MEET OUR TEAM
explore your past, understand your present, empower your future
YAEL SHERNE, LMFT
founder
Yael specializes in supporting women and couples around the life changing journey of becoming, and being, a parent. She has specialized training in perinatal mental health, couples therapy, and trauma. With nearly a decade of experience supporting clients, she brings lived experience and clinical expertise to her work.
Her clients describe her as compassionate and insightful. She leads with warmth and care, prioritizing trust and safety with all her clients — and she is not afraid to gently challenge when needed, in order to help you achieve change and growth.
CHLOE GUHLSTORF, AMFT
Chloe supports individuals and couples navigate life’s challenges. She helps her clients build meaningful connections, and find balance and fulfillment in their lives. She brings clinical experience, and a past career as a labor and postpartum doula, to her work with expectant and new parents.
Her clients describe her as caring and detail-oriented. She aims to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where her client's can explore their emotions, gain clarity, and develop tools to thrive.
OUR CLINICAL FOCUS
We can help you with…
• Infertility, In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Surrogacy
• Pregnancy Loss
• Relationship Difficulties
• Prenatal Depression and Anxiety
• Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
• Childhood Trauma
• Recent Traumatic Events
• Parenting Issues
• Co-parenting
Our Guiding Principles
COMPASSION
Compassion allows you to approach this work with openness - not judgment or shame. When we unburden ourselves and lead with compassion, we can achieve deeper understanding and create space for healing and growth.
CURIOSITY
Reflection and curiosity are core to the therapy process and its effectiveness. When we are entrenched in critical narratives about ourselves, there is no space to believe in a different outcome. Curiosity opens up possibilities for a new way of looking at things.
CLARITY
We believe that our past influences our present - the way we think, act, and feel. By helping you uncover these connections, you can better understand your patterns, and make room for a new way of being. One that is more aligned with your true self.
CONNECTION
Humans are relational beings, we need connection to thrive. Therapy should be your safe relational home, a place to be vulnerable and true to your authentic self. This will foster deeper connection both inside and outside of the therapy room.
OUR APPROACH
Clients describe our therapists as empathetic & insightful, warm & direct.
Our work is relational, collaborative, and human. We believe the relationship between you and your therapist is the most critical factor in therapy being effective. We will be equally committed to your growth, and will come as our authentic self — this means there will be depth, insight, humor, and gentle challenging when needed. We know showing up to therapy is not always easy, but we also know that the work is worth it — and through it you can find real, lasting change.
Each person comes to see us with their own unique story and needs. Our goal is to help you understand how your past experiences impact your present life, so you can begin to make the best choices for your authentic self. To do this, our approach is grounded in trauma-informed psychodynamic and attachment therapy. This means that together, we will help you uncover unconscious patterns that are impacting your thoughts, behaviors, relationships and choices. We’ll explore early childhood relationships and experiences that have shaped how you view yourself, others and the world around you. While some of this deeper and lasting work takes longer to occur, we will provide you with practical tools and skills you can implement immediately to quickly relieve symptoms of pain and distress.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our therapist fees range from $150-225 for individual sessions, and $175-275 for couples sessions.
We offer a limited number of sliding scale spots for those with financial need. -
We are a private pay practice and do not accept health insurance. However, I can provide monthly superbills for you to submit to your insurance for potential out-of-network reimbursement. Please check with your provider to understand your benefits, as coverage varies by plan.
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Your therapist reserves your appointment time just for you. Sessions canceled or rescheduled with less than 48 hours notice will be charged the full session fee unless rescheduled within the same business week. Availability for rescheduling is not guaranteed.
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We offer both in-person sessions and HIPAA-compliant Telehealth sessions for residents of California. Our offices are located in Hermosa Beach and Beverly Hills.
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We meet weekly for 50 minute sessions. Once therapy has been established, you and your therapist can discuss the appropriateness of moving to biweekly sessions.
75 and 90 minute sessions are also available for couples. -
While this is unique to each person, the kind of therapy we do is an investment - but it is an investment in yourself and your future. It is not a bandaid or a quick fix and many clients are in therapy with us for six months or longer. This is because we are doing deeper work to create real, lasting change.
