Humanistic Therapists in Mission Hills, CA
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Jackie A. Castro
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Mission Hills, CA 91345
Constantly worried? Losing hope? Feel like you’re not good enough? These are most likely symptoms of deeper issues. Hi, I’m Jackie Castro, the Mama Trauma Therapist. I tend to see most psychological issues through a ‘trauma lens’. I believe that the way you were cared for during the first years of your life has everything to do with how you operate in the world now as an adult. Early childhood trauma can range from big traumas like physical, emotional or sexual abuse to smaller things that you may or may not even remember; but they all add up. It’s not as important to drudge up details of your past, but to understand your triggers.
Constantly worried? Losing hope? Feel like you’re not good enough? These are most likely symptoms of deeper issues. Hi, I’m Jackie Castro, the Mama Trauma Therapist. I tend to see most psychological issues through a ‘trauma lens’. I believe that the way you were cared for during the first years of your life has everything to do with how you operate in the world now as an adult. Early childhood trauma can range from big traumas like physical, emotional or sexual abuse to smaller things that you may or may not even remember; but they all add up. It’s not as important to drudge up details of your past, but to understand your triggers.
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Kathy Chapel
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Mission Hills, CA 91345
Do you struggle with feeling disconnected from yourself and others? Do you put your needs at the bottom of the To Do List? Do you wonder if life should feel somehow better? Happier? Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and uncertain about how they’re supposed to manage their relationships, careers, and their lives. Pushing away your needs and not taking time for yourself can lead to long term issues for your mind and body. I believe it shouldn't be so hard to live a better life.
Do you struggle with feeling disconnected from yourself and others? Do you put your needs at the bottom of the To Do List? Do you wonder if life should feel somehow better? Happier? Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and uncertain about how they’re supposed to manage their relationships, careers, and their lives. Pushing away your needs and not taking time for yourself can lead to long term issues for your mind and body. I believe it shouldn't be so hard to live a better life.
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Center For Integrated Care
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
Mission Hills, CA 91345 (Online Only)
Center for Integrated Care focuses on one's psychological, social-emotional, and mental well being. Our services are centered around client's needs, where change occurs naturally, genuinely. We provide individual, couples, family, and group therapy. We welcome all those who are needing a lift from their problems and strenuous life situations. We are a team of Licensed Clinicians and Associate MFT And ASW with specialty in working with children and adults. If you just need short term therapy to get over a pressing issue or long term therapy to process and maintain mental health well being we are here for you.
Center for Integrated Care focuses on one's psychological, social-emotional, and mental well being. Our services are centered around client's needs, where change occurs naturally, genuinely. We provide individual, couples, family, and group therapy. We welcome all those who are needing a lift from their problems and strenuous life situations. We are a team of Licensed Clinicians and Associate MFT And ASW with specialty in working with children and adults. If you just need short term therapy to get over a pressing issue or long term therapy to process and maintain mental health well being we are here for you.
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Kathryn Eggers
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
Mission Hills, CA 91345 (Online Only)
It takes courage to seek help and guidance to better your life. I believe that you are the expert about your own life yet sometimes we need tools and direction to find ways to improve our situation. I will always do my best to provide a safe, open, non-judgmental space to listen and understand what you bring into the room. Connection is one of the most important aspects of successful therapy, so if we seem like we might be a good fit, please reach out, I am happy to answer any questions you might have!
It takes courage to seek help and guidance to better your life. I believe that you are the expert about your own life yet sometimes we need tools and direction to find ways to improve our situation. I will always do my best to provide a safe, open, non-judgmental space to listen and understand what you bring into the room. Connection is one of the most important aspects of successful therapy, so if we seem like we might be a good fit, please reach out, I am happy to answer any questions you might have!
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Genesis Abelina Espinoza
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Mission Hills, CA 91345
Hello, I am Genesis Espinoza. I am well aware that we all have different needs such as needing someone to talk to, needing someone to hear us out, needing someone to validate our feelings and experience, needing someone to process past trauma with, or simply needing someone's genuine and warm presence. All human beings need help navigating life and gaining assistance through life's confusion and obstacles.
Hello, I am Genesis Espinoza. I am well aware that we all have different needs such as needing someone to talk to, needing someone to hear us out, needing someone to validate our feelings and experience, needing someone to process past trauma with, or simply needing someone's genuine and warm presence. All human beings need help navigating life and gaining assistance through life's confusion and obstacles.
