Relationship Issues Therapists in South Pasadena, CA
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Some of the issues my therapy addresses are sexual abuse, relationship distress, depression, childhood trauma, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Emotional and physical trauma, when unresolved, can leave us feeling alone, misunderstood, disconnected and sometimes shamed. It can keep us from forming the relationships we seek and alienate us from the intimacy we might desire. In a non-judgmental way, I engage my clients to help them find meaning and growth through a combination of deep understanding and emotional presence. My approach is attachment-based and focuses on attunement and self-acceptance. When working with couples as well as individuals, I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
Some of the issues my therapy addresses are sexual abuse, relationship distress, depression, childhood trauma, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Emotional and physical trauma, when unresolved, can leave us feeling alone, misunderstood, disconnected and sometimes shamed. It can keep us from forming the relationships we seek and alienate us from the intimacy we might desire. In a non-judgmental way, I engage my clients to help them find meaning and growth through a combination of deep understanding and emotional presence. My approach is attachment-based and focuses on attunement and self-acceptance. When working with couples as well as individuals, I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
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Hunter McClamrock
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Dealing with anxiety, complex relationship dynamics, or feeling stuck creatively? If you are motivated to change I am here for you. Leaping from a creative profession to my lifelong dream of being a psychotherapist, I know the courage it takes to embrace change. Whether you're a teen, a young adult, or a parent like me, I would love to help you gain clarity, lessen stress, and enrich relationships. Working together we can build real and practical skills to have the confidence to live the present and fulfilled life you deserve.
Dealing with anxiety, complex relationship dynamics, or feeling stuck creatively? If you are motivated to change I am here for you. Leaping from a creative profession to my lifelong dream of being a psychotherapist, I know the courage it takes to embrace change. Whether you're a teen, a young adult, or a parent like me, I would love to help you gain clarity, lessen stress, and enrich relationships. Working together we can build real and practical skills to have the confidence to live the present and fulfilled life you deserve.
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I have helped people with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and childhood issues, among others.
I believe therapy to be a safe place where someone who is in need of help can be heard free of judgment. One of the main keys of therapy is working together on eliminating behaviors and belief patterns that do not help you grow as a person. By using various approaches that are tailored to your needs, therapy will assist in the development of tools and skills, which will help support personal growth. (Mi lengua materna es el español si le es mas agusto comunicarse asi).
I have helped people with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and childhood issues, among others.
I believe therapy to be a safe place where someone who is in need of help can be heard free of judgment. One of the main keys of therapy is working together on eliminating behaviors and belief patterns that do not help you grow as a person. By using various approaches that are tailored to your needs, therapy will assist in the development of tools and skills, which will help support personal growth. (Mi lengua materna es el español si le es mas agusto comunicarse asi).
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Charmy Marras
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
We are in relationship with everything around us: people, plants, place, objects, money, gender, and our internal selves.
You may have found yourself here because you are feeling overwhelmed by your world, internally or externally. I will help you find some peace. Therapy is a way to intentionally find out who you are, in a world that is constantly trying to define us by what we should be. I value a client/therapist relationship that is dynamic, where we work collaboratively to create therapy that is right for you. I provide a meaningful space for you to explore what challenges are present in your life. As you share, you will be met with compassion, curiosity, and acceptance as you work towards a greater sense of ease in your life and relationships.
We are in relationship with everything around us: people, plants, place, objects, money, gender, and our internal selves.
You may have found yourself here because you are feeling overwhelmed by your world, internally or externally. I will help you find some peace. Therapy is a way to intentionally find out who you are, in a world that is constantly trying to define us by what we should be. I value a client/therapist relationship that is dynamic, where we work collaboratively to create therapy that is right for you. I provide a meaningful space for you to explore what challenges are present in your life. As you share, you will be met with compassion, curiosity, and acceptance as you work towards a greater sense of ease in your life and relationships.
