Male Therapists in Westwood, Los Angeles, CA
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Arnie Horwitz
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90024
In doing so I help my clients mobilize their inner resources for self healing and personal high perfor mance.
I am a relationship specialist. My specialty is providing communication skills and tools to create healthy relationships;healthy ways of relating based on warmth, respect, and mutual support. I have over 30 years of clinical experience as a therapist and life coach. I help people clarify, focus and reach their personal and professional goals.
In doing so I help my clients mobilize their inner resources for self healing and personal high perfor mance.
I am a relationship specialist. My specialty is providing communication skills and tools to create healthy relationships;healthy ways of relating based on warmth, respect, and mutual support. I have over 30 years of clinical experience as a therapist and life coach. I help people clarify, focus and reach their personal and professional goals.
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Don ( Dr Don ) Etkes
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MFT
Verified Verified
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90024
STRESS MANAGEMENT: "I'd like to HELP YOU cope with Relationships, Anxiety, Sex, Depression, ADD, Addictions, Self-Esteem issues, Success Sabotage and much more.
IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENT: STRESS MANAGEMENT by VIDEO, PHONE, OFFICE $65 and up Sliding Fee. Day/Eve/Weekend. "I offer YOU over 30 years of Experience in giving Warm Nurturing Nonjudgmental Guidance to 1000s of people, offering HELP in COPING with YOUR LIFE feeling out of control. My GOAL is your GETTING THE LIFE YOU WANT. " Author "Loving With Passion", Ph.D. in Psychology, life coach, hypnotherapist, UCLA certified Sex Therapist, professional speaker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, had a TV show "Love U." on TLC. Internationally recognized expert on TV and radio. Written about in Cosmopolitan to the Washington Post. Dr Don
STRESS MANAGEMENT: "I'd like to HELP YOU cope with Relationships, Anxiety, Sex, Depression, ADD, Addictions, Self-Esteem issues, Success Sabotage and much more.
IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENT: STRESS MANAGEMENT by VIDEO, PHONE, OFFICE $65 and up Sliding Fee. Day/Eve/Weekend. "I offer YOU over 30 years of Experience in giving Warm Nurturing Nonjudgmental Guidance to 1000s of people, offering HELP in COPING with YOUR LIFE feeling out of control. My GOAL is your GETTING THE LIFE YOU WANT. " Author "Loving With Passion", Ph.D. in Psychology, life coach, hypnotherapist, UCLA certified Sex Therapist, professional speaker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, had a TV show "Love U." on TLC. Internationally recognized expert on TV and radio. Written about in Cosmopolitan to the Washington Post. Dr Don
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SleepWell Los Angeles
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Appointments are available for California residents via secure virtual/video visits, in person at my sleep health clinic in San Francisco, CA and at the Facebook Health Center where I manage the sleep health program providing treatment, classes, and consultation designed to optimize sleep, perfor mance and mood.
Trouble sleeping? I am a Stanford trained clinical psychologist who specializes in the evidence based treatment of insomnia and sleep problems. I have over a decade of experience in helping individuals, groups and organizations learn strategies to sleep well at night and perform their best during the day. If you suffer from sleep problems, I offer expert cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) which can provide fast and effective relief from insomnia and improved sleep within just a few sessions.
Appointments are available for California residents via secure virtual/video visits, in person at my sleep health clinic in San Francisco, CA and at the Facebook Health Center where I manage the sleep health program providing treatment, classes, and consultation designed to optimize sleep, perfor mance and mood.
Trouble sleeping? I am a Stanford trained clinical psychologist who specializes in the evidence based treatment of insomnia and sleep problems. I have over a decade of experience in helping individuals, groups and organizations learn strategies to sleep well at night and perform their best during the day. If you suffer from sleep problems, I offer expert cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) which can provide fast and effective relief from insomnia and improved sleep within just a few sessions.
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Kevin Offhaus
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Online Only)
I utilize an eclectic and integrative approach based on the treatment needs of my clients, following best practices and evidenced-based treatment interventions. I feel one of the most important aspects of therapy is to help clients understand the context in which they are experiencing symptoms.
