From time to time, many of us can use someone to help make sense of our feelings. If you are…read morelooking for a psychologist who actively listens, offers sound advice, and genuinely cares, please consider Dr. Alicia Francois as your personal life coach and therapist. She's part of the Kelly Mothner Group and works out of the Hermosa Beach location.

Have worked with this therapist since she was located at the Saturday Center in Santa Monica CA…read more She is extremely professional and a kind therapist. She works around the disabilties you may have aswell as she allows input on what way the session needs to be handled time wise and other things you need you can tell her and she will edit it accordingly. She is very nice to work with and has helped me considerably and will continue to do so. Also she is Service Dog friendly as I require the use of a Service Dog she allows my SD entrance into her office and into the room with us and is very kind about it aswell as believes in the use of Service Dogs for Psychiatric disabilities. I highly recommend her to anyone!

Dr. Lichtman and his staff are the nicest folks I have ever met. They are always professional and…read morehave a warm welcome ready. The TMS therapy has helped a lot and I'm glad that it's offered. Dr. Lichtman cares about his patients and always asks how things are going.

I have been coming to receive TMS treatment at this location for a couple of years. I have only…read moredirectly interacted with Dr. Lichtman as far as the doctors on staff, but he's really helpful. He listened to my concerns and made me feel okay about my questions. I also have to mention how great treatment is when Juan is my technician. Juan is very easy to talk to , he really cares about the patients, has great communication, and makes my sessions very enjoyable. Juan is one of the biggest reasons I have continued to come back for more rounds of TMS. And yes, TMS has changed my life for the better. 10/10 recommend for depression treatment

I have never found a therapist quite like Payton. She is an incredible listener, offers thoughtful…read moreinsight, and really is gifted at what she does. She created a warm and accepting environment. I have never felt judged and genuinely look forward to our sessions. I have had a variety of therapists and Payton just has something no one else has had. I highly recommend.

*after posting this review, 2 random reviews popped up in defense of this...within hours. They are…read moreboth 5 stars which leads me to believe the rest of the reviews may not be real. I am now validated in why I chose to write this. I actually came back on here to delete my review because I started feeling bad, and then when I saw the new fake reviews, I decided to leave it up. I am actually considering filing a formal complaint with the state licensing board of Psychology. I came to this therapy center based on reviews and seeking safety and understanding while navigating an extremely difficult and confusing relationship with my ex-husband, who is a covert narcissist and also works in a high powered job. In the beginning, she gained my trust, she listened, validated my experiences, and made me feel seen for the first time in a long time. I felt like I could work on the relationship despite some deeply disturbing foundational truths. However, I felt rushed to fix the relationship before addressing the financial and emotional abuse. Something felt off. I realized a few sessions in the therapist was an associate (with a supervisor), but I wasn't informed of this. It caught me by surprise that she asked her supervisor his opinion and shared that with us. I started to feel our situation was beyond her expertise. I stuck it out and over time, things shifted dramatically. After my ex had a 1:1 with her and shared his version of events, the therapist's attitude toward me changed completely. She began to dismiss my concerns, silence me so that he could speak but didn't silence him when he interrupted me, she minimized my experiences, and even reframed deeply painful events in ways that aligned with his narrative. Events that I told her in a 1:1 were beyond traumatic for me. She wanted us to co-parent which is understandable, but romanticizing my trauma was tone deaf. I left the last session feeling retraumatized, unsafe, and blamed for dynamics that were rooted in manipulation and control. He is now using me firing her against me too and has now called me bipolar. A very common thing for narcissists to say to try to devalue and confuse their victim. It's not true. Maybe he told this therapist that too and she took the bait? He's very smart and manipulative. I have trauma response that is anxiety, and once you leave a narcissist they lose their energy supply. They panic. They call you crazy and start to convince others you are. It was devastating to realize that someone I had trusted with my healing could be swayed so easily by appearances and authority, especially when working with a client already in a power-imbalanced and emotionally abusive situation. Literal facts about financial abuse and gaslighting in sessions. It was horrible. She couldn't spot this abuse. She did spot my trauma but then diminished it to please him. I share this review not out of bitterness, but to caution others: if you are leaving or recovering from a relationship with a narcissistic or manipulative partner, please make sure your therapist is deeply trauma-informed and understands the dynamics of coercive control and narcissistic abuse. Trust your gut!!! If something feels off, it probably is. Lisa assured me after I complained she would change things and take swift action, but I still fear for others who may experience this. What action would she take? How can this be prevented? Something horrible could have happened to a more fragile person. Maybe this review will save a life. Maybe Lisa did take me seriously and take action and make sure that will never happen again. But I can't risk it. I hope someone reading this will get some support from this and make sure they understand that not all therapists are skilled to handle narcissists or trauma. 1 star because Lisa did call me to apologize, she was very nice and helpful and told me she understood. (Fast forward a week I'm updating this to alert others she actually manipulated me and made promises that were not genuine. She was only trying to save her business and didn't care about me. She even sent me a ChatGPT response in her first response of my complaint and I let that go thinking maybe she was tired but now I see she didn't actually care.) I just can't not warn others...something was a miss here, and it could have ended in a very different way for someone else. Most victims of narcissists end up harming themselves because no one believes them. I will say this therapist is lucky I have another therapist outside of her and lucky that I realized what my narcissistic ex had done to her. She was so easily influenced by him, a hard lesson to learn, and luckily nothing tragic happened as a result of this manipulation taking over. Thank you for reading I hope you ask a lot of questions before booking, be very careful and make sure the therapist can pivot if needed, and make sure the therapist is a good fit first. Trust your gut.

