Westlake Village Therapists specializing in Grief or Loss

Kaitlyn Hensley

Feelings of anxiety, depression, and grief can often be a heavy weight we are carrying around. Finding relief can sometimes feel like an impossible task, however gaining more insight and awareness around your feelings as well as talking about them, can help make that weight a little lighter. By learning more about you, the stressors or traumas you have experienced throughout your life or the potential unknown patterns you may be engaging in can help move you forward and flourish again!

Jenna Gross

I am here to sit with you in your pain and loss. To hear you and be with you, without wanting to change you or make you feel better.

Destinie Vidrio

One of my greatest joys is helping you step into their infinite power and potential and help you live a life full of compassion, confidence, self-love, and purpose. I know that sometimes we get lost and have a hard time recognizing and hearing our authentic selves. That it is sometimes hard to navigate the darkness in our lives. However, I believe that we are all worthy of living a healthy life full of joy and fulfillment. I am here simply to help you see the power you have within you.

Melanie Masters

I help individuals with anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. I specialize in grief work, life changes, and ADHD, and learning disabilities. These issues may feel challenging and hard to change. Therapy can help you understand your own strengths. You will learn to heal past wounds and create new possibilities.

Jon Fledzinskas

Are you uncertain about your identity, your values, or how to manage your thoughts and feelings? I personally have had to work toward lasting and meaningful change in my own life. Clients working with me can expect me to help them explore their inner and outer struggles, define what change can look like, and move forward in their lives. We all want to make sense out of our experiences with others and live with meaning or purpose in our actions. I am here to help you along that journey.

Amanda Jennings

Do you notice that you worry more about what others think of you than what you think of you? Maybe you look around the room and compare yourself to others. Are you always "watching your weight" or trying a new diet? At first you felt like you were controlling the food, but now it seems like the food is controlling you. It's all you can think about. I've been treating people with various levels of eating disorders for over a decade. You and I can work together to get your life back.

Stefanie Rosen

Lots of things done by less-experienced marriage counselors are a waste of time. You don't need improved communication skills (because you're not in a boardroom). Or help dividing up chore charts or learning some prescribed script to follow in every fight (because you are not seven). What you need is to feel connected again. What you need is to speak up for yourself knowing you'll be met, heard and loved. What you need is a safe ship and smart captain who makes sense of the chaos and conflict.

Robert Scholz

I have expertise in the areas of anxiety, depression, addiction, men's issues, career coaching, sports psych, couples/ family therapy, trauma and young adult mental health. I see a diverse group of clients, all of whom have unique concerns and strengths that we uncover and utilize in our work together. I see many individuals who have achieved great success in one area of their life, at the expense of their mental health, relationships or other important facets of their life.

Sabrina Samedi

Feeling stuck? Struggling to identify goals? Feeling as if your body image and relationship to food has become overwhelming? Whether you are having a hard time answering these questions or the answers are ingrained in you, I am here to support you! Authenticity and empowerment are the focus of my therapeutic style. Together, let's take a look at what is and is not serving you in life right now. I work through story, tools and feedback to help clients realign with their true self.

Tanya Samuelian

I bring a warm, empathic, and genuine energy to the therapy room. If you are seeking an interactive & compassionate environment, contact me for a complimentary consultation. I offer daytime & evening hours. I look forward to discussing your goals for therapy & ways to create a meaningful and fulfilled life.

Rachel Chistyakov

I work with individuals, couples, children, adolescents, and families in my office space, via telehealth, or outdoors by the beautiful lake that surrounds the office complex. Some of my specialty areas include family counseling, couples counseling, PTSD and trauma related disorders, and grief and loss.

Norine Vander Hooven

I help people who have experienced severe traumatic events (shootings, accidents, witnessed a loved one die, grieving a loved one,...). I also have people come to me to learn how to communicate in their relationships, parenting concerns, life transitions at any point in one's life, and daily stress. Sometimes my clients struggle to get out of bed in the morning, have difficulty with crying a lot or being very short tempered with others. They come to me because they feel stuck in their lives.

Corey Hirsch

You Feel: Overwhelmed and exhausted, like there are too many balls in the air, Disconnected from your family or friends, Inadequate and like you can barely keep it together, Lost or off-track and not sure how to find your way back, Unappreciated or resentful. Perhaps you are contemplating divorce, Or, maybe you just feel stuck and you are not living the life you want to live. I will guide you as you reconnect with your core values and move forward with life feeling greater joy.

Brittney Henderson

Susan Russo

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist who graduated from California Lutheran University. I have over 5 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, elder adults, and families. I have grown up in this community and is familiar with treating and working with individuals with developmental disabilities and with severe mental illness.

Lauren Jensen

Feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and depleted? Or perhaps your life is challenging you in ways that make it difficult to manage the day-to-day. Whether you're anxious and feeling a lack of control, or not feeling like yourself and finding that your life is lacking meaning and purpose, it's not too late to get the support you deserve. I'm here to provide a warm and supportive space where you can be your authentic self and feel heard and understood.

Susan Abdel-Haq

I know how hard it can be to reach out for help and to find a Therapist with a similar lived experience. There is so much pressure that is placed to have it all together that it can feel really lonely and anxiety inducing. It is even harder when you try to navigate different environments and relationships only to be left feeling like you don't belong or even told you are “too sensitive”. Over the years, I have supported Clients with processing these issues with the utmost cultural sensitivity.

Suzanne Grace

My desire is to help you live a full life, to listen openly, w/out bias, to understand you outside of your problems; to help you see that you have strengths/resources that will help you get through this difficult time. When dealing with trauma from divorce, childbirth, loss, or when trying to manage motherhood including post-partum issues, if you are feeling stuck, sad, confused, or anxious, I will aid you in identifying those obstacles & work collaboratively and holistically to work through it

Katie Busse

I helps teens, young adults, and families work through a wide range of challenges. I have a passion for helping others manage worry, perfectionism, and stress, such as for those who may be high-achieving or gifted.

Alissa Wedel

Living with chronic disease, anxiety and or depression can feel overwhelming, lonely and unpredictable. This can be an extremely challenging and scary time. Whether you have received a new diagnosis, contemplating the next steps or experiencing ongoing treatment. Or you’re experiencing symptoms associated with depression or anxiety.