It’s time to thrive.

Relational, LGBTQ2IA+ affirming EMDR therapy in-person in Los Angeles, CA and virtually throughout California.

Finding ease isn’t always easy.

Modern life is taxing on the body, mind, and spirit. Trying to find balance amidst the many responsibilities, challenges, and uncertainties of life can leave you feeling burnt out, disconnected, and anxious. You want to access joy, pleasure, and curiosity but worry and stress make it feel out of reach.

Perhaps you’re continuing to feel weighed down by your past. It feels heavy but you’re unsure of how to make sense of it and move forward. Maybe parts of you know what is true, while other parts have a hard time feeling it.

I hear you. You’re not alone. We were not meant to do this alone.

Hi, I’m Resha.

    • LCSW #126958

    • BA from New York University

    • MSW from Columbia University School of Social Work

    • 200-hour yoga teacher certification

    • Post-graduate traineeship at The Relational Center in Los Angeles, California

    • Foundational Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

    • Trained in Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)

    • EMDR Certified (Coming Summer 2025)

    • Member of Kintsugi Therapist Collective Embodied Private Practice Cohort 7

    • Sister, partner, friend, daughter, auntie, dog mom

    • Lover of pasta, nature, animals, books, art, film, TV, music, long walks, tennis, yoga, and dancing

    • Amateur Tarot reader

    • Committed to my own inner work & how I show up in the world

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and therapist. I use my clinical training, life experience, and intuition to help you make the changes you are seeking. I identify as a queer, neurodivergent, mixed, Arab, cis-gender woman.

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My Approach

I’m a warm, compassionate, and collaborative therapist who is also irreverent, down-to-earth, and deeply human. My intention is to cultivate trusting, nurturing, and inspired relationships with my clients that lead to empowered growth.

My approach is relational, holistic, and somatic. I weave together my training in Relational therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Psychodynamic, Parts Work, and mindfulness practices to support you in moving through life’s challenges.

My intention is to hold space that is anti-oppressive and decolonial. You are the expert on you. While I don’t believe that therapy can ever be free from the systems of harm and oppression that we exist within, I seek to remain aware and proactive around how these dynamics impact your wellbeing and our therapeutic relationship.

Who I Work With

I tend to work with women, queer, and trans folx who who are at a turning point in their lives. This has included those who are healing from difficult childhoods, navigating relational challenges, integrating trauma, moving through grief and loss, as well as exploring identity and adjusting to life transitions.

Some expressions of these experiences manifest as low self-worth/self esteem, disconnection from Self and others, boundary issues, lack of belonging, shame, over responsibility, excessive caretaking, control issues, worry, panic, inattention, restlessness, sensory sensitivity, chronic illness, and pain.

It is an honor to support clients in nurturing a more compassionate, respectful, and authentic relationship with themselves and others. We will explore strengths as we sow seeds for greater support, pleasure, and joy.

all are welcome here ❁

all are welcome here ❁

Issues I can help with.

I wish to see and honor your wholeness, beyond labels and diagnostic categories. Nevertheless, here are some of the common threads in my work:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Trauma & complex trauma

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)

  • Chronic pain & chronic illness

  • Sexuality & gender

  • Grief & loss

  • Body image

  • Perfectionism

  • Burnout

  • Life transitions

  • Racial identity, particularly mixed, bicultural, & biracial experiences

My practice is kink & BDSM knowledgeable and affirming.

Offerings

Individual Therapy

1:1 sessions where we will work collaboratively to uncover and understand the issues bringing you to therapy.

  • I pull from Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Parts Work, and EMDR in honoring the mind-body-spirit connection.

EMDR

An effective therapy for those suffering with post-traumatic stress, PTSD, c-PTSD, depression, and anxiety.

  • A structured therapy that uses bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements or tapping), to help the body and mind “digest” painful memories, trauma, as well as the emotions and body sensations that go along with these experiences.

Consultation

Support for clinicians looking for clinical feedback around their work with clients.

  • Working effectively with clients takes a team. I’m here to support you with clinical case conceptualization, treatment planning, and working through the stuck points.

FAQs

  • No, I do not accept insurance at this time and am an out-of-network provider. I can provide a Superbill (monthly statement of services) if you would like to use your out-of-network insurance benefits.

  • My fee is $220 for a 50-minute session. I reserve a few spaces in my schedule for sliding scale clients on a first-come, first-served basis.

    My hourly fee for clinical consultation is $175.

  • I meet with clients on a weekly basis as building a strong therapeutic connection requires consistency. With time and mutual agreement, clients sometimes decrease the frequency of sessions to every other week.

  • This will vary depending on your goals for therapy. That being said, I provide in-depth therapy because I have found this to create lasting change.

  • Yes! I work both virtually and in person from a lovely office in Los Angeles, CA.

Start your healing journey here.

resha@reshaaltai.com