Associates

kazia cumbler

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist MA (AMFT #142585)

Kazia received her master’s degree from Palo Alto University where she focused on psychodynamic therapeutic frameworks, family systems, emotion-focused therapy and couples’ therapy. Originally from Louisville, KY she now lives in the heart of Los Angeles with two lovely kids, a wonderful husband, a sweet little dog and three 3 chickens that produce 3 beautiful eggs every day.

zachary hollis

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist MA (AMFT #139473)

Zachary is passionate about helping individuals gain greater insight and self-awareness, explore relationship patterns, understand past experiences and how they continue to impact the present, and work towards greater quality of life.

Markus HIcks

Associate Clinical Social Worker (ACSW #113732)

Markus’s journey traces from the challenging streets of 1992 South Central LA to his current role as a guiding light, therapist, and educator. Markus brings a heart-centered touch to therapy, embracing a client-centered framework.

julia burkes

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW #65680)

Julia has extensive training in several evidence-based treatments such as: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for Trauma, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), CBT for Depression, CBT for Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (Trichotillomania), and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). She has also completed a two-year advanced certificate program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the New Center for Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles.

brenna beaton

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT #153293)

Psychotherapy is deeply collaborative, creating a safe and personal space to be seen and explore all the waves of experience. I use a person-centered and trauma-informed approach to best support a client’s needs, working with all mental health challenges and backgrounds.

Autumn myers

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT #151996)

Autumn (she/her) approaches therapy believing that each client is the expert in their own lives, and meets clients with compassion, care, and curiosity, while being lovingly direct when needed. Autumn specializes in working with those in creative fields, the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and has experience working with mood disorders, childhood trauma, grief, and life transitions.

Dr. Michael whitman

Psychologist PsyD #21428

Dr. Michael Whitman has been a licensed clinical psychologist for nearly 20 years. During that time, he's had the honor of helping many people by being a psychotherapist, a sports psychologist (about which he published a book), a clinical supervisor to other therapists, and a podcaster.

All associates are supervised by Dr. Fredrick Edo-Okuonghae, Julia Burkes, and Dr. Michael Whitman.