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“As individual persons, the conversations we engage in define the limits of our conscious awareness of ourselves and others. Minds need other minds to see themselves. Isolated minds know everything about everything, except about themselves” C.Roger Hastings, Ph.D

The quote by Roger Hastings well states how I think about psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. We are literally alone or feel alone until we can pick up the phone to reach out and come out of our isolation. It is in this partnership of therapist and client that helps us learn about ourselves, the stumbling blocks we have come across and the views and beliefs we have about the world and ourselves. Knowing our feelings, wants and goals is what many of us have understood as self-esteem and we get this from experiences with other people and how they treat us, how they reflect their impressions of who they think we are. Much of our self-understanding is built in childhood and we learned about ourselves from our parents, caretakers, school and often the messages we got about us were not positive or were more about the other person and their struggles than us. Which is why I believe in accountability not in blaming, its really about knowing where these beliefs came from and knowing that some may not be accurate about us. I know picking up that phone to make the call to a therapist can be very frightening, but that first call and maybe a few more and a couple of visits will help you know if that therapist is the one for you. I encourage everyone who calls me to speak
to a couple of different therapists to find the one who they feel understands them. We all have different areas of expertise and styles of working and you want to walk away initially with the feeling this person gets me.

So I ’m glad you found your way here. There are many articles here you may find helpful and please feel free to call or write me with any questions. My name is Licia Ginne, I have been a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist for over 25 years and have been working in the mental health and addiction field for over 30 years. My private practice is in Santa Monica, a beach city in Los Angeles County, California. I work with adults in individual, couples and group therapy. I also do psychoanalysis, which is not like your old Freudian analysis. It is an amazing experience to be able to meet or talk on the phone multiple times a week especially when you have come out of a family with trauma, abuse or struggling with an addiction. If you want to know more I have a short page on what is Contemporary Psychoanalysis.

Through my years of experience I have worked with so many different issues and concerns and these are some of my areas of expertise; addiction treatment, drug & alcohol abuse, sex addiction and eating disorders, relapse and relapse prevention,
co dependency, adults with childhood trauma and abuse, adult children of alcoholics, depression, anxiety, stress, grief and loss,contemporary psychoanalysis, relationship issues,infidelity, marital and couples counseling, pre-marital counseling, those single and wanting a relationship and people who are seeking to make a change in their life. Boundaries the secret to a healthy relationship, divorce, creating positive life changes, and learning to fight fairly, just to name a few.

So please make yourself comfortable, enjoy, feel free to roam around and comeback often as I try to update this site. Please remember that all feedback and questions are greatly appreciated and encourage

Warmest Regards, Licia Ginne, LMFT
310 828.1256
E-Mail:
licia_ginne@LATherapists.com