I utilize an eclectic and integrative approach based on the treatment needs of my clients, following best practices and evidenced-based treatment interventions. I feel one of the most important aspects of therapy is to help clients understand the context in which they are experiencing symptoms.
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Austin Jones
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90066 (Online Only)
What makes someone change and what makes someone, no matter how hard they try, unable to? We arrive at a crossroads in life where we are suffering and no longer want to be a prisoner of circumstance. Our history and vices and pressure to perform for the well-being of others and business narrow our path, and we continue to participate in an endless cycle of destructive behavior. My clients want to give themselves the best chance to understand why we are the way we are and how to make better choices.
What makes someone change and what makes someone, no matter how hard they try, unable to? We arrive at a crossroads in life where we are suffering and no longer want to be a prisoner of circumstance. Our history and vices and pressure to perform for the well-being of others and business narrow our path, and we continue to participate in an endless cycle of destructive behavior. My clients want to give themselves the best chance to understand why we are the way we are and how to make better choices.
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Frederick Stampler
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Online Only)
I will work with you in a respectful and collaborative manner.
I have over 40 years of experience as a clinical psychologist helping people who suffer from anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain, health concerns, relationship problems, and the stress of everyday life. I work with individuals, couples, and families. Whether you are an adolescent grappling with issues of identity and independence, a young adult struggling to establish yourself in work and relationships, or a mature adult coping with the turns of life, I will use my training and experience as a clinical psychologist to assist you in reaching your goals and developing a greater sense of mastery and well being.
I will work with you in a respectful and collaborative manner.
I have over 40 years of experience as a clinical psychologist helping people who suffer from anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain, health concerns, relationship problems, and the stress of everyday life. I work with individuals, couples, and families. Whether you are an adolescent grappling with issues of identity and independence, a young adult struggling to establish yourself in work and relationships, or a mature adult coping with the turns of life, I will use my training and experience as a clinical psychologist to assist you in reaching your goals and developing a greater sense of mastery and well being.
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Stan Kim
Marriage & Family Therapist, MBA, LMFT, ATR
Verified Verified
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Waitlist for new clients
With practice in many areas - MBA with corporate experience, Masters in Landscape Architecture, EMDR treatment for trauma, Registered Art Therapist, licensure as a Marital and Family Therapist, I am able to understand where most people come from and how to go about helping you find your way towards a healthy mental state.
I help clients find paths that nurture and grow parts of the self that can enhance one’s experience of life to be fulfilling and whole. People come to me wanting to find out why their life is not satisfying and what could be done to work towards that goal. Often times they are stuck in life situations that block creativity and paths to self defined success. Goals often include happiness, pain relief (physical, mental, spiritual, emotional), self-awareness, productivity, insight, improved socialization, healthy relationships (or finding one), meaning, and contentment with life.
With practice in many areas - MBA with corporate experience, Masters in Landscape Architecture, EMDR treatment for trauma, Registered Art Therapist, licensure as a Marital and Family Therapist, I am able to understand where most people come from and how to go about helping you find your way towards a healthy mental state.
I help clients find paths that nurture and grow parts of the self that can enhance one’s experience of life to be fulfilling and whole. People come to me wanting to find out why their life is not satisfying and what could be done to work towards that goal. Often times they are stuck in life situations that block creativity and paths to self defined success. Goals often include happiness, pain relief (physical, mental, spiritual, emotional), self-awareness, productivity, insight, improved socialization, healthy relationships (or finding one), meaning, and contentment with life.
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Aaron Aviera
Psychologist, PhD, SEP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Waitlist for new clients
Thank you for taking time to read about my work. I am a clinical psychologist (PhD, UCLA, 1991) and have been providing psychotherapy to individuals and couples for over twenty five years. My approach integrates insight oriented/depth psychotherapy with mindfulness/meditation within a framework of body awareness. A central part of therapy is the mutually created caring and healing relationship. If we work together, time will be devoted to building a trusting, safe and containing relationship where early (developmental) as well as more recent challenges can be discussed, explored and healed.
