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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.

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.

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.

I provide holistic psychotherapy services using a combination of eastern and western approaches.