About My Practice
Meet Patty Fiore, LMFT
I’ve been a therapist for 20 years, and I still think the first session is the most important one — it’s where you decide whether you can be honest with me.
Alongside my work with teens and parents, I see individual adults and couples. With individuals, that is usually anxiety, depression, a painful past that keeps resurfacing, or a transition such as a career change, a divorce, or a new chapter of life. With couples, it is communication that has broken down, trust that needs rebuilding, the strain of parenting together, or deciding whether to stay. In both cases the work is honest and practical: we name what is actually happening and change it.
Teens and parents are where I started and where I do my best work. Before private practice I worked inside the school system and with children with special needs, which taught me to meet young people where they are rather than where a textbook says they should be, and to work with the adults around them, not just the kid in the room. Since then I’ve worked with hundreds of teenagers, parents, individuals and couples, supervised associate therapists toward their own licenses, and completed EMDRIA-approved EMDR training through the EMDR Institute. I speak to parent groups and schools on teen anxiety, substance use, social media and screen time.
My approach is practical. I use CBT to change the patterns that keep you stuck, EMDR when trauma is in the way, and systems and psychodynamic work when the problem lives in relationships or in history. You’ll leave sessions with something to try, not just something to think about.
Who I work with: teens 13+ and their parents, young adults, individuals, couples, and families. Sessions are available in English and Farsi. I have particular experience with the Persian and Iranian community, with teens and young adults navigating school, college and early careers, and with professionals under performance pressure. Next Step Counseling is based in Los Angeles and provides confidential, HIPAA-compliant telehealth to clients throughout California.
Licensed MFT · CA #51545
Teen & Parenting Specialist
20+ Years of Experience
M.A. Clinical Psychology, Phillips Graduate Institute
B.A., York University
EMDR-Trained (EMDR Institute, EMDRIA-Approved)
Clinical Supervisor
English & Farsi
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