Christina Lucey-Ventura
A non-judgmental, client-centered psychotherapist working with individuals of all ages, couples, families, and groups — grounded in psychodynamic, attachment-based, and trauma-informed practice.
I believe therapy is most transformative when the therapist positions themselves not as an expert or evaluator, but as a non-judgmental and empathic collaborator. My hope is to create a space for you to feel truly safe and supported while having your multilayered experiences honored, validated, and understood.
My approach is multi-disciplinary — combining psychodynamic techniques with attachment-based and trauma-informed therapy. I am also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).
The best way to set up a consultation is to send me a short message with your availability — and we'll take it from there.
“A space for you to feel truly safe and supported while having your multilayered experiences honored, validated, and understood.”
An integrative, trauma-informed practice.
Psychodynamic
Exploring how early relationships and unconscious patterns shape the present, so they stop running the show.
Attachment-Based
Understanding the relational templates that quietly organize how we love, trust, and protect ourselves.
Trauma-Informed
Working at the pace of your nervous system, not the pace of your story. Safety is non-negotiable.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing — a structured, evidence-based approach to processing traumatic memory.
TF-CBT
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, especially well-suited for children, adolescents, and their caregivers.
Creative Integration
Drawing on a prior life as an artist and designer, weaving the creative process into therapy when it fits.
People, at every stage and shape of a life.
Individuals
Children, adolescents, adults, and elders — across the full arc of life.
Couples
Repair, reconnection, and the quieter conversations underneath the loud ones.
Families
Systems, inheritances, and the work of becoming honest with one another.
Groups
The unique texture of healing that happens in the company of others.
My practice is explicitly LGBTQI+ affirming and racial justice allied — attentive to the lived realities of culture, race, gender, and immigration. These aren't add-ons; they shape how I understand a life.
What brings people to this work.
Art, anthropology, and the work of being with another person.
Before becoming a therapist, I lived two earlier lives — each of which I still carry into the consulting room.
I studied Fine Art and Design at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, then worked for a time in the fashion industry in New York. Looking for work more aligned with my empathic nature and a desire to contribute to positive social change, I turned to the social sciences — earning a degree in Cultural Anthropology at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, where my research focused on immigration policy, the dismantling of racism and ethnophobia, feminist theory, and LGBTQI+ affirmative social action.
I completed my MA in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University Los Angeles, and am a California-licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (№132522).
All of it sits underneath the work now: an artist's attention to form, an anthropologist's respect for context, and a therapist's commitment to being carefully, steadily with the person in front of her.
Education & Licensure
- California Licensed Marriage & Family TherapistLMFT №132522
- 2019 MA, Clinical PsychologyAntioch University Los Angeles
- Earlier BA, Cultural AnthropologyThe Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
- Earlier Fine Art & DesignMassachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston
- Training EMDR · Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)Certified in evidence-based trauma modalities
Reach out when you're ready.
The best way to begin is a short message with your general availability. I'll reply to set up a consultation.
Send an inquiry12722 Riverside Drive
Valley Village, CA 91607