Michel Horvat, Marriage Counselor in Los Angeles, 90048

Michel Horvat, MA, MFTi

Profession(s):
Marriage & Family Therapy, Counseling, Psychotherapy
License Status:
I'm an intern under supervision
Primary License:
MFT Intern - IMF 66940

My Approach to Helping

I believe everyone has the right to happiness. To that end some of us can use some guidance, support in discovering what s blocking change that can allow happiness to flow. Life can be challenging enough, are we contributing to those challenges or are we maximizing who we are as individuals; living a life that embraces reality and in doing so allows our best self to emerge even in the face of challenges?

More Info About My Practice

I have worked with clients in their seach to redefine themselves in the midst of tumultuous economic times, in a job market that is unpredictable at best - the fear of economic insecurity being at the center of stress in their lives - working to reinvigurate them toward the future.

How My Own Struggles Made Me a Better Therapist

No matter how much training any of us might have had, there is nothing like life experience to show us the challenges that may lie ahead. It is that life experience that allows us to bring clarity and perspective to our work and to turn theoretical orientation into a viable, usable tool when working with clients. It is the mixture of life experience and solid theoretical orientation that makes for effective interventions in that they are based on the stuff of conflict and not just theories in a book. It is the in-vivo experience that comes from having gone through struggles of our own that informs the most effective interventions for our clients.

Services I Provide

Individual Therapy & Counseling
Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
Consultation
Online Counseling / Phone Therapy

Ages I Work With

Teens
Adults
Elders

Languages I Speak

English
Spanish

Groups I Work With

I work with all people. I have experience in addiction/recovery and seek to empower and support my clients to make positive changes in their lives. I work with an LGBTQ affirmative approach - within that community I have worked with couples who are thinking of or have already started families.