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Mark Santarelli
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Feeling on the outside? isolated? lonely? longing for connections? looking for a relationship? maybe a place to talk about your unrealized passion in life? Let's create a work space, a therapy laboratory! Go on an inner journey; a journey to discover; an emotional archeological excavation! Lets listen to the deeper part of you, the unconscious, explore your dreams. Lets find the child part. Challenge yourself! Then take your show on the road! Try out your changes on the world. Your creative potential is waiting to be realized!
Feeling on the outside? isolated? lonely? longing for connections? looking for a relationship? maybe a place to talk about your unrealized passion in life? Let's create a work space, a therapy laboratory! Go on an inner journey; a journey to discover; an emotional archeological excavation! Lets listen to the deeper part of you, the unconscious, explore your dreams. Lets find the child part. Challenge yourself! Then take your show on the road! Try out your changes on the world. Your creative potential is waiting to be realized!
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Richard Estrada
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Your path may have become difficult to navigate or there may be things that you are challenged with in your life. We can all benefit from help but asking for help sometimes can be difficult. Together we can work to uncover and discover a deeper, more aware and authentic self. There are solutions to the problems or challenges you are facing. As a therapist, I have several years experience working with individuals and family members affected by addictive patterns, substance use and abuse, depression, anxiety and trauma. I also have experience working with couples or individuals dealing with various marital/relationship challenges.
Your path may have become difficult to navigate or there may be things that you are challenged with in your life. We can all benefit from help but asking for help sometimes can be difficult. Together we can work to uncover and discover a deeper, more aware and authentic self. There are solutions to the problems or challenges you are facing. As a therapist, I have several years experience working with individuals and family members affected by addictive patterns, substance use and abuse, depression, anxiety and trauma. I also have experience working with couples or individuals dealing with various marital/relationship challenges.
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Holly A. Freeling
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, ATR
Verified Verified
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Are you ready to take the next step toward changing your life? As a dynamic and innovative therapist, I blend research-driven techniques with creative strategies to accelerate your progress. My approach is personal, energetic, and empathetic, ensuring you feel supported as you share your thoughts and feelings in complete confidence. I’ll clearly explain each step of our process, empowering you to use tools effectively and see faster results. Together, we’ll cultivate a genuine and meaningful therapeutic relationship to help you achieve your goals.
Are you ready to take the next step toward changing your life? As a dynamic and innovative therapist, I blend research-driven techniques with creative strategies to accelerate your progress. My approach is personal, energetic, and empathetic, ensuring you feel supported as you share your thoughts and feelings in complete confidence. I’ll clearly explain each step of our process, empowering you to use tools effectively and see faster results. Together, we’ll cultivate a genuine and meaningful therapeutic relationship to help you achieve your goals.
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Tana J DeSouza
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030 (Online Only)
All therapy sessions are held virtually. For more information visit Tana DeSouza.com. I Have been working in the community for over 20 years. My clients are individual adults and couples often experiencing depression, anxiety, work or life stress, and relationship challenges. I am LGBTQ+ affirming. As a therapist, I am very interactive, warm, nonjudgmental and confident in my abilities. I often say that the most courageous people I have ever met are the ones who walk through my office door. Asking for help in a time of need takes great strength and vulnerability. (You can find me on Instagram & TikTok @tanadoestherapy).
All therapy sessions are held virtually. For more information visit Tana DeSouza.com. I Have been working in the community for over 20 years. My clients are individual adults and couples often experiencing depression, anxiety, work or life stress, and relationship challenges. I am LGBTQ+ affirming. As a therapist, I am very interactive, warm, nonjudgmental and confident in my abilities. I often say that the most courageous people I have ever met are the ones who walk through my office door. Asking for help in a time of need takes great strength and vulnerability. (You can find me on Instagram & TikTok @tanadoestherapy).
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pet loss & loss by suicide), grief, PTSD, relationship/marital issues, work-related stress and acculturation issues.
