Encino
Janet Bayramyan, LCSW
Website: road2wellness.co
Phone: 818-646-7190
Email: [email protected]
Address: 5535 Balboa Blvd Suite 202, Encino, CA 91316
I’m an (LCSW) with licenses, including in California (LCSW# 88575), Florida (SW# 16210), South Carolina (LCSW# 15094), Texas (LCSW# 108071), Connecticut (LCSW# 12457) and North Carolina (LCSW#15765). With over eight years of experience in the field of psychological support, I have had the privilege of working with diverse clients across various age groups and backgrounds. My expertise extends to individuals struggling with psychiatric conditions, substance and process addictions, couples facing relational challenges, and individuals seeking to heal from past trauma, among others. I approach therapy from a supportive and trauma-informed perspective. As a certified EMDR and Brainspotting psychotherapist, I specialize in trauma resolution. I am also trained in Attachment Focused EMDR, the Havening Techniques, Internal Family Systems (IFS) level 1, also known as parts work, and other trauma modalities. Through the lens of EMDR, I assist clients in understanding and processing the impact of trauma.
My approach to working with clients is collaborative and flexible. I want to assure you that no emotion is too overwhelming, no anger is too intimidating, and no pain is too uncomfortable for me. I am committed to honoring and holding space for your experiences, including any traumatic encounters. Together, we will work towards finding relief and creating the life you desire.
In addition to my clinical practice, I am an active member of the EMDR International Association, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and the California Society of Clinical Social Workers. I hold a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California and completed my Bachelor’s degree at California State University Northridge.
- Insurance(s) Accepted: Out of network, Private Pay only
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- Brainspotting
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Internal Family Systems – Level 1
- Language(s) Spoken: English
- Age Group: 18+
Granite Bay
Regina Faridnia, LCSW
Website: indigenacounseling.com
Phone: (408) 460-5030
Email: [email protected]
Address: 6049 Douglas Blvd., #20B Granite Bay, CA 95746
Would you like to utilize your mind to help the body and mind to heal? Our nervous system and brain hold the key to powerful healing. Techniques such as EMDR (certified), Brainspotting (certified), and SE (I am currently in training) are effective ways to resolve trauma, grief/loss, and stress symptoms. Brainspotting can also help with performance enhancement. The Center utilizes an integrative and holistic approach to mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. How would it feel to have increased emotional self-regulation, motivation, connection and wellbeing? Give me a call if you are interested in giving it a try.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Acupuncture
- Age Group: All Ages
- Brainspotting – Phase I-IV
- Brainspotting – Certified Practitioner
- Brainspotting – Advanced/Specialty Training
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) – Part 1 & 2
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Languages Spoken: English
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCBT)
- Mind Body Medicine Advanced
- Music Therapy
- Somatic Experiencing
- Trauma Focused CBT
Long Beach
Madoka T. Urhausen, PhD, LMFT, ATR-BC
she / her
Website: www.clearmirrorguidancecenter.com
Phone: (562) 380-2830
Email: [email protected]
Address: 3450 E. Spring St., Suite 113, Long Beach, CA 90806
Madoka (pronounced MAdoka) has been practicing art therapy and trauma-informed care for more than 20 years. She has PhD in Expressive Therapies, is certified in art therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, and Brain Coaching from Amen’s clinic. Currently, her focus is to work with adults to help mitigate their work- and relationship-related distress and to bring joy into their lives. She implements experiential modalities including Expressive Arts Therapies to move people forward and get unstuck.
- Insurances Accepted: Anthem BC, Aetna, Optum, and Blueshield (as of September 2023)
- LGBTQ Friendly / Affirming
- Brainspotting
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Art Therapy and Expressive Art Therapy
- Stress Management with Mindfulness
- Couple’s work / Healthy communication
- Trauma-informed TaiChi practitioner
- Age Group: 18+
- Language(s) Spoken: English and Japanese
Los Angeles
Maria Gray, LMFT, NMP is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and groups with offices in West LA and Silver Lake. Her approach combines a relational style with somatic psychotherapy, and many years of practicing meditation and yoga also informs Maria’s work. Maria is trained in brain/body therapies including: EMDR, Brainspotting, and the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM). These three therapeutic models are resource and wellness-oriented, as well as non-pathologizing. The emphasis is on helping clients re-establish connection to their bodies and to the parts of self that are organized, coherent and functional. Maria has a specific focus on trauma and addiction; she is particularly interested in how our society uses “busy”– sometimes in the form of technology overuse and over-scheduling. Maria’s own experience in the corporate world has influenced her work in this area.
