you remember a time when anxiety, depression, & personal issues weren’t a part of your daily life? I can give you the tools and coping skills to change this. I help children/teenagers, couples, and individuals just like you: ones that have it within them to learn how to cope with their anxiety or depression and go back to living life the way that they remember it. I can support you on your journey towards feeling more self-confident, happy, fulfilled. I can help to guide you to a better understanding of yourself & others.
Are you ready to stop feeling anxious and/or depressed? Do you want to learn skills to calm your racing mind? Do you remember a time when anxiety, depression, & personal issues weren’t a part of your daily life? I can give you the tools and coping skills to change this. I help children/teenagers, couples, and individuals just like you: ones that have it within them to learn how to cope with their anxiety or depression and go back to living life the way that they remember it. I can support you on your journey towards feeling more self-confident, happy, fulfilled. I can help to guide you to a better understanding of yourself & others.
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Savannah Hemmig
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, AMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90035
I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) who earned my degrees from the University of Southern California. I am an integrative contextual therapist who uses a variety of interventions to best suit each client. I draw from my diverse background in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), mindfulness, radical acceptance, regulation skills, Seeking Safety, harm reduction, and always trauma oriented.
I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) who earned my degrees from the University of Southern California. I am an integrative contextual therapist who uses a variety of interventions to best suit each client. I draw from my diverse background in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), mindfulness, radical acceptance, regulation skills, Seeking Safety, harm reduction, and always trauma oriented.
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Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists
What is the most successful approach to treating borderline personality disorder?
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is considered the gold standard of treatment for borderline personality disorder. An evidence-based treatment, it addresses the extreme emotional reactivity, the relationship difficulties, and the acts of self-harm that create so much distress for BPD patients. DBT is a comprehensive program that includes both regular individual psychotherapy sessions and weekly group sessions of skills training.
What happens in treatment of borderline personality disorder?
Treatment typically consists of weekly individual therapy sessions that last an hour and group skill-focused instructional sessions that may last up to two hours. Patients are typically given homework “assignments” in which they are asked to practice in their daily life the skills they acquire in therapy. Patients also keep a diary tracking their emotions and impulses as a way to know which situations are most problematic and to help them gain control over their own behavior. Difficult situations and feelings are typically reviewed in therapy sessions and more constructive solutions found.
What kinds of problems does BPD treatment help with?
DBT was initially developed to dampen the self-destructive impulses of chronically suicidal patients. It is now the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder, a serious condition marked by extreme emotional reactivity, relationship instability, and self-injurious behaviors. Treatment of BPD helps patients tolerate the flux of emotions without acting on them, often with a specific focus on tolerating negative emotions. DBT addresses the core problems of BPD—fear of abandonment, low self-esteem, and impulsivity.
What is the goal of treatment in borderline personality disorder?
The goal of treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is to relieve the extreme emotional distress that patients experience—to curb their emotional reactivity, to minimize their inclination to self-harm, and to reduce their impulsivity. Toward these ends, patients are not only taught an array of new coping skills and techniques for emotional regulation, they are given opportunities to practice them. Another major goal of treatment is interpersonal effectiveness; patients learn and problem-solve ways to effectively communicate in relationships, especially how to ask for what they need as a way to minimize hurt feelings.