Online Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) therapists in South Pasadena, California CA
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Kim Gibson
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, ATR
Hi! Thank you for considering me to be your therapist! I really enjoy helping my clients meet their goals. I'm an experienced therapist who is kind, creative, non judgmental and resourceful. I'm an LPCC and an art therapist and I am trained in EMDR. Most of my clients are coming to me to work on feeling less anxious, shift negative thought patterns, tackle rumination, overcome depression or learn how to navigate symptoms of ADHD. I'm a fellow ADHDer and have extensive training in all things neurodivergence including RSD, PDA, burnout, executive functioning skills and common co-occuring medical issues.
25 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Vince Heyman
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, AMFT
Being a therapist isn’t just a job for me. It’s a calling shaped by my own mental health journey. Working with a therapist who truly understood me was life-changing, and it’s what inspired me to do this work. I know firsthand that meaningful transformation is possible when you are given the right support and tools, and my hope is to offer that experience to each of my clients. In our work together, you won’t get someone who simply sits back and nods. I am actively engaged and can help you feel understood even when you’re struggling to put things into words. If you’re someone who has trouble opening up, I can help you let people in and share what’s going on underneath in a way that is authentic to you. I balance thoughtful listening with meaningful input, offering perspective and guidance when it’s helpful, while making sure the work supports you in becoming more fully yourself rather than fitting into a mold. If you’re looking for a therapist who feels approachable, steady, and genuinely invested in your growth, and who can help you turn insight into real, lasting change, I’d be glad to connect. I offer a free consultation so you can see if we’re a good fit.
2 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Dr. Daniele Levy, Bay Area Cognitive Therapy
Psychologist, PhD, MBA
I help individuals manage the stress of busy lives and address issues like depression, anxiety, insomnia, trauma, and work or family conflict that may keep them away from their goals and values. Each treatment plan is customized to your needs, focusing on practical tools that can be integrated into daily life for fast and meaningful change. Through in-person or secure video sessions, my goal is to create a supportive, flexible space where you can improve your mental health, build coping skills, and make lasting improvements.
17 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Tracey Kiernan
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, AMFT
You don’t have to keep holding it all together on your own.
I offer online therapy for women and couples who look like they’re managing life well on the outside—but internally feel overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected, or not quite like themselves. Many of my clients are navigating high-functioning anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, relationship struggles, and major life transitions, including perimenopause.
Virtual therapy with me is not a watered-down version of in-person work—it’s focused, effective, and designed to create real change. From the comfort of your own space, we’ll work to help you feel more grounded in your body, clearer in your mind, and more connected in your relationships.
If you’re in a relationship, online sessions can help you break out of repeating conflict cycles, better understand what’s happening beneath the surface, and rebuild connection—even if things have felt stuck for a long time.
My approach blends practical tools with deeper, insight-oriented work. We focus first on regulation—so you’re not just talking about your life, you’re actually able to shift how you experience it.
Online therapy offers flexibility, privacy, and accessibility—without sacrificing depth.
If you’re ready for support that goes beyond coping and helps you create meaningful, lasting change, I’d love to work with you.
2 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Kristina Anzell
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, CPSC
Come hair a mess, baby in your arms, pjs on. The important part of therapy is showing up, not showing up put together!
10 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Marina Edelman | TrueMe Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Marina Edelman, LMFT, is the founder of TrueMe Counseling, a group practice dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families build healthier relationships and overcome life's most difficult challenges. Alongside her team of nine therapists, Marina provides compassionate, evidence-based care for relationship concerns, trauma, anxiety, depression, affair recovery, and more. TrueMe Counseling offers both in-person and virtual therapy throughout California, with sliding-scale options available to make quality mental health care more accessible.
20 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Margaret Graham
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LCPC, LPCC
About My Practice
I provide specialized online therapy for adults (18+) navigating anxiety, trauma, and complex life challenges. Through evidence-based therapeutic techniques delivered in a secure virtual environment, I create a supportive space for healing and personal transformation from wherever you are. My approach focuses on getting to the root of what's creating your struggles rather than just managing surface symptoms.
