In-Person Individual Therapy in Los Angeles
Therapy for when life feels heavy, confusing, or out of alignment
Individual Therapy That Honors Your Full Self
It’s hard to be fully yourself in a world that teaches many of us that parts of who we are are unacceptable, shameful, or “too much.” Over time, this can show up as self-doubt, anxiety, relationship stress, depression, or even physical discomfort. Many people wonder: Why do I feel like this if nothing is “technically” wrong? or Is it normal to feel this disconnected from myself?
Life also brings its own challenges — transitions, loss, burnout, identity shifts, and moments when coping alone stops working. During these times, having attuned, affirming support can make a meaningful difference.
Affirming Care for Diverse Identities and Lived Experience
All Parts of You Belong Here.
At Kindman & Co., we offer affirming individual therapy for people across identities and lived experiences, including LGBTQIA+ folks, BIPOC clients, and those navigating the impact of marginalization, systemic stress, or cultural expectations that weren’t built with them in mind.
We offer in-person therapy in Highland Park and online throughout California that centers your full humanity and the diverse intersections of your identity. Individual therapy offers space to slow down, understand what’s happening beneath the surface, and respond to your life with more compassion and choice.
A free 20-minute call to talk about what’s going on and whether working together makes sense. No pressure to commit.
Inclusive one-on-one counseling sessions in Highland Park & online
Specializing in BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy
Therapy for becoming more fully yourself
At Kindman & Co. in Highland Park, we work with individuals who want to understand themselves more deeply, live with greater authenticity, and feel more grounded in their relationships and within themselves.
People come to therapy for many reasons. Some are navigating moments of crisis. Others arrive because something feels heavy, off, or misaligned, or because they want more clarity, agency, or room to grow into who they are becoming.
Personal Growth Within Cultural and Systemic Contexts
We believe you are enough. We believe you are worthy of care, dignity, and belonging exactly as you are.
We also know that the world often communicates a different message. Many of the challenges people bring to therapy are shaped not only by personal history, but by culture, systems, identity, and lived experience. Our work supports both personal growth and a deeper understanding of the contexts that influence your life.
We approach therapy as a collaborative, relational process — one that honors your lived experience, identities, and the realities shaping your world.
Common Reasons People Seek Individual Therapy
Many people seek individual therapy when life starts to feel heavier, noisier, or harder to make sense of. This may include navigating big emotions, moments of overwhelm, or ongoing stress that doesn’t seem to resolve on its own.
People often seek support for relationship distress, difficulty advocating for their needs, or challenges with vulnerability and intimacy. Others come to therapy while navigating significant life transitions, grief, or loss.
Trauma, Identity, and the Long-Term Impact of Survival
Some individuals seek therapy to process trauma they’ve endured, including racial trauma or the impact of systemic oppression and marginalization. Others are working through questions of identity, purpose, or values, or noticing difficulty experiencing joy or contentment.
If any of these experiences resonate, individual therapy can offer a supportive space to understand what you’re carrying and why it makes sense.
You’re not Broken. You’re human.
Many people come to individual therapy wondering whether their struggles are “normal,” worrying that something is fundamentally wrong with them, or feeling like they should be past this by now.
In reality, feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, anxious, or stuck is a common human response to living in a demanding world.
You’re not struggling because something is wrong with you. You’re struggling because being human requires constant adaptation, especially when stress is ongoing, identities are shaped by power and culture, or you’ve learned to survive by putting parts of yourself aside.
Therapy as Space for Choice, Not Fixing
Most people were never taught how to:
understand and regulate intense emotions without self-criticism
feel grounded in their sense of self when life feels uncertain
show up authentically in relationships without over-accommodating or disappearing
unlearn internalized messages about worth, productivity, or being enough
cope with the emotional impact of systemic injustice, oppression, or chronic marginalization
make meaning of trauma, loss, or long periods of survival
When things feel heavy, confusing, or out of sync, it isn’t evidence that you’re broken. There is nothing wrong with you. Often, it’s a sign that you’ve been carrying too much on your own.
Individual therapy isn’t about fixing you — it’s about creating space to understand your experiences, reconnect with yourself, and develop more choice in how you respond to your inner and outer world.
