“To be human is to be beautifully flawed.”
Therapy that goes beyond intellectual knowledge.
A few minutes with our founder, Brooke Sprowl, LCSW — on why “intellectual knowledge” isn’t always enough to create profound change, and how the work in the room actually shifts things.
You know what you want to change. You just can’t seem to change it.
If you’re nodding — that’s exactly where we begin.
Why insight alone isn’t enough.
Most of us understand our struggles far better than we can change them. That’s because underneath the story is a cycle that runs on unconscious anxiety, defenses, and blind spots — a nervous system reacting before you have time to think. “Intellectual knowledge” isn’t always enough to create profound change. Interrupting the cycle where it actually runs is.
Nervous System-Based Therapy.
The original framework our founder developed over twenty years in practice, and the backbone of how we treat anxiety: working with the alarm itself, not just the thoughts it produces.
Physiological calibration
Real-time anxiety modulation, nervous system regulation, and autonomic tracking let us catch anxiety as it rises in the room and turn your system’s volume back down in real-time.
Defense system mapping
Unconscious anxiety activates defense mechanisms that once kept us safe but tend to cause reverberating harmful patterns that keep us stuck. We identify and compassionately interrupt these defense mechanisms to break the cycle.
Multi-modal processing
Anxiety travels different pathways in different people, through thinking, muscle, or gut. We work somatically, experientially, cognitively, and with parts, understanding various pathways of anxiety require different interventions.
No one-size-fits-all approach.
There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. Your therapist devises a plan based on your unique needs, drawing on the research-based methods below — and, where a more specialized form of therapy fits you better, we’ll say so.
Not the next name
in a directory — the right therapist
chosen for you.
Every therapist on our roster is personally vetted and trained by our founder, Brooke Sprowl, LCSW, who brings 20 years of clinical practice to every hire. Choosing a therapist is a lot like dating — only far less stressful, and free of judgement. We get to know you, your history, and your preferences, then hand-select a therapist whose technique and personality fit yours.
When things finally started to shift.
You did more in 45 minutes than my last therapist did in a year!
I am blown away! Brooke has the true gift of great insight and compassion while also getting straight to the heart of your blind spots in a way that has truly changed my life.
Thank you for yesterday’s learning opportunity about how I can communicate more effectively. You made me feel comfortable with the idea that expressing confusion or even doubt can serve as valuable conversation assets.
Brooke goes directly to the source of the issue while keeping a very gentle and kind energy. I felt very seen, understood, and supported.
There are people who are good at their work, and there are people like Brooke: who are born to do it. Brooke knew exactly what tools and questions would work for my particular psychology. No other therapist has been able to do that, or anything close.
Yesterday’s session with you, and a long, productive conversation with my wife last night, started to uncover a huge gap between perception and reality in my understanding of the status I held in our marriage.
Brooke is kind and warm, but not afraid to challenge you. Caring, authentic, and compassionate, as well as wickedly smart.
I have worked with many therapists in the past, but this is the first time I feel that I am making real changes. Brooke’s counseling has helped me become free, even from things I wasn’t aware were affecting me.
I’m so thankful for this journey we are taking together, with your help, towards deeper, more productive understanding.
Hand-selected for you — not the next name in a directory.
What actually happens in the room.
Corrective emotional experiences
- ✓Corrective emotional experiences occur throughout the entire course of therapy — when you receive a reaction from your therapist that differs from your parent or caregiver
- ✓They also surface outside of session, when your change in behavior elicits novel reactions from the people around you
- ✓That’s the sweet spot where true growth comes in: “intellectual knowledge” isn’t always enough to create profound change
Transference
- ✓Transference is when you project your feelings about someone onto someone else — anger, sadness, or adoration you hold for a person in your life, placed onto your therapist
- ✓It can look like a hindrance, but it actually clues your therapist in to the roots of your most intense emotions
- ✓Working with it in the room is how those roots get understood and, over time, loosened
Choosing the right therapist
- ✓Start with an initial consultation — you’ll get a good sense of your therapist’s technique, and they’ll offer a detailed plan built around your needs and goals
- ✓Sessions are typically 50 minutes, once a week, with a plan devised for your unique situation rather than a one-size-fits-all approach
- ✓Our roster is experienced, approachable, and ready to meet you wherever you are on your journey — and if the fit isn’t right, we’ll make it right
Start with a free call.
Our therapist matching specialist knows every therapist on our roster personally and can match you with a therapist who fits your needs, your history, and your personality.
We could fill a novel with the benefits.
Here are the big-picture ones.
There’s a better way to find
your therapist.
In-person therapy across Los Angeles.
Our warm and experienced LA therapists offer in-person sessions at 7 office locations across the city, plus online therapy anywhere in California, or a mix of both.
You already have what you need to heal. Sometimes you need a guide to reach it.
We are all walking — and sometimes stumbling — through this life in order to make mistakes, learn, and grow.
Most people possess the innate ability to work out their inner struggles on their own. But we often need guidance to gain access to our inner knowing and self-healing capacity.
That is what we are here to offer: guidance to reconnect, heal, and transform. Our therapists are here to listen, support, and encourage you to become the best version of yourself — a safe space to explore your feelings without judgement, and to meet you wherever you are on your journey.
Learn to quiet your most anxious thoughts.
Learn scientifically proven CBT techniques to overcome anxiety, depression, and irrational thoughts so you can see yourself in more realistic and empowering ways.
You’ve been carrying this on your own for long enough. Let’s change something.
Sometimes you don’t want to talk about your inner struggles with family and friends. That’s ok — that’s why we’re here. Tell us what’s going on, and Brooke will hand-select a therapist from our roster who fits you. You’ll start with a free 30-minute consult.
Find my therapist →Before you reach out.
Still deciding? The free 30-minute consult exists for exactly this — no charge, no commitment.