Jennifer Atherton, AMFT APCC, Associate Psychotherapist

AMFT APCC, Associate Psychotherapist

Accepts ages: 3+

Most Major Insurances

In-Person and Telehealth

Relationship Issues and Family ConflictPsychoanalytic TherapyMood DisordersLife Transitions and Discovering PurposeGrief and LossEmotional RegulationDepressionDBT TherapyBorderline Personality DisorderAnxietyAddiction and Substance Abuse

Jennifer has extensive experience supporting multiculturally diverse adolescents and adults across a variety of clinical settings. Her background includes work in school-based mental health at Redondo Union High School’s Wellness Center, college counseling at Concordia University, and treatment settings such as Blume Behavioral Health and Clearview Treatment Center. She integrates both psychoanalytic and DBT approaches into her work, bringing a warm, collaborative, and client-centered style to therapy. She is dedicated to helping individuals feel understood, supported, and empowered in their healing.

Goals

  • Build deeper self-understanding
  • Strengthen emotional regulation and coping skills
  • Support in developing healthier relationships
  • Foster self-compassion and internal safety
  • Explore how past experiences influence present struggles
  • Develop a more coherent and empowered sense of self
  • Relationship Issues and Family Conflict
  • Psychoanalytic Therapy
  • Mood Disorders
  • Life Transitions and Discovering Purpose
  • Grief and Loss
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Depression
  • DBT Therapy
  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Anxiety
  • Addiction and Substance Abuse

Northern Arizona University

  • Bachelors of Psychology (B)

Vanguard University of Southern California

  • Master’s of Clinical Psychology (M.S.)
  • Trauma Informed Narrative Therapy
  • Strength-Based, Client-Centered & Holistic
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational Therapy

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We are revolutionizing the treatment journey by offering primary mental health, and co-occurring substance use disorders solutions via telehealth and onsite. Our team of experienced providers at New U Therapy includes the best psychiatrists and therapists in Valencia, WestLake Village, Torrence, and Florida. Our providers offer a wide variety of services to treat Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Trauma, ADHD and other common disorders.

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