Therapy in Los Angeles
Rooted in Connection, Community, Culture, and Care
Helping You Unlearn, Heal, and Thrive
At Grazel Garcia Psychotherapy & Associates, we recognize that healing exists within the context of your lived experiences, cultural wisdom, and community strengths. Our liberatory therapy approach acknowledges how systems of power, intergenerational patterns, and social structures impact mental wellness.
If you’re an individual seeking better self-awareness, a couple hoping to reconnect, or walking the world through a different cultural lens, our compassionate team is here to walk alongside you. Offering both in-person therapy in Atwater Village and virtual sessions across California, we create space for healing that honors your full self.
A Safe, Inclusive Space for Healing and Growth
At Grazel Garcia Psychotherapy and Associates, we view therapy as a relationship, not just a service, one built on trust, mutual respect, and the deep belief that healing happens in connection.
Our approach is emotionally focused and relational at its core. We meet you where you are, honoring the complexity of your story while helping you move towards understanding yourself or your partner better, feeling empowered, and experiencing meaningful and transformational change. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, identity, or relationship stress, our therapists are here to hold space for all of you with care, curiosity, and cultural humility.
We specialize in therapy that is trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ affirming, and grounded in the lived experiences of first-generation and BIPOC clients. Every session is shaped by who you are and what matters most to you.
Together, we create brave spaces where your full self is welcomed and validated. We blend evidence-based practices with cultural wisdom and psychoanalytic understanding, recognizing that healing happens in relationship, community, and connection.
Whether you seek individual growth, relationship support, or collective healing through group work, we walk alongside you on your journey toward liberation and wholeness.
Healing looks different for everyone, and you deserve support that’s as unique as your lived experience.
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Support for Individuals, Couples, and Families in Los Angeles
Whatever brings you here, you don’t have to face it alone.
We work with people across all walks of life: individuals seeking grounding, couples hoping to reconnect, and families navigating change or tension. Our practice is built to support the real, everyday experiences of being human, whether they’re messy, beautiful, or something in between.
You might find yourself here if you’re:
- Feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or emotionally stuck
- Longing for deeper connection in your relationships
- Exploring your identity as a first-generation or BIPOC adult
- Processing past hurt or family dynamics
- Struggling with burnout, boundaries, or belonging
- Seeking culturally affirming, neurodiversity-informed support
- Struggling to relate to your neurodiverse or neurotypical partner
Whatever you’re carrying, we offer a space that’s soft, steady, and built to hold it with you.
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Therapy Services in Los Angeles & Online Across California
Individual Therapy
A space to explore what’s weighing on you: stress, identity, trauma, or simply the feeling that something’s not quite right. Therapy can help you reconnect to yourself and find deeper meaning, purpose and clarity amidst the noise of life.
Couples Therapy
If you’re navigating conflict, feeling distant, or wanting to grow together, couples therapy could be exactly what you need. We help couples rebuild trust, improve communication, and deepen emotional connection through our emotionally-focused approach.
Group Therapy
Our therapist-led, small-group sessions invite connection, shared growth, and real-time practice of new relational skills. We offer groups like Partner Support for neurodiverse couples, Healthy Relationships, and LGBTQIA+ Women’s groups.
Therapy for First-Gen & BIPOC Clients
We honor the layered and complex experiences of marginalized and minority communities who often wrestle with cultural identity, intergenerational expectations, and the competing needs of code-switching, caregiving, and belonging.
LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy
You deserve therapy that doesn’t just accept you, but celebrates you for being you. We offer safe, affirming support for queer, trans, and questioning individuals and couples to process their lived experience.
Therapy for Neurodiverse Individuals & Couples
We provide affirming, strengths-based support for autistic and ADHD individuals, as well as couples in mixed neurotype relationships, centering your unique ways of thinking, feeling, and connecting.
We offer accessible care wherever you are in California. Our Online Therapy offers the same depth and connection as in-person therapy, on your terms, from your space.
Affirming Care, Always
Neuropsychological Testing in Los Angeles
If you’ve ever wondered why certain tasks feel harder for you—or your child—or why focus, memory, or learning seem off-track, neuropsychological testing can offer the clarity you’ve been searching for.
Led by Dr. Tyler Howard, a compassionate and experienced psychologist, our assessments help uncover what’s beneath attention struggles, emotional overwhelm, executive functioning issues, or learning challenges. Whether you’re exploring ADHD, autism, brain injury, or anxiety-related concerns, testing provides a detailed, personalized picture of how your brain works and what kind of support would truly help.
You’ll walk away with more than a diagnosis—you’ll gain understanding, insight, and a practical path forward. We offer culturally attuned evaluations for children, teens, and adults, with equity-based pricing and thoughtful care every step of the way.
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Sliding Scale Available
Committed to Anti-Oppressive Practice
Multiple Languages Spoken
Specialized Therapy for High-Performance Professionals
At GGPA, we understand the unique pressures and challenges faced by individuals in demanding, high-visibility careers. Our practice specializes in providing confidential, comprehensive mental health support for:
Entertainment Industry Professionals
- Actors, directors, writers, and producers
- Musicians, performers, and creative artists
- Industry executives and talent representatives
- Behind-the-scenes professionals navigating industry pressures
Professional Athletes
- Elite and professional athletes across all sports
- Coaches and athletic performance staff
- Sports industry professionals
- Athletes transitioning between career phases
High-Powered Executive Positions
- C-suite executives and business leaders
- Entrepreneurs and startup founders
- Legal professionals and attorneys
- Medical professionals and healthcare leaders
- Finance and investment professionals
Why we specialize in these communities
Your career demands aren’t typical, and neither should your therapy be. We understand the unique stressors that come with high-performance careers: public scrutiny, intense competition, irregular schedules, financial pressures, identity challenges, and the constant pressure to perform at your peak.