If you’re here because something feels off, or because you want to feel more rooted, clear, or fully yourself, you’re in the right place.
how individual therapy helps
At Kindman & Co., we don’t view distress as a sign that something is wrong with you. Instead, feelings like anxiety, sadness, anger, grief, and overwhelm are meaningful responses to your life, your relationships, and the world around you. Therapy offers space to understand these experiences with more care, context, and compassion.
Understanding Distress as Meaningful, Not Pathological
Rather than just trying to eliminate challenging emotions as quickly as possible, individual therapy invites curiosity about what your feelings are communicating. Together, you and your therapist explore how emotional patterns and coping strategies developed, often in response to real demands, losses, or systemic pressures, and how they may be shaping your life now.
When distress is understood as meaningful rather than defective, many people experience a reduction in shame and self-criticism. This shift can make it easier to respond to yourself with more patience, clarity, and choice.
A Relational, Social Justice–Informed Approach to Therapy
Therapy at Kindman & Co. is a collaborative, relational process. While the work is individual, it’s deeply relational. We pay attention to how you experience yourself, how you relate to others, and how your history, identities, and environment shape those patterns
Our approach is holistic and grounded in a social justice lens, honoring your humanness and the systems that impact your life. This means therapy here makes room for experiences shaped by racism, marginalization, oppression, and collective stress, without reducing your struggles to personal failings.
Supporting Emotional Capacity, Relationships, and Growth
Individual therapy can support you in relating to big feelings such as anxiety, depression, stress, or grief with more steadiness and self-compassion. Many clients also find that therapy can support you in:
Strengthening relationships — building skills for connection, boundaries, and repair while staying true to yourself
Living more authentically — unlearning “shoulds,” reconnecting with your values, and showing up more fully in your life
Navigating life transitions — loss, breakups, work stress, family dynamics, or major decisions
Healing trauma — whether from specific events or the cumulative impact of oppression, marginalization, or long-term survival
Building resilience — supporting your nervous system so challenges feel more manageable
Processing systemic stress — making sense of sociopolitical grief, racial trauma, or climate anxiety without carrying it alone
Finding meaning and joy — reconnecting with what matters and feeling more alive in your day-to-day life
Individual therapy isn’t just about feeling better on your own.
As you develop greater self-understanding, emotional capacity, and choice, you’re also building the foundation for more nourishing relationships, stronger community, and more aligned ways of showing up in the world.
You can read more about our relational, social justice–informed approach to therapy here.
why should i start therapy?
A place to be fully yourself
We believe you deserve a life filled with meaning, connection, and care. Individual therapy at Kindman & Co. is a space to explore who you are with curiosity and compassion, and to experience a sense of belonging — both within yourself and in your relationships.
Our work supports not only personal healing, but also the capacity to build nourishing community, communicate with care, and advocate for what matters to you in ways that are sustainable, grounded, and true to your values. When you feel more aligned and resourced, even difficult moments can feel more manageable.
You don’t have to become someone else to belong here. You’re welcome as you are.
I’m fine. I’ll figure this out.
Many people are remarkably resilient. You may very well be able to get through this on your own, and many of our clients have spent years doing exactly that. Surviving, adapting, and pushing through are often skills learned out of necessity, and they deserve respect.
At the same time, getting through everything on your own can come at a significant cost.
When Self-Reliance Becomes a Way of Surviving
Over time, chronic self-reliance can show up as exhaustion, numbness, anxiety, burnout, or a sense that you’re working too hard just to stay afloat.
Our culture’s emphasis on independence, productivity, and constant busyness can make it difficult to reach for support — or even to slow down — until things feel overwhelming. For many people, hustling becomes a way of surviving, and slowing down can feel unfamiliar or even threatening.
Humans aren’t meant to heal in isolation. Much of what we call distress makes sense when understood as a response to long-term stress, responsibility, marginalization, or having to hold it together without enough support.
Individual therapy at Kindman & Co. is a place to heal in relationship.
Together, we work to understand what your distress is communicating, process big feelings with more steadiness, and strengthen your ability to advocate for your needs so pain doesn’t have to become your “normal.”
Therapy isn’t about taking away your independence or telling you what to do. It’s about expanding your capacity to be supported, and to support yourself, with more agency and intention.
