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Staff  
   

Cheryl Grant, MFT, CSAT

 
   

Cheryl Grant is a licensed Marriage, Family Therapist and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist.  She has experience in sexual compulsivity and addictive disorders.  Cheryl also works with individuals and couples on personal and relationship issues to restore equilibrium, relieving symptoms of anxiety and depression.  Her collaborative, direct, no-nonsense approach has helped many clients deal with a variety of challenges.

She received her Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University - Los Angeles, and a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology from UCLA.  Cheryl is a Level II EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) clinician and is currently training in Somatic Experiencing (Body-Focused Psychotherapy); both approaches are effective and widely used for treating the effects of trauma.

Cheryl is a member of both the Los Angeles and state-wide California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT), a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) from the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP), and a member of the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH).

Cheryl facillitates an ongoing weekly support group for individuals in early sobriety at an outpatient facility, and treats mood disorders using somatic psychotherapy and EMDR at a residential treatment center.  Cheryl brings over fourteen years of practical experience to her work with her clients.

   
   
Christiane Soehnlein, MA, MFT Intern
 
   

Christiane is a pre-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from the Pepperdine University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

She has been involved in the many paths of the Los Angeles lifestyle, from helping individuals and couples at the Airport Marina Counseling Service and Eating Disorder Clinic of California, Los Angeles to working with children suffering from Pervasive Developmental Disorders.

“Hope for the future is a fundamental requirement – a necessity – to successfully move through the stages of life, and to cope with the ongoing stresses of our culture.”

Currently, Christiane specializes in providing therapy for clients who suffer from anxiety and eating disorders employing Schema Therapy which is an integrative approach encompassing Cognitive Behavioral, Psychodynamic, Gestalt, Existential and Humanistic theory. Christiane is also skilled in marriage mediation with training in Imago Therapy.

Additionally, Christiane facilitates a group for women who want to address their interpersonal and career problems and benefit from peer support.

Christiane has been a yoga practitioner and a student of Eastern Philosophy and Religion for over 15 years. With compassion and integrity at the core of her practice, Christiane honors the unique path of everyone with whom she works, creating a safe place to enhance well-being.

   
   
   

Cheryl Grant, MFT, CSAT

2211 Corinth Avenue, Suite 203

Los Angeles, CA  90064

Tel/Fax: (310) 392-7241

 
 
 

 

 

 


 
 
             
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