Biographical Info:
Ellyn is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.  Her specialties include trauma, adoption, mood disorders and anxiety.  She currently works mostly with adults, but has had extensive experience working with parents and their young children, as well as with women victims of domestic abuse, children with histories of sexual abuse, parents ordered for intensive parenting training, individuals with medical conditions, and losses of all kinds.  Ellyn’s therapeutic approach utilizes a holistic approach, and includes both somatic and energetic components.  Ellyn has been trained in trauma therapies such as EMDR and Brainspotting and has taken advanced training in treatment of dissociative identity disorder.  She has been studying and working with the Comprehensive Resource Model and its antecedents since 2011.  The CRM is a beautiful, gentle, and powerful approach to healing.

Specialties:
Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Famiy Therapy, Grief, Parenting, PTSD, Relationships, Stress, Trauma

Kate Nesbitt is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She received her Bachelor of Art’s Degree in Human Behavior Psychology and her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis in Spiritual Psychology.

Kate began her career counseling children in the Santa Monica school system, working extensively with the effects of trauma on early childhood development and family systems.  Kate moved from working with children and their families to opening a private practice in Santa Monica where she has focused on helping adults with a wide range of challenges, from anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder, to relationship problems and life transition issues. Kate is particularly proud to be working, in partnership with the Veteran’s Administration Choice Program, treating veterans with PTSD resulting from their military experiences.

Kate has participated in numerous trainings over the years that have added to her expertise in trauma treatment. She studied Body/Mind Integrated Therapy with Dr. Ronald Alexander for five years early in her career. This modality, drawing upon Buddhist, Gestalt and Attachment Theory psychologies, increases clients’ awareness of their bodies in order to be more grounded, and to feel and process their difficult emotions. Kate is also trained in the trauma treatment modalities of EMDR and Brainspotting.

Finally, Kate is trained in Comprehensive Resource Management (CRM). Kate regards CRM as a beautiful coming together of all of the modalities she has learned over the past 20-plus years combined with new, cutting edge techniques backed by a clear understanding of our neurobiology. She is delighted to now use this gentle system that helps to integrate the mind, body and spirit by utilizing the breath, and mindful awareness of the body and emotions, to provide clients with the possibility for deep healing from all manner of trauma.

Hannah Zackney is a holistic psychotherapist, MFTi supervisor, teacher, writer and speaker that infuses meditation, mindfulness and a sprinkle of badassery into her work of supporting clients to experience their highest potential. As a yoga teacher of 20 years she is passionate about weaving the mind, body spirit connection to empower and embolden her clients to connect with their true happiness and creative capacity.

Through her private sessions, classes, group programs and retreats, Hannah specializes in helping women reconnect with their body, in a way that mends the soul and cultivates trust, openness, and joy. She’s also known for her therapeutic expertise in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), CRM (Comprehensive Resource Modeling), Brainspotting, DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), and ACT (Acceptance Compassion Therapy). Physicians, doctors and integrative naturopaths recommend her work in helping women transform and transcend trauma to restore a sense of overall happiness and wholeness.