Trauma therapy that moves through, not around.
Doctoral-level (PhD/PsyD) psychologists treating trauma & ptsd for people
in Los Angeles and across Southern California — online, in-network, and usually with no waitlist. From Downtown to the Valley to the Westside, you can see a licensed psychologist without losing two hours to the 405 to get there.
The thing that happened isn't in the past the way it should be — it's in your sleep, your startle, the situations you quietly avoid. Trauma isn't weakness and it isn't permanent. It's a nervous system stuck in a loop that the right treatment can close.
Trauma & PTSD therapy, explained.
Trauma keeps the body braced for a danger that's already over. Our psychologists use the treatments with the strongest evidence for PTSD: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to work through the beliefs the trauma left behind, and Prolonged Exposure (PE) to take the charge out of the memory so it stops running your day. You set the pace. We work in a way that respects your nervous system — the goal is to feel more in control, not to relive the worst day of your life on command.
Trauma & PTSD therapy in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles runs on hustle — long commutes, an industry built on rejection, and a sprawl that can make a city of four million feel isolating. That's a lot of nervous systems running hot.
In-person specialists cluster on the Westside and charge accordingly. Telehealth means someone in Boyle Heights or Sylmar works with the same doctoral-level psychologist as someone in Santa Monica — without surrendering an afternoon to the 405. Every one of our
psychologists is licensed in California and sees clients across Los Angeles County — Downtown, the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, South LA, the Eastside, and the beach cities —
by secure video. Where you are in Los Angeles decides the view out your window during session, not whether
you can get trauma & ptsd care.
What trauma & ptsd therapy here looks like.
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) — evidence-based, structured, and time-limited
- Prolonged Exposure when appropriate, always at a pace you control
- A trauma-informed clinician who treats your context as central, not background
Who you’d work with.
Dr. Jessica Habashy
Dr. Maria Meinerding
Dr. Sara Chamberlin
