Nicole Moore is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who works with families, couples, adults, and children. She earned her master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University and specializes in the treatment of trauma (including dissociative disorders and complex developmental trauma), depression, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and neurodiverse couples.
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Nicole Moore is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who works with families, couples, adults, and children. She earned her master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University and specializes in the treatment of trauma (including dissociative disorders and complex developmental trauma), depression, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and neurodiverse couples. Using traditional and alternative modalities such as attachment theory, EMDR, and mindfulness, Nicole strives to make a genuine connection with each individual to help inform her approach.
Dr Ali Arena is passionate about social cognition, language processing, executive functioning, creating meaningful friendships & relationships for my clients. She has dedicated her education and career to finding the best communication patterns and behavior changes required to navigate the ever-changing social world. Ali’s background is unique as she is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She holds an Autism, Trauma-Informed Care, Level 1A Social Thinking Practitioner, UCLA Peers, and Neurodiverse Couples Counseling certifications. Lastly, Ali’s Doctorate focus was unique, to say the least as it addressed the dating intricacies of those on the Autism Spectrum which lead her to develop unique coaching practices for individuals with social learning differences (including Asperger’s syndrome, high functioning autism, ADD/ADHD, and those without a formal diagnosis but who struggle in the social world). She believes that anyone who had trauma in their life can benefit from direct communication intervention to learn ways to communicate their true needs and desire, to effectively communicate boundaries, and learn the different ways your communication style can work for you or against you.
Elizabeth Kromhout is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Early in her high school years, she discovered an aversion toward traditional cliques. This inspired her to take on the challenge of beginning college two years early. At the age of 22, Elizabeth graduated from Pepperdine University with her Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. Being so young when she started her practice, she quickly realized her ability to relate, understand and comprehend the anguish many of her teenage clients were experiencing. Elizabeth found such enjoyment working with teenage clients, it became her specialty. Elizabeth has been running a private practice in Santa Monica since 2012. Her favorite clients to work with are families facing extraordinary challenges, and she takes a special interest in kids who were adopted at birth and face difficulties during their teenage years.
The goal in life isn’t just to be happy. It’s to feel the entire span of human emotions and be okay with it. By gaining this strength, one can stop reacting to the external environment and sit with emotions as they come and go while remaining centered and becoming one’s authentic self.
Elizabeth believes the therapeutic process should be interactive and is aggressive, while empathic, in her attempts to help people search for their truth. She’s most interested in human connection. What makes you you? What do you think about? What hurts?
https://lateentherapist.com
Through her work with children in various settings, and her experience growing up with a brother on the autism spectrum, Maja has developed an understanding of how powerful communication is for all people. Maja holds a degree in Child Development, and she is also a graduate of The Second City in Hollywood where she studied improvisation and sketch comedy. Maja works as a Social and Emotional Learning Specialist and creates inclusive opportunities where the curriculum is designed to allow children and young adults to reach their highest potential in whichever way they feel most comfortable.
Marla Frees is a transformational consciousness coach, author, and psychic medium. Marla has dedicated her life to helping others discover their own intuition, what to do with it, and how to access it.
For more information on Marla follow these links:
www.marlafrees.com
https://www.americanpsychicbook.com
Devin Geser, L.Ac. Dipl.OM, MSOM, is a Board Certified and Licensed Acupuncturist, Herbal Pharmacologist & Primary Care Medical Provider. Devin was educated at University of California, Los Angeles and at American Jewish University in Bel Air, California. She completed her dual degree in acupuncture and herbal pharmacology with a concentration on holistic nutrition at Dong Guk University of Traditional Oriental Medicine, a premier world leader in modern Complimentary and Functional Medicine, located in Los Angeles, CA and Seoul, South Korea. She has trained in many schools of yoga including Anusara, Bikram, Kundalini, Iyengar and specializes in eastern acupuncture in conjunction with yoga and meditation.
Laurie Kaman is a Psychotherapist specializing in early childhood, complex and medical trauma, PTSD and addictions. She offers EMDR and resource management and a post-modern treatment approach that frequently includes narrative therapy. CBT, family systems, attachment, Gottman and Psychodynamic are also utilized when appropriate, as is solution-oriented therapy for clients looking for a more solution-targeted approach.
Laurie also works with individuals and couples who are coping with fertility and adoption issues. Her first-hand experience with the adoption process and her relationships with adoption attorneys help provide her clients with important insight relevant to their individual processes and ultimate success.
Convinced that no one approach works for everyone, Laurie’s treatment plans are tailored for each individual client. After understanding each client's individual needs, based upon the feedback that she receives about their goals, challenges and histories, she develops a unique, customized treatment plan for each.
Laure is passionate about helping clients understand how their unhealthy behaviors and unprocessed grief and trauma can cause anxiety and depression and undermine their happiness and the opportunity to have healthy relationships in the present.
It is important to Laurie that the mental healthcare services she provides work in tandem with any medications or complimentary treatment programs being prescribed and utilized by her patients.
As such, she will often consult with or sit in on psychiatric exams with her patients. This is all done to assure her clients the best wrap-around/integrated care possible.
Laurie is a graduate of Antioch University where she graduated summa cum laude with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology. She completed her internship training at the renown Southern California Counseling Center, and now volunteers as an advisor for Teen Line, a non-profit teen help and suicide hotline based out of Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
Previous to her career in mental healthcare, Laurie was a senior level executive in the entertainment industry for two decades. Most recently, she was Chief Marketing Officer heading Global Partnerships for a tech company.
