Online Black / African American therapists in Santa Monica, California CA
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Serving Black / African American
Growth and Change Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I help couples move from 'silent survival' to a healthy, lasting legacy. Whether you are navigating the heavy weight of hidden addictions, broken trust, or the unique communication strain of an ADHD/neurodiverse relationship, I provide a grounded space to restore what’s been lost.
8 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA (Online Only)
Serving Black / African American
Melissa Quinn Pollock
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I’m not a regular therapist, I’m a cool therapist! I help clients who are seeking alleviation from mental health symptoms and a fuller experience of life. Are looking for a deeper, diverse experience of therapy that can help you understand yourself and life from a new perspective? Are your mental health symptoms recurring patterns that keep you from living a full life? We all desire to achieve a natural state of peace and fulfillment —I can help you in building the unique, foundational relationship with yourself that will inspire an actualized life. I support a diverse range of folks through symptoms, situations, social relationships and success.
13 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA (Online Only)
Serving Black / African American
Stuart Kaplowitz / Serene Pathways Counseling
Counselor/Therapist, MFT
In person and on-line sessions to help with things like sadness, lack of motivation, anxiety, anger, depression, couples therapy, child therapy, teen therapy, etc. We have 30 staff to help you and offer counseling in areas such as CBT, EMDR, and other languages to best help
33 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
G. Roman Gupta, LCSW
Therapist, LCSW
Encountering stress, depression, anxiety, or decision paralysis can feel overwhelming, but these challenges don't define your future.
There is a way to let go of what's holding you back.
Imagine a life where these obstacles become opportunities for growth and self-discovery.
If you embrace who you are, you can engage with life positively and peacefully and make the changes you want.
Together, we'll explore the underlying patterns that have been holding you back and set you on a path toward greater well-being and fulfillment.
Take the first step towards a more confident life; you've got the inner strength to make this happen.
18 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
Marina Edelman | TrueMe Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Marina Edelman, LMFT, is the founder of TrueMe Counseling, where she and her team help individuals and couples rebuild trust, improve communication, and heal from life’s most difficult challenges. The practice offers a range of services—including couples therapy, trauma treatment, anxiety, depression support, and affair recovery—with sliding scale options available to increase access to care. Her team of 8 therapists provid warm, evidence-based therapy in Culver City, Westlake Village, and virtually throughout California.
20 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
Ever After Individual and Family Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Welcome to Ever After. Here, we offer a safe, compassionate space where you can freely explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences without fear of judgment. Life’s hurdles can leave us feeling stuck or uncertain, but we firmly believe in your inner strength and ability to overcome obstacles and embrace personal growth. Let’s work together toward the life you deserve.
Our clinicians are experts in evidence-based treatments and innovative techniques to help you feel better and understand yourself. We offer a variety of therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), EMDR, Trauma Focused and Solution-Focused Therapy, mindfulness-based methods, and more.
We understand that life’s challenges can feel overwhelming, and it’s not always easy to navigate them alone. Our clinical team meets you where you are on your journey, working collaboratively to ease interpersonal struggles and pain. Together, we’ll help you find balance, healing, and harmony in your life. Let us support you in creating a brighter future.
17 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA (Online Only)
Serving Black / African American
Cheerful Heart Mental Health Counseling PLLC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC-D, LPC, LPCC, NCC
We offer sessions via Sessions Health, which is HIPAA-compliant and easy to access.
13 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
Rich Painter, M.S.
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Are you wanting the benefits of counseling with a trusted, licensed therapist in the safety and comfort of your own home without having to waste time and money traveling to and from an office? I offer secure, HIPAA compliant, professional online counseling to help get you to where you want to be without any unnecessary obstacles.
Top 5 Benefits of Online Counseling:
1. Convenience of saving you time. No more battling traffic and long distance drives with a busy schedule.
2. Comfort of your own space. You can get cozy and don't have to be afraid of going to a new place.
3. Anonymity of not being seen by people. No more worrying about what others might think.
4. Saves you money on gas to and from a destination on a weekly basis.
5. Allows for counseling sessions with remotely located loved ones who may be overseas or across the country.
To inquire about scheduling an appointment, email: skycounselingcenter@gmail.com or text or call: 904-800-8553
14 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
Chris 'Bucky' Bateman
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
We offer secure, HIPAA-compliant online couples therapy and individual counseling for clients throughout California. Telehealth sessions are conducted via confidential video and provide the same quality of care as in-person appointments with the added flexibility of joining from wherever you are. Online therapy is ideal for busy couples, those who value privacy, or anyone who wants consistent support without the constraints of a fixed location. We work with individuals, couples, families, and teens via telehealth throughout California.
