Therapists in 90403
Julia de Roulet
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, LPCC
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90403
My therapy practice focuses on helping adults and teenagers, including those struggling with disordered eating, trauma, anxiety, or the challenges and transitions of parenthood.
My therapy practice focuses on helping adults and teenagers, including those struggling with disordered eating, trauma, anxiety, or the challenges and transitions of parenthood.
Denise Maratos
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD, EdM
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Do you need support finding your life’s purpose? Do you feel overwhelmed? Do you find it difficult to feel pain and face your shadows? While considering the whole person- heart, soul, mind and body, I trust that you enter therapy having the insight you need to navigate your distress. I use the term "depth emergence" to explain my orientation and approach. It stems from depth psychology, which emphasizes gaining access to the unconscious and bringing it into consciousness. While increasing awareness we derive meaning, evolve, and transform.
Do you need support finding your life’s purpose? Do you feel overwhelmed? Do you find it difficult to feel pain and face your shadows? While considering the whole person- heart, soul, mind and body, I trust that you enter therapy having the insight you need to navigate your distress. I use the term "depth emergence" to explain my orientation and approach. It stems from depth psychology, which emphasizes gaining access to the unconscious and bringing it into consciousness. While increasing awareness we derive meaning, evolve, and transform.
Noelle McCutchen
MSW, PCC
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90403
I am a certified life coach and help my clients gather a life they love! Are you looking for more fulfillment and balance in your life? Feeling like you need to reconnect with your life purpose or find it? Are you feeling anxious or depressed? Longing to make change in your life but don't know where to begin? Is something inside of you longing to be heard? Are you looking to deepen connections and strengthen your relationships? Looking for a career change? Want more abundance and joy? Going through some challenging choices and feeling stuck?
I am a certified life coach and help my clients gather a life they love! Are you looking for more fulfillment and balance in your life? Feeling like you need to reconnect with your life purpose or find it? Are you feeling anxious or depressed? Longing to make change in your life but don't know where to begin? Is something inside of you longing to be heard? Are you looking to deepen connections and strengthen your relationships? Looking for a career change? Want more abundance and joy? Going through some challenging choices and feeling stuck?
Heather Simons
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90403
I am passionate about working with adolescents, adults, and couples who are seeking support with a wide range of issues, including shame, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and concerns related to relationships, life transitions, sexuality, and identity. To meet the unique needs of each client, I draw on a range of therapeutic modalities and perspectives, including psychodynamic, somatic, family systems, parts work, and mindfulness techniques. I am also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). I come to my work as a therapist with compassion, warmth, humor, and honesty.
I am passionate about working with adolescents, adults, and couples who are seeking support with a wide range of issues, including shame, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and concerns related to relationships, life transitions, sexuality, and identity. To meet the unique needs of each client, I draw on a range of therapeutic modalities and perspectives, including psychodynamic, somatic, family systems, parts work, and mindfulness techniques. I am also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). I come to my work as a therapist with compassion, warmth, humor, and honesty.
Dr. Andrea F Polard
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90403 (Online Only)
Thank you for reaching out, which is a first, brave step in finding the therapist you like -the best predictor for therapeutic success. I feel blessed in my role as a therapist and deeply love my work. My clients suffer from depression, new relational wounds, old wounds and trauma, stress, anxiety, autism, and/or LGBTQ+ related problems. Because happiness and success depend on a sense of interconnectedness, my clients often seek to improve the quality of their relationships to themselves (inner peace, self-love, mindfulness, clarity), others (e.g., partnerships, parents, friends, employers), and the universe that can seem so cold.
Thank you for reaching out, which is a first, brave step in finding the therapist you like -the best predictor for therapeutic success. I feel blessed in my role as a therapist and deeply love my work. My clients suffer from depression, new relational wounds, old wounds and trauma, stress, anxiety, autism, and/or LGBTQ+ related problems. Because happiness and success depend on a sense of interconnectedness, my clients often seek to improve the quality of their relationships to themselves (inner peace, self-love, mindfulness, clarity), others (e.g., partnerships, parents, friends, employers), and the universe that can seem so cold.
Darrell Walters
Psychologist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Dan Siegel and the team at the Mindsight Institute to develop resources based on an interpersonal neurobiology approach, including best-selling books such as The Whole-Brain Child, No-Drama Discipline, and Brainstorm.
