What are you up against? What are your hopes, dreams and what gets in your way? There are times when we can get caught in an isolating loop of problems which limits our vision, and our story about ourselves gets stuck. Sometimes living in a culture which cements alienation, disconnection, and unrealistic expectations can leave us needing extra emotional support. Other times, we feel called to create new meaning and purpose in our lives. Whatever in your life needs attention, I would like to have the opportunity help you create the change you are seeking.

I see therapy as a relational and collaborative process where you feel safe, supported and able to look at your life’s challenges. Working together, we will determine your goals, focusing on the present while exploring how your past influences the way you see yourself in the world. We will utilize a blend of mind/body practices to invite an aliveness of thought, calm the nervous system, and reawaken channels to your creativity, spontaneity, and resilience.

I’ve been fortunate to have had prior careers in the creative arts which inform my work as a therapist. This life experience, outside my work as a therapist, gives me a broad understanding of what it feels like to work in a demanding, stressful job, and what it means to make big career changes. As a 50+ woman I have grappled with many of the transitions and life stages that so many of us move through, and I have found that even with seemingly impossible challenges come new opportunities to evolve and to connect with ourselves and the world around us.

My approach is pragmatic, strength-based and non-pathologizing. My style is warm, conversational and direct. My intention is to help you create your preferred life. Let’s start with right now. Let’s pause long enough to invite awareness. Let’s get curious about what matters to you and expand what is possible. The first step is to set up a free 15-minute phone consultation so that I can answer any questions you may have and see if we’re a good fit.

I work with both adolescents and adults. My areas of emphasis include:

• Unexpected life events,transitions, and identity issues
• Work related stress, procrastination, and career flux
• Intimate relationship challenges, including disconnection and conflict
• Family strife and parenting
• Anxiety
• Loss and Grief

Member of CA Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)

License no. AMFT 111130

Location
143 N. Larchmont Boulevard Second Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Contact
t: 213.357.0065 
e. laurenmalkasian@gmail.com

My approach to therapy is collaborative. I wholeheartedly believe that you are your own expert on your life. Through therapy, my goal is to help you identify and work through the challenges and obstacles that may be standing in the way of gratifying relationships, a satisfying work life, and living the life you wish to lead. Your problems are not what define you as a person. I am interested in helping you clearly express your strengths, hopes, and values, which may have become lost amidst life’s struggles. I do my best to create a safe and supportive environment with warmth, respect, kindness, curiosity, and a little humor.

While I have broad experience working with persons from diverse backgrounds and experiences, my areas of specialty are:
• Trauma-informed therapy
• Individual/couples/poly with relationship difficulties
• Sexuality and sexual dysfunction
• LGBTQ+ struggles
• Discrimination at work or in personal life
• Use of mindfulness and somatic therapy for anxiety, anger, and pain

With prior careers in kinesiology (exercise physiology) and computer science, I was driven by an interest in helping people live out more meaningful lives. Those interests moved me to pursue a career as a therapist and I completed my degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Southern California. While there, I focused my training on postmodern ideas, non-normative sexual expression, and LGBTQ+ affirmative perspectives. During and after my time at USC, I have been working at The Southern California Counseling (SCCC) Center where I have extended my training to include trauma-informed methodologies. I also have led groups in the community for adults and teens dealing with a host of subjects including mindfulness meditation and managing the effects of anger and anxiety.

I am a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT100462, in Los Angeles under the supervision of Lynne V. Rosen, LCSW19324. Thanks for taking the time to learn more about the way I work. I look forward to learning whether we may be a good fit for working together

License no. AMFT 100462

Location
143 N. Larchmont Boulevard Second Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Contact
t: 706.538.8255 
e. kevin@kevinobryanmft.com

I focus on helping people reconnect with their inner resources, community and innate wisdom, and become more aligned with the relationships they desire and the dreams they hope for. I work with people to help separate themselves from beliefs and stories that are causing them to suffer. Together we do this by gaining insight into conditions and ideas that are overpowering them, and preventing them from the life and relationships they would like. My work with couples focuses on the problems that are preventing couples from their preferred relationship and understanding how they get pulled into these habitual ways of relating.

I use an integrative approach to therapy, based on people’s needs and personality. I believe therapy is a collaborative process, and I endeavor to have conversations that will inspire people to become more clear about what they want their life and relationships to look like. My approach is warm, creative and intuitive. My preference is not to simply use labels to describe people’s experiences, but rather look at the entirety of people’s contexts and encourage them to see how they can use their own strengths and resources to help them navigate and improve their suffering.

My own life and 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry have given me an intimate understanding of the challenges that artistic professionals, couples and parents face. I also have first-hand experience of potential stressors that present themselves when living in a culture and country different from the one you grew up in. I work with individuals, couples and families.

License no. AMFT 124183

Location
252 N. Larchmont Boulevard Suite 202
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Contact
t: 310-402-2833
e: monique.feig.therapy@gmail.com

As a figurative artist, I always had a deep curiosity about people which led me to study psychology at the University of Oregon. While in Oregon, I spent some time working in county mental health programs, eventually running several state-funded mental health adult foster homes. During that time I also became a student of Buddhism, which inspired me to pursue a master’s in psychology and continues to inform my work with clients today. I went on to earn a master’s in clinical psychology from Antioch University. I completed a traineeship in narrative therapy under David Marsten and Larry Zucker at Miracle Mile Community Practice and I am currently seeing clients under the supervision of Larry Zucker. 

The Dalai Lama says, “Every noble work is bound to encounter problems and obstacles.” We don’t often regard our own lives as noble work due to the enormity of the problems we face and the complicated contexts we are living in. It is my intention to help clients see themselves as daring humans living in an extremely difficult world rather than fragile humans living in a perfect world. I view difficult feelings as sacred grounds upon which preferences and values can be built. I assist clients in re-authoring their problems as only a small part of their hero’s journey as they embark upon greater pursuits of meaning. 

License no. AMFT 112832

Location
252 N. Larchmont Boulevard Suite 202
Los Angeles, CA 90004

Contact
t: 323-457-5576
e: r.simone108@gmail.com