Bonnie Rae
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #91089
Along with seeing clients in my private practice, I have served as a supervisor for associate therapists for the past 8 years. Previously, I was an adjunct instructor in the Masters of Clinical Psychology program at Antioch University, teaching workshops devoted to helping budding therapists work with queer and lesbian identified women through an LGBTQ affirmative lens.
I received a Masters in Clinical Psychology degree from Antioch University with a specialization in LGBT psychology (the only LGBT specialization program in the world at the time). During my studies, I began my training at the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center where I worked with a diverse population as an individual therapist and group therapy co-facilitator of the Transgender Men Empowerment group. I then worked for over a year at Village Counseling and Wellness, co-facilitating Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills groups for adults, adolescents and parents, and seeing individual clients in two private practice settings. I also worked on the planning committee of SAGA (Sexuality and Gender Awareness), a small group of mental health practitioners dedicated to providing education on how to be LGBTQ affirmative.
I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Emerson College, and through my work within the entertainment industry, I realized that my true passion lived within the minds and emotions of human beings. The practice of psychology and therapy gives me the space to work creatively and intellectually while experiencing the humbling feeling of watching people change their lives.
I have a wide range of experience in working with people of various backgrounds, ethnicities, sexual orientations and gender identities. Although my special interests include working with the LGBTQ community and people in the entertainment industry, my expertise is not limited to these populations. I enjoy assisting clients in managing and/or overcoming anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, painful relationship patterns, creative blocks, co-dependency, love and sex addiction, chronic pain/autoimmune conditions, issues with intimacy and low self-esteem. I believe that our emotional world reflects our physical bodies/health, and I am passionate about mind, body & soul integration. I offer Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples/partners/relationships, and attachment-based EMDR as a tool to process trauma.
John Goodhue
Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
John brings a nuanced balance of compassion and challenge to his work, foregrounding warmth, humor, authentic curiosity, and sensitive but constructive engagement with difficult material. John's approach is largely informed by psychodynamic, existential, somatic, gestalt, and mindfulness principles. However, he believes that, more than any theory, it is the singular connection he builds with each client—and, in particular, the chance to explore and refine present and possibly unconscious interpersonal patterns occurring presently—that serves as the spark for lasting transformation.
John finds it an absolute honor to help clients gain greater awareness of how they may be reacting to echos from the past, unmoor from old and worn experiential regimes, access newer and truer selves in surprising ways, and find fresh and unfamiliar pockets of meaning and vivacity within familiar life.
John obtained his MA in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University and received initial training at San Fernando Valley Counseling Center where he worked with a variety of clients challenged by anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, identity stress, familial and relational discord, creative and vocational blockages, trauma, grief/loss, life transitions, and existential/spiritual dilemmas. John also holds an MFA in Poetry from The University of Massachusetts Amherst.
John is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (#152397) working under the clinical supervision of Bonnie Rae, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#91089). If you’d like to learn more about working with John, please feel free to reach out for a free phone consultation.
JOELLE MOLLOY
Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Joelle offers a safe, non-judgmental, and culturally-sensitive space for your free expression and exploration. Together you come to find that anything can be thought about, talked about, and felt. In your relationship, free from ordinary demands and expectations, you can enjoy the feeling of occupying space, and feeling deeply seen and heard. From here, you can begin to grasp the shape of who you are at your core and carefully breathe life into the softest pockets of your inner world that have been formerly unreachable.
Joelle believes that with a greater understanding of the self comes a greater ability to manage and make meaning of the challenges we face in life, many of which show up in mood and relationship difficulties. While she has experience with a broad range of challenges, her special interests include anxiety, depression, self-esteem, identity, intimacy, trauma, grief/loss, existential issues, and working with creatively-oriented and LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples/partners.
Joelle holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, and she received clinical training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the esteemed Valley Community Counseling Clinic. Her prior career path involved law, human rights, and the creative arts, each of which served to broaden her understanding of systems, culture, and the power of expression.
Joelle is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (#139541) working under the clinical supervision of Bonnie Rae, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#91089). If you’d like to learn more about working with Joelle, please feel free to reach out for a free phone consultation.