Counseling in Playa Del Rey, CA. Find the Right Therapist.

Has your life been affected by a traumatic event in your life, PTSD or anxiety. While we can't change the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve these challenges in your life. I am an EMDRIA approved EMDR practitioner.

Our early beginnings with those who raise us sets an important developmental path on our journey to adulthood. A missed step, a trauma, or an important figure who misunderstands us is the start of our self-esteem...

Whether you feel weighed down by sadness, consumed by worry, haunted by the past, or unseen in your relationships, I am here to offer you validation and understanding. You are more resilient than you sometimes feel, and you deserve to feel in charge of your own life.

I work with children, adolescents and families and am available in a time of crisis. A crisis for your child or adolescent can occur at any time. It is always best to try to calmly understand, respond and provide care and support.

Downtown LA Office - You can change for the BETTER if you learn new ways of seeing a situation and understand the different possibilities - You can then make different choices and get better results - You don't have to depend on other people for things to improve.

Welcome to my practice. I am a seasoned, experienced psychologist, anger management expert and marriage therapist who is dedicated to teaching you practical and useful tools and thought skills to better deal with your personal, life, or relationship challenges.

As a Marriage & Family Therapist, I am passionate to begin a journey with clients aimed at helping my clients achieve satisfaction and contentment within themselves and in their relationships. I focus on clients obtaining value and results in therapy.

Things were going pretty well for awhile there...but then life got messy. You’re stuck, and you’re hurting. You know it doesn’t HAVE to be this way, but you’re not sure how to work through it on your own. That's why I'm here...to help you find hope through the hurting.

For over forty years, Dr. Brainerd has worked with individuals, couples and families to help them understand and find relief from emotional distress and solutions for troubling and puzzling problems. He combines working on problems with enhancing the quality of life.

Life is not easy. We are presented with difficult situations constantly. It's important to have good skills to work with these situations. I can help you deal with life's challenges in a caring and supportive environment - and even do this with some humor along the way.

As a Christian I want you to know that I will provide you with compassion, empathy, and encouragement to build a strong therapeutic relationship to foster growth in your personal faith and to resolve issues and problems in your life.

I will help you realize your full potential by accessing the internal resources you already have. Therapy can help with managing anxiety, relationship problems, life transitions, stress, depression, parenting, maternal and postnatal issues. Spanish, LGBT affirming.

Everyone is distinctly different and consequently each therapeutic relationship is unique. We all have strengths that we may lose sight of on our journey. You are now at a crossroads and the choice to seek therapy is evidence of a strong desire to heal and grow.