Virtual sessions, California
Psychotherapist in California
Working with a psychotherapist means having a trained clinician help you understand patterns you cannot see clearly on your own, whether that is anxiety, trauma, burnout, or relationship strain. Mind's Eye Psychotherapy sees clients virtually throughout California, drawing on Internal Family Systems, an approach built around understanding the different parts of you rather than only managing symptoms.
Adults and couples, entirely by video
Meet Lauren Cohen
Training and credentials
I am licensed in California, and also licensed in Massachusetts, with a Master of Social Work from Boston University and an undergraduate degree from UC Santa Cruz. My training includes Level 1 IFS certification (2023), and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (2022). Every new client starts with a free 15-minute consultation, and the practice keeps a clear 48 hour cancellation policy. I am an out-of-network provider and offer superbills so PPO clients can seek reimbursement directly from their insurance.
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What Mind's Eye Psychotherapy offers in California
Individual psychotherapy
One-on-one sessions for anxiety, life transitions, self-esteem, and personal growth.
IFS psychotherapy
Internal Family Systems work that helps you understand and integrate different parts of yourself.
Couples psychotherapy
Support for communication breakdowns, trust repair, and reconnecting as partners.
Areas served
Cities and regions I work with across California
Sessions are held by video, so I can see anyone physically located in California. These are the areas clients most often write from.
Across California
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Sacramento
Specialties
My specialties in California
- Anxiety, stress and overwhelm
- Depression and emotional disconnection
- Trauma and complex PTSD
- Relationship and attachment patterns
- Emotional regulation and nervous system work
- People-pleasing and boundaries (fawning response)
- Self esteem and identity work
- Highly sensitive and deep feelers
- High-achieving and perfectionism burnout
- Internal Family Systems / Parts work
- Sexual trauma and healing
- LGBTQIA+ safe space
Why a psychotherapist
Why work with a psychotherapist?
Psychotherapy helps because it is ongoing. I am not here to hand you a coping technique and send you off. We meet weekly or every other week, and over that time I get to know the patterns you cannot see clearly from the inside. That takes more than one conversation.
- Anxiety that will not switch off, the kind that follows you home from work and turns up again at 2am.
- Burnout, common across California's higher-pressure industries, and rarely cleared up by one long weekend.
- A life transition: a move across the state, a job change, a breakup, becoming a parent.
- Relationship patterns, whether you look at them on your own or with your partner in couples work.
- Trauma you have carried a while, old responses that made sense once and get in the way now.
- Access. If you are nowhere near Los Angeles, virtual sessions mean your zip code stops deciding your options.
I work using Internal Family Systems, trained at Level 1 in 2023. Rather than treating anxiety as a fault to correct, IFS treats it as a part of you doing a job it learned a long time ago. Understanding that part usually changes more than fighting it does.
Online in California
Ready to talk to a psychotherapist?
Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, the Bay Area, or a small town in the Central Valley: the requirements stay the same. Privacy, a stable connection, and an hour you can protect.
Finding the right psychotherapist does not need to be a difficult search. Book a free 15-minute consultation. No obligation, and sessions are fully virtual.