Have you lost someone dear and struggling with feelings of despair or emptiness? Are you constantly fighting with your spouse/family member and feeling angry, helpless or depressed? Are you ready to explore and process unresolved trauma from the past so you can move forward and live more peacefully? Do you work in a highly stressful environment such as medical field and feeling exhausted or burned-out? Do you feel anxiety around people/place and want to overcome your nervousness? Are you going through a divorce, considering career change or recently graduated and need transitional support so you can find a better direction in life?
pet loss & loss by suicide), grief, PTSD, relationship/marital issues, work-related stress and acculturation issues.
Have you lost someone dear and struggling with feelings of despair or emptiness? Are you constantly fighting with your spouse/family member and feeling angry, helpless or depressed? Are you ready to explore and process unresolved trauma from the past so you can move forward and live more peacefully? Do you work in a highly stressful environment such as medical field and feeling exhausted or burned-out? Do you feel anxiety around people/place and want to overcome your nervousness? Are you going through a divorce, considering career change or recently graduated and need transitional support so you can find a better direction in life?
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Natalie Badawy
Marriage & Family Therapist Intern, MA, APCC, AMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030 (Online Only)
I approach each new therapeutic relationship with the greatest curiosity and presence.
Many of us carry our emotional wounds in our bodies and only when we create a connection between the mind and the body can we feel whole again. I utilize a blend of therapeutic techniques that include shadow work, inner child healing, internal family systems (IFS), somatic therapy, and reparenting in order to create a safe connection within the body and mind. When you are in connection with your whole self you are then equipped to heal your relationship with others and the planet. I help clients struggling with sexual trauma, grief, codependency, depression, and relationship challenges.
I approach each new therapeutic relationship with the greatest curiosity and presence.
Many of us carry our emotional wounds in our bodies and only when we create a connection between the mind and the body can we feel whole again. I utilize a blend of therapeutic techniques that include shadow work, inner child healing, internal family systems (IFS), somatic therapy, and reparenting in order to create a safe connection within the body and mind. When you are in connection with your whole self you are then equipped to heal your relationship with others and the planet. I help clients struggling with sexual trauma, grief, codependency, depression, and relationship challenges.
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Whether you feel unfulfilled in your career, relationships, or use substances, food, or sex to cope with uncomfortable feelings, therapy can assist you in gaining valuable insights and facilitate lasting change. If you are in a relationship that is in distress, therapy can greatly improve your connection. I help couples become open, mutually attuned and responsive to each other in order to re-establish their emotional connection. With this emotional connection restored, couples can heal a distressed relationship, revitalize a tired one, and possibly rescue one gone awry.
Whether you feel unfulfilled in your career, relationships, or use substances, food, or sex to cope with uncomfortable feelings, therapy can assist you in gaining valuable insights and facilitate lasting change. If you are in a relationship that is in distress, therapy can greatly improve your connection. I help couples become open, mutually attuned and responsive to each other in order to re-establish their emotional connection. With this emotional connection restored, couples can heal a distressed relationship, revitalize a tired one, and possibly rescue one gone awry.
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Are you native Japanese or involved in a relationship with a person of Japanese descent? Are you or your family member feeling lost or depressed after moving to Los Angeles from Japan and having trouble adjusting to life in the United States? Are you a college student or foreign language student and feeling overwhelmed by living alone in a foreign culture and learning new social dynamics? Are you having problems parenting your American-born children? I can help you.
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Patricia Gabriela Lamas Alvarez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PACT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030 (Online Only)
Welcome to the beginning of your introspective journey! If you are visiting my page, you might be looking for a new direction, facing life transitions, feeling hopeless, alone, and overwhelmed with your every day routine. If you would like to actively find healing through a collaborative therapeutic relationship you are in the right place. Throughout our sessions, you will find a safe space in which you may discuss your feelings and find the insight you have been looking for. We will focus on actively engaging towards your goals in order to reach your greater potential.You will draw on your own personal strengths as well as
Welcome to the beginning of your introspective journey! If you are visiting my page, you might be looking for a new direction, facing life transitions, feeling hopeless, alone, and overwhelmed with your every day routine. If you would like to actively find healing through a collaborative therapeutic relationship you are in the right place. Throughout our sessions, you will find a safe space in which you may discuss your feelings and find the insight you have been looking for. We will focus on actively engaging towards your goals in order to reach your greater potential.You will draw on your own personal strengths as well as
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I have experience in: relationship issues, self esteem, perinatal mental health, parenting, life transitions, depression, anxiety, career changes, and creative blocks.