- Brainspotting
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model)
- Age Group: Ages 18+
- Insurances Accepted: Out of Network
Cameron Holliday, LCSW
she / her
Website: https://cameronhollidaytherapy.com/
Phone: 213-716-1719
Email: [email protected]
Address: 1551 Colorado Blvd. #201, Los Angeles, CA 90065
I work to create a safe, non-judgmental space for adults and adolescents of all religions, races, sexualities, and genders to process their life needs, wants, and fears. I provide psychotherapy within the context of a therapeutic working alliance; by first building trust and safety in the therapeutic relationship, one can then work towards tackling larger life goals.
I also work from a core belief that our minds and bodies are deeply connected. Treating the whole person, including the impact of stress on their physical body, is an important component to treating trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and more. The stress that we carry can negatively impact our bodies, and past traumas can be stored in our bodies on a cellular level. I am a certified EMDR therapist (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and I am also trained in and utilize Somatic Experiencing (SE) and Brainspotting. These are all modalities that target trauma that is stored in our bodies and nervous systems.
- Insurances Accepted: None; Private Pay Only
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- EMDR
- Brainspotting
- Somatic Experiencing
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Age Groups: 14+
- Languages Spoken: English
Elham Shoa, LCSW
Website: www.elhamshoa.com
Phone: (424) 258-4949
Email: [email protected]
Address: 1314 Westwood Blvd, Ste 206, Los Angeles, CA 90232
If you are a person of color (POC), in the LGBTQ community, and/or are non-monogamous/poly, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve had the privilege of working with diverse populations for over 15 years. In working with a culturally competent therapist like me, you can focus on what brought you to therapy in the first place and not on explaining or “teaching” the nuances of your culture and sexuality. My expertise is in helping those who are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship difficulties. I’m trained in EMDR, an evidence-based therapy that treats trauma and other difficulties. My approach to therapy is holistic – I take into account your culture, family history, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, etc – and tailor treatments to your individual needs. We’ll work collaboratively and interactively to facilitate change. With warmth (and sometimes a sense of little humor) I’ll support yet challenge you.
Additional Training:
I’m a trauma-focused psychotherapist with a virtual practice based in Los Angeles, CA. Since obtaining my master of social work from Columbia University over 15 years ago, I’ve had the privilege of counseling people of varying backgrounds and with diverse needs. I was also, for some time, a faculty member in the social work graduate program at California State University, Fullerton, training future therapists and social workers. Prior to starting my private practice, I provided mental health services in New York City schools and hospitals.
As a woman of color, child immigrant, and proud ally, I’ve dedicated my clinical career to empowering diverse populations, particularly those from marginalized communities. I care deeply about social justice, giving voice to the voiceless, and defending human rights. These core beliefs are some of the reasons why my practice focuses on people of color, those in the LGBTQ community, and those who are non-monogamous.
Call me for a free phone consultation to see how I can help you.
- Insurance(s) Accepted: Out-of-Network, Private Pay Only
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly/Affirming
- EMDR
- Age Group: 18+
- Language(s): English
Carlee Shalchian, LMFT, Certified EMDR Therapist
Website: www.timetohealtraumatherapy.com
Phone: 818-912-0126
Email: [email protected]
Address: 4405 W. Riverside Dr. #106, Burbank, CA 91505
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 15 years of experience in the field of mental health, trauma and various addictions. I specialize in codependency, attachment, childhood and adult trauma and working with active addiction and early/mid/long term recovery from various substances. My therapeutic approach is trauma informed and strengths-based. I am a certified EMDR therapist and am trained in “parts” work (internal family systems). I believe we all have an internal system consisting of various “parts” holding different thoughts, feelings, beliefs and experiences that can lead to internal conflict, increase emotional distress and decrease the joy and satisfaction we have in our lives. I also believe our brain and body are more resilient than we can even imagine and have the ability to heal and recover from trauma.
