Ava Louise Stanton, Psychotherapist in Santa Monica, 90403

Ava Louise Stanton, L.C.S.W.

Profession(s):
Psychotherapy, Clinical Social Work, Mental Health Counseling
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
Primary License:
LCSW - CA 19043

My Approach to Helping

Psychotherapy for Meditators in the Zen, Tibetan and Mindfulness-Based Traditions

As a mediator, have you noticed distressing thoughts and feelings that repeat in way that clouds your judgment or saps your confidence? Whether you are a long time mediator or new to mediation, I invite you to consider psychotherapy as a way to enhance you meditation practice by approaching repeating mental, emotional and behavioral patterns in a new way.

As a long-time meditator and an experienced psychotherapist, I would be pleased to work with you. I have found that psychotherapy has helped my meditation practice and that my meditation practice has helped me in my own therapy and as a therapist. With open willingness and honesty, real change can come.

While we can't control the ceaseless change of our lives, we can find ways to ease some of the helplessness and isolation of long-standing pain patterns. The protected nature of therapy provides safety that can help restore your dignity, your sense of humor and your trust in your intuitive wholeness.

I work with people who are struggling with anxiety or depression, relationship problems and other difficult circumstances, including chronic emotional and physical illness and long-standing struggles from early difficulties in your lives.

There is more information about my meditation background and current work, and about adults with other concerns that I work with, on my website, listed above and on Psychology Today. You do not have to be a meditator to come see me in therapy.

More Info About My Practice

My hourly fee is $150.00 an hour. If this is more than you can afford, please contact me; almost always I find a way to make a lower fee arrangement that works.

If I am listed as a provider on your insurance, I accept your co-payment and the insurance company payment. Please call your insurance to find out what your current co-payment is, if you have a deductible, if you have a limited number of sessions authorized, and if you need an authorization number before you start using your mental health benefit. If I am not listed as an insurance provider, I will give you a bill you can submit to your insurance for reimbursement.