Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) therapists in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
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EFT
Jeffrey Newburg
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, MS
The judgments come from all sides – your family, peers, and the church. For such a long time, you’ve heard their toxic words, “You’re not good enough.” “You’re broken.” “You’re worthless.” And the worst part is, you've started to believe it yourself. The external chorus of criticism has become indistinguishable from the voice in your mind. You've carried the weight of these unfair judgments admirably – constantly pushing forward and doing what you need to survive. But you can feel yourself slowly crumbling under the pressure. You can’t go on like this. But your shame has become so familiar that you’re unsure how to live without it.
Don’t give up – life can be so much better. Using the powerful modalities of EMDR and Brainspotting, I can help you heal your trauma and dismantle self-critical shame. Together we’ll work to restore your calm and self-compassion. And, through our work together, we’ll help you experience ease in your body and tap into a newfound sense of joy and creativity.
Stop letting the judgments of other people determine your self-worth. Start treating yourself with the care, compassion, and forgiveness you deserve. Develop the confidence to create the relationships, career, and life you’ve always dreamed of. You don’t have to do this alone. Call me today for your free 20-minute consultation, and let's get started!
8 Years Experience
In-Person Near La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Online in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
EFT
Grace Akopyan
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT #145795
Grace believes that her constant passion for learning, teaching, and extensive experience in the mental health field allows clients to experience a new type of therapist. Grace is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Pepperdine University Family and Couples Counseling Therapy professor that holds over a 10yrs of experience and founder of Therapy with Grace.
She specializes in couples and relationship counseling. She creates a personalized approach for each of her client with statistically proven tools to help build longevity , rebuild trust , commitment and create fulfillment in her clients relationships.
Simultaneously, she works with clients who suffer with anxiety and/or depression due to low self esteem, relationship heartbreak, transitional live events and lack of emotional regulation. She helps clients gain insight on their emotions, understand triggers and helps them regulate their emotions in order to take back control of their life. She helps her clients lean toward their faith and teaches them tools to help build a more fulfilling life.
12 Years Experience
In-Person Near La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Online in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
EFT
Piyola Derbarseghian- Sex & Relationship Therapist
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, AMFT
You deserve to feel seen, supported, and connected in your relationships, in your body, and in your sense of self. Whether you're navigating relationship struggles, sexual challenges, cultural expectations, or past trauma, therapy can be a powerful space for healing and growth. I work with individuals, couples, and polycules who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected, and help them move toward deeper intimacy, emotional clarity, and self-trust.
My approach integrates trauma-informed care with a deep respect for culture, identity, and lived experience. As an Armenian therapist, I understand the weight of generational patterns, unspoken family rules, and the tension between tradition and individuality. If you come from a background or a culture where emotions or sexuality are hard to talk about, you’re not alone, and you don’t have to do this alone.
You bring the strength. I bring the tools. Together, we can create space for you to reclaim your voice, your relationships, and your sense of wholeness.
4 Years Experience
Online in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA (Online Only)
EFT
Mona Saba Valeriano
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Even with insight and past therapy, you may still feel caught in patterns that leave you depleted—overextending yourself, avoiding conflict, striving to get everything “right,” or feeling disconnected in your relationships and from your own body. At some point, coping strategies that once protected you can begin to feel constricting.
In our work together, we delve into the deeper emotional and relational roots of these patterns. I bring 18 years of direct experience into the room, helping clients cultivate greater clarity, steadiness, confidence, and self-trust so they can move through relationships with more authenticity and assertion. My approach integrates experiential and depth-oriented therapies—including psychodynamic psychotherapy, ISTDP, EMDR, Brainspotting, and EFT—to support meaningful, lasting change at both the emotional, physiological and spiritual levels.
I see this work as especially important in a society that often prizes productivity over presence and autonomy over connection. By questioning dominant cultural narratives and inherited systems of disconnection, therapy can become a space for reclaiming connection, dignity, and care—within ourselves and across differences.
It is a privilege to accompany clients into their most tender and defended places. I trust that through this process, you can cultivate deeper self-understanding, greater inner coherence, and a more grounded sense of safety and belonging—within yourself and in the relationships that matter most.
18 Years Experience
In-Person Near La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Online in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
EFT
Bonnie Rae
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I have the utmost honor and care for my clients who enlist their trust in me to walk side by side with them on this rich, vulnerable, intimate, and sometimes challenging journey toward transformation. I am passionate about helping people fully awaken in their lives, even amidst the collective trauma we are currently experiencing. In learning how to access your vast unconscious world, you will have an increase in self-awareness, developing a more intimate and authentic relationship with yourself and others. Together, with curiosity, we can examine the the roots beneath your anxiety, often discovering defenses, coping mechanisms and survival strategies that are no longer serving you. In a safe, empathetic, warm, and nonjudgmental environment, I will lovingly challenge you to look at your constructed narratives and unhealthy patterns, while exploring your conscious and unconscious beliefs you have about yourself and the world. I believe the deepest healing comes from feeling all of the feelings you were unsafe to feel when you were a child, perhaps unlocking emotion you didn't know how to express. Time and time again, I've seen this lead to less somatic symptoms, less physical and emotional suffering, a deeper sense of self-trust, and a profound sense of freedom. I've had the honor of working with clients "in the room" for 14 years, supervising associate therapists for 9 years, and teaching graduate psychology students in the LGBTQ specialization at Antioch University for 4 years. I have extensive experience and expertise working with the LGBTQ population, creatives in the entertainment industry (showrunners, writers, directors, producers, actors, network executives, etc), parents, codependency, relational issues and trauma. My approach is experiential and depth-oriented, integrating psychodynamic therapy, ISTDP, EMDR and EFT. I believe these modalities lend to a meaningful and rich therapeutic relationship, leading to fully integrated and lasting change.