- Insurance(s) accepted: None, Out of pocket, Private pay only (Limited sliding scale slots available)
- LGBTQ+ Friendly / Affirming
- EMDR
- IFS; “parts” work
- DBT
- Age Groups: 18+
- Languages Spoken: English
Retta Parker Stevenson, LPCC, ATR-BC
Website: www.lifespanfps.com
Phone: (805)-852-5039
Email: [email protected]
Address: 2801 Townsgate Rd #133, Westlake Village, CA 91361
Retta is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) with over 14 years of clinical experience. She has worked with all ages and presenting concerns including trauma, eating disorders, addiction, anxiety/mood disorders, psychosis, ADHD, Autism, and more. Retta learned about the pervasive impact of historical/intergenerational trauma after working with indigenous populations both on and off reservations. Retta is also knowledgeable on complex trauma resulting from patterns of mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness, institutionalization and victimization from working with individuals on conservatorship with severe mental illness. Retta has helped grow and develop art-based and psychosocial programs across multiple locations. Retta’s diverse experience guides her in providing an individualized, creative, trauma-informed and culturally sensitive treatment approach.
- Insurance(s) Accepted: Aetna, Anthem, BlueCross, Blue Shield, BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna and Evernorth, Magellan, Medicare, Optum, Oscar Health, TriWest, United Healthcare UHC | UBH
- LGBTQIA + Friendly/Affirming
- EMDR
- Art Therapy
- Age Group: All ages
- Language(s) Spoken: English
Deborah Sweet, PsyD
Website: tccla.com
Phone: (310) 720-8200
Email: [email protected]
Address: 8170 Beverly Blvd, Ste 200, Studio City, CA 90048
Deborah Sweet, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist founded the Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles (TCCLA) to ensure people receive therapy specifically designed to reduce or clear trauma such as EMDR, Somatic therapies or Brainspotting. Trauma lives in the body and the mind. To remove the somatic aspects of the trauma such as an exaggerated startle response, we need methods in addition to talk therapy. In other words, symptoms of trauma and traumatic memories cannot be conquered with only the mind. She has carefully chosen her team at TCCLA to create the best possible experience for people to work through what they are dealing with whether it is in the past or present. Deborah Sweet, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist received her Bachelor of Arts at UCSB, and her Master’s and Doctorate degrees at Ryokan College. Her center has had success treating: Anxiety | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Addictions | Trauma-related pain conditions | Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) | Childhood trauma- verbal, physical, sexual, spiritual; divorce – yours or your parents, birth – giving or being born, medical trauma, adoption, and other unresolved issues.
- Brainspotting – Certified Practitioner
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Havening Technique
- Somatic Experiencing – SE Practitioner
- Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- Insurances Accepted: Out of Network
Oakland
Olivia Clear, MS, APCC
Website: www.oliviaclear.com
Phone: (916) 573-2425
Email: [email protected]
Address: 301 Jefferson St., Oakland, CA 94607
Supervised by Aly Dearborn LMFT
Here are some common reasons people contact me:
It feels like nothing makes sense and you want to feel at home in your body and feel safe again. I can’t wave a magic wand and make your pain go away, but I can help you focus on your needs. While there’s no ‘right’ way to heal, there are ways to help you decrease your suffering. I teach new skills and check-in on what works for you. You need help trusting yourself and hearing your intuition instead of second-guessing. I work with you to restore your relationship with yourself. Your experience and responses are valid and normal. Let’s set up a time to talk and see if we’re a fit to work together.