Thank you for taking time to read about my work. I am a clinical psychologist (PhD, UCLA, 1991) and have been providing psychotherapy to individuals and couples for over twenty five years. My approach integrates insight oriented/depth psychotherapy with mindfulness/meditation within a framework of body awareness. A central part of therapy is the mutually created caring and healing relationship. If we work together, time will be devoted to building a trusting, safe and containing relationship where early (developmental) as well as more recent challenges can be discussed, explored and healed.
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Hugh Barton
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Remote sessions now available. The focus of my practice is helping people who have reached a crossroad; men and wo men in the second half of life who have lost their sense of meaning and purpose; young adults striking out on their own for the first time and wondering where their genius lies; couples about to be married; and couples in conflict wondering how to stay together. These new experiences are fraught with unexpected moods like anger, fear, self-doubt, and loneliness. Old ways of coping no longer work. But fear not. This is a perfect time to rediscover your innate talent, courage, and imagination.
Remote sessions now available. The focus of my practice is helping people who have reached a crossroad; men and wo men in the second half of life who have lost their sense of meaning and purpose; young adults striking out on their own for the first time and wondering where their genius lies; couples about to be married; and couples in conflict wondering how to stay together. These new experiences are fraught with unexpected moods like anger, fear, self-doubt, and loneliness. Old ways of coping no longer work. But fear not. This is a perfect time to rediscover your innate talent, courage, and imagination.
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I strive to come from a place of compassion and empathy because, as hu mans, we all have patterns, messages, and lessons that constantly show up in our lives.
I am a clinical psychologist and founder of COPE Psychological Center and I specialize in addiction, trauma, and mood disorders. In addition to my practice, I have also managed a residential treatment program and was former faculty at UCLA. My goal in therapy is to utilize evidence-based treatments to help you understand the parts of your life most impacting you so that you can gain the tools, insights, and skills necessary to live the life you want. I hope to help you write new mental scripts, engage in more intentional behaviors, and ultimately have a new emotional experience that will provide the pathway to the life you want.
I strive to come from a place of compassion and empathy because, as hu mans, we all have patterns, messages, and lessons that constantly show up in our lives.
I am a clinical psychologist and founder of COPE Psychological Center and I specialize in addiction, trauma, and mood disorders. In addition to my practice, I have also managed a residential treatment program and was former faculty at UCLA. My goal in therapy is to utilize evidence-based treatments to help you understand the parts of your life most impacting you so that you can gain the tools, insights, and skills necessary to live the life you want. I hope to help you write new mental scripts, engage in more intentional behaviors, and ultimately have a new emotional experience that will provide the pathway to the life you want.
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Kean Romanelli
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Online Only)
I have over 9 years of experience in the mental health field, working with a wide variety of individuals and assisting them in overcoming their struggles. My topics of specialty are depression, anxiety, communication, relationships, and anger. I utilize different modalities depending on the person and situation. Making sure that a therapy plan is individualized is highly important to me, as no two individuals are the same. I hope to make you an active leading role in your own mental health, in order to create the kind of life that you want to live and find happiness in.
I have over 9 years of experience in the mental health field, working with a wide variety of individuals and assisting them in overcoming their struggles. My topics of specialty are depression, anxiety, communication, relationships, and anger. I utilize different modalities depending on the person and situation. Making sure that a therapy plan is individualized is highly important to me, as no two individuals are the same. I hope to make you an active leading role in your own mental health, in order to create the kind of life that you want to live and find happiness in.
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Many years of sport psychology work with athletes and coaches, from professionals to high school competitors.
I have a general clinical practice and enjoy working with adults and teenagers faced with problems of living, such as relationships, anxiety, depression, and the like. I enjoy working with couples. I have a particular specialty in the area of perfor mance issues, including sports, creative arts, business, and academics.
I try to be flexible about fees and practical about solutions that can work within people's lives. I encourage people to talk with several potential therapists and to choose someone who feels right for you.
Many years of sport psychology work with athletes and coaches, from professionals to high school competitors.
I have a general clinical practice and enjoy working with adults and teenagers faced with problems of living, such as relationships, anxiety, depression, and the like. I enjoy working with couples. I have a particular specialty in the area of perfor mance issues, including sports, creative arts, business, and academics.