21 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
Dr. Vicki D. Coleman (Dr. Vicki), The Coleman Group PLLC & The Anger Doctor
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, LPCC, LPC, LMFT, LCSW, CCMHC, QMHP, MAC, DAC, SAP, CAMF, BCC, HS-BCP
Telehealth and Online Therapy are offered to provide maximum access to the therapeutic process for individuals throughout the world.
36 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
Mary Karlan
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Work
Too busy to get into the office? No worries! I am an experienced online therapist who offers Telehealth sessions via TheraNest which is a secure and HIPAA complient platform. I have had great success in treating busy executives, college students, and busy moms! No more excuses! Start your journey to achieve mental health wellness today!
14 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA (Online Only)
Serving Black / African American
Lori Karny LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and MSG, Masters in Gerontology
Welcome, I provide individual effective psychotherapy for people who are seeking emotional and clinical support related to interpersonal challenges, life transitions and unexpected losses. I enjoy helping adults of all ages to discover how to cope with life challenges, internal struggles, family challenges, relationship concerns and identity questions. I also provide specialized geriatric services for adult children caring for aging relatives.
20 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA (Online Only)
Serving Black / African American
Best Life Counseling Services
Counselor/Therapist, LPCC, LMFT, APCC
Modern life places enormous pressure on women to do it all. Our team of compassionate therapists offers a supportive space where you can slow down, explore what’s weighing on you, and reconnect with your values and well-being. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, burnout, motherhood, or a meaningful life transition, we’re here to help you gain clarity, strengthen your inner resources, and move forward with intention and confidence.
12 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
Jasmine Wilson
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, SEP-IT
Online therapy makes it possible to receive meaningful, depth-oriented support without adding more to an already full plate.
Whether you're balancing work, school, parenting, caregiving, or simply prefer the comfort of your own space, virtual therapy offers the flexibility to prioritize yourself while still receiving consistent, high-quality care.
Our work together remains just as warm, relational, and engaging online. We'll slow things down, explore what's keeping you stuck, and create space for you to reconnect with yourself—all from wherever you feel most comfortable.
10 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
Empowered Wellbeing, Decolonizing Intersectional and Integrative Complex Trauma & Dissociation Recovery Support
Life Coach, view my credentials online at: www.recoveringfromwithin.com/credentialslongform
We have 14 + years of experience supporting folks with Decolonizing Intersectional and Integrative Complex Trauma & Dissociation Recovery. We recognize dehumanization and exploitation are part of a capitalist ideology and colonial and imperial strategies and abuses are perpetrated by people affected with that mindset, and can take the form of abuse within the family, the workplace, groups, and other relational dynamics where power over may be abused/misused to transgress. We recognize when violence is happening anywhere to one being, it is likely happening elsewhere, so we only work with people committed to anti-oppression and ending abuse and subjugation everywhere! We are skilled and certified in complex trauma work, parts work including: TIST - Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment (Janina Fisher's Work), IFS -- Internal Family Systems; trained in IPNB, Bonnie Badenochs Dyadic Parts Work, EFIT, SensoriMotor... Certified in Somatic and Creative Trauma Recovery Support and Intersectional and Social Justice Frameworks, Multi-generational/historic trauma and wisdom Support, Attachment Theory, Mindfulness, Polyvagal Theory, SSP, CranioSacral -- please see our listing at Upledger Institute, distance TCM, herbalism and homeopathy support, Relational/Mediation/Partners/Couples work certification, Energy Work, Sidereal Astrology integration as asked for, and Integrated Ethnotraditional Healing Ways. We have also completed the two year fellowship for Functional Psychiatry through Psychiatry Redefined and review ISEAI and NORMI info, so we integrate support for folks with mold and some other environmental toxin impacts. We receive referrals and are also glad to coordinate healthcare with other professionals if requested by the client. We are trained in herablism of different cosmologies and have supported people who work with others in integrity with plant medicine. We do not administer medicine journeys -- though we have extensive background in supporting people to prepare and to metabolize/integrate afterwards. We have extensive experience helping people recover from Narcissistic Trauma, Workplace/Institutional Bullying, Poverty Trauma -- we only work with people who are committed to ending violence and brutality everywhere. We recognize if power over abuse is happening to one person, it's likely happening to many elsewhere in the world, or even close by, and every one person's recovery is part of pushing back on and ending systemic violence. So the individual and systemic recovery must happen together.