- Age Group: Ages 18+
- Insurances Accepted: Out of Network
- Language(s) Spoken: English
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) – Part 1 & 2
- Art Therapy
- Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
- Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Pasadena
Kathleen R. Maldonado, LMFT
she / her
Website: https://www.soultenders.com/therapists/kathleen-maldonado/
Phone: 213-375-8257
Email: [email protected]
Address: 50 N. Hill Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106
The first step towards creating a more fulfilling life takes courage. I seek to guide clients to identify their strengths to awaken self-compassion and confidence during the healing process. As a mental health clinician, I have worked in various settings such as school counseling, family services, and private practice focused on anxiety, depression, & trauma
- Age Group: 12+
- Insurances Accepted: Anthem, OptumHealth, Kaiser SoCal Region, Cigna, HealthNet, Beacon, LA Care, Aetna
- Language(s) Spoken: English
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) – Part 1 & 2
- LGBTQ Friendly / Affirming
San Jose
Melissa E. Miller, LMFT
Website: www.memillerlmft.com
Phone: (408) 576-8333
Email: [email protected]
Address: 4100 Moorpark Ave, Ste 120, 95117
Are you suffering the aftereffects of trauma (nightmares, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, feeling disconnected from yourself and loved ones)? Melissa E. Miller will find a way to heal your pain and make you whole again. Want to break free of alcohol, substances, and other addictions, including eating disorders? She can develop a plan for your recovery, so you have your life back. Melissa uses an action-focused, results-oriented style of counseling, making sure she moves at the pace that works best for you. In addition, she is trained and certified in EMDR therapy, and uses it as appropriate in your work together. EMDR therapy is a speedy and effective way to relieve emotional distress from traumatic events, fears, phobias and anxiety, and treating substance abuse problems, eating disorders, and chronic pain.
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Age Group: Ages 12+
- Insurances Accepted: Out ofNetwork
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
San Luis Obispo
Henry Ahlstrom, Ph.D.
Website: www.memillerlmft.com
Phone: (805) 462-7106
Email: [email protected]
Address: 508 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Henry Ahlstrom, Ph.D., is a California licensed clinical psychologist who helps individuals and couples. He has an office in San Luis Obispo on the Central Coast. He has a friendly and present way of listening to his clients. Drawing upon over 25 years of practice, he explains to them what he sees going on, and combines this with practice sessions during which he helps his clients get better at regulating their emotions via mindfulness-based practices, such as Focusing. Henry is a trauma treatment expert and as such is a certified Sensori-motor Psychotherapist, and trained in Janina Fisher’s Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, as well as trained in EMDR and the Flash Technique. His decades of practicing Transcendental Meditation further enriches Henry’s work with perspective, compassion and his ability to be present.
- Age Group: Ages 12+
- Insurances Accepted: Anthem, Blue Shield, Magellan, MHN, & Medicare
- Language(s) spoken: English & Swedish
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) – Part 1 & 2
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy – Levels 1, 2, & 3
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy – Certified Advanced Practitioner
San Pablo
If you’ve tried talk therapy, given it your all, yet still feel stuck, don’t fret! It’s natural to have done “the work,” yet still deal with painful thoughts, negative habits, and the effect of traumas. There is relief! I offer a holistic-based approach to healing that combines research-based methods, mindfulness tools, mind-body approaches, creativity, and love. As a holistic, Expressive Arts Therapist, also trained in EMDR, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems, and as a certified Mindfulness trainer, I incorporate a range of therapeutic approaches in our work. Offering services both in Spanish and English, I specialize in working with relationship issues, complex trauma, sexual abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and attachment issues. Together, we will use these tools and more to help you to gain mastery over your life, and express your authentic self freely. Check out my free goodies here: https://angelalunatherapy.com/resources/
- Age Group: Ages 18+
- Insurances Accepted: Out of Network
- Language(s) Spoken: English & Spanish
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- Brainspotting Phase 1
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) – Part 1 & 2
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCBT)
- Art Therapy
- Drama Therapy
- Music Therapy
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Trauma-Sensitive Yoga
- Massage Therapy
- Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
South Pasadena
Daniel Doyle, LMFT, LPCC, RDT
Website: www.southpasemdr.com
Phone: (626) 720-1694
Email: [email protected]
Address: 1136 Fremont Avenue, Suite 102South Pasadena, CA 91030
Daniel has been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 2003. He integrates his love of theatre (undergraduate degree in Drama from New York University) with his passion for psychology (M.A. in Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies) as a Registered Drama Therapist. Daniel has a private practice in South Pasadena and sees clients through Headstrong, an organization that provides no-cost psychotherapy, with an emphasis on EMDR Therapy, to post 9-11 veterans. Daniel has presented on his work at the Expressive Therapy Summit in New York and Los Angeles, at the national conference of the North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA), and at the Applied Improvisation Network World Conference. Daniel is adjunct faculty in the MFT Program at Pacific Oaks College.