Hi, I'm Zoë. I'm a licensed psychotherapist with over ten years of experience in mental health. I work with individuals and couples who are seeking a deeper relationship with themselves and with each other. I find that with acceptance of your true self, the more confident you will feel in communicating openly, making hard decisions, setting boundaries and making desired changes in your life. This holds true in our relationships as well. When we learn to accept truths about ourselves, we can then learn how to communicate these truths to others. I would love to help you find deeper connection with yourself and your loved ones.
I have experience in: relationship issues, self esteem, perinatal mental health, parenting, life transitions, depression, anxiety, career changes, and creative blocks.
Hi, I'm Zoë. I'm a licensed psychotherapist with over ten years of experience in mental health. I work with individuals and couples who are seeking a deeper relationship with themselves and with each other. I find that with acceptance of your true self, the more confident you will feel in communicating openly, making hard decisions, setting boundaries and making desired changes in your life. This holds true in our relationships as well. When we learn to accept truths about ourselves, we can then learn how to communicate these truths to others. I would love to help you find deeper connection with yourself and your loved ones.
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Lindsay Reiten
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030 (Online Only)
I work with women who desire to redefine their relationship with themselves, their anxiety, their trauma and want a deeper connection to themselves and their body.
I’m Lindsay and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Beyond that, I am also a human being that feels privileged to hold space for you and your story. Our stories are vast and unique and deserve to be held with the utmost compassion. I am here to help you navigate what it means for you to move toward healing and believe each and every one of us has the capacity to heal. Often, this journey begins when we bravely step into our stories and allow ourselves to show up and be seen, despite the possible fear and messiness that can come with it. I believe you are here to courageously start taking steps to prioritize your healing.
I work with women who desire to redefine their relationship with themselves, their anxiety, their trauma and want a deeper connection to themselves and their body.
I’m Lindsay and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Beyond that, I am also a human being that feels privileged to hold space for you and your story. Our stories are vast and unique and deserve to be held with the utmost compassion. I am here to help you navigate what it means for you to move toward healing and believe each and every one of us has the capacity to heal. Often, this journey begins when we bravely step into our stories and allow ourselves to show up and be seen, despite the possible fear and messiness that can come with it. I believe you are here to courageously start taking steps to prioritize your healing.
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Accepting New Patients…..If you are finding yourself in need of a space to clear your head, explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are possibly limiting you, I encourage you to contact me. Together we can identify and begin to work through areas you would like to see positive change. Most importantly, I am committed to working with you to help increase a sense of purpose, engagement, and joy in life and work. In addition to the interpersonal realm, I worked in the corporate world for over twenty years and I bring insight into work-life balance, career progression, and work relationship challenges.
Accepting New Patients…..If you are finding yourself in need of a space to clear your head, explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are possibly limiting you, I encourage you to contact me. Together we can identify and begin to work through areas you would like to see positive change. Most importantly, I am committed to working with you to help increase a sense of purpose, engagement, and joy in life and work. In addition to the interpersonal realm, I worked in the corporate world for over twenty years and I bring insight into work-life balance, career progression, and work relationship challenges.
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One of the most beneficial aspects of therapy is that you can improve the relationship you have with yourself.
I am honored that people come to share and trust me with their personal stories. During my 30+ years helping men and women in all the many challenging phases of life, I continue to be fascinated by the many ways in which your life can unfold. As each person's life unfolds in a unique way, no two stories are the same. I'd like to hear your story, and as I understand how and why you struggle today, I can help you.
One of the most beneficial aspects of therapy is that you can improve the relationship you have with yourself.
