The Team
Who We Are
Dr. Desirée Hermosillo, PsyD, LMFT
Owner & CEO
Provides Individual, Couple's and Family Therapy
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Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Specializes in Latino/a Culture, Relationships, Life Transitions, Trauma, Couple's and Adolescents/Young Adults.
I specialize in working with Latino/a individuals and families, but I am open to all races and cultures. I have worked with individuals, couples, and families as a unit and individually. I also specialize in attachment and how the past influences present behaviors through CBT and psychodynamic approaches.
My approach is client centered, meaning I don't have an agenda, and I include trauma informed care when interacting with my clients. In sessions, I create a judgment free zone and offer a safe space to be your true authentic self. I am about open communication and actively listening to my clients' needs even when we aren't a good fit for one another.
Desirée Moreno, M.A., LMFT
LMFT
Provides Individual Therapy
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Specializes in children, adolescents, trauma, self-esteem, and victims of crime.
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Desirée provides therapy to children, adults, and families utilizing a person-centered approach to psychotherapy. Person centered therapy can be described as a non-authoritative, empathic approach that empowers and motivates the client within the therapeutic process. Instead of viewing the client as flawed and with problematic thoughts and behaviors that require treatment, person-centered therapy views each client as having the potential for positive change and personal growth. Desirée is committed to promoting emotional health/intelligence and mental health awareness while incorporating spirituality whilst meeting the client where they are at in their process. Desirée’s therapeutic process focuses on empowering the individual while strengthening the important relationship not only with themselves but also with others they consider important in their lives. Desirée is certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well as Seeking Safety Evidence Based Practices and utilizes techniques including stress and anxiety management, skills to increase self-esteem and self-worth, as well as techniques to decrease depressive symptoms. Desirée has experience working with children, teens, developmentally disabled individuals, severely emotional disturbed children and adolescents, adults, forensically involved clients, and victims of crime.
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Maria Velazquez, M.A., AMFT
AMFT
Provides Individual, Couple's, and Family Therapy
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Bilingual in English and Spanish
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Specializes in children, adolescents, LGBTQIA+, couples, and substance abuse.
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Maria is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Substance Abuse Counselor, specializing in substance abuse, trauma-informed care, LGBTQ+IA population, and treating of individuals with co-occurring disorders.
Maria’s clinical experience includes conducting psychotherapy with children ages 0-18, and providing substance abuse treatment with adults and adolescents addressing co-occurring disorders.
Maria holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, Path to Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University and is currently completing a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and certification of Substance Abuse Counseling from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Maria has conducted research within the LGBTQ+IA community and Latinx community. Her interests include treating depression, anxiety, trauma, substance abuse, working with the LGBTQ+IA community, multicultural and diverse populations, couples therapy, and co-occurring disorders.
Dr. Patrick Martínez, PsyD, MLFP
Clinician
Provides Individual, Couple's and Family Therapy
Bilingual in English and Spanish
Specializes in trauma and PTSD.
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Patrick recently graduated with his PsyD in Applied Clinical Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He is ready to help you set boundaries or help with the struggles of anxiety, depression, guilt, or low self-esteem. He provides a full range of therapy services in both English and Spanish. He also welcomes people from all walks of life, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds. He has experience working with individuals, groups, families, couples, and the LGBTQ+ Community. His approach is to meet you where you are and address your concerns using CBT methods, mindfulness methods and Psychodynamic methods. When he became a psychotherapist, he wanted to help people reach their full potential. He creates a non-judgmental space to help you feel seen, heard, and safe, where you both can collaborate on ways to navigate complicated feelings. At the same time, he assists you in exploring your vulnerabilities and areas of growth.
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Jocelyn Lopez, M.A., LMFT
Clinical Director
(Currently not accepting clients)
Provides Individual, Couple's, and Family Therapy
Bilingual in English and Spanish
Specializes in adults, trauma, depression, and anxiety.
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As a Marriage and Family Therapist in Los Angeles, CA, I have worked with severely emotionally distressed individuals that have been in the foster system or in probation. I have experience helping adults with co-occurring disorders and assisting clients in crisis in a residential treatment program. I work with families and assist in identifying and breaking transgenerational trauma patterns, identifying underlying needs/wants, and developing an achievable treatment plan with the client. I also work with couples and implement Gottman's methods.
Throughout my career, I have gathered extensive tools that allow me to utilize and teach my clients with depression, anxiety, marital problems..etc. I am client-centered and use a combination of dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and motivational interviewing (MI) techniques.
I am an empathetic listener and provide a safe space for you in session. My goal is to help you increase your confidence, self-love to live a blissful life with mental peace. The more insight you have on yourself, the more you are opening the path to freedom.