Call us  Wendy Ortiz, LMFT#98459 Psychotherapy throughout California via video or phone

Los Angeles, CA

Services and Approaches

Among 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
  • 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 15 minute phone consultation prior to working with you.

Session Information

Sessions are 50 minutes long. At this time all sessions are via 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.