Teletherapy for California
If you've ever been told you're "too much," you're in the right place. I help women, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC foster growth and feel empowered to be their truest, most expressive selves. I specialize in non-traditional relationships, including non-monogamy and kink. I use evidence-based, somatic interventions to strengthen your mind-body connection, overcome trauma/CPTSD, and help you build resilience. Using an active, strengths-based approach, I will help you make meaningful change in your life so you can go from surviving to thriving.
If you've ever been told you're "too much," you're in the right place. I help women, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC foster growth and feel empowered to be their truest, most expressive selves. I specialize in non-traditional relationships, including non-monogamy and kink. I use evidence-based, somatic interventions to strengthen your mind-body connection, overcome trauma/CPTSD, and help you build resilience. Using an active, strengths-based approach, I will help you make meaningful change in your life so you can go from surviving to thriving.
I love to work with individuals who are driven by an innate need to self-actualize, and who are motivated to find meaning and happiness in life. People who have been through a lot, and therefore look at the world from a spiritual lens. Individuals who are interested in exploring relationships, career, spirituality, purpose of life, and want to cultivate a practice (like meditation) to lead a happy fulfilling life. People who are experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, or identity related concerns in some or most of these aspects, and are hoping to receive clarity, care, and understanding in a safe therapeutic space.
I love to work with individuals who are driven by an innate need to self-actualize, and who are motivated to find meaning and happiness in life. People who have been through a lot, and therefore look at the world from a spiritual lens. Individuals who are interested in exploring relationships, career, spirituality, purpose of life, and want to cultivate a practice (like meditation) to lead a happy fulfilling life. People who are experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, or identity related concerns in some or most of these aspects, and are hoping to receive clarity, care, and understanding in a safe therapeutic space.
I have openings for adults of any age who seek a powerful mind-body-spirit approach to healing the pain of trauma, anger, anxiety, depression, interpersonal challenges, and stressful life events. I'm a great fit for those who prioritize personal or spiritual growth (including those in 12 step recovery), and are excited to participate in a deep, collaborative therapeutic process. It is important to me to support and create a safe space for queer and trans clients, as well as individuals in ethically non-monogamous relationships.
I have openings for adults of any age who seek a powerful mind-body-spirit approach to healing the pain of trauma, anger, anxiety, depression, interpersonal challenges, and stressful life events. I'm a great fit for those who prioritize personal or spiritual growth (including those in 12 step recovery), and are excited to participate in a deep, collaborative therapeutic process. It is important to me to support and create a safe space for queer and trans clients, as well as individuals in ethically non-monogamous relationships.
The inner conflict we experience corresponds with the degree to which we are aware or unaware of the deeper parts of ourselves. I believe that everyone in their authenticity is whole, and the challenge of life is to connect with your wholeness. Therapy is the process of learning how to integrate the different parts of ourselves – our emotions, ideas, beliefs, identities, into a healthy unified experience of life. In other words, we can learn to live authentically when we stop denying, rejecting, or avoiding any part of ourselves, even when we feel uncomfortable.
The inner conflict we experience corresponds with the degree to which we are aware or unaware of the deeper parts of ourselves. I believe that everyone in their authenticity is whole, and the challenge of life is to connect with your wholeness. Therapy is the process of learning how to integrate the different parts of ourselves – our emotions, ideas, beliefs, identities, into a healthy unified experience of life. In other words, we can learn to live authentically when we stop denying, rejecting, or avoiding any part of ourselves, even when we feel uncomfortable.
Generally, I treat groups, couples, and individuals--21 years of age or older. I am best suited to treat depression, anxiety, bipolar, alcohol/drug issues, personality disorders, anger, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorders, grief/loss, employment difficulties, military/veterans, spiritual issues, and relationship problems.
Generally, I treat groups, couples, and individuals--21 years of age or older. I am best suited to treat depression, anxiety, bipolar, alcohol/drug issues, personality disorders, anger, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorders, grief/loss, employment difficulties, military/veterans, spiritual issues, and relationship problems.
Jeffrey Ly | Porn Addiction | Relationships
LPHA, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 (Online Only)
Pornography Doesn’t Have to Break Your Connections. For many men, engaging with pornography or browsing virtual spaces like Instagram creates emotional distance that can lead to emotional infidelity, eroding trust, intimacy, and impacting a partner’s sense of worth. Whether you’re in a committed relationship or seeking one, this cycle can leave you and those close to you feeling disconnected. Left unaddressed, this struggle can damage relationships, even leading to divorce, affecting not just you but your family’s future. For single men, it can make building a stable, loving relationship difficult.
