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Avigail, Queer Therapist in Los Angeles

LGBTQ Therapist LA Avigail Pronouns: She, Her

License: LMFT

Education: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies; Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA, Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology

Reaching out to a stranger to help you figure things out takes bravery. My work is collaborative, strength-based, and client-centered. Your goals are my goals, and understanding the values and commitments that underlie those goals often drives my curiosity.

As a former tv writer, I get how stories can help or harm. Stories shape our realities, not the other way around. Together, we can rewrite stories that respect the life you’ve led and make the life you want come into sharper focus. As someone raised in two countries, I also get how tricky it is to navigate different cultural messages.

My goal is to help you get space from your problems, so that what’s most important to you – your hopes, dreams, and intentions – take center stage. Together, we can chart the landscape of the things you’re up against and how they operate in your life, so you’re able to make better choices. Problems don’t always go away, but they can be moved to the background, and the way we relate to them can contribute to rich and meaningful living.

I have a BA in Film from Vassar College and spent much of my life as a writer/producer before answering the call to psychotherapy. I have a Masters from Antioch University, where I received training in LGBTQIA+ Affirmative Therapy. My lens is sex-positive lens and I’m interested in how I can help individuals and partnerships of all kinds (monogamous, open, and poly) discover and establish joy and mutual satisfaction.

Other interests include: issues related to the entertainment industry, creativity, ambivalence, social anxiety, belonging, self-doubt, nonbinary experiences, and gender identity.

Meet Avigail, LGBTQ Therapist in Los Angeles, California

How do you differentiate between self-care and self-indulgence?

In a culture that blames us individually for every struggle we have, sometimes indulgence really feels like caring resistance (and sometimes it is!). At the same time, treating ourselves as beings worthy of respect and care can also involve tedium and discipline (a friendlier word might be “commitment”) because the most loving self-care connects us to a sense of integrity.

For me, the purpose of self-care isn’t about separating myself or numbing out, but rather identifying what needs attention so that I can ultimately remain connected to my most cherished values as a being in this world. Self-care might look like retreating sometimes, but that may not be what it’s for.


Share a quote or mantra that helps you through tough times.

“You are not the problem. The problem is the problem.” – Michael White

How do you practice self-care during stressful times?

I try to rescue the definition of “self-care” from the way it’s often presented in social media or monetized in capitalist culture as something perfectionist, another thing on the to-do-list that we have to “get right”…For me, as someone prone to overthinking, self-care is often about remembering I have a body and spirit to nourish. Your motivation for self-care may be different. For those whose dominant ways of processing is feeling, choosing to get into action or thinking through things may allow for unseen needs to emerge; for those whose default is doing, slowing down and paying attention to emotions and feeling states can be illuminating.

In other words, reaching for ways of relating that aren’t your go-tos can be enlivening.

In my own life, sometimes it means inviting myself out of routines that result in stagnation and rumination. That might be listening to a friend’s playlist so I can hear music I’m not expecting, driving a route I don’t usually take, getting out of my comfort zone to reach out to a loved one, or even engaging in something esteemable, something that aligns me with a sense of integrity and accountability by being of service and active in community.

Share an activity or hobby that helps you unwind and relax.

I love to find creative expression through freestyle dance. There is so much to be said without words. I also love watching people be creative and resourceful against the odds, so I’m not averse to a good competition reality show. This very much dates me but RuPaul Drag Queen stars Alyssa Edwards and Raja are still my queens of all queens and seriously how many spinoffs can one mogul make?! (Still watching tho)


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