I value and enjoy working collaboratively to help you identify and overcome obstacles to inner calm, peace, and happiness. My approach is integrative and customized to address each individual client’s life circumstances, needs, and wishes. Client-centered, our work together can embrace advanced evidenced-based treatments, as well as explore h
"Why can't I get it together"? "It feels like all that I have gone through in my life has made me fearful, frightened, stuck! I need help."
"Am I just stuck being this way because of my trauma?" "Will I ever heal?" "My relationships, me, my job all seem to be in a standstill and I can't get out of this r
CLIENT REVIEWS AND TESTIMONIALS FOR COUPLES THERAPIST Laressa Desmond PhD, LMFT
Welcome! 32 years experience helping Couples in the LA area. My goal is to help you enhance & improve your relationship so that you can leave therapy & live your life. I provide Couples Therapy and Marriage Counseling as well as PreMarital Counseling. As a Relationsh
Relationships can be a source of love, or can cause pain, longing, and consume your time and attention. You may be unsure about staying, have repeated conflicts, or feel you're not getting the love or respect you want. You may not know the cause of your problem, anxiety, or depression, or wonder where your passion went. Perhaps you don't have the f
Do you ever feel like you are doing everything right, but something still feels off? You are successful, self-aware, and highly capable, but beneath the surface, you may feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve you.
I work with high-functioning professionals who are ready for more than just coping. If you are lo
Imagine if you could see one professional to take care of all your emotional needs? Think of the time you could save if you didn't have to make separate visits to a psychotherapist and a psychopharmacologist? Ivy League educated, and well schooled in both psychotherapy and medication management, I know the advantages of a blended approach, and
What if I told you that:
Therapy can be common sense, practical and direct?
That we hold the answers for our own suffering within ourselves?
Learning to treat ourselves with kindness can help us to open up--even fearlessly embrace-- our own pain.
This can be your approach to change and help cease your struggle with anxiety, depression and al
As a certified substance use counselor, family systems coach, biofeedback practitioner, and interventionist, I work to destigmatize and heal trauma, depression, anxiety, and dysfunctional dynamics amongst people of all ages, genders, and communities, non-judgmentally and with a sense of humor. I’m committed to helping individuals and their fa
I became a psychologist because I believe that psychotherapy is effective in helping people who are struggling or wanting to grow. I am as excited to be a part of this process as I was when I began my practice 40 years ago.
What I have learned is that enduring change happens in a therapy relationship that is felt to be safe, supportive, and on
I help people find relief from depression and anxiety and build deeper connections with the ones they love. I will guide you towards a new understanding of how your emotions work and how your relationships operate that will facilitate a shift towards wellness and increase joy. My approach is warm, creative, interactive, and relationship-based. I cr
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