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I'm Courtney Hamlin, MA, AMFT, a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist in the South Bay of Los Angeles, California. I enjoy working with a diverse range of clients – adults, preteens, teens, couples, and families – from varied backgrounds. I provide a professional, knowledgeable, supportive, and empathic environment that fosters emotional wellbeing. I help my clients identify core issues that may be creating recurring problems, and empower them with practical tools to overcome these hurdles.

As an author and transformative coach, I love helping people find the power to create the life they desire. I help them figure out what happiness means to them, and together we create a plan to achieve their aspirations. As a certified life coach, I’ve helped people navigate divorce, parenting, betrayal, weight loss, relationships, workplace issues, and more.

Hypnotherapy Focus & Best Life Coaching provides individual adults, adolescents, couples and groups with specialized services to help them address various issues they are struggling with in their lives. Founder Amy Pesceone MA, CHT, CLC has over 20 years experience in the Mental Health field as a Psychotherapist, Certified Hypnotherapist and a Life Coach. The unique combination of her experience in these three treatment methods, provides her with a wide range of options for helping her client's meet their goals more quickly and effectively.

No one form of therapy fits everyone. We all have our own unique needs and personalities. I get to know the people I am working with so that we can co-create a plan that is right for them. No matter what style or methods used, I am always active and engaged. Once we understand where our behaviors come from, we can often gain better control over them or modify them if desired. I then work with clients by drawing from modalities known as behavioral therapies (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy), Narrative Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, just to name a few.

I provide individual, couples and group therapy with adults, families, children and adolescents. I find great joy helping clients repair their relationships with self, re-establish trust in themselves and discover what fun, joy and playfulness look like. My work centers on providing an empathic, compassionate, and understanding therapeutic relationship in order to facilitate a safe space for real, meaningful change.

I will guide you to create authentic connections. Choosing the right partner according to your needs, values, and principles is vital for building a thriving relationship. I will assist you in clarifying your relationship goals and understanding your non-negotiables.I will guide you in developing deep emotional bonds and fostering intimacy in your relationships. Our coaching encompasses a holistic understanding of both women's and men's loving needs and love languages.

An uncomfortable feeling is not an enemy. It's a gift that says "Get honest; inquire" -Byron Katie. I believe that therapy is one of the greatest gifts that a person can give themselves. It allows the person to get interested and to inquire about who they are to increase their conscious awareness. I believe that each and every person has all of the answers that they need but they may need some assistance in navigating through the process because fear and judgment have gotten in the way.