Pornography Doesn’t Have to Break Your Connections. For many men, engaging with pornography or browsing virtual spaces like Instagram creates emotional distance that can lead to emotional infidelity, eroding trust, intimacy, and impacting a partner’s sense of worth. Whether you’re in a committed relationship or seeking one, this cycle can leave you and those close to you feeling disconnected. Left unaddressed, this struggle can damage relationships, even leading to divorce, affecting not just you but your family’s future. For single men, it can make building a stable, loving relationship difficult.
Creating a safe environment and atmosphere where you can feel comfortable and at ease is an important first step in our process. Deeply listening so that you feel seen, heard, understood, and respected is foundational in our time together, as well as working collaboratively to help you identify and overcome obstacles to inner calm, peace, and happiness. Finding meaning in our lives, healing, and becoming whole again, as well as thriving (not just surviving) in daily life are examples of potential goals for our time together. Within that framework, we will customize our work to meet and embrace your unique personality and needs.
Creating a safe environment and atmosphere where you can feel comfortable and at ease is an important first step in our process. Deeply listening so that you feel seen, heard, understood, and respected is foundational in our time together, as well as working collaboratively to help you identify and overcome obstacles to inner calm, peace, and happiness. Finding meaning in our lives, healing, and becoming whole again, as well as thriving (not just surviving) in daily life are examples of potential goals for our time together. Within that framework, we will customize our work to meet and embrace your unique personality and needs.
Erin Smith
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Los Angeles, CA 90031 (Online Only)
Is the dominant voice in your head relentlessly critical? Do you feel beyond repair—helpless and hopeless? Are past experiences making it hard to trust someone or believe that you are worthy of care? Do you lack confidence in yourself? Has habitual substance use created chaos where it once brought relief? I grew up in a household where emotional abandonment and abuse were the norm. During my healing journey I recognized the limits of self-help. Being seen and understood by a compassionate witness is fundamental to the healing process.
Is the dominant voice in your head relentlessly critical? Do you feel beyond repair—helpless and hopeless? Are past experiences making it hard to trust someone or believe that you are worthy of care? Do you lack confidence in yourself? Has habitual substance use created chaos where it once brought relief? I grew up in a household where emotional abandonment and abuse were the norm. During my healing journey I recognized the limits of self-help. Being seen and understood by a compassionate witness is fundamental to the healing process.
Annette Barnett
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saratoga, CA 95070
FREE 30 min video call - email, call/text 408-357-9187. Learn about your relationship & gain skills in this one call! For Couples Therapy, you need a Couples Therapist! Not feeling heard or understood? Repetitive shaming & blaming? Often one person feels unsupported & unimportant & “pursues” the other for communication & connection, while the other feels like they’re never enough, can’t please their partner & usually withdraws & shuts down. Break this painful cycle & take your relationship to the next level - create a safe haven & secure base. Establish solid tools & skills, develop a WE not just ME mindset & reignite the spark!
FREE 30 min video call - email, call/text 408-357-9187. Learn about your relationship & gain skills in this one call! For Couples Therapy, you need a Couples Therapist! Not feeling heard or understood? Repetitive shaming & blaming? Often one person feels unsupported & unimportant & “pursues” the other for communication & connection, while the other feels like they’re never enough, can’t please their partner & usually withdraws & shuts down. Break this painful cycle & take your relationship to the next level - create a safe haven & secure base. Establish solid tools & skills, develop a WE not just ME mindset & reignite the spark!
Life is short, and challenges are inevitable. I'm here to help you navigate the challenges with greater agency, so you can make the most of your precious time. I work on depression, anxiety, perfectionism, multicultural and interpersonal issues, and complex developmental trauma (CPTSD). CPTSD means that you have experienced prolonged difficulties especially since your formative years in childhood or adolescence.
Life is short, and challenges are inevitable. I'm here to help you navigate the challenges with greater agency, so you can make the most of your precious time. I work on depression, anxiety, perfectionism, multicultural and interpersonal issues, and complex developmental trauma (CPTSD). CPTSD means that you have experienced prolonged difficulties especially since your formative years in childhood or adolescence.
