Compassionate psychotherapy with a real human, providing genuine connection to foster growth.
Healing Starts Here
We all struggle at times in life.
Some are able to quickly move past these challenges. For others, our challenges become overwhelming, we feel stuck, and we feel a sense of suffering in our stuckness. Anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues are often factors that contribute to our suffering.
Changing and growing can be scary, painful, and hard. If you recognize that the pain and challenges of where you are at are worth the risk of changing, you have already begun your courageous transformation journey.
I strive to create and hold a safe and non-judgmental space while compassionately joining you in working toward your self-identified goals, using evidence-supported treatment modalities.
I understand that therapy requires you to be extremely vulnerable with another person. The connection you feel with your therapist is just as important as the therapeutic training and skills your therapist possesses.
Being authentic, genuine, and using humor are ways in which I work to create a human connection with my clients to help them feel safe being vulnerable.
Services Tailored to Your Needs
Individual Psychotherapy
Specializing in treating individuals impacted by trauma, anxiety, relationship issues, and life stressors/changes
Couples Psychotherapy
Specializing in treating couples impacted by repeated patterns of conflict, and feeling disconnected
Treatment Approaches Offered
For individual therapy:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Self-compassion (rooted in the work of Kristen Neff)
Somatic work (rooted in Somatic Experiencing)
For couples therapy:
Let's Work Together
Every journey starts with a single step. Reach out today for a complimentary 15-minute consultation to discuss how I can support you.
**Please note that I do not provide crisis mental health services. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis (i.e. have suicidal or homicidal thoughts with a plan and/or intent to act on these thoughts) please go to your nearest emergency room or call the national suicide and crisis lifeline at 988.
Appointments available via telehealth or in-person
Office location: 4730 Palm Ave. Suite 212 La Mesa, CA 91941
Community based appointments are also available - like a trail, the park, or the beach
Phone: 619-289-7835
Email: leah@leahannemitchell.com