Naomi Afriat Verified
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Los Angeles, California
- Abuse
- Codependency
- Depression
Curtis Eklund Verified by Lit Path
LMFT, CSAT
About
Do you feel like you aren’t measuring up? Like you’re broken or don’t deserve to be happy? Many of my clients come to therapy with these feelings. Often they are stuggling with painful memories and porn or sex addiction.
My role is to help you make sense of your relationships - both with yourself and with your loved ones. As you come to understand your thoughts and feelings, you’ll feel free to choose the life you want, rather than be controlled by the trauma of your past.
‘Internal Family Systems’ (IFS) is my favorite approach. IFS teaches that depression, anxiety, and addiction are understandable (and even protective) ways of responding to pain. It also gives you the tools to overcome these challenges, so you can live life on your own terms.
I find that many problems are multilayered and need more than one approach. That’s why I also use Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) to address uderlying trauma. EMDR calms the brain, so that traumatic memories no longer carry the same emotional power as the original experience.
Specialties
- Sex/Pornography
Services offered
Individual
In person and online, $195 average fee
Clients are urged to bring their whole selves to the session and are encouraged to ask questions, make changes, and point the direction of treatment where they want. I use a IFS approach to therapy and do EMDR when the situation warrants. My goal is to help integrate parts of clients that are acting in ego-dystonic ways in order to understand the whole person and come to a place of healing.
- Ages
- Young Adult (18-20), Adult (21-64)
- Approach
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Psychodynamic Therapy
- Sliding scale
- Available
Education and certification
- Master's in Marriage and Family TherapyBethel Seminary, 2013
- CSATIITAP, Sex/Pornography, 2015
Fees and payment
- Accepts
- Credit Card, Debit Card
- Insurance
- Insurance Not Accepted
Listing last updated August 13, 2025. Back to the directory
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Guiding Light
For individuals in recovery for compulsive behavior(s).
Program focus
Compulsive behavior recovery
Resilient Travelers
Partners and spouses carrying the impact of someone else's compulsive behavior.
Program focus
Betrayal trauma and partner support
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Anyone seeking general mental health therapy for needs unrelated to compulsive behavior.
Program focus
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