Melissa Dowd - Offering A Modern Approach To Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
San Rafael, CA 94903 (Online Only)
In the first few sessions together, my goal is to understand what struggles you are currently experiencing that are causing you distress, and then provide you tools to help minimize those stressors to get to a more stabilized place. Once you are feeling more grounded and able to manage your current stressors, then I encourage the exploration of why these things are present in the first place, where they are coming from, and ultimately when they were initially learned and began. I believe that helping you uncover these important pieces of information are vital to your long-term success in becoming the best version of you possible!
In the first few sessions together, my goal is to understand what struggles you are currently experiencing that are causing you distress, and then provide you tools to help minimize those stressors to get to a more stabilized place. Once you are feeling more grounded and able to manage your current stressors, then I encourage the exploration of why these things are present in the first place, where they are coming from, and ultimately when they were initially learned and began. I believe that helping you uncover these important pieces of information are vital to your long-term success in becoming the best version of you possible!
Jeremy Lansing
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Waitlist for new clients
If you are an individual or couple facing challenges with trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, panic, burnout, communication difficulties, mood regulation, men's issues, parenting, life transitions/crisis, psychedelic integration, spirituality practices, or physical health, I can guide you on a path to feeling more balance and clarity in your everyday experiences. I offer both short-term and long-term support and our sessions will be tailored to your unique goals and timelines. You will receive gender, sexuality, and identity affirming care.
If you are an individual or couple facing challenges with trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, panic, burnout, communication difficulties, mood regulation, men's issues, parenting, life transitions/crisis, psychedelic integration, spirituality practices, or physical health, I can guide you on a path to feeling more balance and clarity in your everyday experiences. I offer both short-term and long-term support and our sessions will be tailored to your unique goals and timelines. You will receive gender, sexuality, and identity affirming care.
Open Space Therapy Collective (OSTC) was founded by and for the queer and trans community. For too many intersectional identities, clients have to educate their therapists instead of receiving the support they came in for. Not here. When you work with an OSTC therapist, you are guaranteed a mental health partner who is: A member of the LGBTQ+ community or a staunch ally, Queer and Trans-knowledgeable, Anti-racist, Sex-positive, Specializing in supporting non-monogamous relationships.
Open Space Therapy Collective (OSTC) was founded by and for the queer and trans community. For too many intersectional identities, clients have to educate their therapists instead of receiving the support they came in for. Not here. When you work with an OSTC therapist, you are guaranteed a mental health partner who is: A member of the LGBTQ+ community or a staunch ally, Queer and Trans-knowledgeable, Anti-racist, Sex-positive, Specializing in supporting non-monogamous relationships.
Jason Murphy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, EMDR, ICAP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
West Los Angeles, CA 90025
“I have a deep belief in treating the whole human being and not just the symptom whether it be physical, psychological or spiritual. Both my skill as a therapist and my knowledge of East/ West Psychology aids me in providing essential knowledge and techniques for clients to affect change. I have been in the fields of therapy and mindfulness meditation for the last 20 years and in that time I have focused on integrating what works for those clients I have served. My work is informed by over two decades of exploration into the heart and mind. From the monasteries of Asia to the lecture halls of cutting edge American Universities.
“I have a deep belief in treating the whole human being and not just the symptom whether it be physical, psychological or spiritual. Both my skill as a therapist and my knowledge of East/ West Psychology aids me in providing essential knowledge and techniques for clients to affect change. I have been in the fields of therapy and mindfulness meditation for the last 20 years and in that time I have focused on integrating what works for those clients I have served. My work is informed by over two decades of exploration into the heart and mind. From the monasteries of Asia to the lecture halls of cutting edge American Universities.
Jeffrey Ly | Porn Addiction Relationships
LPHA, MA, AMFT
Verified Verified
Long Beach, CA 90804 (Online Only)
Pornography Doesn’t Have to Break Your Connections. For many men, engaging with pornography or browsing virtual spaces like Instagram creates emotional distance that can lead to emotional infidelity, eroding trust, intimacy, and impacting a partner’s sense of worth. Whether you’re in a committed relationship or seeking one, this cycle can leave you and those close to you feeling disconnected. Left unaddressed, this struggle can damage relationships, even leading to divorce, affecting not just you but your family’s future. For single men, it can make building a stable, loving relationship difficult.
