Mixed Race & Multiracial Therapists in California

Lillian Farzan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in California who specializes in anxiety therapy, working with multicultural individuals, and addressing identity stress, family pressures, and intergenerational trauma.

Hannah Shin is an Associate Clinical Social Worker based in Los Angeles, CA, who provides a client-centered space for exploration, addressing anxiety, relationships, life transitions, grief, and cultural identity.

Seher Y. Bajwa is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor in California at Noor Therapy and Wellness. She specializes in supporting first and second-generation women and multicultural couples, offering trauma-informed, culturally-attuned care.

Elena White is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Los Angeles, offering virtual therapy across California. She specializes in multicultural identity, intergenerational trauma, and belonging anxiety for adults navigating cultural complexity.

Carolina Sang is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who identifies as Multiracial, Mexican-American, and Irish-American. She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern Arizona, and integrates holistic, Buddhist, and Jungian psychology into her practice.

Sabrina Sierra is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Oakland, CA. She specializes in helping clients confront painful childhood dynamics, heal intergenerational trauma, and connect with their guiding principles and authenticity. She also offers clinical training and organizational consultation on psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Jacquelynn Montgomery is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who utilizes depth psychology, liberation psychology, and trauma-informed approaches. She has a special interest in intergenerational trauma, Jungian psychology, and cultural healing methods.

I am a Chicana mother, storyteller, licensed psychotherapist and sacred arts coach centering ritual healing and soul care. My people and I root deep from the villages of Juchipila, Zacatecas, Mexico. I am a queer animist mestiza, detribalized Caxcan and Iberian, born and raised on Tongva land, Los Angeles.

Dr. Mia Semelman is a biracial and bisexual clinician who recently obtained her PsyD from The Wright Institute. She utilizes mindfulness and values-based approaches, focusing on relationship therapies, LGBTQ+, kink, and non-monogamous communities.

I am here to help you discover who you authentically are and feel more empowered. As a Latina/mixed race queer woman, I know the pain of feeling othered, marginalized, or minimized. As a result, I am dedicated to helping my clients build diverse, inclusive relationships and communities that celebrate the intersections of their identity and grant them more acceptance and true belonging.

Emily Yáñez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in California who specializes in online trauma therapy for Latinas, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC clients. She approaches therapy through an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive lens.

Elisa Blair is a dually licensed couples and trauma therapist practicing online in California and Arizona. She specializes in couples therapy, trauma, ADHD, and working with BIPOC and mixed-race individuals and couples.

A Mental Health Therapist for UCSF in San Francisco who shares their personal experience growing up mixed-race (Punjabi, Filipino, Irish, Japanese) and gay in the Bay Area.

Dr. Hannah da Cruz is a licensed clinical psychologist based in California who specializes in working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her clinical approach is shaped by her multicultural background and her upbringing in a mixed-race, dual-citizen family.

Dr. Jennifer Noble (Dr. Jenn) is a psychologist and coach with almost 20 years of experience working with families and the mixed race community. She specializes in helping parents of mixed race children navigate identity, belonging, and resilience.

Dr. Jenn is a psychologist, educator, and assistant professor at Pasadena City College who specializes in working with children, adolescents, and parents. She has a strong focus on multicultural community clinical psychology, social justice, and the mixed-race experience, and serves on the board of Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC).

Bianca Hovda is a licensed marriage and family therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner based in Oakland, CA. She specializes in anxiety, depression, attachment/developmental trauma, sexual trauma, and ancestral trauma, utilizing somatic experiencing, expressive arts, and psychodynamic approaches.

My name is Emely, and I'm a queer, light-skinned, biracial, bicultural Latine therapist. I understand the challenges in finding affirming and inclusive support. My passion lies in decolonizing hearts and minds, and unraveling the ways systems of oppression impact and affect our mental, physical, and spiritual health and wellbeing.

Hello! I’m a cis gender woman living in the South Bay Area who is Korean and Italian. I am an LCSW and see clients online and at my office in Los Altos, California.

I am a mixed-race therapist who works with a diverse clientele of adults, as well as teens 16+. My approach to therapy is collaborative, dynamic, and liberatory-oriented.

Aute Porter is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Santa Barbara, CA. She is a mixed-race, racially ambiguous cis-woman of Tahitian, British, and French heritage. Her therapeutic approach is integrative, relational, decolonial, and liberation-focused, incorporating modalities like IFS, attachment, and somatic experiencing to support multiracial, multicultural, and marginalized individuals, as well as interracial/intercultural couples.

Dr. Madrone Love is an Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology at CIIS, founder of the Graduate Student Association for Psychedelic Studies (GSAPS), co-founder of the Multiracial Mental Health therapist directory, and host of Multiracial Mental Health: The Podcast. Her clinical work utilizes mindfulness-based approaches, and her research focuses on qualitative research methods and epistemic pluralism within MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy.

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist and associate professor in the marriage and family therapy program at California State University, Northridge. I have been working as a marriage and family therapist since 2003 and have been teaching graduate students in marriage and family therapy since 2006. An area of particular clinical focus is serving multiracial individuals, couples, and families.