14 Years Experience
In-Person Near La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Online in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
EFT
Carter Psychotherapy Collective
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, PMH-C, IEDS
Welcome! My colleagues and I support adults, teens and couples looking for greater self understanding and ease. We incorporate mindfulness and somatic therapy with talk therapy, and draw from contemporary cognitive behavioral strategies to offer a healing experience that is personal, deep, and practical. Our areas of focus include anxiety and depression, relationship concerns, identity exploration, insomnia, and eating disorders. We also work frequently with people in the transition to parenthood, creative professionals, and people in high pressure careers or schools.
9 Years Experience
In-Person Near La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Online in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
EFT
Cynthia Cerrato
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, Certified in Holistic Integrative Health
I'm a Mexican/Honduran mother of two energetic, insightful boys. My personal healing journey has deeply influenced my approach to therapy, guiding me to create a nurturing and inclusive safe space for all of my clients. Decolonizing mental health is at the core of my practice. I'm passionate about integrating traditional/indigenous forms of healing into my space. Together we will navigate the landscapes of your mind and heart, fostering a sense of empowerment and wholeness as you embrace your authentic self.
14 Years Experience
In-Person Near La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Online in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
EFT
G. Roman Gupta, LCSW
Therapist, LCSW
My deepest wish is for you to know that you have everything you need in order to be happy RIGHT NOW. You are enough. And if you have a partner, you deserve happiness as a couple. Has something in your life led you to believe this isn’t true? My passion is to support you in healing the wounds of the past, fostering a loving relationship with yourself and with others, and becoming comfortable in your own skin. If you are a parent of a child who is in need of support I want to be able to support your entire family in working together to find the best path for all of your happiness and success.
18 Years Experience
In-Person Near La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Online in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
EFT
Kelda Hartman
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I believe that no matter where you’ve been, what you’ve been through, or where you are currently, there is hope. I know that life can throw some crazy curve balls and I understand how painful and earth-shattering crisis can be. You may feel too weary to deal with what is happening (or you may be tired of always having to be so strong), but sometimes transformation can happen just by holding on. I would like to be the person who supports you in hanging on, even if the rope seems to be slipping through your fingers. Because I believe the future can look different than the present and the past. Things can change. So if you feel like giving up, please give me a call instead.
Like a tree, I believe that in order to change the fruit (what is currently going on in our life), we need to look at the root. You can pick every orange off an orange tree hoping it will grow apples, but unless you change the root, it will just keep growing oranges. I believe that if we can get to the “heart” (or root) of what is happening, you will see different fruit begin to develop. Because I believe that many of life’s struggles stem from wounds of the heart. I want to help wounded hearts heal. I enjoy working with people of all cultures, beliefs and backgrounds. For those who are interested in Christian Counseling, I am also trained in integrating God into that healing process.
10 Years Experience
In-Person Near La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Online in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
EFT
Gustavo Olvera SANTOS
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Hello! I'm Gustavo Olvera and I am a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), serving clients via telehealth throughout the State of California. My long time approach to therapy is to meet the client where they are and work with them to identify goals that will help them improve their quality of life. I believe that we all have the potential to succeed in life and the potential to achieve greatness. A healthy mind is key to success, as we often have to make critical decisions on a daily basis. I believe we can all achieve our desired goals by increasing and maintaining a positive outlook on our mental health.
9 Years Experience
In-Person Near La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Online in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) therapists in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA Statistics
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) therapists in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA average 14 years of experience and charge around $213 per session. 99% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (78%), Relationship and Marriage Counseling (72%), and Depression (68%).
Average years in practice
14 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$213
Accept insurance
28%
Offer sliding scale
60%
Gender ID
| 64% |
Female |
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| 29% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 68% |
In Person and Online |
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| 31% |
Online Only |
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| 1% |
In Person Only |
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Top Specialties
| 78% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 72% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 68% | Depression |
| 64% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 54% | Self Esteem |
| 54% | Stress |
| 52% | Loss or Grief |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 74% | Young Adult |
| 57% | Teen |
| 55% | Senior |
| 24% | Children |
Client Focus
| 66% | Women |
| 47% | LGBTQ+ |
| 46% | Men |
| 37% | Christian |
| 31% | Hispanic / Latino |