Mr. Gerges has extensive experience working with multiculturally diverse individuals, and families of all ages. His clinical experiences include: extensive experience working in the community mental health and non-profit sector and legal entities contracted with the department of mental health (DMH). Previous agencies include Exodus recovery, and Counseling4kids, as well as experience working with victims of crime at Next move mental health Agency, through the CalVCB (victim of crimes board). Mr. Gerges semi is fluent in Egyptian Arabic and has provided community service for a number of non-profit organizations including psychiatric facilities here in Los Angeles for the past 5 years. Mr. Gerges also has 5 years of experience working with children with Autism, utilizing applied behavior analysis (ABA).

Goals :

• Increasing Self-Awareness and accountability
• Strengthening Coping Skills to effectively reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms
• Stress Management
• Providing a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship
• Promoting self-esteem and autonomy
• Allowing a safe space to effectively process grief and loss
• Provide thorough psychoeducation and parenting skills to be implemented outside of direct session time
• Increase awareness towards maladaptive thinking patterns
• Develop skills towards challenging negative core beliefs, and gaining a more positive reality based thinking pattern (CBT)