Damien is a  Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Los Angeles, CA. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California State University Northridge and a Master of Arts in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Phillips Graduate University. After a brief time as a Research Assistant in his undergraduate studies, he realized that his true passion lies in clinical work. Damien knows that the obstacles that lead someone to search for a therapist are an opportunity for intentional change and growth in one’s life. [Read More]

Dr. Khachi is a Stanford-trained physician, who specializes in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry. He is the founding president of Mind Study Center providing world-class evidence-based, multidisciplinary, and integrated care. Dr. Khachi is known for his expertise in psychopharmacology and various types of individual and family psychotherapy. He has a broad range of experiences in treating psychiatric disorders. He has worked in a variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, emergency rooms, eating disorder programs, and drug and alcohol treatment facilities. Dr. Khachi has also worked as a consulting physician to schools, hospitals, and other referring physicians and psychologists [Read More]

Welcome to A New Day Psychotherapy! It is my honor and privilege to work as a licensed clinical professional that can meet your needs for quality psychological care. It takes a lot of courage to seek quality mental health care, and I invite you to take a deep breath and allow me to support you in your journey to mental healing. I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist that has practiced psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families since 2005. I believe that every individual has the right to integrate their mind, body and soul to make up an authentic being and maintain quality relationships with others. I support every person from all walks of life to know that it is possible to LIVE in life rather than just to survive. [Read More]

While life can be chalk full of beauty and love, it can often come with its challenges. Since 2009, I have helped clients navigate the ambiguity of life to lead them toward healing and growth. I use a non-judgmental and empathic approach, grounded in clinical research, to help direct clients toward a new understanding and experience of how to relate to others in healthier and more productive ways. I believe effective counseling involves all aspects of a person. If desired by my clients, I often incorporate elements of one’s faith, spirituality, identity, and culture into the therapeutic process. [Read More]

Dr. Dustin Plattner is a clinical psychologist with a specialty in child and adolescent psychotherapy licensed in the state of California (PSY26516). His office is located in Pasadena, California. [Read More]

I have experience working as a therapist in school-based counseling programs for kindergarten through high school students. Because of my time working in school-based counseling, I have experience working with a broad range of presenting problems, including but not limited to: anxiety, depression, attention deficits, aggression, divorce and parent separation, trauma, gang involvement, substance abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, family conflict, eating disorders, autism, selective mutism, LGBT issues, teen pregnancy, and low self-esteem. I also specialize in working with families with infants and young children [Read More]

I love my work with children, teens, and their families. I grew up in Pasadena and am familiar with the schools in the area. I know first hand the academic and social pressure that can start in elementary school and continue through middle school and high school. My office is a safe place where children and teens can explore their emotions and develop skills to cope with them. [Read More]

Dr. Christine Pourandrias has over a decade of training and experience providing therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Pourandrias is committed to collaborate with you to make behavioral and emotional changes and make you feel comfortable again. In addition, Dr. Pourandrias values the importance of working with each individual by building a trusted relationship. [Read More]

Dr. Ashley Taylor is a licensed clinical pediatric psychologist (PSY 24629) with a practice in Pasadena, California. She specializes in providing comprehensive psychological and psychoeducational evaluations for children 17 and younger. She is also endorsed in California as an infant-family and early childhood mental health specialist. She works primarily with young children (12 and under) and their families providing mental health therapy. She provides infant and early childhood mental health services, individual, dyadic parent-child and family therapy as well as school consultations [Read More]

Dr. Lyvers practices from a strengths-based, highly relational, and data-driven approach to assessments and therapy, alike. She uniquely blends neuropsychological expertise, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Person-Centered (Rogerian) Therapy, and Systems therapies to offer uniquely-tailored supports to each client. [Read More]

Rostamian is a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY25134) specializing in psychoeducational, neurodevelopmental, and neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents, and young adults. At Capstone Psychological Services, Dr. Rostamian provides comprehensive assessment services such as psychoeducational and psychological assessments for the purposes of Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE’s) and Educationally Related Intensive Counseling Services (ERICS) evaluations. [Read More]

I am a Psychologist, licensed by the state of California, with a private practice in downtown Pasadena. I have doctoral level training in clinical psychology, receiving my doctorate degree from the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. I have been in private practice for over ten years and have also previously worked in several clinics and at an inpatient psychiatric hospital. I am also a former director at Tom Sawyer Camps in Pasadena, a nationally renowned day camp for school-aged children. [Read More]

Dr. McMullin is a Stanford trained psychologist providing both psychotherapy and psychological testing services to the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles County.  Dr. McMullin prides herself in utilizing research supported psychotherapy to facilitate the most effective treatment for her clients.  She often integrates cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, cognitive processing therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy in her work with clients.  Having worked within college counseling centers at both the University of Southern California (USC) and the Claremont Colleges (Monsour Counseling Center), while often seeing students from other local universities in her private practice Dr. McMullin has extensive experience helping college and graduate students.  She is aware of the unique demands of higher education and the challenge of sustaining their study/life balance. [Read More]

Dr. Tickner is a Licensed Psychotherapist (MFT) and Clinical Supervisor in private practice in Pasadena, CA. While always interested in holistic medicine, it wasn’t until after forays into the worlds of theatre and music that he started to practice his own form of healing. He opened his massage therapy practice in 1996 and quickly came to appreciate how the body and the mind are truly linked, and cannot exist, nor be treated, separately.  He attended Naropa University in Boulder, CO where he received his MA in Somatic Psychology. In this cutting edge program, Chris was able to study the body-mind connection in depth. Here he came to understand the important connection between the brain, our bodies and how we grow and change over time. [Read More]

Leanne Watt, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in Pasadena, CA practicing for more than 20 years (License #PSY13321). In 1991, Dr. Watt received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Psychology, an APA-accredited doctoral program. Dr. Watt also completed her APA-Approved, pre-doctoral internship at the University of Southern California, where she provided outpatient psychotherapy to USC’s undergraduate and graduate student population, in 1991. [Read More]