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Alice Barclay
Counselor, LPC, LPCC, LCPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Mission Hills, CA 91345 (Online Only)
There is so much joy, love, and abundance waiting for you. Are you ready to receive it? I work with teens and adults who are yearning for big changes in their life but need some extra support in getting there. I specialize in clearing the road blocks to your highest potential including past traumas, self-limiting beliefs, constricting emotions, and behaviors that are out of alignment with your soul's purpose. I work best with clients who are willing to dive deep to find the treasures within.
There is so much joy, love, and abundance waiting for you. Are you ready to receive it? I work with teens and adults who are yearning for big changes in their life but need some extra support in getting there. I specialize in clearing the road blocks to your highest potential including past traumas, self-limiting beliefs, constricting emotions, and behaviors that are out of alignment with your soul's purpose. I work best with clients who are willing to dive deep to find the treasures within.
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Marlee Simon
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT, APCC, MT-BC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Mission Hills, CA 91345
Not accepting new clients
Life can have difficult moments. Sometimes, those moments add up and can lead to difficult thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that feel unmanageable. When our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors feel unmanageable, it can be difficult to get our needs met. When our needs go unmet in relationship, work, and life, it can lead to deep pain and suffering. My philosophy on healing involves exploring the source of our challenges and resolving our unmet needs. Therapy can provide a space for you to identify and explore your unmet needs while learning tools to empower you to get your needs met in healthful and healing ways.
Life can have difficult moments. Sometimes, those moments add up and can lead to difficult thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that feel unmanageable. When our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors feel unmanageable, it can be difficult to get our needs met. When our needs go unmet in relationship, work, and life, it can lead to deep pain and suffering. My philosophy on healing involves exploring the source of our challenges and resolving our unmet needs. Therapy can provide a space for you to identify and explore your unmet needs while learning tools to empower you to get your needs met in healthful and healing ways.
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My approach toward therapy comes from a humanistic lens.
Welcome; I am excited to connect and have the opportunity to support you during this period of exploration, growth, and transition. I am Carla Johnson, and I have two decades of experience helping folks make life changes and providing counseling. I have focused on multigenerational trauma's impact on the individual, along with an emphasis on the importance of the mind, body, and spirit connection that is central to person-centered care. I have two decades of experience treating anxiety, burnout, depression, family conflict, grief, life transitions, sleep challenges, panic, stress, trauma, and women's issues.
My approach toward therapy comes from a humanistic lens.
Welcome; I am excited to connect and have the opportunity to support you during this period of exploration, growth, and transition. I am Carla Johnson, and I have two decades of experience helping folks make life changes and providing counseling. I have focused on multigenerational trauma's impact on the individual, along with an emphasis on the importance of the mind, body, and spirit connection that is central to person-centered care. I have two decades of experience treating anxiety, burnout, depression, family conflict, grief, life transitions, sleep challenges, panic, stress, trauma, and women's issues.
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My therapy approach is to prioritize my clients' physical and emotional safety using a humanistic approach.
My name is Grechell Siy, and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California via telehealth. I primarily focused on working with individual adults struggling with anxiety, depression, PTSD, other relational trauma, grief, and chronic pain using a client-centered approach. I love working with individual adults who are ready to enrich their relationship with themselves due to the impact of relational or childhood trauma.
My therapy approach is to prioritize my clients' physical and emotional safety using a humanistic approach.
My name is Grechell Siy, and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California via telehealth. I primarily focused on working with individual adults struggling with anxiety, depression, PTSD, other relational trauma, grief, and chronic pain using a client-centered approach. I love working with individual adults who are ready to enrich their relationship with themselves due to the impact of relational or childhood trauma.
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Compassion Focused, Culturally Sensitive, Humanistic, Multicultural, Person-Centered, Trauma Focused.
I am a first-generation Mexican-American bilingual clinician with a love for culture and food. I enjoy working with families, youth, and adults navigating through life challenges that include grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, generational relational trauma, and life stress.
Compassion Focused, Culturally Sensitive, Humanistic, Multicultural, Person-Centered, Trauma Focused.
I am a first-generation Mexican-American bilingual clinician with a love for culture and food. I enjoy working with families, youth, and adults navigating through life challenges that include grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, generational relational trauma, and life stress.
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I enjoy interacting with individuals from diverse backgrounds and learning about each fascinating culture! My clinical experience integrates a humanistic approach to therapeutic relationships with a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused interventions.
