Individual Therapy in Los Angeles
At No Matter What Recovery, we acknowledge that underlying trauma can significantly influence an individual’s mental health and overall well-being. Past traumatic experiences can manifest in current issues, generating both emotional and physical responses. We are committed to providing inclusive, affirming care for LGBTQ+ individuals and other underserved or marginalized communities, ensuring every client feels seen, respected, and supported throughout the healing process.
Our approach to individual therapy is comprehensive and holistic, addressing the mind, body, and spirit as interconnected parts of recovery. No Matter What Recovery offers a range of evidence-based therapies, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), specifically designed to help clients process traumatic experiences, reduce emotional distress, and build a stronger foundation for long-term healing and personal growth.
What Is Individual Therapy?
Individual therapy, also known as psychotherapy or counseling, is a process through which individuals work one-on-one with a trained therapist in a safe, caring, and confidential environment. The focus is on exploring feelings, beliefs, and behaviors, identifying aspects of life that one would like to change, better understanding oneself and others, and setting personal goals. This therapeutic approach enables individuals to confront barriers that interfere with emotional and mental well-being, while also increasing positive feelings such as compassion, self-esteem, love, courage, and peace.
How Does Individual Therapy Work?
One-on-One with a Therapist
At No Matter What, our individual therapy specialists will collaborate with you to recognize and address the specific issues that are currently affecting your life. You'll work together to isolate and tackle these.
Building Connections
The first step to managing your emotions and behaviours is to understand the roots of these feelings. Our therapist will help you examine your past experiences and how they might be influencing your present emotions and behaviours, providing you a safe space to explore these connections.
Self-Reflection and Personal Insight
In individual therapy, techniques such as guided self-reflection are used. Our therapist will guide you through the process of exploring your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours with the goal of fostering personal insight and growth.
Recover from Trauma
After gaining insight into your experiences and emotions, our therapist will help you develop strategies to manage any ongoing emotional challenges. The ultimate goal is to help you build resilience and promote healthier emotional responses to life's challenges.
What To Expect During Treatment
Individual therapy is an evidence-based form of treatment that depends on active collaboration between you and your therapist. Through this therapeutic relationship, clients can develop healthier emotional patterns, strengthen coping skills, and gain deeper insight into the underlying factors contributing to mental health and substance use challenges. At No Matter What Recovery, we provide inclusive and affirming care for individuals from all backgrounds, including LGBTQ+ individuals and other underserved or marginalized communities, creating a safe and supportive environment where healing can take place authentically.
Throughout the therapeutic process, your therapist may assign exercises or reflective practices to complete between sessions. These activities are designed to reinforce progress made during therapy, encourage personal growth, and help integrate healthier behaviors into everyday life.
The cognitive and emotional strategies developed in individual therapy often serve as a strong foundation for more specialized trauma-focused treatments. Individual therapy can be highly effective when combined with modalities such as EMDR and holistic therapies, allowing clients to process trauma more deeply while building the resilience and stability needed for long-term recovery.
What Does individual Therapy Treat?
As mentioned earlier, individual therapy is utilized to address an extensive array of mental health disorders and related issues.
It’s frequently regarded as a favored type of psychotherapy in the mental health and addiction recovery community due to its effectiveness in swiftly identifying and managing specific problems.
- Mental health conditions it can improve:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Substance use disorders
- Bipolar disorder
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Sleep disorder
- Eating disorders
Our Individual Therapy Program at No Matter What Recovery
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
Our highest level of care for trauma recovery would be our partial hospitalization program, also known as PHP treatment. Our PHP program involves a patient coming in to our treatment center for 8 or more hours per day, ever day of the week. Outside of residential treatment, it is the highest level of care a person can seek for trauma.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
A step down from our PHP, our intensive outpatient program is our intermediate level of care. Our IOP is meant for patients who need care several days out of the week, but don’t need it every single day. During the times that a patient attends our facility, we’ll work both one-on-one and as a group to overcome their traumatic experiences.
Outpatient Treatment Program
Our outpatient program is our lowest level of care, typically involving a patient only coming in once or twice per week for several hours at a time. During their time with us, a typical patient in our OT will perform individualized trauma-informed care. We’ll also be sure to involve the patient in group activities, such as group therapy and retreats.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, confidentiality is a cornerstone of therapy. All discussions between a client and a therapist are confidential and protected by law.
Yes, most private health insurance plans cover mental health services, including individual therapy. Please contact us to confirm whether we accept your insurance plan.
We understand that life can be unpredictable. We have a flexible rescheduling policy, but we appreciate as much notice as possible so we can offer the slot to another client.
Typically, sessions are once a week, but the frequency can be adjusted based on the client’s needs and the therapist’s recommendations.
All clients receive individualized and focused treatment, not only to reduce the severity of their symptoms, but also to achieve an understanding of their disorders and the changes they can make to alleviate suffering and prevent further dysfunctional behavior. Only after healing progresses beyond the symptomatic to embrace the whole person does real recovery begin in the journey towards self-discovery.
Individual Therapy In Los Angeles With No Matter What Recovery
Individual therapy in Los Angeles isn’t a panacea to entirely resolve your mental health challenges or erase your issues. However, it can equip you with healthier habits and strategies for managing difficulties, leading to improved self-perception and life quality.
If you’re interested in learning more about our trauma-focused, holistic therapy-centered addiction treatment approach, don’t hesitate to contact us today.
Dr. Eric Chaghouri is our Medical Director at No Matter What Recovery. Since completing his forensic psychiatry fellowship, he has established a successful and thriving practice in Southern California, focusing on treatment of co-occurring psychiatric and addictive disorders.
Dr. Eric Chaghouri is our Medical Director at No Matter What Recovery. Since completing his forensic psychiatry fellowship, he has established a successful and thriving practice in Southern California, focusing on treatment of co-occurring psychiatric and addictive disorders.