“In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.”
Therapy that speaks your child’s language.
Children and teens pass through distinct developmental phases, each with its own tasks, capabilities, and limits. Our therapists are trained to meet kids at the level they’re at — through play, art, and conversation — and to work with parents on the family patterns that shape how a child feels and behaves.
When home feels harder than it should.
If you’re nodding along, that’s exactly where we begin.
Nervous System-Based Therapy for families.
Children often don’t express their feelings in words — they show them through play, behavior, and their bodies. Our founder’s signature approach works with what each family member’s nervous system is doing in the moment, so change reaches below the level of words and carries into life at home.
Co-regulation at home
A child’s nervous system learns to settle by borrowing calm from the adults around them. We help parents regulate first, so their children can follow.
Behavior as communication
Meltdowns, shutdowns, and acting out are often a child’s way of saying what they can’t yet put into words. We help families read the signal underneath the behavior.
Family patterns, not just symptoms
We look at how patterns of behavior and communication across the family may be feeding a child’s struggles, and help everyone get on the same page.
Child & family therapy backed by clinical research.
Our therapy methods for children and families are supported by the latest research. Each approach below is tailored to a child’s developmental stage, and your therapist draws on the ones that fit your child and your family.
When behavior is a nervous system asking for help. Nervous System-Based Therapy for Children & Families
Help children and parents settle the fight-or-flight response, so everyone can stay regulated and connected in hard moments.
When the struggle belongs to the whole family. Family Systems Therapy
Look at how patterns of behavior and communication across the family shape what a child or teen is facing, and change them together.
Kids show what they feel before they can say it. Play & Art Therapy for Children
Age-appropriate counseling that uses play, art, and developmental psychology to help children express and work through their feelings.
Strengthen the bond while you build new skills. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
Coach parents in real time to build warmth, set clear limits, and respond to hard behavior with more calm and confidence.
Catch the anxious thought before it runs the day. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Kids & Teens
Practical, research-based skills that help kids and teens notice, test, and reshape the thoughts driving anxiety and low mood.
Skills for riding out the surge. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Teens
Emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness skills for teens whose feelings outsize the moment.
Not the next name
in a directory — the right therapist
chosen for your family.
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. When you come to us for your child, teen, or family, we get to know your family’s needs, history, and preferences, then hand-select a therapist with specialized training in child and adolescent development.
When things at home got lighter.
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.
I can only imagine where I would be today if I had started working with Brooke years ago. I cannot recommend Brooke more highly.
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.
I am extremely fortunate to work with Sydney, who is helping me create real internal change. The talent to listen well is Hall of Fame stuff.
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.
Our therapists specialize in children, teens & families.
Brooke Sprowl
Emilee Johnsen
Heather Totten
Michelle Stroffolino
Start with a free call.
Our therapist matching specialist knows every therapist on our roster personally and can match your child, teen, or family with a specialist who fits your family’s needs, history, and preferences.
Specialized care for every age, every stage, and every kind of family.
Therapy that meets your child at their stage of development. Child Therapy
Age-appropriate counseling that uses play, art, and developmental psychology to help children express what they can’t yet put into words.
Support that honors a teen’s need for autonomy. Teen Therapy
Therapy for anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and the pressures of school and social media, tailored to each teen’s needs and values.
Strengthening the bonds between family members. Family Therapy
Improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen the emotional bonds that hold your family together.
Tools for the hardest job there is. Parenting & Therapy for Parents
Understand your child’s developmental needs and respond to hard moments with more equanimity and skill.
Care for the transition into parenthood. Perinatal & Prenatal Therapy
Support through pregnancy, birth, and the early months, for the emotional changes that come with becoming a parent.
Endings, new beginnings, and a family finding its new shape. Divorce & Blended Families
Support through separation and divorce, co-parenting, and the work of helping a blended family find its new shape.
There’s a better way to find your child’s therapist.
In-person child & family therapy across Los Angeles.
Our warm and experienced LA child and family therapists offer in-person sessions at 7 office locations across the city, plus online therapy anywhere in California, or a mix of both.
*Available within a certain radius — get matched to find out more.
Fostering stronger family bonds with expert therapists.
My LA Therapy is committed to supporting the well-being of children and families across Los Angeles. We understand the unique challenges families face, from navigating parenting difficulties to addressing the emotional and behavioral needs of children.
Our approach to child and family therapy focuses on improving communication, resolving conflicts, and strengthening the emotional bonds between family members. Using proven techniques such as Family Systems Therapy, Play Therapy for children, and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), we empower families to overcome challenges together.
Our expertise spans behavioral challenges, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, anxiety and depression in children and adolescents, parenting strategies, and family transitions. Each therapy plan is carefully crafted to meet the needs of the child and family, for a compassionate and effective approach to therapy.
Learn to speak so your child can hear you.
Learn the principles of Nonviolent Communication — how to express what you need without blame, and hear the feelings and needs underneath your child’s words.
Your family doesn’t have to figure this out alone. Let’s find the right support.
Tell us what your child, teen, or family is going through. We’ll hand-select a therapist from our roster who specializes in exactly that, and you’ll start with a free 30-minute consult.
Find your family’s therapist →Before you reach out.
Still deciding? The free 30-minute consult exists for exactly this — no charge, no commitment.