I specialize in working with individuals and families to overcome neurodevelopmental and life-adjustment challenges using a strength-based approach. My areas of expertise include executive functioning issues such as ADHD, moodiness and depression, and anxiety resulting from high academic pressure, life stress, or divorce. I also have a strong background in addressing technology-related issues, including healthy-mind balance, boundary setting, and mindfulness practices for relaxation and increased frustration tolerance.
Dan Siegel and the team at the Mindsight Institute to develop resources based on an interpersonal neurobiology approach, including best-selling books such as The Whole-Brain Child, No-Drama Discipline, and Brainstorm.
I specialize in working with individuals and families to overcome neurodevelopmental and life-adjustment challenges using a strength-based approach. My areas of expertise include executive functioning issues such as ADHD, moodiness and depression, and anxiety resulting from high academic pressure, life stress, or divorce. I also have a strong background in addressing technology-related issues, including healthy-mind balance, boundary setting, and mindfulness practices for relaxation and increased frustration tolerance.
Natalia Boucher
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Welcome! The challenges of everyday living can seem overwhelming. Life at times presents us with struggles and setbacks, but sometimes the same problems will keep on recurring unless you make a change. Therapy can help you find the underlying causes of why you feel the way you do and finally move towards relief. I would be honored to work together with you on your journey of self-discovery, healing, and growth. My therapy style offers a safe, warm and compassionate environment while encouraging my clients to recognize their strengths and weaknesses within themselves.
Welcome! The challenges of everyday living can seem overwhelming. Life at times presents us with struggles and setbacks, but sometimes the same problems will keep on recurring unless you make a change. Therapy can help you find the underlying causes of why you feel the way you do and finally move towards relief. I would be honored to work together with you on your journey of self-discovery, healing, and growth. My therapy style offers a safe, warm and compassionate environment while encouraging my clients to recognize their strengths and weaknesses within themselves.
Sheila K Bost
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90403
A warm welcome to individuals, couples & families! I specialize in helping you move from emotional distress & confusion to enhanced well being. Old family wounds or traumas, small or large, may be holding you back from your full life. You may have only a smidgen of hope. We can build on that hope. Perhaps you gained insight into yourself and your relationships from the on Enneagram or Myers-Briggs. We can build on your insights. You have lived in emotional turmoil way too long! Make one small step forward now! I have witnessed people moving from a place of hopelessness to freedom & deliverance from old lies.
A warm welcome to individuals, couples & families! I specialize in helping you move from emotional distress & confusion to enhanced well being. Old family wounds or traumas, small or large, may be holding you back from your full life. You may have only a smidgen of hope. We can build on that hope. Perhaps you gained insight into yourself and your relationships from the on Enneagram or Myers-Briggs. We can build on your insights. You have lived in emotional turmoil way too long! Make one small step forward now! I have witnessed people moving from a place of hopelessness to freedom & deliverance from old lies.
Lisa Chester-Schyman
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90403
I provide a safe and compassionate environment to support you in your life journey and its many challenges. Through our work together you will develop a deeper understanding of yourself, which will allow you to navigate the murky waters of life, manage transitions, and live a life filled with meaning. Together we will explore your true nature and I will support you to find more comfort in your life by teaching you tools to overcome obstacles to your emotional well-being. Our collaboration will allow you to move through the more challenging times in your life with a greater sense of ease. I work with adults, teens, and adolescents.
I provide a safe and compassionate environment to support you in your life journey and its many challenges. Through our work together you will develop a deeper understanding of yourself, which will allow you to navigate the murky waters of life, manage transitions, and live a life filled with meaning. Together we will explore your true nature and I will support you to find more comfort in your life by teaching you tools to overcome obstacles to your emotional well-being. Our collaboration will allow you to move through the more challenging times in your life with a greater sense of ease. I work with adults, teens, and adolescents.
La Vie Counseling Centers
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Whether you need help for yourself personally, or for your marriage or relationship, or you need help with your children or family, we can help.
Are you scrolling through all these profiles but can’t decide which one is best for you? We can help. Are you trying to save your relationship? Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, or behaviors you can't seem to change? We have been helping people just like you for over 40 years. If you are concerned about how much it costs, we have a wide range of specialties and fees, and because of the size of our group we are able to carefully match you with a therapist that is personally best for you. We have experienced therapists on staff, Christian therapists on staff, and we have been helping people since 1980.
Whether you need help for yourself personally, or for your marriage or relationship, or you need help with your children or family, we can help.
