Meet our team

Heather is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California with 9 years experience working with HIV positive LGBTQ+ population, older adults with geriatric issues, and clients with a range of issues including depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, grief, and end of life concerns.

Heather is passionate about working with adults that are focused on healing from the past, and are on a journey to grow self love, and a positive self-image with focus on changing self talk from negative to positive. Heather is a person centered therapist with a warm, interactive, and supportive style. She strives to create a space where her clients feel safe and respected and are able to experience therapy as positive and helpful.

Her approach is solution focused and strengths based while utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic theory, and mindfulness. Heather is a firm believer in the power of positive thinking and the ability to create your dream life and relationships. She enjoys assisting clients in this process of change. Heather believes that seeking help with life challenges takes courage and is an act of self-love. It brings her much pleasure to assist you in meeting goals and/or processing life situations.. 

Niña Aguirre is a seasoned mental health professional with over 15 years of experience and is licensed in California. She has worked extensively as both a therapist and court liaison, serving diverse populations including adolescents, adults, incarcerated individuals, and older adults. Niña is passionate about promoting mental well-being and believes deeply in the power of human connection to foster healing and personal growth. Her approach is rooted in providing personalized, thorough care that enhances self-awareness, helping clients explore past traumas and understand their impact on current behaviors and relationships.

Niña’s therapeutic style is flexible and tailored to meet each client’s unique needs. While she primarily practices client-centered and solution-focused therapy, she adapts her modalities to ensure a personalized approach. Her goal is for clients to feel heard, validated, and comfortable enough to freely process their emotions. Whether a session yields small insights or significant breakthroughs, Niña ensures each experience is meaningful. She is trained in CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), interpersonal therapy, trauma-focused therapy, crisis intervention, and mindfulness, drawing on these methods to support her clients’ healing journeys and help them achieve their treatment goals.

Charles is a warm, grounded clinician with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals navigating addiction, mental health challenges, and trauma. He specializes in working with young adults, adults, and couples, with a strong focus on LGBTQ+ concerns, substance use and co-occurring disorders, trauma, and mood disorders.

Charles understands how overwhelming life can feel when emotions like anxiety, depression, anger, frustration, or loneliness begin to take over. His approach centers on helping clients regain a sense of control, develop healthy coping skills, and move toward emotional clarity and stability.

In his practice, Charles integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Schema Therapy, Mindfulness-based approaches, and traditional talk therapy to help clients find practical, present-focused solutions. He is also trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy for trauma, allowing him to support clients with a history of painful or overwhelming experiences with compassion and clinical expertise.

As a proud gay man in recovery for over 30 years, Charles brings authenticity, empathy, and lived experience into his therapeutic work. Clients appreciate his straightforward, solution-focused style and the safe, nonjudgmental environment he creates.

Charles is deeply committed to helping individuals and couples build resilience, strengthen insight, and cultivate a balanced and meaningful life.

Katherine is an experienced clincian whose ideal client is a young adult feeling stressed by school, career decisions, or pressure from family or peers to know their path in life. They may be facing anxiety, self-doubt, challenges related to being first generation, difficulty adjusting to adult responsibilities and life transitions and want clarity and balance. Katherine offers a supportive, judgment-free space to explore goals, build confidence, and develop healthy coping skills. As a Latina bilingual therapist (English/Spanish), she provides culturally aware care that meets clients where they are and helps them move forward with self-compassion, resilience, and a renewed sense of direction.

Katherine's clients describe her as relatable, supportive, and easy to open up to. As a first-generation Latina and part of the same generation as many of her clients, she understands the unique pressures young adults face—from family expectations to finding their own path—and she is here to help you navigate it all with empathy and real-world perspective. If you’re ready to begin your healing journey, she'd be honored to walk beside you.

Evangeline works with adults of all ages navigating anxiety, depression, grief, women’s issues, and major life transitions. Her ideal client is someone who feels stuck or overwhelmed and wants to understand their emotions, build healthier coping skills, and create real change. Her clients seek clarity, confidence, and a more grounded way of moving through life. In therapy, she offers a supportive space to explore what’s holding them back and guides them toward the life they want.

She helps clients understand their emotions, break unhelpful patterns, and build practical skills for everyday life. Using CBT, DBT, and Motivational Interviewing, Evangeline provides tools for clearer thinking, emotional balance, and meaningful change. Her goal is to help clients feel empowered and more in control of their path.

Evangeline understands how difficult it can feel to manage life’s challenges alone. She invites clients to reach out when they’re ready, offering a warm, grounding space where they can be seen, supported, and truly understood. No one has to move through these experiences by themselves.

Riley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist dedicated to supporting individuals, and couples who are navigating anxiety, stress, relationship challenges, life transitions, and feelings of disconnection from themselves or one another. Riley brings experience from a variety of clinical settings, including PHP/IOP programs, community mental health, private practice, and school-based environments.

Riley is committed to creating a warm and supportive space where clients can show up authentically, explore what’s getting in the way, and build a life that feels both meaningful and sustainable. With couples, Riley focuses on helping clients navigate relational challenges, communicate more openly, and strengthen meaningful connections.

Riley’s style is interactive, relational, and compassionate. Her focus is on building practical skills and insight to support real, lasting growth. Riley offers a warm, authentic, and trauma-informed approach that helps individuals and couples feel safe, understood, and actively engaged in their therapeutic process.