- Age Group: Ages 18+
- Insurances Accepted: Private Pay Only
- Insurances Accepted: Out ofNetwork
- Language(s) Spoken: English
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) – Part 1 & 2
- Drama Therapy
Virtual
Mari Grande is a licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Clinical Social Worker in private practice in New York City where she sees individuals and groups online. Her specialty is helping people work through overwhelming circumstances and reach deeper understandings of themselves and their relationships. She is an EMDR Consultant and Therapist, Hypnotherapist, and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP). Mari is on the faculty of the Institute for Expressive Analysis (IEA), former Director of Admissions at IEA, and of Advisement at National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) Executive Committee of the Integrative Trauma Program. Her area of expertise is using creativity to heal relational trauma. Mari offers courses and workshops on creativity to heal trauma both locally and online. She is licensed to work with people in NY, NJ, and CA.
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Processing (EMDR)
- Somatic Experiencing – SE Practitioner
- Age Group: Ages 18+
- Art Therapy
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
Virtual
Rae Mazzei (she/her), Psy.D., B.C.B.
Website: https://www.evolutionsbh.com/
Phone: (480) 448-6755
Email: [email protected]
Address: 3377 S. Price Rd., Suite 2104, Chandler, AZ 85248
Dr. Mazzei is a Health Psychologist specializing in anxiety, trauma/PTSD, addiction, phobias, postpartum depression, health anxiety, and insomnia. She has years of clinical experience using EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), hypnosis, and biofeedback to help others overcome a traumatic past and facilitate empowerment. She strives to facilitate a compassionate and engaging space to heal and thrive.
- Insurance(s) Accepted: BCBS, UHC, Optum, Aetna
- Telehealth Available in: AL, AZ, AK, CO, CT, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, DE, DC, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, ME, MD, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NC, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- EMDR
- ACT
- CBT
- Hypnosis
- Biofeedback
- Age Group: 12+
- Language(s) Spoken: English
Robyn Sheiniuk, LCSW
Website: restorativecouncelingcenter.org
Phone: 323-834-9025
Email: [email protected]
Address: 5731 W Slauson Ave #220, Culver City, CA 90230
Robyn Sheiniuk has dedicated over 25 years to working with clients experiencing trauma and all the impact trauma causes. Trauma can leave you feeling depressed, numb, wanting to isolate, anxious, irritable, sad, feeling like you can’t trust anyone or not wanting to engage in life. Traumas can be both big and small like a car accident, a sexual assault, or repeated experiences from your childhood that left you feeling alone, like no one understood you, or feeling like you didn’t belong in your family.
Through the use of EMDR we’ll help you re-process those traumas and less the intensity of the emotions attached to them. EMDR uses eye movements to help your brain reprocess trauma. Robyn has seen tremendous success using EMDR with clients who have participated in traditional talk therapy without getting the relief they were looking for. In addition to EMDR, Robyn uses Psychodynamic therapy to help you understand how your past and current reactions are related.
- Insurances Accepted: Private Pay Only
- LGBTQIA+ Friendly / Affirming
- EMDR
- Telehealth
- Age Group: Adults (18+)
- Language(s) Spoken: English
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PLEASE NOTE: We do not currently have capacity to accept incoming client inquiries for this free program. We are focusing solely on fulfilling our current open inquiries. Any inquiries received after 11/1/23 will be put on a waitlist until further notice.