Our specializations are support for CSAS -- Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Survivors or folks currently enduring narcissistic or bullying trauma, Survivors of colonial trauma, and often underserved POC/GM folks. We are a WOC/GM practice. We have a strong record for working with people with intensive DID, DDNOS and other undiagnosed dissociation, CPTSD and trauma survivor experiences and feelings -- very welcome here, as long as folks are committed to healing within a movement of standing for all being's right to dignity and self determination.
We are a Decolonizing Oriented and Intersectional Framework Practice prioritizing care for those who are systemically impacted and those who are active bystanders and activists. Red lines are red lines -- no excuses for perpetration. That said, if people are on the journey to ****actively (not just hypothetically or theoretically) repair, be an engaged and active bystander and not enact hegemonic violence with strong commitment, we are here to support that journey.
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15 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA (Online Only)
Serving Black / African American
Eryn Reeder
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Online platforms have increased access to therapy, it is both convenient and effective conduit for treatment. I am prepared to facilitate "traditional" talk therapy and also offer EMDR remotely. If you are feeling overwhelmed, are dealing with feelings of sadness, find yourself feeling anxious, or triggered by past traumatic experiences, I am here to support you. My style is warm, relational and strengths based. I have a social justice lens and I affirm members of the LGBTQI community.
15 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
Douglairian psychology apc
Marriage and Family Therapist, Lmft
Hi! Dr. Roger Douglas, PsyD, LMFT 124878 here. I am a psychologist, and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a USMC Veteran. I offer mental health services to Individual, Families, Couples and Groups using evidence-based practices. The theoretical approach I utilize will depend on your presenting problems. Some of these approaches are, Cognitive Theories, Post Modern Theories, Psychodynamic Theories, Client Centered Theories, Systems, E.M.D.R.. and more...
5 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA (Online Only)
Serving Black / African American
Dr. Christina Charlotin
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Services will be provided through TherapyPortal.com . There you will be able to access my schedule, schedule or adjust your future sessions, and access the video portal for our sessions.
14 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA
Serving Black / African American
Fuller Life Concepts
Marriage and Family Therapist
Fuller Life Concepts is Long Beach’s premier family therapy practice—offering a compassionate space where children, teens, and parents can begin to heal, grow, and reconnect. Whether your child is facing anxiety, grief, or big life transitions, we’re here to walk alongside you with calm, confident guidance.
15 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA (Online Only)
Serving Black / African American
Dr. Cristal Lopez
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Welcome! You might be feeling disconnected from your family, friends, children, job, or even the world. I'm Dr. Cristal Lopez, and I believe that we all have powerful strengths. Together, we will explore yours to help you unlock your full potential, connect authentically with others, and show up as your true self. My training at top U.S. children's hospitals, including Children's Hospital Los Angeles, California Pacific Medical Center, Texas Children’s Hospital, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has provided me with over 6 years of experience working with children, adolescents, young and mid-life adults, and families.
For my younger clients, I use behavioral and play therapy techniques, while also supporting parents and families to foster healthy connections. With adolescents and adults, I draw on strength-based, humanistic, and relational principles to guide our work together.
Beyond traditional mental health concerns, I specialize and publish work in: coping with chronic illnesses, career-related issues (burnout, work-life balance), trauma, adverse childhood experiences, and stress related to first-responder families. I’m committed to guiding you, your child, or family to a more connected and fulfilling life. Invest in yourself!
9 Years Experience
Online in Santa Monica, CA (Online Only)
Santa Monica combines proximity to the entertainment industry with a strong wellness culture, creating demand for therapists who specialize in performance anxiety, the pressures of creative and entertainment careers, identity, and the particular stresses of living adjacent to fame and public scrutiny. The area's affluent demographic and beach lifestyle coexist with significant rates of anxiety, eating concerns, and relationship distress, and the Westside has a notably high density of experienced therapists relative to its size. Providence Saint John's Health Center and UCLA Health provide institutional mental health anchors for the Westside community. Many Santa Monica therapists also serve clients from Malibu, Pacific Palisades, and the broader Westside corridor.
Black / African American therapists in Santa Monica, California Statistics
Black / African American therapists in Santa Monica, California average 16 years of experience and charge around $210 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (82%), Depression (74%), and Trauma and PTSD (64%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$210
Gender ID
| 62% |
Female |
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| 29% |
Male |
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| 5% |
Non-Binary |
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| 4% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 55% |
In Person and Online |
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| 45% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 82% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 74% | Depression |
| 64% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 57% | Loss or Grief |
| 57% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 55% | Stress |
| 47% | Women's Issues |