Community of Clinicians

On occasion, my caseload will be completely full. While I always welcome you to join a waitlist, I also want you to get the care you need when you need it. Below are some trusted colleagues to contact outside of my practice.

 
 

Kate Stoddard, LMFT

Kate provides a steady, consistent, and safe place for individuals and couples. She believes that relationships are the fundamental lens through which we navigate the world. Whether you have experienced trauma or find yourself navigating new stressors and challenges in your life, her therapeutic work grounds itself in understanding as one pathway to healing.

Modalities:

  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Attachment Theory

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

Chris Medina Brown, AMFT

Chris holds the belief that our experiences and stories inform how we learn to navigate our world and relationships. Whether you are wanting to incorporate nurturing self-care or explore various ranges of adversities and traumas, he provides a warm, sensitive, and relational space to do so. He’s currently treating adults, families, couples, children and teens.

Modalities:

  • Narrative Therapy 

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Attachment Theory

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

Jennifer Chen Speckman, LCSW

Jen is passionate about anti-oppression work—empowering individuals, couples, and families to reclaim their full sense of humanity. As a adjunct professor and lecturer at both USC and UCLA graduate programs of social work as well as a private practice clinician, she practices evidence-based methods that can be tailored to your particular situation and needs.

Modalities:

  • Sensorimotor Therapy

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy

  • Personalized Parenting Support

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

 

Other Clinics

Yellow Chair Collective

With diversity as one of their core values, their team is trained in and practices culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and LGBTQIA-affirming counseling and psychotherapy services. While they have a specialty in serving Asian American and multicultural clients, you are welcome here regardless of your race, culture, religion, sexuality, gender orientation, disability, or immigration status.

 

Grateful Heart

At Grateful Heart they believe psychological well-being as humans is intimately tied to the health and sustainability of our families, communities, and world. They are dedicated to offering accessible counseling services that integrate a variety of psychotherapy approaches. Grateful Heart hires clinicians that see adult individuals, teens, children, partners, families, and groups.