Therapist in Encino, CA
If you feel stuck in painful relationship patterns, overwhelmed by confusing emotions, or disconnected from yourself despite doing everything “right,” you are not alone. Many of the people I work with have spent years trying to understand why they keep having the same struggles with the people closest to them, why certain situations affect them so deeply, or why insight alone has not created the change they have hoped for.
I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT #53759) with nearly twenty years of experience helping people make sense of their relationships and inner lives. As an Encino therapist, I work with residents across the San Fernando Valley and beyond, navigating relationship patterns, major life transitions, and the attachment wounds that quietly shape adulthood.
My office is located at 16530 Ventura Blvd #400 in the heart of Encino, offering a private, easily accessible space for in-person sessions. For those who prefer the flexibility of meeting from anywhere, I also offer online sessions to clients throughout California.
Why Encino Residents Choose My Practice
Many of the people I work with are capable in many areas of their lives but find themselves struggling in ways that are harder to make sense of. You may be managing work, relationships, parenting, or major life changes while also feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or frustrated that the same reactions and relationship patterns keep returning. My approach is attachment-based and trauma-informed, so we look at the patterns showing up in your life and relationships now and how earlier experiences may still be influencing the way you respond when something feels difficult.
By the time people reach out to me, they have often already read books, listened to podcasts, practiced coping skills, gone to therapy, or spent years trying to figure things out on their own. Those efforts can be genuinely helpful. But you can understand a pattern very well and still find yourself reacting in familiar ways when you feel hurt, criticized, rejected, or unsure where you stand with someone. Therapy creates room to understand those reactions in the moment and gives you more choice in how you respond.
Sessions with me are active and collaborative. I offer concrete strategies, frameworks, and suggestions for navigating what is happening right now, thoughtfully adapted to your situation rather than pulled from a generic list. Therapy can also offer experiences that may be different from what you are used to in other relationships: being understood without having to explain yourself perfectly, staying connected when something feels uncomfortable, or working through a difficult moment without assuming it means the relationship is ruined. Over time, recognizing these patterns earlier can help you pause before reacting, express your needs more clearly in relationships, and respond to conflict with more flexibility instead of automatically falling into familiar patterns.
Therapy Services Available in Encino
I offer in-person therapy in Encino for adults and couples, with specialties in trauma therapy, attachment-based therapy, dating and relationship therapy, couples therapy, and therapy for parents. My work is trauma-informed and looks at how you react when you feel hurt, misunderstood, or unsure of where you stand, how you navigate closeness and conflict, and how earlier experiences may still influence those patterns today.
Trauma Therapy
Make sense of how painful or overwhelming experiences may continue to affect your emotions, relationships, reactions, and the way you see yourself.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Look at how earlier experiences with closeness, comfort, conflict, and repair may shape what you expect from relationships and how you respond today.
Therapy for Dating and Relationships
Identify recurring dating and relationship patterns, including who you are drawn to, what keeps happening in your relationships, and what you want from a partner or relationship.
Couples Therapy
Recognize the cycle that takes over during conflict, distance, or disconnection, and work toward feeling more heard, understood, and connected.
Therapy for Parents
Understand the reactions that come up in difficult parenting moments so you can respond with more choice and be the parent you intend to be.
What to Expect From Encino Therapy Sessions
Sessions often start with whatever is most pressing in your life right now: a conflict, anxiety, relationship strain, or a reaction that left you wondering why it affected you so strongly. We slow the moment down to understand what the situation brought up for you, what you felt, what you feared or expected, and how you responded. From there, we can follow the thread between what is happening now and earlier experiences that may still be influencing these reactions.
At times, the work may focus more on making sense of a recurring pattern, while at others the emphasis may be on concrete strategies for a situation you are dealing with right now. We may also pay attention to what happens between us in therapy, especially when you feel
uncomfortable or misunderstood, or when something feels difficult to talk about. Over time, we develop a clearer picture of the patterns that tend to take over and what helps you respond differently.
Here is what getting started looks like:
- Free thirty-minute phone consultation to see if we are a good fit
- Intake paperwork completed through my secure online portal before your first session
- First scheduled session, typically fifty to sixty minutes, to begin the work together
Convenient Location on Ventura Boulevard
My office is located at 16530 Ventura Blvd #400, Encino, CA 91436, offering easy access for clients throughout the San Fernando Valley, including Sherman Oaks, Tarzana, Studio City, Woodland Hills, and Calabasas. On-site parking is available, along with ample free parking nearby. As an Encino therapist, I see clients in a private, quiet office designed to feel calm and discreet from the moment you walk in.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you offer in-person therapy in Encino?
Yes. I offer in-person therapy in Encino at my Ventura Boulevard office, as well as online sessions for clients across California. Many clients choose a hybrid format, meeting in person when their schedule allows and online when it does not.
What issues do you help with as an Encino therapist?
As an Encino therapist, I offer attachment-based therapy, trauma therapy, couples therapy, dating and relationship therapy, and therapy for parents. Each service draws on the same underlying approach: understanding the patterns beneath the issue that brought you in, not just addressing what shows up on the surface.
How do I get started?