Are you scrolling through all these profiles but can’t decide which one is best for you? We can help. Are you trying to save your relationship? Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, or behaviors you can't seem to change? We have been helping people just like you for over 40 years. If you are concerned about how much it costs, we have a wide range of specialties and fees, and because of the size of our group we are able to carefully match you with a therapist that is personally best for you. We have experienced therapists on staff, Christian therapists on staff, and we have been helping people since 1980.
Adriana Garcia
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Additionally I have extensive experience in working with children and families and I am very passionate about the work I do with my clients and the growth that develops; therapy is a brave step towards healing.
Change is possible and I believe therapy is a place where you can explore the challenges and achievements that make our lives feel more fulfilled. My approach to therapy is one of empathy, collaboration and practicality. I like to make therapy fun, engaging, and a safe place for you to comfortably explore your emotions and learn new healthy coping skills to support your growth. I have a passion for helping others achieve more fulfillment and balance in their lives. My goal is to provide a safe space to explore feelings that may contribute to ongoing difficulties, re-process experiences, and ultimately co-create your next chapter.
Additionally I have extensive experience in working with children and families and I am very passionate about the work I do with my clients and the growth that develops; therapy is a brave step towards healing.
Change is possible and I believe therapy is a place where you can explore the challenges and achievements that make our lives feel more fulfilled. My approach to therapy is one of empathy, collaboration and practicality. I like to make therapy fun, engaging, and a safe place for you to comfortably explore your emotions and learn new healthy coping skills to support your growth. I have a passion for helping others achieve more fulfillment and balance in their lives. My goal is to provide a safe space to explore feelings that may contribute to ongoing difficulties, re-process experiences, and ultimately co-create your next chapter.
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Dr. Faith Szalay
Psychologist, PsyD, MA
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90403 (Online Only)
My practice is devoted to working with adults, adolescents and couples to help them deal with difficulties in their relationships and in their personal lives. I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist, and I am continually honored and intrigued by being able to help people in their lives. I received my degrees (Summa Cum Laude) from Washington University, and my doctorate in Psychology is from CSPP. In addition to my years of work in private practice, my experience includes years of intensive supervised client counseling, and now I am a supervisor at a well established clinic, in addition to my practice.
My practice is devoted to working with adults, adolescents and couples to help them deal with difficulties in their relationships and in their personal lives. I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist, and I am continually honored and intrigued by being able to help people in their lives. I received my degrees (Summa Cum Laude) from Washington University, and my doctorate in Psychology is from CSPP. In addition to my years of work in private practice, my experience includes years of intensive supervised client counseling, and now I am a supervisor at a well established clinic, in addition to my practice.
Natalie Badawy
Marriage & Family Therapist Intern, MA, APCC, AMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90403 (Online Only)
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.
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.
Renee Curry
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90403
I also enjoy creating doll play centered therapy groups for minority children impacted by adultification bias.
Let go of anxiety, work related stress, and unhealthy coping behaviors. Learn new skills for healthy peer cultivation, trustworthiness, and release anxiety related to traumatic events. This is the best time to cultivate sound skills for better life decisions including "moving on", forgiveness, and healing from trauma related events!
I also enjoy creating doll play centered therapy groups for minority children impacted by adultification bias.
Let go of anxiety, work related stress, and unhealthy coping behaviors. Learn new skills for healthy peer cultivation, trustworthiness, and release anxiety related to traumatic events. This is the best time to cultivate sound skills for better life decisions including "moving on", forgiveness, and healing from trauma related events!
Alexa Altman
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90403
I have a gentle, innovative, creative approach to therapy, where my goal is to connect clients to their own sense of resilience and their unique internal healing resources. I believe that each individual has an innate blueprint for health, which can be accessed through trusting the process, slowing down, and deepening the connection to oneself and the present moment.
I have a gentle, innovative, creative approach to therapy, where my goal is to connect clients to their own sense of resilience and their unique internal healing resources. I believe that each individual has an innate blueprint for health, which can be accessed through trusting the process, slowing down, and deepening the connection to oneself and the present moment.
James Alexander Nicholas
Pre-Licensed Professional, JD, ACSW, CBP
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Not accepting new clients
James Nicholas is a Certified Bodynamic Psychoanalyst serving Southern California and is one of the North American training coordinators for Bodynamic International. James is an attorney and member in good standing of the California Bar as well as an associate clinical social worker licensed in California. He received his B.A. in philosophy and history from UCLA, his J.D. from Northwestern University, and his M.S.W. from USC.
