Client Focus:  Young Adults, Female Professionals 

Areas of Specialization: Life Transitions, Stress and Anxiety, Family Conflict, Women’s Issues, Multicultural Issues and Relationship Issues

I am a registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who is passionate about working with individuals, couples and families who are facing challenges such as depression, anxiety, trauma, work/life stress, shame, low self-esteem, life transitions, feelings of “stuckness” and relationship/family dysfunction.  

I earned my Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from California State University, Long Beach. My approach is compassionate, empathetic, and direct so clients feel seen, heard, and understood. It is often in the darkest corners of ourselves that we find the brightest hope. Love, joy and belonging start within us while pain and disconnection come from learning through adverse experiences to hide, deny, and reject who we are. By reconnecting with and learning to love our authentic selves, we can experience more inner peace and healthy relationships. Exploring the places inside of us we have long ignored can be scary, but it is not a journey we must embark on alone. Therapy has been a vital part of my healing; I’d like to help you experience that process of healing as well. Together, we will work to cultivate self-worth, -self compassion and self-awareness so you may progress down a path away from who the world made you think you needed to be, and toward who you are. Because who you are is enough. 

Phone: 714.340.5367

Email: emily@gesellpsychotherapy.com