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Learning to Meet Yourself with More Care — One Step at a Time Online Psychotherapy for Individuals & Couples throughout California |
Many people spend years trying to appear strong, capable, and composed on the outside while quietly carrying self-doubt, loneliness, old wounds, or the pressure to get everything just right. Over time, that effort becomes exhausting.
Therapy is a place to slow down and be real.
A place to understand what has been held quietly for a long time.
A chance to reconnect with the parts of yourself that were pushed aside to survive.
A way of relating to yourself with more care instead of constant self-criticism.
I provide secure online psychotherapy for individuals and couples throughout California, with a focus on West Hollywood and the greater Los Angeles area.
You may be seeking therapy because:
If you recognize yourself in any of these, you're not alone, and you don't have to keep carrying it by yourself.
Therapy offers a steady and grounded relationship where it becomes possible to feel safer meeting difficult experiences with more compassion, clarity, and choice. It's also a space to explore moments when life feels overwhelming or disappointing and to find deeper steadiness inside yourself.
This is not about being fixed. It is about coming home to yourself and becoming more at ease in your own inner world.
Therapy is a place to slow down and be real.
A place to understand what has been held quietly for a long time.
A chance to reconnect with the parts of yourself that were pushed aside to survive.
A way of relating to yourself with more care instead of constant self-criticism.
I provide secure online psychotherapy for individuals and couples throughout California, with a focus on West Hollywood and the greater Los Angeles area.
You may be seeking therapy because:
- Anxiety or persistent inner tension
- Burnout or emotional fatigue
- Relationship challenges or repeating patterns
- Feeling disconnected, even when others are nearby
- A sense of never feeling "good enough"
- Grief, disappointment, or feeling let down by people or past experiences
- A desire to feel more at home in yourself
If you recognize yourself in any of these, you're not alone, and you don't have to keep carrying it by yourself.
Therapy offers a steady and grounded relationship where it becomes possible to feel safer meeting difficult experiences with more compassion, clarity, and choice. It's also a space to explore moments when life feels overwhelming or disappointing and to find deeper steadiness inside yourself.
This is not about being fixed. It is about coming home to yourself and becoming more at ease in your own inner world.
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How to Work with Me
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I. Individual & Couples Counseling
I provide both individual and couples therapy appointments for 50 minute and 80 minute sessions.
Some of my specialties include:
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II. Digital Content
A. Multimedia Online Content 
In addition to providing psychotherapy, I've also mindfully crafted online digital content with you in mind:
* These offerings may be therapeutic but are not a replacement for psychotherapy. |
B. Workshops, Retreats & Webinars
I offer condensed but powerful workshops, retreats and/or webinars that can exponentially increase your efforts at transforming your life.
* These offerings may be therapeutic but are not a replacement for psychotherapy. |
Featured VLOG
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Key Points:
- Understanding Mixed Signals: Identify why your partner might be acting inconsistently.
- Compassion with Boundaries: Finding a balance between empathizing with your partner's mixed signals and setting firm boundaries.
- Self-awareness and Clarity: Recognize what you need from a partner and clearly communicate that.
- Practical Strategies: A list of five ways to set boundaries with someone who is giving you mixed signals.
- Mindfulness and Self-Compassion: Tips for how to integrate mindfulness and self-compassion into your process of setting and maintaining boundaries.
Featured Videos
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Taming Your Inner Critic |
MEETING YOUR BEST FRIEND
Learning to treat ourselves as we would a best friend brings compassion, instead of criticism. The relationship we developed with ourselves over the course of many years, requires deep reflection alongside someone we trust.
Contemplation of what has led us to our present circumstances gives the freedom to make informed choices. This leads us to love, connection and the pure enjoyment of life.
Contemplation of what has led us to our present circumstances gives the freedom to make informed choices. This leads us to love, connection and the pure enjoyment of life.
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Key Points:
- Purpose of Feelings: Feelings are internal GPS systems that guide us through our lives and our environments, letting us know what is working and what is not in our goal to survive and thrive based on our needs.
- Emotional Resilience: If we honor our feelings, we can be more resilient to life's roller coasters because we can have a relationship with our feelings as allies to our day, noting that our feelings alert us to the fact that something needs to be done or attended to.
- Pleasure and Pain: Feelings let us know when we are in pleasure and in pain, ideally motivating us to keep moving towards pleasure and away from pain as a path to a content life.
- Risk of Fallout: If we suppress our feelings, we may be at risk of depression, anxiety, and unhappiness, as we're missing out on our best path towards survival and thriving.
- Tips and Tricks: I encourage others to remember their feelings throughout the day, checking in with themselves without judgment, practicing self-compassion and attending to feelings in an appropriate way, getting plenty of support, creating a safe internal environment, and practicing mindfulness throughout the day to stay aware.
The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love
— Hubert H. Humphrey
Podcasts
Awestruck Digital Series
Dreamworks Animation
I'm grateful I had the opportunity to provide friendship therapy. In this series you get to hear me provide therapy to two friends in conflict.
Featured Blogs
I've dedicated this blog section with you in mind to find greater self-compassion & authenticity.
The LGBTQ+ community is a diverse group of individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other identities that fall outside of the traditional heterosexual and cisgender norms. Unfortunately, this community continues to face significant discrimination, stigma, and marginalization, which leads to various health disparities, including mental health issues.
As an LGBTQ+ affirmative therapist, I believe that it's essential to recognize the unique strengths, challenges and experiences that LGBTQ+ individuals face and provide affirmative psychotherapy that is sensitive to their needs. Affirmative psychotherapy creates a safe space for individuals to explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors without fear of judgment or discrimination.
LGBTQ+ clients deserve a therapist that isn't just "friendly" but truly knowledgable enough to address what's going on with them, without overemphasizing or ignoring/minimizing their sexual identity or gender identity/expressions.
As an LGBTQ+ affirmative therapist, I believe that it's essential to recognize the unique strengths, challenges and experiences that LGBTQ+ individuals face and provide affirmative psychotherapy that is sensitive to their needs. Affirmative psychotherapy creates a safe space for individuals to explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors without fear of judgment or discrimination.
LGBTQ+ clients deserve a therapist that isn't just "friendly" but truly knowledgable enough to address what's going on with them, without overemphasizing or ignoring/minimizing their sexual identity or gender identity/expressions.
In addition, I focus on addressing minority stress, which is the chronic stress experienced by marginalized groups, including LGBTQ+ individuals, couples and families. Addressing minority stress in therapy can help individuals to develop coping mechanisms and strategies to deal with the stressors they face. I also believe in focusing on the strengths and resilience of my clients in therapy. This approach helps to build self-esteem and promote a positive self-image, which can be particularly beneficial for LGBTQ+ individuals who have faced significant challenges in their lives.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to schedule a session.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to schedule a session.
Hope will never be silent
— Harvey Milk
Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
— Marianne Williamson
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As a fellow psychotherapist, I cannot recommend James highly enough. His warmth, tremendously high level of skill, consistent professionalism and obvious commitment to exceptional work make him a delight to have as a colleague and an obvious choice for referrals. You will be in good hands.
Rachel Zamore, LMFT
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