Welcome, I’m Maria Castaneda, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Lic. No. 132248) . I believe that we all hold the power within us to be successful at overcoming life’s challenges. My focus is to support my clients’ abilities to prosper and live the lives they deserve through clinical knowledge of mental health symptoms and symptom management, and an integration of previous experience. I obtained my Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Palo Alto University and I’m licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California .
I enjoy interacting with individuals from diverse backgrounds and learning about each fascinating culture! My clinical experience integrates a humanistic approach to therapeutic relationships with a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused interventions.
Welcome, I’m Maria Castaneda, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Lic. No. 132248) . I believe that we all hold the power within us to be successful at overcoming life’s challenges. My focus is to support my clients’ abilities to prosper and live the lives they deserve through clinical knowledge of mental health symptoms and symptom management, and an integration of previous experience. I obtained my Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Palo Alto University and I’m licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California .
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Jeremey Lance Sulker-Hall
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Van Nuys, CA 91406 (Online Only)
I understand the unique challenge that can be opening up to someone about personal thoughts, unprocessed emotions, experiences that cause suffering. I am best positioned to serve client's that are looking to feel seen, heard, and validated with care, so that you can learn to be vulnerable and know that you are not alone. I love working with client's who are motivated to improve, to challenge themselves to explore situations through different lenses, to review through unprocessed emotions, to reorganize past perspectives, to gain a better self understanding, to make changes so that they in turn can lead richer lives.
I understand the unique challenge that can be opening up to someone about personal thoughts, unprocessed emotions, experiences that cause suffering. I am best positioned to serve client's that are looking to feel seen, heard, and validated with care, so that you can learn to be vulnerable and know that you are not alone. I love working with client's who are motivated to improve, to challenge themselves to explore situations through different lenses, to review through unprocessed emotions, to reorganize past perspectives, to gain a better self understanding, to make changes so that they in turn can lead richer lives.
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Marilyn Rand
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
Northridge, CA 91325 (Online Only)
I enjoy working with people who wish to explore life from different perspectives. Your issues may range from surface level concerns to deeper levels of experience and trauma. I provide emotional support, validation and new perspectives. My intention is to help you work towards goals that will enrich your life.
I enjoy working with people who wish to explore life from different perspectives. Your issues may range from surface level concerns to deeper levels of experience and trauma. I provide emotional support, validation and new perspectives. My intention is to help you work towards goals that will enrich your life.
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Frank Costello
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Northridge, CA 91325
My goal is to help people in how they manage the stress and anxieties in life. Often, the way we perceive a problem greatly affects how we deal (or don't deal) with that problem. Building on insight and self-awareness, we can move the mountains in our minds, so we can see a clearer picture of ourselves, and the world around us-- improving our ability to cope, our self esteem, and the quality of our personal relationships. I will help provide you with practical and useful tools to cope with: Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Grief, Communication Issues, Difficult Relationships, and Life Transitions.
My goal is to help people in how they manage the stress and anxieties in life. Often, the way we perceive a problem greatly affects how we deal (or don't deal) with that problem. Building on insight and self-awareness, we can move the mountains in our minds, so we can see a clearer picture of ourselves, and the world around us-- improving our ability to cope, our self esteem, and the quality of our personal relationships. I will help provide you with practical and useful tools to cope with: Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Grief, Communication Issues, Difficult Relationships, and Life Transitions.
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Hi! My name is Eztli (pronounced s-lee) Herrera and I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT). My approach to therapy is meeting a person where they are at and collaborating on working toward agreed-upon goals. I am an evidence-based therapist meaning I like to look at what has shown significance in treating individuals. I believe in the body keeping the score and social relationships mattering so I encourage physical and social practice in my treatment interventions.
Hi! My name is Eztli (pronounced s-lee) Herrera and I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT). My approach to therapy is meeting a person where they are at and collaborating on working toward agreed-upon goals. I am an evidence-based therapist meaning I like to look at what has shown significance in treating individuals. I believe in the body keeping the score and social relationships mattering so I encourage physical and social practice in my treatment interventions.
Sidney Brown
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, APCC
Verified Verified
Panorama City, CA 91402 (Online Only)
You love your child so much, but since they became a teenager, their stress has become your stress. Their lives are full of anxiety, confusion, and worry as they start to enter the world of adulthood. Sometimes, it feels like they aren’t motivated to do anything, or even worse, they don’t even talk with you about their problems. When you ask anything, you get a one-word answer or a grunt, and then they go off to their room. All you want to do is help them… but how?
