I use solution-focused therapy to build on all clients’ strengths with empathy and, occasionally, humor. I connect with youth through their favorite media and pop culture to develop creative solutions for personal and interpersonal success. Dr. Taitz can collaborate with schools, coaches, and doctors to find the best, integrated approach for you and yours. I specialize in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-i; the gold standard for insomnia treatment), imagery rehearsal therapy (empirically proven for nightmare reduction), and lucid dreaming therapy (a new treatment using your awareness of being in a dream). As improved sleep helps physical and mental health, we will work together to find the best sleep skills for you.

As a queer, trans, or non-binary person, do you feel isolated, depressed, or anxious? Have you been through something confusing, scary, or painful that you are trying to understand, and are struggling to move past? Do you feel like you lack a sense of belonging? Experiences, changes, and shifts within your life might have caused you to feel or engage in behaviors that may be unlike yourself. I believe that in order to feel at ease and live authentically, we need to heal our wounds. Sometimes this can be scary, and together we can unearth your full potential to help you move forward. I specialize in supporting the highly sensitive and empathic members of the LGBTQ+ and transgender community who may also have people-pleasing or perfectionistic tendencies. I enjoy connecting on a human level to help you explore your gender identity, sexual orientation, and process trauma and grief, so that you can live life more authentically. Through talk and somatic therapy techniques, we can work together to bring awareness to your mind, body, and spirit. Together, we can change thought patterns that may be holding you back from feeling joy and continue the healing process. Feel free to check out my website, www.gnecenter.com, for more information and to set up a free consultation phone call to connect!

Would you like to take control of your life? If your goal is to resolve a conflicted relationship, recover from an eating disorder or lose weight, heal hurts from the past, reduce the stress in your life or create more peace and happiness, then I would like to help. My approach to psychotherapy is based on the belief that you, the client, are the best authority on yourself. With my training and experience, together we can collaboratively develop goals and objectives along with a treatment plan that is just right for you, and that will help you to achieve those goals and objectives as quickly and effectively as possible. In addition to traditional talk therapy, I am a Certified EMDR Therapist. EMDR is a form of therapy that is like having an extra "tool in the toolbox". It is significantly useful and helpful for most clients, and often can cut the total length of therapy time in half. For more about this exciting treatment, please see my website or give me a call and we can talk about it.

Are you experiencing overwhelming feelings, struggling with anxiety, depression, or in your relationships? Or maybe you feel that past negative life experiences continually disrupt your ability to positively engage in your life? I want you to know that I find nothing more satisfying than helping you to find stability and supporting you as you develop and embrace the fulfilling life that you deserve. Therapy with me will be a warm, safe, and trusting space in which you can open up and be your true self. I will help you increase your positive coping strategies, while developing your self-understanding, self-acceptance, and communication and relationship skills. I am also a Certified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapist. This is an extensively researched and evidence based treatment, which is recommended by the World Health Organization to resolve negative life experiences, trauma, and PTSD, to help you find faster and more lasting resolution and healing. EMDR can quickly reduce the negative effects of painful or traumatic experiences by accessing your own natural ability to heal. I also have training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. I help couples who are experiencing communication, trust, or other challenges in their relationships. As we work together, I will encourage curiosity instead of judgment, support you in finding and strengthening your inner voice, help you clearly identify and express thoughts and feelings, and foster your increased conscious awareness of your inner workings. Let's work together to understand how you learned to cope earlier in your life, and how some of those strategies may not be as helpful anymore, and then how you can make the changes that you want. My experience includes more than ten years of working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families dealing with a wide range of challenges. These include anxiety, depression, life transitions, griefloss, parenting, physical andor sexual abuse, emotional abuse, low self-esteem, and others.

I have been working as a clinical social worker and therapist for over 40 years. I approach working with clients by thinking about how I would want to be treated and what I would want from a therapist. I believe that healing CAN happen and that it can be done in a gentle way. The two models that I primarily use, EMDR and the Trauma Resiliency Model are very client centered. The premise of both models is that we each have the intrinsic ability to heal. We just need the right guide. My focus is on teaching clients practical skills that can help them day to day in managing their life as well as treating the underlying issues that are causing their present distress. I work together with the client to develop the individualized plan of care that works the best for them.

If you're feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, trauma, relationship stress, or major life transitions, therapy can provide a space to slow down, gain clarity, and begin making meaningful changes. Therapy is collaborative and culturally responsive, grounded in creating a safe and affirming space where you can explore your experiences without judgment. Informed by principles of liberation psychology and social justice, we explore not only individual experiences, but also how culture, identity, and systemic factors influence mental health. Therapy can be a place to process trauma, challenge internalized messages, and reconnect with your genuine self.