Pornography Doesn’t Have to Break Your Connections. For many men, engaging with pornography or browsing virtual spaces like Instagram creates emotional distance that can lead to emotional infidelity, eroding trust, intimacy, and impacting a partner’s sense of worth. Whether you’re in a committed relationship or seeking one, this cycle can leave you and those close to you feeling disconnected. Left unaddressed, this struggle can damage relationships, even leading to divorce, affecting not just you but your family’s future. For single men, it can make building a stable, loving relationship difficult.
Asya Rachitsky
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Like many people, you’re probably here because you (or someone you love) is hurting. You may be stressed in a job you don’t like, struggling in your romantic relationship, or battling personal wounds you have difficulty managing. I can help.
Like many people, you’re probably here because you (or someone you love) is hurting. You may be stressed in a job you don’t like, struggling in your romantic relationship, or battling personal wounds you have difficulty managing. I can help.
Matthew D Silverstein
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
West Hollywood, CA 90046 (Online Only)
My work is conveniently offered online for residents of California or New York.
If you are moving through a difficult transition or wanting to tend to the deeper psychological aspects of past traumatic situations or persistent addictions, my work can help you. My training is based in a psychoanalytic perspective coupled with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and a genuine appreciation for sexual, cultural, and spiritual diversity.
My work is conveniently offered online for residents of California or New York.
If you are moving through a difficult transition or wanting to tend to the deeper psychological aspects of past traumatic situations or persistent addictions, my work can help you. My training is based in a psychoanalytic perspective coupled with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and a genuine appreciation for sexual, cultural, and spiritual diversity.
Ly-Lan Lofgren Sex Therapist
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Garden Grove, CA 92843 (Online Only)
I look forward to witnessing when my clients reach their goals. I have partnered with clients sharing what I've learned for over 17 years. We all have our unique histories and strengths. I am inspired by your journey and your readiness to makes changes. To work with you ethically (Social Work Code of Ethics), I have education, training and supervision (AASECT and EMDRIA) as well as my own personal self-growth practices.
I look forward to witnessing when my clients reach their goals. I have partnered with clients sharing what I've learned for over 17 years. We all have our unique histories and strengths. I am inspired by your journey and your readiness to makes changes. To work with you ethically (Social Work Code of Ethics), I have education, training and supervision (AASECT and EMDRIA) as well as my own personal self-growth practices.
Mary Pat Killoran
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Menlo Park, CA 94025 (Online Only)
Are you struggling with addiction or loving someone who is? Are life transitions like divorce, the loss of a relationship, or grief weighing you down? Life can be incredibly challenging when you're facing issues like addiction, navigating the complexities of loving an alcoholic, or dealing with the heartbreak of a relationship ending. These struggles can leave you feeling lost, overwhelmed, and unsure of where to turn next. You don't have to face them alone. Whether you're dealing with depression, relationship problems, or the deep pain of grief, I'm here to help you find a way forward. Together, we can explore your feelings, iden
Are you struggling with addiction or loving someone who is? Are life transitions like divorce, the loss of a relationship, or grief weighing you down? Life can be incredibly challenging when you're facing issues like addiction, navigating the complexities of loving an alcoholic, or dealing with the heartbreak of a relationship ending. These struggles can leave you feeling lost, overwhelmed, and unsure of where to turn next. You don't have to face them alone. Whether you're dealing with depression, relationship problems, or the deep pain of grief, I'm here to help you find a way forward. Together, we can explore your feelings, iden
Scarlet Arnold
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 (Online Only)
I am dedicated to supporting individuals as they navigate life's complexities and seek personal growth. With a strong commitment to holistic, person-centered care, I offer a compassionate and evidence-based approach to my practice. I work to foster a collaborative, empathetic, and non-judgmental environment. My areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, relationship issues, aging, and life transitions. Whether you're seeking support for a specific challenge or looking to improve your overall well-being, my goal is to help you gain insight, develop effective coping strategies, and build resilience.
I am dedicated to supporting individuals as they navigate life's complexities and seek personal growth. With a strong commitment to holistic, person-centered care, I offer a compassionate and evidence-based approach to my practice. I work to foster a collaborative, empathetic, and non-judgmental environment. My areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, relationship issues, aging, and life transitions. Whether you're seeking support for a specific challenge or looking to improve your overall well-being, my goal is to help you gain insight, develop effective coping strategies, and build resilience.
