Find therapists in Encino

Jackie Allen

I work with creative, sensitive, and intuitive young adults in California who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from their inner voice. I offer a supportive space to explore, heal, and reconnect with your authentic self while navigating life transitions, anxiety, self-doubt, and creative blocks. My approach blends traditional talk therapy with creative and intuitive practices such as expressive arts therapy, creativity coaching, tarot, and dreamwork.

Rachael Troy

I work with both individuals and couples who are hoping to grow and change out of the dysfunctional patterns that no longer serve them. Whether it be depression, anxiety, relationship issues, life transitions, or trauma, I help to build a secure and supportive therapeutic relationship to explore and work through these issues collaboratively and with respect for your courage for engaging in therapy. Its not always easy to face our pain head-on and to trust someone else to hold that space with us.

Liam McAuliffe

My clients are soulful individuals and couples who are serious about healing the root causes of pain and conflict. This journey means connecting with the deep wisdom of your psyche and becoming more courageous, vulnerable, empathic, and accountable in all areas of your life. Many of my clients describe themselves as people for whom talk therapy "hit a wall" and who are looking for a therapist who can help integrate the spiritual process of "waking up" with the emotional process of "growing up."

Marissa Krupat

You might be seeking therapy for support with a specific challenge or simply for a safe space to explore your thoughts, emotions, fears, and struggles. My goal is to create an environment where compassionate curiosity thrives, free of judgment. I deeply respect each individual's personal journey and am committed to working with you to discover greater peace and fulfillment by exploring and nurturing your unique strengths and abilities.

Omer Harari

I offer support for those who feel like they're carrying the weight of the world-maybe it's a past trauma, anxiety, or strained relationships. You could be wrestling with vulnerability, exploring identity in LGBTQ+ spaces, a couple striving for deeper connection, a creative looking to unleash your potential, or an expat navigating the challenges of living abroad.

Dr. Alexus Martinez

I strive to create a safe and affirming space for clients to engage and connect with their whole self. I am passionate about working with individuals, partners, young adults and the LGBTQIA+ community struggling with libido, erectile issues, self-esteem, trauma, spirituality, desire discrepancy, infidelity, intimacy, gender identity, and sexual orientation. My ideal clients are ready to fully show up and claim their pleasure.

David Strah

My clients are a diverse group of people ranging from age 14-70 and representing all genders, sexual orientations and many races.

Eric Katende

Reaching out for help is one of the most humbling experiences we can go through in life. In a world that is constantly pushing narratives on us based on race, gender, sexuality and/or dominant cultural beliefs, it is life-affirming to engage preferred narratives that support and empower our own values. In difficult times it is easy to feel misunderstood or lost, longing to reconnect with our own resources. My work aims for those reconnections.

Lucy Cotter

My couples and individual clients have many varied backgrounds, professions, and world views. I consider my clients to be the experts on their own experiences as they teach me about their unique histories, cultures, orientations, and preferences. As a fine artist, I often work with creative clients such as artists, writers, directors, musicians, and actors. I look forward to learning about you and your own lived experiences.

Molly Nestor Kaye

I tend to work with folks who are curious about themselves, others, and the human condition in general. My clients often come to therapy recognizing that they have endured relational and/or societal trauma and knowing how it impacts them. However, they feel unsure of how to reckon with, heal, and integrate their traumatic experiences. My clients are ready to live more expansively, have more balanced relationships, and feel more grounded in their daily life but need support to get there.

Paulina Izzo

Are you tired of anxiety and worry running your life? Is your to do list piling up and you just can't find the energy to get things done? Have you become your own biggest critic? I want to work with you to take back your life and become your most authentic self. I work with a full range of clients (children, adults, couples, families) and specialize in depression, anxiety, and trauma.

Ryan Muldoon

I have extensive experience working with teenagers and adults who face issues with anxiety, depression, ADHD, addiction, trauma, self-esteem and more. My clients tend to be curious and creative. They're empathetic, smart, and funny. And my 10+ years in the entertainment industry provides me with personal insight to help those in the creative community.

Andrea Haro

My clients are ready for change. They are ready to take action to stop the ruminations, catastrophic thinking, and change the limited beliefs that have hindered them for too long. Their bodies have been burdened by it, often carrying tension and unexplained pains. Their relationships have been negatively impacted by it, including the most crucial one with themselves. They want to discard harmful old patterns, have more agency, and reach for their joys rather than fleeing from fears.

Beth Kiacz

I support individuals in all realms of understanding themselves, especially at the intersections of neurodiversity, sexuality, and queerness. Together, we will reconnect somatically with your body, tapping into its natural navigation system and your internal voice that guides you forward. I also offer free gender health letters.

Margo De La Cruz

If you are feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in survival mode—you are not alone. Together, we will quiet the internal noise, build your capacity for the hard stuff, and reconnect you to a steadier, more rooted sense of self. I often work with clients navigating trauma, relational ruptures, and the emotional weight that comes with healing. Our work is about finding clarity, creating compassion, and expanding what feels possible.

Toby Barron

For over 10 years, I've gotten to help clients navigate: gender identity, medical & social gender transition, GAS surgery prep & letters, coming out, self-esteem, HIV/AIDS, nonmonogamy, kink, stigma, & building healthy relationships. My liberation-focused framework is collaborative, affirming, & intersectional. Beyond queer-specific issues, my focus also includes EMDR, trauma recovery, PTSD, ADHD, autism, neurodiversity, depression, anxiety, & recovery from unhealthy/narcissistic relationships.

Kristi Dechairo Ahern

Are there moments when you feel overwhelmed, tired of feeling stressed, anxious, and discouraged from life events that are out of your control? Maybe you have experienced a significant trauma or loss like a relationship ending, a job loss, a move, loss of financial security, or the death of a loved one? All life changes both positive and negative can throw you into grief, a state of disequilibrium, where you struggle to find a new normal or you experience difficulties in your relationships.

David Watson

Finding meaning in life, healing, becoming whole again, & thriving (not just surviving) are examples of potential goals for our time together. Within that framework, we can customize our work to meet and embrace your unique personality & needs. A couple of meaningful quotes: “You are not meant for crawling. So don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly." ~ Jalal al-Din Rumi (13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic) “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” ~ Carl Jung

Sabrina Samedi

Feeling stuck? Struggling to identify goals? Feeling as if your body image and relationship to food has become overwhelming? Whether you are having a hard time answering these questions or the answers are ingrained in you, I am here to support you! Authenticity and empowerment are the focus of my therapeutic style. Together, let's take a look at what is and is not serving you in life right now. I work through story, tools and feedback to help clients realign with their true self.

Thomas J. Pier

“The problem is the problem. The person is not the problem.” (Michael White, 1989) I am a relational therapist, group & mindfulness facilitator, educator with a 27+ year career dedicated to companioning individuals & families standing up to challenges in health, healing, grief & loss, life transitions. Many need bolstering facing life’s difficult problems - cancer, grief, dogging mood states (circular worry, anxiety/panic, depression), "urban loneliness," coming out, special-needs parenting.