Hello! I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice with more than 10 years of experience working with adult individual and couple clients. Please note: I only work with couples IN PERSON in Culver City CA and out of network. I am and have been a Community Care Provider for the Veterans’ Administration since 2016 and a community affiliate with Kaiser Permanente SoCal from 2019-2021. My speciality is the ability to use my training and experience in ways clients need and want; in other words, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
The first session is a get-to-know each other meeting. I’ll ask you if you have any questions about me, my education, experience, the therapy process, the forms you filled out, or the way I do therapy. I’ll ask you to tell me in your own words why you decided to start therapy, what you are looking for and hope to achieve in therapy as well as what you benefited from in previous therapy, if any.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I am, and have been for decades, on my own personal growth journey and appreciate the effort and courage it takes to do this work. I consider myself and have been told that I am a compassionate listener, non-judgmental, open to talking about anything that is important to the people who come into therapy including any disagreements with my interpretations, suggestions, comments. I most want you to learn to trust your own perceptions, intuition, decisions.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
If you want to have more clarity about who you are, how life experiences have and continue to affect you or if you are in a relationship that is not what you want it to be, let’s talk. You may be new to therapy or had other therapists, you may have family issues, relationship concerns, and/or trauma from other sources. You understand that your relationship with yourself is key to a sense of self-worth and a meaningful life.
About Linda England
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5731 W Slauson Ave, Culver City, CA 90230, Suite 220Appointments
Virtual & in-personMy treatment methods
Trauma Informed Care
I work with individual adult clients who have experienced family/personal trauma (scapegoating, gaslighting, abuse) as well as veterans with combat PTSD. I have found talk therapy with an emphasis on active compassionate listening, kindness, mindfulness, and self-compassion to be most effective.
Strength-Based
I love this form of therapy because instead of focusing on what’s wrong or what needs to be “fixed”, we turn our attention to what’s right with you and the choices you’ve made (Positive Psychology). I use this in addition to paying attention to any trauma that has had an affect on negative self-image.
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Anyone who is even a tiny bit different from white, heterosexual, coupled, successful/productive is vulnerable to discrimination, prejudice and limited opportunities. Living and working in Los Angeles, I have the privilege of working with a diverse group of individuals and couples. My graduate training included the Los Angeles LGBT Center and The Center in Long Beach. As a Caucasian therapist, I am aware of how my skin color and life experiences could affect the therapeutic relationship and invite conversation about that as well as experiences of prejudice and discrimination. I have been told by BIPOC clients that I have compassion for and understand the harmful effects of discrimination and prejudice.