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Military life comes with unique struggles that can have lasting effects on veterans and their families. The stress of service, war-related trauma, and adjustment coming back to civilian life can all take their toll. Members of the military and their loved ones may develop mental health concerns like PTSD, depression, and anxiety, making life more difficult than it could be.

This is where therapy can help. Whether you are located in downtown Gardena, the suburbs of Gardena, other nearby places such as Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, or anywhere else in California, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Common Issues Military Veterans and Families Face

Here are some of the most prevalent issues facing veterans and military families:

  • Veterans: Combat injuries, addictions to narcotics, alcoholism, difficulties getting reacclimated to the civilian world, mental issues like anxiety and PTSD.
  • Military families: worry and sadness during deployment, concern for the well-being of the military member, financial struggles, a fear of being uprooted, lack of control, mental conditions like depression and anxiety, vicarious trauma.

It’s normal to have difficulty during military service or after exiting the military, and that’s why veteran and military family counseling exists. If you or your family are struggling, we recommend you explore your therapy options.

Seek Veteran/Military Family Counseling Now!

A licensed counselor will work with you and your family to explore and resolve the mental and emotional issues holding you back from enjoying life to its fullest. And Mental Health Match can help you find an experienced therapist in your area. Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

Gardena, CA Veteran and Military Family Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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My goal is to meet you where you are and assist you with stress management, anxiety, self-esteem, depression, family conflict, mood disorders, chronic illness and coping with life changes.


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My goal is to meet you where you are and assist you with stress management, anxiety, self-esteem, depression, family conflict, mood disorders, chronic illness and coping with life changes.

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My approach is to meet each client where they are and to collaboratively develop a treatment plan based off your individual goals. I integrate a variety of treatment approaches including behavioral, cognitive, solution focused and empowerment.

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  • Health Anxiety
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Gently confront your deepest feelings, face what isn’t working, and embrace the discomfort of change. I am dedicated to helping you explore your past, undo long-standing behavioral patterns thus clearing a path back to your authentic self.


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Gently confront your deepest feelings, face what isn’t working, and embrace the discomfort of change. I am dedicated to helping you explore your past, undo long-standing behavioral patterns thus clearing a path back to your authentic self.

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With a compassionate heart and an emotion-focused approach, I am dedicated to guiding clients through their most challenging moments towards healing and transformation.

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Identify stressors, process emotional pain, ease anxieties and/or sadness caused by experiences, work through attachment issues and relationship problems that may come from trauma. Gain awareness, learn supportive coping tools, healing emotionally.


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Identify stressors, process emotional pain, ease anxieties and/or sadness caused by experiences, work through attachment issues and relationship problems that may come from trauma. Gain awareness, learn supportive coping tools, healing emotionally.

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I begin with a less directive & structured approach because I want you to feel seen and heard. Together we will dig deeper through your stress/anxiety molded by your past. The way it has stored in your mind and body. Teach you coping & find serenity.

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One of the greatest things about Brainspotting is that one can process just about anything using it. One can work on a specific issues such as anger towards someone or a more general issue such as a sense of not feeling good enough.


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One of the greatest things about Brainspotting is that one can process just about anything using it. One can work on a specific issues such as anger towards someone or a more general issue such as a sense of not feeling good enough.

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Working from a bottom-up approach, clients process issues to obtain healing in their brain and body which leads to change in their psychology versus trying to change their psychology via talk, which is the top-down approach.

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Taking the time to mend is sacred and I am honored to be a piece of the puzzle throughout your journey.


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Taking the time to mend is sacred and I am honored to be a piece of the puzzle throughout your journey.

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I utilize strategies from person-centered, solution-based, and narrative counseling styles, while practicing mindfulness and somatic awareness. Our mind, body, and emotions are so interconnected.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Fear of Failure
  • Grief
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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  • Stress
  • Trauma
  • Women
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