Our therapists are experienced in addressing issues specific to high-achievers, including performance anxiety, imposter syndrome, work-life balance challenges, career transitions, substance use concerns, relationship difficulties under public pressure, and the mental health impacts of fame, success, and high-stakes environments.
Why Clients Trust Grazel Garcia Psychotherapy
Choosing a therapist is deeply personal. Here’s what sets us apart:
- Culturally Grounded Care – We honor the complexity of identity, intergenerational experiences, and cultural context.
- Emotionally Focused, Trauma-Informed Therapy – Rooted in safety, trust, and meaningful connection.
- Affirming of All Identities – LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, first-gen, BIPOC; you are seen and supported here.
- Virtual & In-Person Sessions – Therapy on your terms, wherever you are in California.
- Therapist Matching That Makes Sense – We take time to pair you with someone aligned with your needs and values.
- Accessible Options – We offer sliding scale sessions because care should never feel out of reach.
You deserve therapy that resonates deeply. That’s just what we offer
Meet Our Compassionate, Culturally-Aware Therapists
We center your experiences as a whole person, understanding that mental health cannot be separated from systemic inequities, cultural identity, or collective trauma. Our diverse team brings expertise in:
- LGBTQIA+ affirming care that celebrates all expressions of identity
- Trauma healing that honors ancestral resilience
- Neurodivergent-affirming support that rejects harmful normative standards
- Relationship care that embraces all forms of connection and community
Every member of our team brings a blend of empathy, lived experience, and clinical depth, working alongside you to compassionately hold space for healing and connection.
Grazel Garcia, LMFT
Grazel is a bilingual Filipino-American LMFT and certified Emotionally-Focused Therapist specializing in diverse relationship structures (including kink and CNM), grief, addiction, and trauma. With deep cultural attunement rooted in her personal and ancestral journey, she brings a relational, systemic perspective to healing.
Dr. Tyler Howard, PsyD
Dr. Howard is a clinical psychologist and GGPA’s neuropsychological testing director. She offers LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse-affirmative psychotherapy for individuals and couples, blending psychodynamic and CBT approaches to support gender/sexual identity, trauma recovery, anxiety, and life transitions.
Samantha Lam, AMFT
Samantha, an EFIT and EFCT-trained associate, uses Brainspotting and Havening to support clients through trauma, anxiety, and relational disconnection. A multilingual, neurodiversity-affirming therapist, she takes a non-pathologizing, attachment-based stance rooted in her multicultural upbringing.
Arami James, AMFT
Arami is an emotionally-focused therapist working with individuals, couples, and families through a somatic, creative lens. She supports reproductive health and postpartum care in a strengths-based framework, infused with her multicultural, first-gen perspective.
Tiffany Cuevas, AMFT
Tiffany is an emotionally-focused associate therapist focused on attachment, relational healing, and trauma. She offers trauma-informed care to individuals and couples, celebrating all identities and relationship structures through a compassionate, emotionally honest approach.
Rachel Wiederhoeft, ASW
Rachel Wiederhoeft brings warmth, presence, and cultural humility to her work with individuals and couples. Blending somatic and relational therapy, she helps clients feel safe, seen, and grounded. Her approach supports deep emotional work and meaningful connection, honoring each person’s lived experience with curiosity, compassion, and care.
Nicole Orsini, LCSW (Operations Manager)
Nicole brings over two decades of behavioral health experience to her role managing client inquiries and operations. While no longer seeing clients, her clinical background ensures that every new connection feels thoughtfully supported from the start.
Getting Started Is Simple
Beginning therapy can feel like a big step, but it doesn’t have to feel overwhelming.
Here’s how it works:
Step 1
Schedule a Free 20-Minute Consultation
Tell us a bit about what’s bringing you in. No pressure, no commitment, just a chance to connect and feel genuinely seen and heard.
Step 2
Get Matched With the Right Therapist
We’ll thoughtfully match you with someone on our team who aligns with your needs, values, and goals.
Step 3
Start Your Therapy Journey
Whether in person in Atwater Village or online across California, you’ll begin a process of insight, connection, and healing at your own pace.
What other therapists say
Grazel Garcia has created a comprehensive practice with an important specialization
…treating individuals and couples in the LGBTQIA, BIPOC and neurodiverse communities. These sensitive, skilled clinicians offer a wide range of services and because they have been trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy, their focus is attuned and caring. I highly recommend Grazel and her colleagues for all aspects of this very important clinical work.
Grazel is an excellent therapist that I trust wholeheartedly.
She approaches her work with such empathy and also incredible intellect. She is my go-to referral for LGBTQ+ couples and interracial relationships. I could not say enough positive things about her.
Not only have I received supervision from Grazel, but I’ve also worked with members of her team.
Grazel’s team has advanced training in EFT, racial trauma, and multicultural relationships. They also specialize in working with Queer and neurodiverse folx. I can say without a doubt that her clinicians are extremely well supervised and any client at this practice will receive capable, safe, and affirming care.
Have Questions About Therapy?
We know starting therapy can bring up a lot of questions, and you’re not alone in that.
Here are a few we hear most often:
Therapy in the Heart of Los Angeles
We’re located in Atwater Village and proudly serve clients across the greater Los Angeles area as well as throughout California via secure virtual sessions.
Our cozy, light-filled office is easily accessible from Silver Lake, Atwater Village, Echo Park, and surrounding neighborhoods. Prefer to meet online? We offer virtual therapy to clients anywhere in California.
Ready to Begin?
You don’t have to wait until things feel unmanageable to ask for support. Therapy can be a space to reconnect with yourself or your partner, feel less alone, and move forward with intention.
If you’re feeling the pull, we’re here, ready to meet you where you are.