La Vida Life Counseling Center
Our Therapists at Orange County
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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 82977
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor 651 Languages: English and Spanish Offices: Santa Ana, San Juan Capistrano, Encino, Paramount, Newport Beach Luisa provides therapy to children, adults and families experiencing complex trauma, difficulties in relationships or emotional pain. She believes that understanding the past can help make sense of present experiences, identify patterns and transform the future. Luisa has helped many clients create closer connections to their loved ones to overcome the effects of trauma and emotional distress. She works collaborative with her clients to address the emotional pain and challenges of life. Luisa has a warm and empathic therapeutic style and is trained in various therapy modalities including Emotionally Focused Therapy, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, and Gottman Method Couples Therapy. For more information about Luisa's therapy services visit www.therapywithluisa.com and www.ocsextherapist.com |
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Associate Marriage and Family Therapist 105433
Languages: English Offices: Santa Ana, Paramount, Newport Beach Anisha enjoys utilizing her formal education, research, and real-life experiences for the betterment of the client. She prefers fostering a collaboration between client and clinician to ensure each client receives services tailored to their specific needs. Through an eclectic approach, she has been of service to clients of varying age, ability, socioeconomic status, education, and ethnicity/nationality for over 3 years. Anisha is committed to continuing her education in areas such as nutrition and neuroscience, as well as many others, to improve her effectiveness as a clinician. She is determined to help as many people as possible and possesses a passion for providing therapeutic services. In her free time, she enjoys practicing her faith, being a Marvel super fan, travel, and spending time with her daughter. She is also an avid reader, cook, musician and writer. |
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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 116144
Languages: English and Spanish Offices: Santa Ana Arasha obtained her Bachelors Degree at the University of California, Riverside and obtained her Masters degree from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She began her therapeutic work helping at-risk youth within the community schools of Santa Ana and has helped clients with issues such as trauma, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, grief, conduct, and psychosis. In addition to working within the community schools, she has gathered experience working in institutional settings, such as Santa Ana Federal Jail, Lamoreaux Justice Center, and Youth Guidance Center/Youth Leadership Academy. She has been trained through the Gang Certification Intervention Program, Crisis Response Certification, and Joven Noble training through the National Compadres Network. She believes that healing begins with uncovering one's truest needs and making a sense of meaning within their personal lives. She uses various therapeutic approaches including, Psychodynamic, Existential, and Cognitive Behavioral and ensures that each approach fits the needs of each of her clients. She is passionate about working with at-risk youth and young adults, as well as adults struggling with life adjustment issues. She understands that therapy can be a difficult place for expression and works on implementing techniques through a creative lens in her sessions through the use of art, music, and dance. Her overall goal is to give clients a safe place to explore and understand their inner workings of their minds. |
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Associate Marriage and Family Therapist 116343
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor 6772 Languages: English Ofices: Santa Ana Jennifer offers her clients a safe and empathic space to find empowerment, growth, and healing. Her experience is with children, teens, and individual adults, with a variety of issues including: anxiety and depression, trauma and grief, life transition and career changes, and self-worth. While working towards her client's goals, she takes a narrative approach and combines therapeutic techniques with her client’s interest and passions to help them navigate their story. In her free time, she is a full-time nerd and enjoys playing tabletop games, Dungeons and Dragons, and many different fandoms. |
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Associate Marriage and Family Therapist 115066
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor 6752 Languages: English Ofices: Santa Ana, Newport Beach In therapy, Kaelen provides her clients with a safe and nonjudgmental space to discuss their emotions and life stressors. She has experience working with children and adolescents in the Santa Ana school district, tackling problems such as impulsivity, behavioral problems, and abuse. Additionally, she has worked with homeless women and adults experiencing a variety of issues including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief/loss, trauma, relationship issues, and adjusting to life transitions. Regarding her approach to therapy, she strives to collaborate with her clients in a way that is empathic, safe, empowering, and tailored to the client’s individual needs. In Kaelen’s free time, she enjoys exercising, spending time with friends and family, watching Disney movies, and playing Dungeons and Dragons. |
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Associate Marriage and Family Therapist 120811
Languages: English and Spanish Ofices: Santa Ana, Paramount Milton is an energetic therapist that leans towards a humanistic-existential style of therapy and has worked with both children and adults. He firmly believes that we learn something new every day, and earnestly looks forward to tomorrow’s lesson. He is a United States Marine Corps Veteran who received his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from California State University, Long Beach, and his Master’s degree in Marital Family therapy from California State University, Dominguez Hills. In his free time, he reads science fiction and urban fantasy novels, draws/paints, and rides/works on his motorcycle. |
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Associate Marriage and Family Therapist 114457
Associate Professional Clinical Counselor 6659 Languages: English Offices: Santa Ana Rebecca earned her Bachelor’s in Human Services and her Master’s in Counseling with an emphasis in mental health from California State University, Fullerton. She welcomes all populations and is LGBTQ+ Safe Space trained. She offers an emphatic and nonjudgmental client-centered approach in therapy to provide a safe space for you to explore areas of your life that can be painful and scary to process alone. She utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the needs of each client and collaborates with you to understand and embrace all parts of yourself, find balance in your life, and determine what obstacles are getting in the way of positive change and meaningful relationships. She welcomes all populations and has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults. She also has experience counseling children who are sight impaired or have other disabilities. Rebecca enjoys working with young adults and the challenges they face entering adulthood which could lead to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. She is passionate about the therapeutic benefits in psychotherapy that arts, nature, and animals can provide, thus extends this passion when appropriate in therapy. |
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Associate Marriage and Family Therapist 112661
Languages: English Offices: Santa Ana, Newport Beach Ryan is an LGBTQ affirming therapist who understands that each client has a unique story. By working on a deeper level, Ryan helps both individuals and couples to develop a more intimate understanding of themselves and how they relate to the world around them. In addition to completing his Masters from Brandman/Chapman University, Ryan gained his clinical experience at the LGBT Center and has also done training in both Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Internal Family Systems (Parts-work). He has helped clients work through many life issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, couples communication issues, and recovery from toxic relationships. His primary goal is to not only help clients heal but also to thrive in their daily life. He also has a personal passion for working with Adults with ADHD and the LGBTQ community. For more information about Ryan's therapy services visit www.ryanborlandtherapy.com |