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For individuals, couples and families navigating trauma, SUD/recovery, CPTSD and relationship issues.

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Effective and Compassionate Therapy for Trauma and Healing in California

My practice is focuses on individuals, couples and families navigating trauma, CPTSD (primarily childhood trauma), addiction, recovery and relationship issues.

Many of my clients are in 12-Step groups, including AA, Al-Anon and ACoA (Adult Children of Alcoholics).


I provide compassionate and effective support to individuals looking for healing, clarify, resilience and meaning change in their lives. 

"The only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid unavoidable pain." — Pete Walker (Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving)

This is a place for feeling and change

My practice is primarily focused around helping individuals, couples and families navigating trauma, CPTSD (most often from childhood trauma), addiction & recovery and relational issues. Many of my clients are in 12-Step groups, including AA, Al-Anon and ACoA (Adult Children of Alcoholics). I provide compassionate and effective support to individuals looking for healing, clarify, resilience and meaning change in their lives. 

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Couples Therapy

My practice focuses on adults and couples who have experienced relational trauma and are struggling to find safe intimacy and connection in their current partnership. Many of us experience early attachment wounds that leave us yearning for connection but unsure how to build that safely and effectively. Couples therapy teaches intimacy, repair and how to find your authentic self.

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Individual Therapy for CPTSD, Trauma, Childhood Trauma and ACoA

I have been apart of 12-Step and ACoA groups for over a decade. I know many adults have struggled feeling misunderstood in therapy that has felt ineffective. I bring my own personal experience, insights, understanding and specialized care into therapy.

Many adults with CPTSD struggle with severe negative thinking and abusive negative self talk. Please read more if this pertains to you.

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Therapy for Anxiety, Rumination and Overthinking

Whether or not you experienced trauma in your childhood, many of us did not receive the necessary support needed to navigate anxious and overstimulated brains. Chronic overthinking can disconnect us and make it hard to be present, happy and fulfilled in our lives.

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Searching for clarity, not surface-level solutions

Many of my clients come into therapy feeling lost and overwhelmed with anxious thoughts of worry, fear and self criticism with nowhere to go. Deep feelings they don’t know how to talk about. Desires. Insecurities. Regrets. Shame. Wants. Needs.

I get it. We can only hold it all together for so long until something in us breaks and we finally ask for help. 

As a therapist, I am active and engaging. I am not going to sit quietly nodding while you vent, update or complain. I will share my thoughts, insights, reflections and sometimes, my own experience when appropriate.

My goal is to help you find meaningful ways to reclaim agency and confidence, find actionable steps to improve your day to day and quality solutions to the problems you’re facing - whether they’re existential, emotional or practical. Therapy is a journey of self discovery that we embark on together. 

Therapist for Childhood trauma, ptsd, c-ptsd, cptsd, anxiety, depression, couples therapy, family therapy, break ups, relationship problems, healing trauma, 12-step

Areas of Focus…

  • Trauma isn’t just about what happened, like a lingering fear and tension that remain. You might feel on edge, disconnected, or stuck in repeating patterns. Therapy offers a safe space to process your experiences, regulate your body, and begin to rebuild trust in yourself and others.

  • Anxiety often shows up as overthinking, worry, and racing thoughts about the future or what others think. It can also be deeply physical, like a tight chest, knots in your stomach, restless energy that won’t settle. Over time, constant vigilance can feel normal, even though your body and mind rarely feel safe. Therapy can help you find calm, understand your patterns, and feel grounded again.

  • Attachment wounds form when early experiences of safety or connection were inconsistent. As adults, this can lead to anxiety in relationships or fear of closeness. Healing these wounds means learning to feel secure, connected, and worthy of love that starts with the safety of the therapeutic relationship.

  • Shame is the quiet voice that says, “something is wrong with me.” It hides beneath perfectionism, self-criticism, and people-pleasing. In therapy, we work to understand where shame began and replace it with self-compassion and acceptance.

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  • Majority of my clients are in 12-Step groups. AA, Al-Anon, CODA, etc. I’ve been apart of 12-Step groups personally and professionally for a decade.

  • Negative Self-Talk is often called an ‘inner critic’ in therapy. Your inner critic developed to keep you safe from failure or rejection, but now it keeps you small. Therapy helps you understand this voice, soften its control, and build a more compassionate inner dialogue that supports growth and confidence.

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In-person therapy in Los angeles Therapist for Childhood trauma, ptsd, c-ptsd, cptsd, anxiety, depression, couples therapy, family therapy, break ups, relationship problems, healing trauma, 12-step

Offices

Larchmont Village
&
West Hollywood

Primary hours of operation:
Monday-Friday, 10AM - 6PM
Limited availability on weekends and after 6PM

Phone: (323) 372-6855

Email: Elliemdoherty@gmail.com