Katrina Wood, Ph.D., Director
Specialty areas: Depth work. Recovery. Early childhood trauma, affect and emotional revitalization. Inner-child integration. Anxiety and depression. Dream exploration. Author of "Finding the Real Me" and The Wacky Wonderful World of Relationships."
Clarissa Abijaoude, MA, MFT
Specialty areas: Women's issues, substance abuse and recovery support, relationship issues, transitional concerns and phase-of-life problems. Depression, anxiety, abuse. Experience with treating chemically dependent adults as well as assisting their familiy members and support network. Individuals, couples, families. Bilingual: Spanish-English.
Marina Aguilar, MFT, CPCC
Specialty areas: Individuals (adults, older adults and adolescents) and couples. Self-esteem, assertiveness, communication in relationships, life transitions, developmental as well as situational trauma, interfaith marriage, grief and bereavement, self-exploration and actualization, spiritual development and issues. Depth approach including psychodynamic, somatic and transpersonal approaches.
Certified Life Coach.
A.J. Barnert, MA, MFT
Specialty areas: Parenting, families, adolescents, children, couples, adults. Mood disorders, post-partum depression, premarital counseling, gay and lesbian issues, senior issues. Certified hypnotist. EMDR.
Rachel Baum, MFT
Specialty areas: Parenting, children and families, depression, anxiety, PTSD treatment and recovery.
Barbara Breitman, MFT
Specialty areas: Depression, anxiety, family Issues, women's issues, and chemical dependency. Adults, couples, families.
Robert Buhrow, MFT
Specialty areas: Gay/lesbian issues, eating disorders, addictions/chemical dependency, grief, posttrumatic stress disorder, anger, premarital counseling, couples counseling, out-of-control kids. Works with children, teens, adults.
Rafael Calderon, MFT
Specialty areas: Adolescent issues, grief work, unresolved anger/rage, feelings of isolation and depression, suicide ideation, gay/lesbian, transgender, transsexual challenges, workplace conflicts and couples conflicts. Spanish/English. Family Therapy. Adolescents. Individuals. Couples.
Julie Blair Carter, MFT
Specialty areas: Adults, teenagers, couples; depression, anxiety, grief; family concerns including pregnancy, parenthood and divorce; creativity. I work psychodynamically and with the Gestalt Therapy model.
Tina Cruz, LMFT
Specialty areas: Children, teens, families. Spanish/English.
Lynn Di Sarro, LMFT
Specialty areas: Hypnotherapy, couples, adults.
Steven Feldman, M.A, MFT
Specialty areas: Individuals, couples, children and teens. Dream interpretation.
Steve Frank, MFT
Specialty areas: Chemical-dependency assessment and treatment, schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorders, victims of trauma, bipolar/depressive disorders, anxiety/panic disorders, conjoint therapy, family therapy, loss/bereavement, crisis intervention, attention-deficit disorders. Populations: child through geriatric.
Richard Gadue, MFT
Specialty areas: Gestalt, Jungian and cognitive behavioral therapies for individuals, couples who may be struggling with relational and/or life transition issues, substance abuse, co-dependency, depression, anxiety, panic, gay and lesbian issues, (coming out, parents of gays, senior adjustment) mood disorders, grief, personality disorders, PTSD, returning veterans, death and dying, spiritual and existential issues.
Marlene Vance Jaffe, MSW, LCSW
Specialty areas: Children 8-12, adolescents and adults; family and individual therapy. Parent education, trauma, anxiety and mood disorders; grief/loss and relationship issues, postpartum and attachment issues. Step/blended family concerns and the effects of divorce on children. Extensive experience with persons and families of color; biracial and interracial clients/families.
Louise Kerr, LMFT
Specialty areas: Individuals and couples. Specializing in relationship issues, work/career and midlife issues, stress reduction, anxiety, panic, trauma, depression, chronic pain and grief.
Eliza Magid, LMFT
Specialty areas: Children, adults, families.
Kerry O'Reilly, LMFT
Specialty areas: Early childhood trauma, breast cancer, infertility, relationship issues, substance abuse and eating disorders. Works with individuals and couples coping with unexpected traumas: illness, career changes, death of a family member and unresolved parent-child relationships within adulthood.
Tiffany Pang
Administrative assistant
Barbara Robertson, MFT
Specialty areas: adults, older adults, adolescents, preadolescents (age 9 and up). Individuals: Depression, anxiety, stress, problems of living, mood disorders, addictions, anger management, self-esteem building/assertion training. Couples: Increasing communication and intimacy, arguing constructively, dealing with differences. Divorce. Families: Parenting, family systems, resolving conflict.
Dawn K. Scheibley, MFT
Specialty areas: Individuals (children, adolescents, adults, seniors), couples, families. Eating disorders, depression, anxiety, self-mutilation, post-traumatic stress, obsession-compulsion, domestic violence, divorce, parents and children, bereavement/loss.
Leslie Shein, LMFT
Specialty areas: Individual, adolescent and couples therapy. Focus on Addiction, anxiety, bipolar disorders, depression and mood dysregulation, fertility, grief and loss, personality disorders and self-harm behaviors.
Scott Tobin, M.A., LMFT
Specialty areas: children and families, marriage and relationship counseling, parenting, child abuse, family violence, adoption and foster care, depression, anxiety, behavior and school problems, attention deficit/hyperactivity, play therapy (ages 2 and up), mentoring and skills-building for children and teens.
Beth Tunis, MFT
Specialty areas: Addiction and chemical dependency, co-occurring disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma and life renewal. A licensed therapist who brings over 10 years' experience working with adolescents and adults in individual, couple, family and group counseling. She has worked in the Malibu Rehab community and currently works along with UCLA in its co-occurring disorders research program.
Eva Westholm, LCSW
Specialty areas: Adults, couples, teens, depression, anxiety, trauma & PTSD, bipolar, addiction recovery & co-dependency, psychotic disorders, stress and work related, anger management, self-injury, bereavement & loss, psycho-social assessments, crisis intervention.
Dr. Laurel Wiig, LMFT
Specialty areas: Children and adolescents. Parents/couples of children with special needs and learning differences (autism, Asperger's, ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, etc.) Anxiety and depression. Addiction and recovery issues.