I am honored that people come to share and trust me with their personal stories. During my 30+ years helping men and women in all the many challenging phases of life, I continue to be fascinated by the many ways in which your life can unfold. As each person's life unfolds in a unique way, no two stories are the same. I'd like to hear your story, and as I understand how and why you struggle today, I can help you.
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A solid therapeutic relationship is key.
Thank you for visiting. It means a lot that you’re here. It suggests you’re sensing something in your life isn’t the way you’d like it to be, and that you’ve decided it’s time for change. A professor of mine once said, “All therapy boils down to one issue–I’m stuck.” Sometimes getting going can be the hardest part. You’ve already taken an important first step. If we want things to be different, we must do things differently. You don’t have to stay stuck. I know sometimes life can feel overwhelming. I want to help you discover new perspectives, new possibilities, new ways of approaching challenges and relating to others and yourself.
A solid therapeutic relationship is key.
Thank you for visiting. It means a lot that you’re here. It suggests you’re sensing something in your life isn’t the way you’d like it to be, and that you’ve decided it’s time for change. A professor of mine once said, “All therapy boils down to one issue–I’m stuck.” Sometimes getting going can be the hardest part. You’ve already taken an important first step. If we want things to be different, we must do things differently. You don’t have to stay stuck. I know sometimes life can feel overwhelming. I want to help you discover new perspectives, new possibilities, new ways of approaching challenges and relating to others and yourself.
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Julie Roberts Sanders
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
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My goal is to provide a safe and supportive relationship which invites you to honestly explore any issues you are facing. We will discuss current problems, look at any connections to your personal and family history, as well as talk about what is working for you and ways to build on that. My ultimate goal is for positive change in the present, whatever that looks like for you. I encourage the use of outside resources such as workshops, groups, classes, 12-step programs, yoga and mindfulness practices as well as religious involvement as part of the healing process.
My goal is to provide a safe and supportive relationship which invites you to honestly explore any issues you are facing. We will discuss current problems, look at any connections to your personal and family history, as well as talk about what is working for you and ways to build on that. My ultimate goal is for positive change in the present, whatever that looks like for you. I encourage the use of outside resources such as workshops, groups, classes, 12-step programs, yoga and mindfulness practices as well as religious involvement as part of the healing process.
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Christina Marie U.
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified Verified
South Pasadena, CA 91030
And because I wholeheartedly believe that the client-therapist relationship is crucial to the healing process, I won’t take on a client if we are not the best match and I am happy to provide suggestions of colleagues.
As a natural empath and deep thinker, I am highly attuned and skilled at detecting and drawing insights from unconscious material that lie beneath a person’s struggles and destructive patterns. I hold space for my clients to embrace all the different parts of their complex identity and unique life path. Ultimately, I find that deep questions are best understood in a safe and open environment, not necessarily as direct problems to solve. Therefore, I work to provide a warm and nonjudgmental space that facilitates curiosity and honest self-reflection.
And because I wholeheartedly believe that the client-therapist relationship is crucial to the healing process, I won’t take on a client if we are not the best match and I am happy to provide suggestions of colleagues.
As a natural empath and deep thinker, I am highly attuned and skilled at detecting and drawing insights from unconscious material that lie beneath a person’s struggles and destructive patterns. I hold space for my clients to embrace all the different parts of their complex identity and unique life path. Ultimately, I find that deep questions are best understood in a safe and open environment, not necessarily as direct problems to solve. Therefore, I work to provide a warm and nonjudgmental space that facilitates curiosity and honest self-reflection.
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Relationship Issues Therapists
While need for human connection appears to be innate, the ability to form healthy, loving relationships is learned. Some evidence suggests that the ability to form a stable relationship starts to form in infancy, in a child's earliest experiences with a caregiver who reliably meets the infant's needs for food, care, warmth, protection, stimulation, and social contact. Such relationships are not destiny, but they are theorized to establish deeply ingrained patterns of relating to others. The end of a relationship, however, is often a source of great psychological anguish.