Psychodynamic Therapy in Los Angeles
Some wounds run deeper than words but healing requires going there anyway.
Psychodynamic therapy is a depth-oriented approach rooted in psychoanalysis that goes beyond symptom management to explore the unconscious patterns, early relational experiences, and hidden dynamics shaping your life today. Rather than asking only "what are you feeling?" it asks "where does this come from?" and "what does it mean?"
It is slow, sustained, relational work, and for many people, it is transformative.
What Psychodynamic Therapy Explores
The ways your past lives in your present — in your relationships, your reactions, your recurring patterns
Unconscious beliefs formed early in life that may no longer be serving you
Relational dynamics, attachment wounds, and how you experience closeness, conflict, and trust
The meaning beneath symptoms like anxiety, depression, or emotional numbness
Grief, loss, and experiences that were never fully processed
Who It's For
Psychodynamic therapy tends to resonate with people who are curious about themselves — who want to understand, not just cope. If you've tried other approaches and felt like something was still missing, depth work may be what you've been looking for.
It is particularly well-suited for adults navigating complex trauma, identity and cultural questions, grief, relational difficulties, and the kind of persistent low-grade suffering that's hard to name but impossible to ignore.
My Approach
My practice is psychodynamic at its core. Together, we explore how the past lives in the present, uncovering hidden patterns and making space for lasting change. I integrate attachment-based, trauma-informed, and somatic insights as we go deeper — so that the work feels both meaningful and held.
As a Black, African American, and Afro-Latina therapist in Los Angeles, I bring both clinical training and lived experience to this work. BIPOC, immigrant, and LGBTQIA+ experiences are centered here.