Leah Noble-Bartlett is a therapy practitioner based in San Jose, California, who is Level 1 trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS). She offers a safe space for clients to explore their identities, with a special interest in supporting those navigating mixed-race identities, drawing from her own lived experience as a mixed-race (Indian & white) individual.

Dr. Noah Lau Branson is a biracial licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with individuals and couples of mixed backgrounds (bi- and multi-cultural/ethnic/racial), complex identity formation, developmental and relational trauma, helping professionals, and men's issues.

Elizabeth Rojas is a Clinical Psychologist in California offering specialty therapy for trauma, stress, anxiety, and burnout. She uses integrated, tailored, evidence-based treatments such as CBT, DBT, and ACT.

Devin Xayasomloth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and founder of Mixed Healing Collective. They identify as a mixed-race, queer, Asian-Latina, second-generation American of Laos and Mexican ancestry, offering somatic and decolonial-aligned therapy.

Alicia Del Prado, Ph.D., is a counseling psychologist in private practice in Danville, CA. She co-authored Time to Talk (and Listen): How to Have Constructive Conversations about Race, Class, Sexuality, Ability, and Gender in a Polarized World.

I believe everyone has the capacity to better understand themselves and move toward healing and well-being. I specialize in trauma (recent and developmental), grief and loss, and relationship conflict (individual and family). My work draws from several modalities, including EMDR, drama and expressive arts, and ego state therapy.

Ben Benjamin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Claremont, CA, who specializes in anxiety, depression, relationship issues, open relationships/polyamory, and addiction.

Camille is a dedicated therapist deeply committed to empowering her clients within the BIPOC community and their journey toward holistic healing and self-discovery.

Malia Gallegos is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) specializing in somatic psychology and trauma therapy. She helps creative, dynamic people release themselves from the past and live in the present, offering a non-judgmental space for emotional healing.

Katherine Abdelkerim is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Los Angeles with over a decade of experience. She provides trauma-informed, integrative, and relational therapy for women dealing with anxiety, trauma, burnout, identity shifts, and relationship dynamics.

Kelsey Waesche is a therapist based in California who specializes in providing culturally-informed support to adults dealing with anxiety, depression, grief and loss, and complex relationship issues, with a particular focus on young adults and their families.

Hi! I'm a process-oriented therapist and I aim to provide a collaborative space for us to explore reflectively about your experiences.

Carla Felten is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Oakland, California, who provides therapy utilizing attachment, solution-focused, somatic practices, and CBT modalities. She identifies as a biracial Black, queer cisgender woman.

Amy Rideg is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in trauma, sexual abuse, multicultural/racial identity, codependency, and highly sensitive people. She uses Somatic Experiencing in her practice.

Monique is a trauma and resiliency specialist at Gather & Grow OC who shares her personal journey of embracing her multifaceted identity.

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist dedicated to supporting children, teens, and young adults through anxiety, trauma, identity development, and emotional expression.

I provide a safe and judgement free space for you to explore the different parts of yourself so that you can feel empowered. I utilize an attachment lens and Internal Family Systems to help clients heal from trauma, navigate life transitions, and address anxiety, depression, and self-esteem issues.

I work with clients who are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma and relating. I am trained in cutting-edge trauma modalities including Somatic Experiencing, EMDR and ketamine therapy. I proudly bring a social-justice lens to therapy and gladly work with LGBTQ+ and BIPOC clients.

Culturally competent, feminist, multiracial, queer, and non-binary psychologist with extensive training in psychotherapy. Out-of-Network.

Toni Louis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California with over 4 years of experience. She specializes in treating anxiety, depression, and self-esteem issues using a collaborative, compassionate approach that integrates CBT, DBT, and trauma therapy.

An Iranian Armenian American licensed psychologist who helps individuals and couples navigate the competing needs of family life, career, relationships, and self-care. She grew up with a multicultural experience as an immigrant child in Los Angeles, which heavily influences her therapeutic approach.

Hannah Rosales is a somatic psychotherapist, mother, movement artist, and land steward who integrates somatic therapy with traditional talk therapy. She focuses on practices that nourish the nervous system, incorporating body- and earth-based practices to address stress, trauma, and socio-cultural factors.

Growing up biracial in a small town, I learned early on how complicated everything can feel when you live your life in the “in-between space” of multiple identities that don’t always fit together.

A mental health provider listed in the Asians For Mental Health Directory practicing in Oakland, CA, who publicly self-identifies as mixed race.

I am a Filipinx/German-American located in the Sacramento area. As a queer person, I love to queer what I do! I love being able to practice in alternative ways, such as adding expressive arts and spirituality in sessions.

As an Asian American therapist of Japanese and Taiwanese descent, I bring a multicultural perspective to my work with young adults and adults navigating grief, identity, life transitions, and the question of where they belong. I work from an inclusive, somatic, and relational approach to help you reconnect with yourself and your sense of agency and empowerment.

Niko is a mixed race Chamoru therapist from the Pacific Northwest who provides culturally attuned, trauma-focused therapy to teens and adults. He specializes in working with mixed, bi-racial, Hapa, and other marginalized individuals, focusing on identity issues, spiritual/cult abuse, racial trauma, and childhood sexual trauma.