Welcome. You may be considering therapy because something in your life is not working the way you want it to. Maybe you feel anxious or depressed, come from a difficult family, are too hard on yourself, are struggling in a relationship, or simply feel burdened without fully understanding why. Therapy can begin with two questions we do not have to answer in advance: What is happening, and what would life look like if things were better? I will not assume I already know either answer. I am a Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. I work collaboratively with adults, couples, and families through telehealth in California. My approach is strengths-based and grounded in a biopsychosocial framework, considering how physical wellbeing, thoughts and emotions, behavior, relationships, and life circumstances interact. I use practical strategies informed by Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I have a particular interest in men’s mental health and development, including emotional regulation, resilience, responsibility, meaning, and changing roles across adulthood. With couples, I draw from the Gottman Method to address communication, conflict, trust, and connection. With families, I draw from Structural Family Therapy concepts to explore relationships, roles, and boundaries. Together, we can identify patterns that may have taken hold, build on what is already working, and develop practical ways to respond differently. You define the direction; I provide clinical perspective, structure, and support.

Trauma shows up in our lives in silent yet indelible ways. Whether it’s via dissociation, anger, self-isolation, or substances, we all have unique ways we learn to unconsciously protect ourselves, so that the past can never repeat; so that we can never be hurt in the same ways ever again. As such, the ghosts from our past continue to haunt us in invisible, unexpected ways. They are unfortunately too insidious to defeat by ourselves. Psychoanalytic therapy can help put these ghosts to rest once and for all. Let’s dream together of new possibilities for your future. I am licensed in CA, NY, NJ, and MA. I love what I do, and I am committed to the health and well-being of everyone I have the privilege of supporting in psychotherapy. I welcome you to reach out for a free consultation.

I take a directive, compassionate, client-led approach to help clients uncover their intuitive truth, develop their creativity, and navigate complex emotions. I work with creatives and neurodivergent clients to help build careers and relationships that support their unique needs. I work with industry professionals, entrepreneurs, and people looking to create or live unique lifestyles. I also do psychedelic integration. I work with clients in polyamorous relationships, kink, LDR, intercultural, and other various relationship styles. I work to help people bring more creativity and energy into their lives. I am also a professional astrologist, energy healer, yoga, meditation, and tantra teacher as well as an ayurvedic practitioner, and an artist, and these services are available as well.

As a contemporary psychoanalyst, my treatment approach is to encourage a free flow of thoughts and feelings which we will listen to and come to understand. I offer practical evocative feedback to help clients address current life challenges and long-standing issues. The results are transformational. With compassion and understanding, individuals are empowered to find their own unique relationship, understanding, and resolution to a wide range of personal concerns and psychological issues. A spectrum of techniques are employed with traditional and current psychoanalytic thinking at the core. Psychotherapy leads to insight, enhanced capacity for love and intimacy; effecting change while enhhancing your experience of having more connected communication, satisfaction, and fulfillment. This growth and development are also pertinent in the areas of business and financial breakthrough. With the integration of complimentary approaches, a variety of methodologies and techniques are incorporated to provide what is most helpful for each individual, couple, family, or group. In a comfortable and professional setting, a highly personalized approach tailored to each client's unique needs allows them to attain the personal growth they are striving for. Together, with each patient, as thoughts and feelings are clarified and worked through, strengths are developed and life goals are attained.

Hi, I’m Ashley Holmes, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and founder of Hope for Growth Therapy. I believe therapy should be a place where you feel safe, understood, and supported, while also being challenged to create meaningful change. My approach is collaborative, compassionate, and tailored to your unique goals. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, life transitions, attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), depression, or stress, we’ll work together to understand what’s keeping you stuck and develop practical tools to help you move forward. My goal is to help you build confidence, strengthen relationships, and create lasting growth, not just symptom relief.

At Avedian Counseling Center, we work with individuals, couples, families and groups with a variety of issues. Our areas of specialty include anxiety, anger, relationship struggles, and stress. We help clients develop communication skills, coping skills, and improve self-esteem by replacing unhealthy beliefs about themselves with a healthier outlook. The combination of using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for building necessary skills, and the use of Gestalt approach for raising awareness of one's behavior, works well for reaching therapy goals. Treatment may be brief to address a problem, and the skills learned for addressing current issues may be used without a therapist for future challenges. Goals are set at the end of each session so that work is continued between sessions. We invite you to use therapy to learn, understand, and challenge the thoughts and behaviors that have not been working for you. Therapy is useful for understanding patterns and lifting symptoms. At Avedian Counseling Center, we do believe that therapy is helpful, yet not necessary for long-term. If your preference is to reduce symptoms immediately, including anxiety andor trauma, Thought Field Therapy (TFT) can be very beneficial.