Jennie Steinberg - feminist, queer-affirming therapist (She/Her)
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC, PMH-C
In-Person in Los Angeles, CA 91604
Online in California
Feminist-oriented, queer-affirming, neurodiversity-affirming, antiracist, body positive/ HAES therapist. 15 years of experience supporting people who simultaneously feel like too much and also never enough.
Client Focus
Session Format: Individual sessions.
Age Specialty: Adult
Demographic Expertise: LGBTQ+, Women clients.
Languages: English
Treatment Approach
- Existential / Humanistic Therapy Encourages people to explore meaning, freedom, and authenticity in their lives. It focuses on personal growth and living in alignment with one’s values.
- Feminist Therapy Addresses how gender roles, power, and social inequality affect mental health. It empowers clients to challenge limiting beliefs and systems.
- Multicultural Therapy Acknowledges the role of culture, race, and identity in mental health. It values diversity and adapts treatment to each person’s background.
- Narrative Therapy Encourages people to view problems as separate from themselves and reframe their life story. It helps build resilience and self-identity.
- Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) Emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and authenticity. It provides a safe space for self-discovery and growth.
- Relational Psychotherapy Emphasizes the healing power of the therapist-client relationship. It uses trust and safety as a foundation for change.
Approach Description: I am a strength-based therapist, which means that I don't believe you are broken; I believe you're full of strengths and resiliencies, and that my job is to help you identify and build on those strengths to overcome your challenges. I am also a feminist-oriented, queer-affirming, neurodiversity-affirming, antiracist, body-positive/ HAES therapist. These values are deeply entrenched in my strength-based approach, because often, the things you blame yourself for are actually social problems that you've internalized. I also believe that humor is healing, and my sessions often contain levity, bad puns, and occasional musical theater references.
Fees & Insurance
Fees
- Average Session Fee $225
- Out of Network
- Superbill provided for out-of-network reimbursement. For more information, visit http://www.throughthewoodstherapy.com/insurance
Education & Credentials
Jennie Steinberg - feminist, queer-affirming therapist LMFT, LPCC, PMH-C
- Female
- License # LMFT #85677 and LPCC #1631
- Licensed in California
- Practicing Since 2007
Education: *Masters Degree in Marriage & Family Therapy from CSUN
*Current LMFT and LPCC in California
*Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (Postpartum Support International)
*Certified in Brene Brown's Daring Way
Jennie Steinberg - feminist, queer-affirming therapist Practice Details
Therapy Sessions
- Available In-Person in Los Angeles, CA 91604
- Available Online for residents of California
- Online Therapy Details: I accept only in-person clients, but offer telehealth on an as-needed basis to supplement in-person work.
It is possible to simultaneously feel like always too much and never enough. My clients are the adults who were labeled gifted as children and feel like they'll never live up to their potential, the overachievers who don't feel fulfilled, and the "awkward ducks" who always feel like they're missing the memo. I'm also a certified perinatal mental health professional, specializing in infertility, high-risk pregnancy, and the transition to new parenthood.
My approach to therapy is strength-based, which means that I do not believe that my clients are broken. On the contrary, I believe that my clients of full of strengths, and that my job is to help you identify and build on those strengths in order to overcome your challenges. I also practice from a perspective that is feminist-oriented, queer and trans affirming, anti-racist, body positive, and grounded in principles of social justice. When therapists focus on how *you* need to change without acknowledging the broken systems that surround us, they do clients a disservice. Conversely, I approach therapy with the assumption that you are doing the best you can in a world that creates barriers for anyone who is a member of a marginalized community. Self-care is more than bubble baths and pedicures; sometimes, self-care is allowing yourself to get very fucking angry at society. And sometimes resistance looks like loving and being kind to yourself in the face of that adversity.
A guiding principle of the work that I do is that there are infinite right ways to live a life. If you’re not harming anyone and you feel good on the inside, you’re probably doing okay! I also believe strongly that laughter is a core healing facet of therapy, cussing is a form of self-expression and self-care, feelings really fucking matter and all feelings are allowed, allowing anger is a gateway to real change, sensitivity is an asset (not a character flaw), connection is why we’re all here, needing people is human, and you are enough.