Felicia Chavez

LMFT6 years of experienceNext available
5.0 (8)
Warm
Solution oriented
Authentic

I am a licensed marriage and family. Therapist passionate about helping people feel seen, understood, and empowered to make real changes in their lives. Specializing in working with adults, parents navigating postpartum challenges, foster youth, and individual struggling with anxiety, depression, or relationship stress.

I bring both professional expertise and lived understanding of transitions, postpartum challenges, and the pressure of balancing multiple roles.

My approach is warm, honest and practical. I believe there should feel like a safe space where you can be yourself while gaining tools to create meaningful change. Together will work on uncovering patterns, building, self-confidence, and helping you move from feeling stuck to feeling capable and supported.

First session

In our first session, I'll create a safe non-judgmental space where you can share. What brings you to therapy. We'll talk through your current challenges, goals, and what you hoped to gain from the process. I'll also ask about your background strength to better understand your unique story. By the end of the session will work together to create a plan that feels realistic and supportive so you leave with clarity about the next steps.

Strengths

My greatest strengths as a therapist are my ability to connect authentically, listen deeply, and provide honesty, compassionate feedback. I bring both professional expertise and lived understanding of transitions, postpartum challenges, and the pressure of balancing multiple roles. Clients often say I make them feel safe well also challenging them to grow. My down to earth direct style helps. People feel understood. Well also gaining practical tools to manage, anxiety, depression, and life stressors.

Ideal clients

My ideal client are people who feel overwhelmed by life's demands and are motivated to grow. Many are young adults, navigating identity, relationships, or career transitions, or parents adjusting to the challenges of postpartum life. They may feel anxious, depressed, or disconnected from themselves and want therapy that's both supportive and direct. My dream clients are open to reflection curious about change, and willing to do the work to feel better. They want a therapist who is down to earth, honest and committed to helping them show up fully in their lives.

Treatment methods

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most used methods in my treatment. It allows us to deal with thinking issues, reframing, identifying, irrational, thinking that causes irrational behavior, and it helps us stop and assess situations. I use it in my treatment because a lot of issues that we are dealing with as human beings start with a thought.

Dialectical Behavior (DBT)

The specialty in DBT allows clients to have structure to their treatment. Really digging deep into our thought process and utilizing interventions where we can see active change occur.

Location

Virtual sessions

Identifies as

  • Black / African American

  • Christian

  • Hispanic / Latinx

  • Woman

Top specialties

  • Anxiety

  • Foster Care/Adoption

  • Postpartum

Other specialties

  • Domestic Violence

  • Family Conflict

  • Life Transitions

  • Parenting

  • Peer Relationships

  • Perinatal Mental Health

  • School Issues

  • Self Esteem

  • Women's Issues

Serves

  • Adults (18 to 64)

Licensed in

  • CaliforniaLicense 131768

Accepted insurance

  • Aetna

  • Aetna - ASR Health Benefits

  • Aetna - Allied Benefits

  • Aetna - Gravie

  • Aetna - Lucent Health

  • Aetna - Luminare

  • Aetna - Medicare

  • Aetna - Moda

  • Aetna - WebTPA

  • Aetna – HealthEZ

  • All Savers

  • AvMed

  • Cash - $175 per session

  • Golden Rule

  • Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare

  • Health Net (Medi-Cal)

  • Community Health Plan of Imperial Valley (Medi-Cal)

  • CalViva Health (Medi-Cal)

  • L.A. Care PASC-SEIU

  • L.A. Care Covered

  • L.A. Care Covered Direct

  • UnitedHealthcare/Optum

  • Optum

  • OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions

  • Oscar

  • Oxford

  • Surest (formerly Bind)

  • Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)

  • Sutter Health Plan

  • IHSS Healthy Workers

  • United Medical Resources

  • UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance

  • UnitedHealthcare Shared Services

  • UnitedHealthcare StudentResources

Reviews and ratings

5.0 rating (8)3 reviews
September 25, 2026

Great experience with Felicia! So easy to talk to, direct but warm. Can't wait for our next session!

Verified client, age 35-44Review shared after session 1 with Felicia
June 3, 2026

Thank you for being intelligent to where you consider a scope of possibilities in a situation(reality) and just not focused on comforting. The truth is comforting Felicia is excellent at this

Verified client, age 45-54Review shared after session 3 with Felicia
November 18, 2025

Felicia was very easy to talk to, clear about her approach, provided helpful perspective, and asked thought provoking questions that helped me process my circumstances. We’ve only had our initial session, but I look forward to being her client!

Verified client, age 35-44Review shared after session 1 with Felicia
Schedule 60 min