You love your child so much, but since they became a teenager, their stress has become your stress. Their lives are full of anxiety, confusion, and worry as they start to enter the world of adulthood. Sometimes, it feels like they aren’t motivated to do anything, or even worse, they don’t even talk with you about their problems. When you ask anything, you get a one-word answer or a grunt, and then they go off to their room. All you want to do is help them… but how?
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Greetings! My name is Jody Green and I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. I specialize in treating disordered eating, body image distress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, and phase-of-life issues. It is my intention to create a safe, caring, and supportive environment for you to express what needs to be heard and process what needs to be felt to heal and reconnect with your life. I value your authenticity and will guide you to connect with the inner wisdom you possess.
Greetings! My name is Jody Green and I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. I specialize in treating disordered eating, body image distress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, and phase-of-life issues. It is my intention to create a safe, caring, and supportive environment for you to express what needs to be heard and process what needs to be felt to heal and reconnect with your life. I value your authenticity and will guide you to connect with the inner wisdom you possess.
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Hello. I am Dr. David Rosenblatt. I am a Psychologist (CA PSY28428). The focus in our meetings will be your needs and whatever is top of mind for you. That is the best place to start, and we will get to what is important quickly. We talk in therapy so you can then live your best life and be the best person possible for the people you love.
Hello. I am Dr. David Rosenblatt. I am a Psychologist (CA PSY28428). The focus in our meetings will be your needs and whatever is top of mind for you. That is the best place to start, and we will get to what is important quickly. We talk in therapy so you can then live your best life and be the best person possible for the people you love.
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I'm Dr. Jeff Riffle, a California Licensed Clinical Psychologist living in Northern California. I help clients all across the state through telehealth. I see both individual adults and couples. Let’s talk. I establish a safe, non-judgmental, and inviting space for us to talk. I’ve been, most often, called warm and supportive by my clients. I’d love the opportunity to create that type of environment for you, as well.
I'm Dr. Jeff Riffle, a California Licensed Clinical Psychologist living in Northern California. I help clients all across the state through telehealth. I see both individual adults and couples. Let’s talk. I establish a safe, non-judgmental, and inviting space for us to talk. I’ve been, most often, called warm and supportive by my clients. I’d love the opportunity to create that type of environment for you, as well.
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Natasha Dellinger Singer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Most of us face challenges in life, and recent times have brought more stress, feelings of isolation, and grief to many. I would love to support you through your challenges and assist you to find the peace you are looking for. You don't have to go it alone. I offer more than 30 years of specialized professional experience in Trauma, Grief, and Substance Abuse. My own life experiences enable me to offer unique assistance in helping you find your way and to heal. I've attained 43 years of sobriety, dealt with the loss of my daughter due to addiction, and recovered from traumas in my own childhood.
Most of us face challenges in life, and recent times have brought more stress, feelings of isolation, and grief to many. I would love to support you through your challenges and assist you to find the peace you are looking for. You don't have to go it alone. I offer more than 30 years of specialized professional experience in Trauma, Grief, and Substance Abuse. My own life experiences enable me to offer unique assistance in helping you find your way and to heal. I've attained 43 years of sobriety, dealt with the loss of my daughter due to addiction, and recovered from traumas in my own childhood.
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Humanistic Therapists
How does humanistic therapy work?
One tenet of humanistic therapy is that people are good. The humanistic approach is concerned with a person’s ability to accept oneself. It likewise encourages a person to overcome self-criticism and self-defeating tendencies, as well as disapproval from others. This approach also emphasizes self-actualization and treating an individual as a whole person. A foundation of this therapy type: The patient is the expert in their life, and treatment often takes the individual’s lead.
Is humanistic therapy evidence-based?
Humanistic therapy is an evidence-based practice. Research has found that humanistic therapy can lead to significant improvement, and for some people it can be just as effective as other therapies, such as Cognitive behavioral therapy. The benefits of humanistic therapy are enduring.
How long does humanistic therapy last?
The goal of humanistic therapy is to understand a person’s day-to-day experiences. While sessions can be short-term and last over a few months, therapy can sometimes continue beyond that and last up to a year or more. And because patients learn the theory behind humanistic therapy during treatment, they can also practice its tenets throughout life after therapy sessions have been completed.
Is humanistic therapy effective?
According to research, many patients find success with humanistic therapy. Researchers note that the therapy is particularly useful in addressing poor self-esteem and self-sabotage, as well as improving conditions including anxiety and depression. Improvements in problem areas can be long standing, as individuals can continue working on themselves by using the tools they’ve learned during treatment.