Zachary Zaret, LMFT

About

Marriage & Family Therapist in Los Angeles, CA. Works with Anxiety, Career Counseling and Chronic Illness. Sees clients in person and online. Takes Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Divorce
• Family Conflict
• Grief
• Peer Relationships
• Relationship Issues
• Self Esteem
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)A structured, practical therapy that looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other, and teaches skills for changing unhelpful thinking and habits.
• Compassion FocusedHelps people who are hard on themselves to build warmth and compassion toward themselves, as a counterweight to shame and self-criticism.
• Culturally SensitiveTakes a person's culture, identity, background and values into account, and shapes the work so it fits their life.
• EclecticUses techniques from several approaches, chosen to suit the person and the problem rather than following one model.
• ExistentialExplores life's big questions, such as meaning, freedom, choice, loneliness and death, and how they connect to a person's struggles.
• Family SystemsSees a person as part of their family as a whole, and explores roles, patterns and communication across the family rather than one person's problems alone.
• GestaltFocuses on the here and now, and on noticing what a person is feeling and doing in the moment, often through experiments such as role-play.
• Gottman MethodA couples therapy built on research into what makes relationships last. Works on friendship, handling conflict and shared meaning.
• MulticulturalRecognizes how culture, race, ethnicity and other identities shape experience, and makes them part of the work.
• NarrativeHelps people separate themselves from their problems and retell the stories they hold about their lives in ways that feel truer and more helpful.
• Person-CenteredA warm, non-directive approach: the therapist listens with empathy and without judgment, and trusts the person to find their own direction.
• PsychodynamicExplores how past experiences, relationships and feelings outside awareness shape how a person thinks and acts today.
• RelationalSees relationships as central to well-being. The relationship with the therapist is used to understand and change patterns in other relationships.
• Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)A short-term, goal-focused approach that spends less time on problems and more on what already works and the small steps toward what the person wants.
• Strength-BasedFocuses on the strengths, skills and resources a person already has, and builds on them to meet challenges.

More details

Sessions

Both in-person and online

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Anxiety, Career Counseling, Chronic Illness, Coping Skills, Cultural Stress, Depression, Divorce, Family Conflict, Gender Identity, Grief, Infidelity, LGBTQ+, Mood Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Peer Relationships, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Sleep or Insomnia, Suicidal Ideation, Teen Violence, Transgender, Trauma and PTSD

Insurance

Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross, Brighton Health, CarePartners, Cigna and Evernorth, Coventry, Evry Health, Geisinger, Government Employees Health Association (GEHA), Harvard Pilgrim, Health Net, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Independence Blue Cross, MagnaCare, MHNet Behavioral Health, Optum, Oscar Health, Oxford, Sentara Health Plans, Sidecar Health, TRICARE, UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hea

Ages

Preteen, Teen

Works with

Individuals, Couples

Communities

Bisexual Allied, Gay Allied, HIV / AIDS Allied, Intersex Allied, Lesbian Allied, Non-Binary Allied, Queer Allied, Racial Justice Allied, Sex Worker Allied, Single Parent, Transgender Allied

Languages

English

Gender

Male

Education

Antioch University

Education & qualifications