My Approach
My practice centers on what I call "updating your operating system"—we explore the roots of your patterns, understand how you got where you are, and consciously choose where you want to go next. This isn't about dwelling in the past; it's about understanding yourself more deeply so you can move forward with clarity and confidence. I bring together evidence-based techniques like CBT, ACT, Coherence Therapy, and clinical hypnosis with mindfulness practices, creating sessions that are collaborative and organic rather than rigid or prescribed.
Here's what might surprise you: one of the most powerful dimensions of real change is acceptance. Not the passive, resigned kind, but the courageous turning toward where you are with care and curiosity. This approach allows you to look squarely at reality and move forward from a place of truth rather than resistance.
Areas of Specialization
I specialize in supporting clients with:
Anxiety: Managing generalized worry, social anxiety, perfectionism-driven anxiety, decision paralysis, and the anxiety that stems from unprocessed trauma
Trauma Processing: Working through childhood trauma, parentification, relational wounds, and past experiences that continue to shape how you move through the world today
Complex Family Dynamics: Navigating challenging relationships with adult children, aging parents, partners, and other family members where boundaries feel blurred
Grief and Loss: Processing loss in its many forms—of people, relationships, the life you thought you'd be living, or your sense of purpose and identity
Patterns That No Longer Serve: Breaking cycles of people-pleasing, over-functioning, perfectionism, and abandoning your own needs to care for others
Benefits of Online Therapy
My virtual practice offers several advantages:
- Access specialized trauma-informed therapy from the comfort of your own space
- Greater scheduling flexibility across multiple time zones
- Elimination of travel time and transportation barriers
- A familiar environment that may enhance feelings of safety during vulnerable work
Getting Started
I work best with people who are managing to keep their heads above water but know something needs to shift—those experiencing mild to moderate concerns rather than acute crises. I welcome clients who are curious, open to looking at their lives holistically, and interested in a partnership approach. If you're willing to do the sometimes uncomfortable work of growth and want genuine understanding rather than therapy-speak, we'll likely be a good match.
My style is warm, direct, and refreshingly real. Research shows the most important factor in successful therapy is whether you feel genuinely understood and emotionally safe with your therapist—building that authentic connection is central to how I work.
Licensed in Colorado, California, and Maryland. Specialized training in Coherence Therapy, ACT, CBT, and clinical hypnosis.
15 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA (Online Only)
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New Beginnings Counseling Center (NBCC)
Pre-Licensed Professional
We offer in-person and online (telehealth) confidential psychological counseling and assessment services to individuals, couples and families in the greater Santa Barbara area. Counselors are here to help clients explore life transitions, relationship issues and a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma, abuse, compulsive behaviors, substance use, job loss and stress, aging, isolation and anger management. Many clients experience a 15% reduction in overall distress after only eight sessions. Counselors are ready and able to serve you. We will match your needs with the education and experience of our clinicians to find the best person to assist you.
The clinic offers confidential counseling services in both English and Spanish with masters and doctoral-level interns gaining hours for clinical licensure, supervised by licensed clinicians. We are able to meet with you on a personal, confidential basis and offer a sliding-fee scale, ranging from $16 - $96/session.
We maintain a commitment to serve, reflecting the individual's ability to pay for services. We also offer groups for Parenting, Anxiety Coping Skills, Veterans, and court-approved Anger Management. Please call for current groups and schedules.
66 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Holly Hoffman, PsyD, Psychotherapy
Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist in CA & NY
I am currently offering phone, video, and a hybrid of in person appointments depending upon the needs of my clients.
13 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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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 South Pasadena, CA
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Dr. Mandi Maycumber
Therapist, PsyD, LPCC, LMHC, SUDP
If you are looking for a therapist that is discerning, solution-oriented, and individualizes their approach based on your needs... we might be a good fit! Licensed in California and Washington. In addition to being trained in Gottman levels I and II for couples work, I am a certified SYMBIS facilitator for pre-marital counseling.
I have 12 years of experience working with adult individuals and couples utilizing cognitive, humanistic approaches. For 9 years I have been supervising addictions counselors, behavioral health staff, and therapists seeking independent licensure. The problems that I work with the most often are relationship conflicts, anxiety, and addictions.
