Marriage and Family Therapist

I am committed to treating the whole person, considering the mind, emotion, body and spirit.  Supporting my clients through challenging times to greater healing.  My goal is to provide compassionate, quality care and assist individuals in reaching their highest potential by optimizing their relationships with others and more importantly, with themselves. 

It is my honor and privilege to assist you in accessing the wisdom that already lies within you. 

Deanna is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private psychotherapy practice in Santa Monica, California. She offers counseling for adult and teen individuals, couples, families and groups.

As a Marriage and Family Therapist, Deanna’s practice involves diagnosis and treatment of teens and adults with conditions such as depression, anxiety, pain, women’s issues, infertility, early childhood trauma and abuse, as well as, post-traumatic stress disorder.

Deanna’s clinical approach is integrative using Cognitive-Behavioral, Gestalt, Humanistic, Psychodynamic and Spiritual Psychology. She lovingly and compassionately meets clients where they are in their life process, empowering them to live and lead from their heart.

Deanna has a holistic perspective in assisting her clients through difficult life transitions and challenges. She recognizes the multi-dimensional nature of each individual. She considers the client’s physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being and guides them on a path to greater self-acceptance and self-trust.

Deanna provides a safe, nurturing and caring environment for her clients to gain greater insight and understanding so they can break free of self-defeating thoughts and behaviors, and create lasting change and healing.

Sessions are held in Deanna’s Santa Monica office. Her office is conveniently located near the 405 freeway, on the northwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Yale Street.