Therapy for older adults · Los Angeles
Some things you don't have to carry alone.
Outpatient counseling for older adults across Los Angeles County — late-life depression, grief, anxiety, divorce, terminal illness, and the long transitions in between. Medicare accepted. Eight languages spoken.
Same-day appointments
When openings allow — call us, we try to make it work.
Most insurance accepted
Medicare, Anthem, Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, and more.
LGBTQ+ affirmative care
For everyone, in every life stage.
Evening & weekend sessions
Telehealth seven days a week. Life doesn't pause at five.
Serving older adults across all of Los Angeles County — Pasadena office, telehealth statewide.
What to expect
Three small steps. Nothing more is asked of you.
Reach out
Call us at (626) 354-6440, send a message, or book online. A real coordinator answers and asks a few questions — what's going on, what you'd want to feel different. No commitment, no pressure.
Your first session
About an hour. Usually a meet-and-fit conversation — what brought you, what you've tried, what's on your mind. You don't have to share everything. You don't have to know what's wrong yet. Many people don't.
Ongoing care
If it feels right, we keep going — weekly, biweekly, or whatever rhythm fits. In-person at our Pasadena office or by telehealth, anywhere in California. You can pause, switch clinicians, or stop. The pace stays yours.
Do I really need therapy?
You don't have to be in crisis to start.
A lot of the people who come to us aren't sure they "qualify." They're not falling apart. They're tired. Quietly heavier than they used to be. Waking up at four. Reading the same paragraph three times. Sitting at a kitchen table that's quieter than it used to be.
That counts. It always counted. You can come in for a season — for the hard part of a year — and stop when it eases. You don't have to know what's wrong before walking through the door. Many of our older clients say their first session was the first time in years someone had really asked.
It's okay if this is your first time. Starting is often the hardest part.
What we work with
The shape of late-life is its own thing. So is the care.
Older adulthood brings a particular set of weights — losses that stack up, bodies that change faster than the inside, families that need things from us, and roles we've played for forty years that quietly end. Below is what we most often help with. None of it is unusual. All of it deserves a hand.
Late-life depression
The mornings that get heavier. The flatness that doesn't lift after a good night's sleep. The "I should be over this by now."
Grief & bereavement
The chair across the table. The phone you almost call. Grief that doesn't follow a schedule and doesn't owe anyone closure.
Anxiety in older adults
The 3am loop. The body that won't unclench. The worry about a body that's already worried about a body.
Life transitions
Retirement, an empty house, a new role as caregiver, a new role as the one being cared for. The ground shifting under good news and bad.
Chronic illness adjustment
Living with — not being defined by — a diagnosis. The grief, the bargaining, the practical re-routing of a life around it.
Loneliness & isolation
The friends who moved or died. The grandkids on a screen. A house that gets quieter than the inside of you can stand.
End-of-life & terminal illness
What it's like to live with knowing. What it's like to talk about it without making the people you love feel small.
Cancer support
The waiting, the side effects, the feeling like the diagnosis became your name for a while. We help you put your name back.
Late-life divorce & relationship changes
The marriage that ended at 67. The friendship of forty years that finally said the unsayable. The strange new question of what you want now.
What clients say
A few of the people who came in.
Composite testimonials drawn from the kinds of feedback we hear most. Names changed; details adjusted to protect privacy.
"I'd never sat in a therapist's office in my life. I was 71. I came in because my wife had died and I'd started forgetting to eat. I left the first session feeling lighter than I had in eight months. That was enough."
"Mi hija me dijo que viniera. Pensé que era ridículo a mi edad. Después de seis sesiones, le agradecí. Aquí me hablan en español y no me tratan como si fuera frágil."
"I came in for the cancer. We ended up talking about my marriage. Both needed talking about. My therapist didn't blink at any of it."
"Telehealth from my apartment in Glendale. I was skeptical. I'm not anymore. My therapist felt as present on the screen as anyone has in years."
"I'd told myself for years that 'I should handle this.' I was raised to handle things. What I learned is that handling it alone wasn't strength. Coming in was."
"I started sleeping again. Not all at once. But I started sleeping again."
If today felt like the day to ask, that's a good sign.
Call us at (626) 354-6440, or send a note. A real person responds, usually the same day.