In a world full of problems that individuals are powerless to change, I help people work to improve their own lives based on what is within their control.
13 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Mary Mallinson Therapy
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
California-based LCSW offering virtual trauma therapy for adults experiencing anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. I specialize in EMDR therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and somatic therapy to support healing from childhood trauma, attachment wounds, and family of origin issues. I offer both weekly therapy and EMDR therapy intensives for deeper, focused trauma work. Sessions are available via telehealth throughout California.
5 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA (Online Only)
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Well Coast Medical
Psychiatrist, LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, MD, PMHNP
Our diverse team of experienced psychiatrists and therapists customize treatment for the unique needs of each individual. We specialize in treatment of anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, OCD and ADHD for children, adolescents and adults. We have specialists in EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Emotion Focused Therapy, CBT, DBT and many other modalities. We want to make sure you feel comfortable and get the help you need in the way in the way that works best for you. You'll find our therapists to be warm, engaging, compassionate and affirming. Our goal is to empower YOU to have the tools and strength to live your best life.
17 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA (Online Only)
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Lisa Abdilova Andresen
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Major life stressors often trigger flare-ups of mental health challenges.
Are you feeling disconnected from friends, or working a job you don't love?
Have you felt unlike yourself lately? Irritable, unmotivated, and detached? Worried about letting others down? Not looking forward to anything?
Maybe you're feeling guilty for procrastinating? Finding it tough to relax or sleep restfully?
Is your inner critic getting louder? Do you keep wondering if you're doing enough, are loved enough, or will ever be good enough?
What if the links between trauma and achievement are playing out for you?
Life is tough, and so are you.
9 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Laurie Moore
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, PhD, IFS, Certified Hypnotherapist, EMDR, Cyclical Pain Repatterning, Somatic, Expressive Arts
Caring-hearted, when painful experiences disrupt you, find peace.
For a moment in the face of pain, sorrow and frustration, imagine peace, joy, and most of all resolution of the group of disappointments, and that one big one that wiped away your equanimity. What would it be like to cry, laugh and feel joy? How would you experience your life if you could? Help is here. Unique and unusual experiences are respected and understood. People of many backgrounds are helped.
27 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA (Online Only)
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Annalisa Barrett
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I offer both in person and virtual therapy. My sessions are 50 mins long. I treat both individuals and couples using a variety of treatment modalities. You are welcome to a free initial 15 min consultation prior to scheduling a session.
I cater my work to my client's individual needs. Collaboratively we will determine the direction of treatment. I am looking forward to connecting with you.
7 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Dr. Mazmanyan and Associates
Psychologist, Ph.D
Struggling with anxiety, relationship stress, or feeling overwhelmed? You don’t have to navigate it alone. At Dr. Mazmanyan & Associates, we provide attachment-based and relational therapy for individuals, couples, and families. We believe emotional healing and a sense of self develop through relationships and are shaped by early experiences, family dynamics, and cultural contexts. Therapy focuses on understanding how these patterns formed, honoring how they once served a purpose, and gently reshaping them to better support current relationships, emotional well-being, and self-trust.
11 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Hailey Williford
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I provide services via telehealth to support clients who may not have accessible transportation, in-person scheduling availability, or a provider with their needed specialty in their area.
3 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA (Online Only)
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Jennifer Neilson
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPCC, NCC
Online therapy has allowed me the opportunity to provide supportive psychotherapy services. I offer in-person and online teletherapy sessions.
13 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA
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Alan Jacobson, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist, Nationally Registered Health Service Provider
Taking the first step toward change can feel daunting—but the right support can make it genuinely transformative.
25 Years Experience
Online in South Pasadena, CA (Online Only)
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) therapists in South Pasadena, California Statistics
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) therapists in South Pasadena, California average 13 years of experience and charge around $197 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (79%), Trauma and PTSD (67%), and Depression (66%).
Average years in practice
13 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$197
Gender ID
| 63% |
Female |
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| 25% |
Male |
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| 6% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 6% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 50% |
In Person and Online |
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| 50% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 79% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 67% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 66% | Depression |
| 56% | Stress |
| 51% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 44% | Self Esteem |
| 43% | Women's Issues |