Veronica Landaverde Fernandez, LMFT — Therapist in California

Hi there, I'm Veronica!

Navigating trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, or relationship difficulties can be overwhelming and yielding. You are not alone. My goal is to provide support, warm, and a safe space where you can give a different meaning to your experience by building coping skills, developing insight, self understanding, and self acceptance.

My focus

I support adult women/men survivors of child abuse, adults and adolescents navigating anxiety, trauma, depression, stress, and family relationship concerns. I welcome English and Spanish-speaking clients and strive to create a safe holding environment where you can feel understood and welcome.

My approach

My approach is eclectic utilizing elements of various therapy modalities that emphasize coping skills, self-esteem building, experiential, and process oriented activities. The goal is to provide you a safe space where you feel respected, accepted, and understood while processing your feelings and experiences in life.

My communication style

I provide a supportive, compassionate, calm, and genuine space where you feel safe to share and process your experiences and feelings. The goal is to collaborate with you and guide you in the treatment process to identify your patterns, your coping skills, strengths, resilience, and self-efficacy while celebrating small and big achievements.

My journey to mental healthcare

My journey in the mental health field began with the desire of helping children experiencing abuse. In the process, I became cognizant that to help a child I needed to help the adult and his/her inner child. As an immigrant Latina, I value an environment where individuals can feel safe, seen, understood, and accepted.

My goals for you

While I am the therapist, you are the expert of your own experience. We'll work together exploring what is most important to you and the goals that you want to achieve in therapy. Small steps, big steps, two steps back one step forward, all are important and meaningful in the process. Every step is progress and we will focus on that.

Our first session

Therapy can be anxiety provoking and it may trigger lots of questions. The first session is the first step to begin rebuilding a loving relationship with yourself. The first session is for us to connect, identify the goals you want to work on, and explore your experiences, to start creating a path for self-compassion and growth.

I identify as...

Female
Hispanic or Latinx

Expertise

Treatment approaches

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)

Motivational Interviewing

Object Relations

Sandplay

+ 9 more

Focus populations

Cancer

First Gen American/Immigrant Parents

Single Mother

Educators

LGBTQIA+

+ 5 more

Therapy types

Individual Therapy

Ages served

Adults

Practice

Accepted insurance providers

Aetna
Allegiance
Allied
Arlo (Cigna)
Centivo

+ 18 more

Languages spoken

English, Spanish

Education

Master of Arts (MA) in Clinical Psychology from California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Sessions

60 minutes

Virtual sessions

Veronica Landaverde Fernandez