California Therapist | TelehealthYou understand yourself. So why does nothing change?
Therapy for adults ready to go deeper than insight alone.
Sound Familiar?
You’ve done the work. You’ve read the books, perhaps been in therapy before, and built real self-awareness. Yet the same patterns keep showing up. The same anxiety before a hard conversation. The same dynamic with the people you love. The same cycle you keep promising yourself you’re done with.
Insight is real. And it hasn’t been enough.
That gap, between understanding yourself and actually changing, is exactly where this work lives.
You Might Relate If…
You overthink relationships and still can’t stop the spiral
Anxiety or OCD is running more of your life than you want to admit
You're high-functioning on the outside and exhausted on the inside
You’ve spent years trying to fit into a version of yourself that doesn’t quite fit
You’re navigating a relationship structure, identity, or life that doesn’t follow a standard script
You want a therapist who won't need you to explain or justify who you are
How I Work
Therapy here works at two levels at once.
The first is practical. You’ll build real tools for relief, learn to recognize and work with your body’s signals, and develop skills that actually help in the moment. For anxiety and OCD especially, symptom relief isn’t just a side benefit. It’s part of the work.
The second is deeper. We look at what’s underneath the patterns, where they came from, how they’re showing up in your relationships, your work, and the way you relate to yourself. Not to analyze endlessly, but to actually shift something.
I draw from attachment-based therapy, Internal Family Systems, somatic approaches, and trauma-informed practice. My style is warm, direct, and real. I’ll ask the questions you’ve been avoiding, sit with you in the hard stuff, and challenge what’s keeping you stuck without making you feel judged for having it.
Who I Work With
Many of my clients are thoughtful, self-aware people who have already done a lot of personal growth work but want to go deeper. They come from different backgrounds and different lives, but they tend to share a few things: they’re ready to stop cycling through the same patterns, they want both real relief and lasting change, and they’re done just coping.
I work with individuals and couples across California via telehealth, with particular depth in:
Anxiety, OCD, and Perfectionism You know the spiral well. You’ve tried to think your way out of it. Therapy offers something different: practical tools for real relief alongside genuine understanding of what’s driving it.
Relationship Patterns Something keeps showing up across your relationships and you can’t quite name it. We look at what’s underneath, how your history shapes the way you connect, protect yourself, and ask for what you need.
Identity and Life Transitions You’re navigating who you are, who you want to be, or a life that doesn't follow a standard script. Therapy offers a space to work that out without having to justify yourself along the way.
Queer Adults and Non-Traditional Relationships I work with LGBTQ+ clients and people in ethically non-monogamous and polyamorous relationships with genuine familiarity, not performative acceptance. You won't need to translate yourself here.
Couples Therapy
Couples often come to therapy when the same argument keeps happening and neither person knows how to stop it. Or when the distance between you has grown and you're not sure how it got there.
I work with couples using approaches informed by Emotionally Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method, helping partners understand the cycle they’re caught in, communicate what's actually underneath the conflict, and rebuild connection that lasts.
I work with couples of all structures and identities, including queer couples and those navigating non-traditional relationship agreements.
If what you’re reading resonates, a consultation call can be a simple way to see if working together feels like a good fit.
About Amanda
I’m Amanda Jablon, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW #82020) based in Southern California. I have been working with adults and couples for over a decade, in private practice for the last ten years.
My style is warm, direct, and real. I’m not interested in helping people cope indefinitely. I’m interested in helping people actually change.
I believe therapy should be a space where you don’t have to translate yourself, where your relationships, your identity, and your history are met with genuine understanding. Whatever box you've been handed, you don't have to keep living in it.