You can build a satisfying, meaningful life. And you don’t have to do it alone.
Individual Therapy FAQs
What happens in an individual therapy session?
Therapy is a space to slow down, reflect, and connect with what’s happening in the present moment. As relational therapists, we focus on what unfolds between us in session—the patterns, feelings, and ways of relating that offer insight into your experiences outside the therapy room. This here-and-now exploration becomes an incubator for practicing authenticity, voicing your needs, and building more genuine connection in your life.
Our sessions are conversational and guided by you—there’s no rigid structure, worksheets, or (rarely) homework. Instead, we stay curious together about what feels most alive and meaningful, trusting that real healing and change come through relationship and ongoing dialogue.
How long do I need to be in therapy?
Everyone’s process is unique. In our relational approach, healing unfolds through the steady, trusting connection you build with your therapist over time. While some clients begin to feel relief within the first few sessions, true and lasting change often develops through ongoing work. We view therapy as a long-term investment in your growth and self-understanding, and we generally recommend planning for at least a year of consistent sessions, though many of our clients choose to stay in an ongoing capacity. You’re always in control of the pace and depth of your process.
Do I need a specific reason to start therapy?
Not at all. Some people begin therapy during times of crisis, burnout, or life transition; others come with a sense that life feels off-balance or that something deeper is asking for attention. You don’t need a clear “reason” to reach out—individual therapy for personal growth can be a space to slow down, explore yourself more fully, and find relief through genuine connection and understanding.
As relational therapists, we help you look at patterns in relationships, emotions, and the ways you show up in the world, so you can build greater authenticity and self-trust. Therapy can also be a grounding space when the world feels too heavy—whether you’re navigating systemic oppression, collective grief, or political anxiety.
Our conversational, client-led approach allows space for whatever you’re carrying. Wanting things to feel lighter, clearer, or more like you is reason enough to begin.
What if I’ve had a hard experience with therapy before?
That’s completely valid—and something we take seriously. Unfortunately, many people come to us after a previous therapy experience that felt invalidating, rushed, or disconnected. Our therapists work from a feminist, relational therapy approach, which centers curiosity, mutual respect, and collaboration rather than hierarchy or critique.
As trauma-informed therapists, we understand that healing happens in relationship—including the therapeutic one. Together, we move at your pace, exploring what feels safe and what doesn’t. This process helps rebuild trust and create a space where you can bring your full self—your needs, boundaries, and voice.
Our work is conversational, client-led, and grounded in authentic connection. Whether you’re returning to therapy after a difficult experience or trying again with new hope, relational therapy for trust and healing offers a space to reimagine what support can feel like—warm, attuned, and genuinely empowering.
Do you offer therapy for specific communities or identities?
Yes! Kindman & Co. therapists are LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC affirming, trauma-informed, and deeply committed to inclusive care. We welcome people of all backgrounds and experiences and we specialize in supporting folks who have felt unseen or misunderstood in traditional therapy spaces.
What if I’m a creative, activist, or highly sensitive person?
We love working with clients who feel deeply, create boldly, and care A LOT! Whether you’re navigating burnout, creative pressure, or just trying to stay grounded in an overwhelming world, therapy can help you reconnect with your authentic self and build sustainable practices for emotional balance.
You can read more about therapy for creatives and artists as well as counseling for highly sensitive people.
Do you offer online sessions?
Yes. We offer both telehealth therapy sessions for clients located in California and in-person sessions in Highland Park, Los Angeles, so you can choose the setting that feels best for you.
How much does Individual Therapy cost?
Our session rates are listed on the Fees & Insurance page and vary depending on therapist experience level and session length. We’ll review fees and scheduling with you before your first appointment.
How do I get started with Individual Therapy?
You can schedule a free 20-minute information session with our Care Coordinator to see if we feel like a good fit. There’s no pressure to commit—it’s a space to ask questions, share what’s been going on, and get a sense of what working together might feel like.
Therapy at Kindman & Co. isn’t about ‘fixing’ who you are—it’s about creating space to become more fully yourself.
Individual therapy at Kindman & Co. is offered in Highland Park and across Northeast L.A. Explore our relational therapy approach, couples therapy, grief counseling, and our diverse team of therapists.