James Nicholas is a Certified Bodynamic Psychoanalyst serving Southern California and is one of the North American training coordinators for Bodynamic International. James is an attorney and member in good standing of the California Bar as well as an associate clinical social worker licensed in California. He received his B.A. in philosophy and history from UCLA, his J.D. from Northwestern University, and his M.S.W. from USC.
Eleanor Haspel-Portner
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90403
At age 28, I divorced my husband, wrote a book about the pain of leaving a marriage, and became a single mother with two children under the age of 5.
Are you at an important crossroad in your life? Has your marriage/relationship lost its luster? Learn the skills of Imago Dialogue to rekindle your love and feel the joy of love in your life again. I effectively blend therapies so you'll get results. When you focus on connecting with your inner wisdom and knowing, you achieve balance in all areas of your life with a sense of conscious fulfillment that turns your dreams into reality. Achieve your goals and thrive. Change your choices, change your life. Call me now: (310) 403-4347.
At age 28, I divorced my husband, wrote a book about the pain of leaving a marriage, and became a single mother with two children under the age of 5.
Are you at an important crossroad in your life? Has your marriage/relationship lost its luster? Learn the skills of Imago Dialogue to rekindle your love and feel the joy of love in your life again. I effectively blend therapies so you'll get results. When you focus on connecting with your inner wisdom and knowing, you achieve balance in all areas of your life with a sense of conscious fulfillment that turns your dreams into reality. Achieve your goals and thrive. Change your choices, change your life. Call me now: (310) 403-4347.
Meme Rhee
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, MFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Santa Monica, CA 90403 (Online Only)
As a certified psychoanalyst, I specialize in treating teens and adults who struggle with depression; intense anxiety; obsessive-compulsive symptoms including invasive, disturbing thoughts; intolerable, painful emotions; high-conflict relationships; impulsive behaviors including suicidal and self-injurious behavior; substance and/or alcohol abuse; eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Our collaboration strives to help you find internal harmony. My method of investigation of the mind is designed to help you gain clarity in your thinking, achieve emotional containment and experience self-empowerment.
As a certified psychoanalyst, I specialize in treating teens and adults who struggle with depression; intense anxiety; obsessive-compulsive symptoms including invasive, disturbing thoughts; intolerable, painful emotions; high-conflict relationships; impulsive behaviors including suicidal and self-injurious behavior; substance and/or alcohol abuse; eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Our collaboration strives to help you find internal harmony. My method of investigation of the mind is designed to help you gain clarity in your thinking, achieve emotional containment and experience self-empowerment.
Laure Weber
Psychologist, Psy, D
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Waitlist for new clients
Have you often thought about "going to therapy" but can't quite dial a therapist's number? It can be scary to make that first call but also uplifting and perhaps it will give you a sense of hope.
Have you often thought about "going to therapy" but can't quite dial a therapist's number? It can be scary to make that first call but also uplifting and perhaps it will give you a sense of hope.
Dana Season
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Santa Monica, CA 90403
It can be so difficult to make that first step towards change, joy, gratitude, health, prosperity, fulfillment, love, deep connection and more. If you have made it to this page then you have already taken the first step. By gaining insight and understanding into what drives our decision-making process, we have the opportunity to create real, effective and long lasting change.
It can be so difficult to make that first step towards change, joy, gratitude, health, prosperity, fulfillment, love, deep connection and more. If you have made it to this page then you have already taken the first step. By gaining insight and understanding into what drives our decision-making process, we have the opportunity to create real, effective and long lasting change.
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Child Therapists
Child psychologists in 90403 provide mental health therapy to children and are experts in child development.
Every comprehensive review of therapy with children shows that all credible approaches, when performed by a competent mental health clinician, produce almost the same results. About half of all kids will get better. Of those that improve, 80% will show progress in a relatively short time (likely in fewer than six sessions), the remaining 20% will need longer-term support.
The best child therapists in 90403 build great relationships with the child and the parent. They also see the child's strengths and are open to hearing the child's possible solutions to the challenges the child faces. Finally, a good therapist appreciates the child's culture and is sensitive to the values of the child's community.
Every comprehensive review of therapy with children shows that all credible approaches, when performed by a competent mental health clinician, produce almost the same results. About half of all kids will get better. Of those that improve, 80% will show progress in a relatively short time (likely in fewer than six sessions), the remaining 20% will need longer-term support.
The best child therapists in 90403 build great relationships with the child and the parent. They also see the child's strengths and are open to hearing the child's possible solutions to the challenges the child faces. Finally, a good therapist appreciates the child's culture and is sensitive to the values of the child's community.