Wendy Ortiz, LMFT#98459
Psychotherapy throughout California via video or phoneAmong the topics we can address in the therapy room:
- accountability
- addiction
- adoption
- alternative relationships
- authenticity
- codependence
- creativity
- dreamwork
- empowerment
- family/familial relationships
- gender
- goals
- grief
- health (emotional, mental, physical)
- identity
- integrity
- life purpose
- mothering
- perimenopause
- parenting
- pre-cohabitation counseling
- pre-marital counseling
- post-partum depression
- professional purpose
- relationship issues
- resource building
- sexuality
- substance use and abuse
- trauma
- work, work/life balance
My own life experiences have helped prepare me to be a dynamic and compassionate therapist able to help clients navigate issues of trauma, grief, anxiety, and create and maintain balance. I allow what comes up to guide how we will work together—which might mean we look at and process the past or stay in the here-and-now, a combination of both, or something else entirely.
I’m especially sensitive to those people and communities who have felt traditionally pathologized by the psychology/mental health community. Above all, I am committed to creating a safe, grounding, compassionate space for clients to be themselves, know themselves and their truths, and expand on their own strengths and capabilities.
Among the many populations I serve are artists, writers, and those who wish to claim those identifiers; women of all colors; individuals or couples in alternative relationships; queer and/or gender non-conforming people; heterosexual and LGBTQI people.
I offer a free 20 minute phone consultation prior to working with you.
Session Information
Sessions are 50 minutes long. Sessions are available in person, video, or phone.
I have a standard rate but do reserve some sliding-scale appointments. The fee will be collected at the beginning of each therapy session. I do not accept insurance plans directly, though if you have a PPO plan, I can be seen as an out-of-network provider. In this case, I can provide you with a receipt to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement.
