Offering In-Person +
Tele-health Therapy
Maybe you’re looking to explore, make sense of, or acquire new skills in relation to a major life event, to improve your relationships, or heal trauma. All of these reasons, and more, are why I became a therapist. And, why I love my work.
This website provides an introduction to me and what I do, so you can decide if you’d like to reach out to determine for yourself whether we’d be a good fit for your therapy journey. I offer complimentary consults.
The following may answer the most common questions:
Sessions are available in-person in Santa Monica, CA or online.
Sessions are 50 minutes in length for individuals; 90 minutes for couples.
Individual sessions are $175; couples sessions are $300. Limited sliding scale available.
I do not accept insurance; I can provide invoices.
I’m happy to try and find you other referrals if we’re not the right fit.
My Approach
I believe first and foremost in our power to heal and transform. This is a strengths-based approach that keeps in mind and centers what makes you uniquely you and identifies your strengths, while maintaining a commitment to expanding them.
My approach is direct and I incorporate family of origin and attachment styles, mindfulness and body awareness, insight and psychodynamic work, with a commitment to social justice and the role systems have played in our sense of self and mental health.
I also utilize trauma reprocessing and EMDR, as appropriate.
Therapy is not meant to always “feel good.” In fact, it’s difficult work meant for the courageous heart, which may unearth big, uncomfortable feelings. I am here to support and guide you through to places of relief, insight, and transformation.
mama, therapist, advocate, moon gazer ☾⋆⁺₊⋆
Your therapy journey is about you. AND, it’s important to know who is in the room with you as you take this journey. While therapists need to maintain strong therapeutic boundaries, it’s also important to me that you know not only my training and background, but also that I am human, and that I am having a human experience, just like you.
I’m Brittny McCarthy, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (CA #128352 + CO #2073). My MFT is from the University of Southern California.
More than 20 years of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practices inform my therapeutic work, as well as a professional career for more than a dozen years in education policy, advising members of Congress, university Presidents, researchers, and other policy leaders.
As a believer in lifelong learning, I continue my studies in therapeutic approaches and interventions, as well as ongoing personal insight through my own therapy, and mindfulness and yoga practices. I share resources, books, podcasts, the latest research, and other information as appropriate and to the extent clients are interested.
Finally, perhaps nearest and dearest to my heart and life’s work, I am a mother, healing my own inner child through mindfulness-based parenting.
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. ”
Issues We Can Address
Some parts of our life may feel functional; while other parts may feel dysfunctional.
Anxiety
Attachments
Communication Skills
Compulsions + Addictions + Habits
Coping Skills
Emotion Identification
Emotional Regulation
Family Conflict
Life Changes + Transitions
Loss
Relationship Difficulties
Self Care
Sense of Purpose
Sense of Self
Stress
Transforming Trauma
In-Person Office
2730 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 660
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Meter and street parking are available on Wilshire, and north and south of Wilshire on the “collegiate streets.”
Contact Brittny
To set up a complimentary consult or with any questions, please send an email. You can also call or text me at 424-272-7097.
You can learn more about me and my work on my public-facing social media accounts.