Developmental therapists in La Quinta, California CA
Developmental
S. Abigail McCarrel : Welcome Home Family Therapy
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, DCSW
I am a family therapist. I work closely with families, especially parents, to create calm and peace in the family. Parents who seek my help are often at their wits end and do not know what else to do to help their children. Kiddos in my client families are often gifted or twice exceptional, with frequent complex and challenging episodes that baffle and bewilder their parents. I also work with families who are in the post-adoptive stage of their family's development. I work intensely with parents to understand the brain science at work in all family members, helping parents to become the healers in the family.
As a family therapist, I work from a systems perspective. This means that change in one person impacts everyone else in the family. Since parents are the head of the household and are the leaders in the family, I focus on giving parents the understanding and tools to help their children so that everyone in the family can thrive. This involves helping parents make a lens shift, letting go of outdated parenting strategies for more science-based tools to help all family members. When parents change the way they look at and understand their children, children will change.
35 Years Experience
Developmental
Christina L. Gietzen-Haraden
Psychologist, Psy.D
I am a solution-oriented, person-centered psychologist who uses a multi-modal approach to offer support and guidance to help you explore and recover from maladaptive patterns of thinking, behavior and relationships that result in emotional pain. Currently accepting new patients.
23 Years Experience
Developmental
Stella Zweben Samuel, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I have worked as a psychotherapist for more than 25 years. During those years, I have worked with adolescents and young adults in a variety of settings – hospitals, day treatment facilities, universities, schools, and private practice. My first job out of social work school was at Bellevue Medical Center in New York City with adolescents. The adolescents with whom I worked at Bellevue gave me an education in humor, creativity, and strength. I obtained counseling positions at both UCLA and USC working with students on their academic challenges and the stress that impacts their success. It is fair to say that I have learned how to listen to adolescents, understand how to connect with them, and help them to gain confidence and the strategies to improve themselves and their situation. But I have also grasped the stress of parents have when raising adolescents and provided support, understanding, and tools to manage this important role. I’ve been training my whole life for this. I grew up with a mother who taught children with learning disabilities and a father who always gave back to the community recognizing those less fortunate. I learned early through volunteering at my mother’s school, volunteering at mental health helplines, supporting friends throughout high school, becoming a mom, and throughout my work in social work that providing another person with a patient and listening ear could provide support and understanding. It could be said that all that I have experienced, shared, and studied so far has been training me for the role I cherish that of psychotherapist.
31 Years Experience
Developmental
Orange County Health Psychologists, Inc.
Psychologist, PsyD
I am a licensed clinical psychologist who is committed to providing a positive approach to health and wellness that includes interventions designed to support you in achieving optimal health in body, mind, and spirit. I started Orange County Health Psychologists with the goal of hiring some of the best therapists in Orange County and providing a safe and nurturing therapy environment for individuals, couples, and families. Today, we have over 20 highly skilled and compassionate providers in three Orange County locations.
All of our health care providers are adept at treating depression, anxiety, and trauma. What sets us apart is that each of our providers also has expertise in a unique sub-specialty including chronic pain, EMDR, sleep disorders, neuropsychology, grief and loss, terminal illness, cardiac-psychology, geropsychology, women's health, rehabilitation psychology, caregiver stress, psycho-oncology, energy psychology and eating disorders.
We provide a variety of testing and assessment services including those for ADD/ADHD, memory loss, surrogacy, Asperger's and high-functioning autism, pre-marital assessment, and bariatric surgery.
11 Years Experience
Developmental
Ricardo Peña
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I provide services in Spanish + English.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist of Mesoamerica-Indigienous ancestry. My life exposed to community violence, trauma and intersecting oppressions has led me to the work of healing, self-discovery, exploration and ancestral healing.
I was raised in the SF Bay Area and I currently reside on the stolen lands of the Tongva peoples, colonially known as Los Angeles, California.
My lived experiences of being a person of color with intersecting identities, navigating the world and the trauma that comes with that, has led me to the practice of healing at a young age. I grew up with many years of witnessing (through family members + my community) severe mental illness, addiction, community violence, chronic suicidality, incarceration and domestic violence. Through my own stories and experiences, as a justice-oriented therapist, I aim to disrupt and dismantle these oppressive systems within myself and in my practice to make therapy a safe(r) space for folks who are targeted and made marginalized.
7 Years Experience