Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Lara LMFT Inc.
PROVIDING THERAPY FOR:
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INDIVIDUALS
COUPLES
FAMILIES
ADOLESCENTS
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THERAPEUTIC ORIENTATIONS:
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FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY
EMDR TRAUMA THERAPY
IFS - INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS
EXISTENTIAL THERAPY
GOTTMAN METHOD COUPLES THERAPY
NARRATIVE THERAPY
SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
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Lara Sayles is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
(LMFT 97213) working with individuals, couples, families, and minors (adolescents and teens). Lara specializes in anxiety, trauma, interpersonal relationships, emotional management, identity, grief and loss, adjustment/life transitions, sexuality, blended families, breakup and divorce recovery, self-esteem, focus, gender identity, creative blockages, codependency recovery, negative thoughts and behavior patterns, and working with the LGBTQIA community.
Practicing therapy since 2009, Lara has a compassionate, straightforward, and strength-based approach, tailoring treatment uniquely to each individual/couple/family. She integrates practices from the orientations of Family Systems, Existential, Narrative, Internal Family Systems, Solution-Focused, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Lara is fully trained as an EMDR Therapist for the treatment of trauma, obtaining her certificate through the EMDRIA-Approved Institute for Creative Mindfulness. Lara completed level 1 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy and is currently progressing through level 2. Lara loves being a therapist because it’s challenging and always provokes opportunities for growth. Her passion for traveling the world grants her a broader understanding of cultural factors and the extensiveness of their impact on an individual. Lara enjoys helping people heal, gain insight, find meaning, and evolve into better versions of themselves while cultivating a genuine therapeutic relationship with them.
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Lara currently has her own therapy practice in Los Angeles as well as offers remote-based telehealth sessions for California residents.
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Lara received her Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage & Family Therapy from Pepperdine University and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from San Diego State University.
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Everyone does their best to handle life's struggles on their own. Sometimes the things we do to feel better may be problematic, or we have not yet learned healthy ways to cope. Therapy can provide us the tools to effectively: heal emotional wounds, manage emotions and stressors, navigate through difficult interpersonal relationships, find meaning and discover lessons from our hardships, make healthy choices, and gain a deeper self awareness. Therapy can help us become better versions of ourselves in order to lead more satisfying and fulfilling lives.