I try to be flexible about fees and practical about solutions that can work within people's lives. I encourage people to talk with several potential therapists and to choose someone who feels right for you.
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Cole Williams
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Waitlist for new clients
I have many years of experience in hospice and hospitals.
Are you grieving the loss of someone you love? Are you lost and unable to find “normal”? Do you feel like you are swimming against a tide that is pulling you under? Or are you doing fine, but there’s something bothering you, deep down? Do upsetting and distressing memories from the past keep blocking you in the present?
I have many years of experience in hospice and hospitals.
Are you grieving the loss of someone you love? Are you lost and unable to find “normal”? Do you feel like you are swimming against a tide that is pulling you under? Or are you doing fine, but there’s something bothering you, deep down? Do upsetting and distressing memories from the past keep blocking you in the present?
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Lance Waltman, LPC
Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Online Only)
I often work with clients who struggle with never feeling good enough. This would surprise people around you as there's a good chance you've found success in life. You excelled academically, have advanced your career, and appear confident to others, but internally you feel different. The drive to perform has been an attempt to finally feel like you are enough. I can help you begin to look at how these patterns were at one time protective, but may no longer fit in your life. We will work together to heal the underlying wounds these patterns are protecting.
I often work with clients who struggle with never feeling good enough. This would surprise people around you as there's a good chance you've found success in life. You excelled academically, have advanced your career, and appear confident to others, but internally you feel different. The drive to perform has been an attempt to finally feel like you are enough. I can help you begin to look at how these patterns were at one time protective, but may no longer fit in your life. We will work together to heal the underlying wounds these patterns are protecting.
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With 40 years of experience using psychodynamic methods of treatment, I will explore conflicts, struggles / anxieties with you that get in the way of having more lasting and satisfying relationships. An essential goal of my psychotherapy sessions is to increase your self-awareness. By becoming more self aware, you will be able to actively identify and change the problematic patterns of thought, emotion and behavior that have interfered with living a more fulfilling life. Throughout our sessions together, we will work to improve the quality and satisfaction of your relationships and work life, achieving lasting, meaningful change.
With 40 years of experience using psychodynamic methods of treatment, I will explore conflicts, struggles / anxieties with you that get in the way of having more lasting and satisfying relationships. An essential goal of my psychotherapy sessions is to increase your self-awareness. By becoming more self aware, you will be able to actively identify and change the problematic patterns of thought, emotion and behavior that have interfered with living a more fulfilling life. Throughout our sessions together, we will work to improve the quality and satisfaction of your relationships and work life, achieving lasting, meaningful change.
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Jarred Trusty
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90025 (Online Only)
Is life becoming un manageable? Looking for real answers? Seeking the best group of clinicians who accept your insurance? Welcome to WellPsyche Medical Group! WellPsyche providers are experts in Wellness and Mental Health. Our providers take a Thoughtful, Practical, and Caring approach to therapy and can help you balance your life. WellPsyche is also a leader in Telemedicine. Now you can visit with your provider from the privacy and convenience of your home or work.
Is life becoming un manageable? Looking for real answers? Seeking the best group of clinicians who accept your insurance? Welcome to WellPsyche Medical Group! WellPsyche providers are experts in Wellness and Mental Health. Our providers take a Thoughtful, Practical, and Caring approach to therapy and can help you balance your life. WellPsyche is also a leader in Telemedicine. Now you can visit with your provider from the privacy and convenience of your home or work.
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Fidel Quintanilla
Marriage & Family Therapist, AMFT, APCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90049 (Online Only)
You might be feeling overwhelmed, frustrated or stuck in a cycle of stress. My experience working with clients who work in high-stress careers gives me an understanding of work-life balance stress and having little time to work through anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma and grief/loss. Sessions with me are structured, direct, and we create goals and develop the tools to authentically and confidently confront your stress. With years of extensive training with hundreds of clients at a top treatment center in Southern California, I bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to help you become a healthier you.
