Kiara Bernhart,Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Kiara Bernhart,Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

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Professions: Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist - 107773
Billing and Insurance:

I don't currently accept insurance, but I can provide documentation if clients wish to submit to an insurance company for "out of network" benefit coverage

Fees: $150 per a 50-minute session
Free Initial Consultation
Weekend Availability
Evening Availability

Offices

Los Angeles, California 90293

My Approach to Helping

Behind each difficult emotion or experience, lies a valuable lesson about who we are. To get through life and its obstacles we need connection, compassion and acceptance. In the therapeutic space, I offer a non judgmental look into how you came to be, so that feelings can be felt and not shut out. By inviting these feelings in and processing them together, we challenge our avoidancefear so you be seen right where you are at. This compassionate approach rebuilds the relationship with yourself and gets to the root of change. Change does not come from saying "this is where I want to be and I'm not there now."
It happens when we start to understand the purpose a behavior or feeling serves within us. That's where I come in. Together we can start to understand and reframe our behaviors as adaptive to our experiences in life, creating immense compassion and acceptance for who we are right now. From that fortified place, we can begin to build new ways of existing.
When we understand ourselves, our pain, trauma or life experience, the need to repeat unhealthy behaviors or exacerbate negative feelings decreases. I am here to collaborate with you on how to rebuild a relationship with yourself with awareness of your desires and needs, goals and limitations. All with compassion and strength. Spanish services offered also!

More Info About My Practice

I work via Telehealth.

My Role as a Therapist

My role as a therapist is connecting you to you. I can only help guide you to your own truth and not define that for you. You have a wealth of experience and emotion that is not wrong or abnormal, but, in fact, actually valuable information about where you want to be and how you want to feel. I am a collaborator and guide to uncover some of that information and help you get more aligned with your needs and feelings. As your guide, I will also ask that you listen to your body and breath, which are the most valuables resources for you to feel at home in your own being.

Ages I Work With

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Groups I Work With

    Life Transitions
    Latinoax population
    LGBTQ population
    Women's Issues
    Multicultural Issues

Client Concerns I Treat

  • Abandonment
  • Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Academic Concerns
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Aging and Geriatric Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Bipolar
  • Body Image
  • Breakup
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Communication Problems
  • Control Issues
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Emptiness
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Family Problems
  • Fear
  • Forgiveness
  • Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
  • Identity Issues
  • Immigration issues
  • Inadequacy
  • Individuation
  • Irritability
  • Isolation
  • Jealousy
  • LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Issues
  • Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
  • Multicultural Concerns
  • Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships
  • Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
  • Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Racism
  • Rejection
  • Relationships and Marriage
  • Religious Issues
  • Self-Care
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Love
  • Sexual Assault / Abuse
  • Sexuality / Sex Therapy
  • Shame
  • Social Anxiety / Phobia
  • Somatization
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Trust Issues
  • Women's Issues
  • Worry
  • Worthlessness
  • Young Adult Issues

Types of Therapy


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