Psychotherapy

A supportive, confidential space where you can increase your insight and emotional intelligence while improving your interactions with daily life and relationships.

Struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief/loss, spiritual, relationship or personal crises? Interested in understanding your inner self and how that impacts your behavior? Mental health conditions are common, affecting about 26% of adults in the United States at any given time. With effective therapy, you can heal and achieve the life you desire.

At the California Center for Psychedelic Therapy in Los Angeles, California, our team of highly trained, trauma-informed psychotherapists offer comprehensive, depth-oriented psychotherapy sessions for adults of all genders.  Using a dynamic, integrative and collaborative approach we work with you in a supportive and confidential space to co-create the change you want to see in your life. 

Schedule a psychotherapy evaluation at the California Center for Psychedelic Therapy by submitting an online request today. 

What is psychotherapy?

Psychotherapy can facilitate emotional intelligence, healthy communication and relationships and personal growth and self awareness.  Psychotherapy at the California Center for Psychedelic Therapy is an interpersonal way to treat depression, PTSD, bipolar depression, anxiety, OCD and other mental health concerns. We take a relational, transpersonal and inner-directed approach to mental health care, recognizing that identities and egos aren’t the entire picture of your existence.

At the California Center for Psychedelic Therapy, our clinical team supports you in creating space for the change you want to see in your life using a dynamic, integrative and collaborative approach to psychotherapy. 

Who is a candidate for psychotherapy?

Psychotherapy at the California Center for Psychedelic Therapy is a valuable treatment for people experiencing the following and more:

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD & C-PTSD)
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Bipolar disorder
• Suicidal Thoughts
• Relationship challenges
• Spiritual, transpersonal or existential crises
• Phase of Life issues
• Anyone seeking to develop balanced self-awareness or access deeper meaning and purpose.

Symptoms of mental health challenges may include ongoing sadness, continuous worry or fear, suicidal thoughts, sleep disruptions or relationship and spiritual challenges that negatively impact your daily life. 

You might experience a loss of interest in favorite activities, substance misuse, nightmares, flashbacks, social isolation, obsessions, or compulsions.  Maybe you just feel off day after day, but can't determine any reason why you're not thriving. 

Psychotherapy helps you increase self-awareness, develop emotional intelligence, accept deeper meaning and recognize your inherent healing power.

What does treatment with psychotherapy look like?

Psychotherapy at the California Center for Psychedelic Therapy typically consists of one-on-one, 50-minute sessions with a licensed psychotherapist. The exact duration varies based on the results of your psychological  assessment, current symptoms, and treatment goals.  Psychotherapy sessions can consist of mindfulness, somatics, art, reflection and discussion.  Your therapist will actively involve you in creating your treatment plan and goals — you determine the pace, content, and progress.

How is the center’s psychotherapy unique?

Our approach to psychotherapy is informed by our diverse backgrounds — as a team we understand the value of insight and connection both within and beyond our identities. All our therapists are trauma-informed, non-pathologizing and have advanced clinical mental health licenses and extensive client-centered, depth-oriented training.  Our collective practice focuses on developing balanced self awareness, healthy communication skills and reducing behavioral acting out, trauma, anxiety, depression and other types of emotional dysregulation. Using a dynamic, integrative and collaborative approach we work with you in a supportive and confidential space to co-create the change you want to see in your life.

We prioritize an evidence-informed, yet individualized course of treatment and we value you as the best guide on your own journey toward well-being.  

,What are the different types of psychotherapy?

Examples of psychotherapy offered at our center include:

Transpersonal therapy

Transpersonal therapy uses an intagrative and holistic approach that focuses on your mind, body and spirit.

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

The California Center for Psychedelic Therapy currently offers Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. We also offer psychedelic integration therapy for those exploring psychedelics in ceremonial or recreational settings and seeking clinical support to relfect on those experiences.  Our clinicians also have significant experience in the context of research with Psilocybin Therapy and MDMA-Assisted Therapy which provide further expertise in supporting psychedelic experiences.

Supportive Psychotherapy

Supportive psychotherapy improves self esteem and ego functioning via social-emotional co-regulation and social support. 

Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Interpersonal psychotherapy at the California Center for Psychedelic Therapy helps you break free from relationship issues and optimize the way you interact with others.

Psychodynamic therapy

Psychodynamic therapy motivates you to resolve conflicts by boosting awareness of buried thoughts and behaviors.

Schedule a psychotherapy evaluation at the California Center for Psychedelic Therapy by submitting an online request today.