You might be feeling overwhelmed, frustrated or stuck in a cycle of stress. My experience working with clients who work in high-stress careers gives me an understanding of work-life balance stress and having little time to work through anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma and grief/loss. Sessions with me are structured, direct, and we create goals and develop the tools to authentically and confidently confront your stress. With years of extensive training with hundreds of clients at a top treatment center in Southern California, I bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to help you become a healthier you.
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Adam Anderson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Online Only)
My practice draws from evidence-based treatments rooted in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focused therapy. If you choose to work with me, we will work collaboratively to meet difficult experiences, thoughts, emotions with openness and compassion while taking action to move in a personally meaningful life direction.
My practice draws from evidence-based treatments rooted in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focused therapy. If you choose to work with me, we will work collaboratively to meet difficult experiences, thoughts, emotions with openness and compassion while taking action to move in a personally meaningful life direction.
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California Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (Online Only)
Accepting New Clients: You deserve to be free from the burdens of anxiety, PTSD/traumatic stress, and depression. Unfortunately, many therapists don't have the experience and training necessary to help you make the changes you need. The California Center for Anxiety Traumatic Stress was formed to fill this gap in quality, evidence-based care. Our team of elite clinicians are not only validating and supportive (the foundations of any good therapy), but are specially trained in gold-standard treatments for these difficulties.
Accepting New Clients: You deserve to be free from the burdens of anxiety, PTSD/traumatic stress, and depression. Unfortunately, many therapists don't have the experience and training necessary to help you make the changes you need. The California Center for Anxiety Traumatic Stress was formed to fill this gap in quality, evidence-based care. Our team of elite clinicians are not only validating and supportive (the foundations of any good therapy), but are specially trained in gold-standard treatments for these difficulties.
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Jon Schmidt
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Do you find yourself or your relationship stuck in the same never ending cycles? Despite your best efforts to change things, you keep getting tripped up in the same spots. You've run out of ideas, you're tired of throwing around blame, and you seem to have lost the plot. Strategies that may have served you well in the past now seem to be getting in the way. You're craving some creativity, curiosity, a fresh perspective to honor what's gotten you this far while crafting a new path forward. I want to move through this journey with you.
Do you find yourself or your relationship stuck in the same never ending cycles? Despite your best efforts to change things, you keep getting tripped up in the same spots. You've run out of ideas, you're tired of throwing around blame, and you seem to have lost the plot. Strategies that may have served you well in the past now seem to be getting in the way. You're craving some creativity, curiosity, a fresh perspective to honor what's gotten you this far while crafting a new path forward. I want to move through this journey with you.
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Male Therapists
As a man, why might I want to see a male therapist?
There are many reasons a man might wish to work with a male therapist, including a degree of shared identity, which may help client and therapist connect to each other and allow for a more free-flowing discussion of issues that can be deeply personal. Some men may feel more comfortable talking to a male therapist about relationship concerns, the pressures they feel around the roles society and family place on men, career or job challenges, self-esteem, or anger problems. For some men who have not had a male role models in their lives, a good male therapist may be especially helpful.
How can I find out about a therapist’s experience treating men?
Individuals looking for treatment should feel comfortable directly asking a therapist about their history treating men overall and the issues that arise in therapy with men. A good therapist will be happy to discuss such matters as well as their educational background, approach to treatment, and how they think they can aid a prospective client. Prospective clients should also ask what the expectation is for treatment, and what the fee structure is, and whether and which insurance plans are accepted.
Can clients benefit from having a therapist of the same gender?
Therapy is not gender-specific, but some men as well as women feel more comfortable opening up about their experiences and history with a male therapist. An individual may feel that they have to explain less background information and be on the same page more quickly, particularly when discussing gender-specific challenges, in the case of male clients. Some women have prior negative experiences with women that predispose them to prefer working with a male in therapy. That said, a good clinician can transcend most if not all gender concerns. Ultimately, the most important factor in therapy is the connection and trust the client is able to build with the practitioner.
Would a male therapist have specific training in treating men?
Generally, no. There are no certifications for treating men specifically, but there are continuing education classes that therapists may take that focus on treating men as a group. There are many therapists who focus on men and male issues in their treatment and therefore have experience and expertise in this domain.