Abby Gold, MA, LMFT

About

Marriage & Family Therapist in Los Angeles, CA. Works with Anxiety, Autism and Body Image. Sees clients in person and online. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Life Coaching
• Life Transitions
• Parenting
• Relationship Issues
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• Clinical Supervision and Licensed SupervisorsNot a therapy for clients: this therapist supervises other clinicians, for example those working toward their license.
• CoachingGoal-focused work on the present and future, such as career, performance or life changes, rather than treatment of a mental health condition.
• 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.
• EMDREye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. A structured trauma therapy in which a person recalls distressing memories while following side-to-side eye movements or taps.
• ExistentialExplores life's big questions, such as meaning, freedom, choice, loneliness and death, and how they connect to a person's struggles.
• Experiential TherapyUses activities such as role-play, movement, art or guided imagery to work through feelings in the moment, not only to talk about them.
• FeministConsiders how gender, power and social context affect a person's life and well-being, and aims for an equal relationship between client and therapist.
• HumanisticA family of approaches, including person-centered and Gestalt therapy, that emphasize growth, self-awareness and a person's capacity to choose.
• NarrativeHelps people separate themselves from their problems and retell the stories they hold about their lives in ways that feel truer and more helpful.
• Neurofeedback
• 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.
• Yoga background

More details

Sessions

Both in-person and online

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Anxiety, Autism, Body Image, Career Counseling, Coping Skills, Depression, Eating Disorders, Impulse Control Disorders, LGBTQ+, Life Coaching, Life Transitions, Mood Disorders, Parenting, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Sexual Abuse, Stress, Trauma and PTSD, Women's Issues

Fees

Individual sessions $250, couple sessions $275

Payment methods

Cash, Check, Paypal, Venmo, Wire

Ages

Teen, Adults

Works with

Individuals, Couples, Family

Communities

Bisexual Allied, Gay Allied, Lesbian Allied, Non-Binary Allied, Queer Allied, Racial Justice Allied, Sex Worker Allied, Transgender Allied

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Education

Pepperdine University

Years in practice

15

Education & qualifications