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Carmen Mercado
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, MFTI
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Managed by Grow Therapy. Your call or email may go to a representative.
Let's Connect (424) 269-2080
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Everyone needs support. Have you been dealing with life with no support from friends or family? Are you dealing with childhood trauma, estrangement and or abandonment from your family of origin? Are you having difficulty attracting and keeping a healthy intimate relationship? Maybe you have been coping all these years without really exploring and understanding your pain. We help clients understand themselves with compassion rather than shame and self judgment. We are sensitive to your values ,needs and are culturally sensitive. I work well with actors struggling through their challenges. Hablo ESPANOL
I take a client-centered approach and solution focus. By collaborating together you will discover your strengths and passions. I specialize in life and childhood trauma, psychosomatic illness, families dealing with Alzheimer's disease and alcohol. ALL types of addiction, FAMILY scapegoating, self esteem issues and relational difficulties.
I experienced lots of challenges in my life and i am aware of the difficulties we encounter in having to create a new life and a new perspective of life. However when we really want change its better to do it with someone that has been through similar life experiences and challenges believe I can offer my expertise as a professional and my life experience.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Carmen Mercado now - (424) 269-2080
Let's Connect (424) 269-2080
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Managed by Grow Therapy. Your call or email may go to a representative.
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $200
- Couple Sessions $250
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, Cash, Paypal, Venmo, Wire, Zelle
Insurance
- Aetna
- Allsavers UHC
- AvMed
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- Blue Shield (MHSA)
- California Anthem Blue Cross
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna - Medicare
- Cigna and Evernorth
- EAP:Cigna
- EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
- Elevance
- Golden Rule
- Harvard Pilgrim
- Health Net
- HMC Healthworks
- Humana
- Magellan
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- Medica
- Optum
- Optum live& work well (EAP)
- Oscar Health
- Oxford
- Oxford health Plan
- Sharp Health Plan
- Surest (formerly Bind)
- UHC Student resources
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
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Carmen Mercado
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, MFTI
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / LMFT132263 Carmen Mercado
- In Practice for 6 Years
- Certificate from Trauma Therapy Certificate
- Attended CA State Dominguez hill, M.S, Graduated 2012
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Self Esteem
- Spirituality
Expertise
- Anxiety
- Body Positivity
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Infidelity
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissist abuse,Scapegoating,Childhood trauma
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Sexual Abuse
- Thinking Disorders
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Communities
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino ,
Native American
I also speak
Basic Italian ,
Spanish
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Communities
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino ,
Native American
I also speak
Basic Italian ,
Spanish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Emotionally Focused
- Family Systems
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Multicultural
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Trauma Focused
Groups
Parents of Adult Children Estranged
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Family estrangement is a separation within the family,often involving one or more members of the family choosing to withdraw fro one another.In the last few years we have been experiencing many adult children choosing not to be close to their parents and their families.This group is to support all parents that is in this situation for any reason,it can be for the adult child abusing drugs,incarcerated or just choosing to not be part of the family.This is a support groups for all parents in dealing with the grief,the pain and the estrangement.
Session Cost
$50-$60
Location
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Email Carmen Mercado about this group or call - (424) 269-2080
Struggling to create for Actors
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Meet weekly to support the actor creativity and the actual challenges of working as an actor these days.
Age
Adults
Session Cost
$60
Email Carmen Mercado about this group or call - (424) 269-2080
Location
Additional Location
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(424) 269-2080Take the first step to help. Call now - (424) 269-2080
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Carmen Mercado
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, MFTI