A very important person in my life passed away in the beginning of 2023. It was sudden and…read moretraumatic. I didn't realize I held all the grief in and avoided dealing with it properly. When I noticed some of the grief turn into anger, that was when I decided to seek professional help. I searched for therapists that specialized in grief and loss which lead me to my current therapist. For privacy reasons I will not disclose any names but they know who they are. It was important to me to find a therapist with a similar background and gave this place shot. I was provided a free 15 minute consultation that went well. It helped break the ice and answered all my concerns. I do the in person sessions twice a month and it has been life changing. I have good days, bad days and really bad days so having this service clears up a lot of things. Their office is 5 minutes away from mine and was easy to find. I'm so grateful that this resource exist!

From my experience, professional, caring, flexible, informative, helpful and great options for…read moretherapists.

Jeremy helped me through the loss of my dog and significant life transition stressors. He was also…read morethe first therapist to identify my symptoms of OCD, which previous therapists had missed! I have nothing but great things to say about him and would recommend him to any of my loved ones.

All I can say is he's the best! I had a very horrifying experience. I never thought I could go on…read morewith my life and I really didn't want too. Literally Jeremy saved my life. If you need help in any way please call Jeremy Bartz!

Rob is so incredibly kind and warm. He has a natural ability to make others feel calm, relaxed, and…read moreheard. I truly enjoy talking to him and I never feel judged. His positivity and enthusiasm is contagious! I highly recommend!

From the owner: Taking a Holistic Mind-Body approach to psychotherapy by combining Mindfulness Practice with…read moreCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), I have a passion for helping adults, couples, teens and children. Through a collaborative relationship between Therapist and Client, we can work to mend fractured relationships, gain a better understanding of self, and work to promote positive change through cultivating resilience, and self-reliance.

I set an appointment for an initial consultation online, never received a call at the designated…read moretime. I thought maybe I would receive a call later that day, nothing. I called the next day during business hours, left a message regarding their missed consultation appointment, I have not received any call back, no apology, nothing. Incredibly unprofessional and disappointing as I have a child that is experiencing extreme anxiety and it seemed like this would be the perfect place to help.

I reached out to Playa Vista Counseling because i was going through a stressful time in my life -…read moreincluding work and relationship stress. I felt very taken care of from the first phone call. I had contacted a few places and they got back to me promptly and helped set up an appointment. I got real tools to manage my anxiety and my therapist helped me make changes in my life that have significantly improved it. Overall very professional and helpful

My husband and I came in for couples counseling. In one discussion, we happened to mention that we…read morehold our 6 year old's hand at bedtime, for about 5-10 minutes each night. This is something that my husband and I are not disagreeing about. It was just one fact mentioned in a story. Ms Barrett interrupted the story and said that we have to stop holding her hand, because that's a problem. Three things: 1) my husband and I didn't ask for parenting advice (nor is Ms Barrett a parenting expert), 2) my husband and I aren't disagreeing about holding our daughter's hand at bedtime, and 3) we didn't need to be interrupted while talking. Ms Barrett interrupted a lot, and I didn't feel that the interruptions were for good reason. One time I wanted to talk about something slightly off topic. She interrupted me. I said I still wanted to discuss it. Afterwards, she repeated that she didn't want me to go off topic, and she "saw that coming." She does have a lot of good information though. Maybe it was just a personality difference.

Dr. Ruthie gave me wonderful advice and real-world practical strategies for improving my parenting…read more She was welcoming and made a first time trip to therapy as smooth as it could possibly have gone.