Junko E. Shigeno (June Shigeno) is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in California with over 25 years of experience. Born and raised in Japan to a Japanese father and an American mother, she specializes in marriage/relationship issues and grief/loss/mourning, utilizing modalities such as EMDR, EFT, and AEDP.

I’m Sophia (she/ella/they) and I am a mixed race therapist that primarily treats anxiety, depression, and OCD. I am trained in CBT, Mindfulness, and ERP

I work with individuals from diverse backgrounds and faiths, including the LGBTQ+ community. As a biracial Christian, husband, and believer in Zen Buddhism, I bring a balanced and compassionate perspective to therapy. I help clients navigate trauma, grief and loss, life transitions, depression, anxiety, and relational challenges.

Christina Harrison is a licensed clinical social worker who describes herself as a first-generation, queer, Filipinx-Jamaican American femme who grew up in a military family. She utilizes a culturally-affirming and healing-centered stance, drawing from modalities like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and trauma-focused therapies.

I'm Resha (she/her) and I identify as a mixed - Iraqi and Welsh, queer, neurodivergent cisgender woman. I practice psychotherapy from a holistic, somatic, and anti-oppressive perspective.

Mary Mosier is a multiethnic, Mexican-European, bilingual Trauma Psychotherapist, advocate, and speaker from Orange County, California, who specializes in trauma, inner child healing, and self-love.

Gabrielle is a queer, multiracial Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Art Therapist born and raised in the greater Los Angeles community. She has close to a decade of experience working extensively with children, teens, adults and families using humanistic, experiential, CBT and narrative techniques.

Ella Mamanta Davidson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist offering creative, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed therapy for adults, teens, and children. She integrates expressive arts, play therapy, and somatic modalities into her practice.

I offer therapy for women and LGBTQIA+ folks who are looking to feel connected, grounded, and clear even when the world's on fire. A majority of my clients are BIPOC and/or adult children of immigrants, and many are navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout or workplace issues.

A licensed Marriage & Family Therapist based in Los Angeles who supports Black and Multicultural women, as well as intersectional individuals, in overcoming anxiety, depression, and trauma using Brainspotting and mindfulness practices.

Dr. Brett Sevilla is a board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and the Medical Director of APCTC. He has over two decades of experience providing culturally sensitive treatment and has a particular interest in identity development in multiracial Asian-Americans.

Lisette R. Lahana is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing psychotherapy and gender therapy to clients in California and Florida through telehealth. She specializes in gender identity, transgender issues, LGBTQIA+ support, anxiety, and bipolar disorder, utilizing trauma-informed care and various therapeutic modalities.

Erin is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist based in Southern California who offers a warm, compassionate, and inclusive space for children, teens, adults, and families. As a mixed-race therapist with ADHD, she is passionate about helping clients navigate life's complexities, build authentic lives, and find balance with screen-time, gaming culture, and social media.

Alexis Castro is an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor in San Diego, CA, who helps multicultural women and non-binary folks build relationships with their ancestral practices and step into self-acceptance. She combines lived experience with clinical knowledge, utilizing feminist and narrative therapies.

Kiley Dunne Lizama is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and the Founder of Diaspora Therapy Group. She provides a secure, accepting, and inclusive environment rooted in cultural humility, gender affirmation, and social justice.

As a multiracial cis woman, I am passionate about creating safe and brave spaces for healing. I view therapy as not only a space to unpack traumas and struggles but also to identify strengths and resources. In my work, I take a systemic approach to therapy, recognizing that the relationships and systems individuals engage with—family, community, and society—greatly impact their well-being.

Amber Robinson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California and Arizona who specializes in supporting millennials with anxiety, relationship navigation, and childhood trauma, with a particular focus on BIPOC women and creatives.

Briana Gonzalez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California who provides online therapy to BIPOC professionals and creatives dealing with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and self-esteem issues.

I’m an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist offering virtual therapy across California. Born in Istanbul and shaped across continents, I bring a multiethnic, multicultural perspective to my work, specializing in grief, chronic illness, and supporting multicultural, immigrant, and first-generation clients.

Lisette Lahana is an integrative therapist, clinical director, and owner of Authentic Alliance with over 25 years of experience. She specializes in trauma, EMDR, and providing care to the gender diverse community, LGBTQIA individuals, and their loved ones.

Dr. Hana Carmona is a clinical psychologist in Riverside, California, who specializes in working with college-age students, helping them navigate identity development, cultural and gender roles, and life transitions.

Cultivates a safe space to end generational trauma cycles, heal attachment wounds and live resiliently.

Dr. Cathy (Cat) Thompson is a licensed psychologist specializing in cultural and identity issues, with an integrative approach combining humanistic, dynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and multicultural feminist perspectives.

Brett Sevilla is a double board-certified Child & Adolescent and General Psychiatrist and the Medical Director at SSG-Asian Pacific Counseling & Treatment Centers. He has over 20 years of experience and sub-specializes in the mental health needs of Asian American communities, with a focus on Filipino American and multiracial Asian American issues and identity.

Dr. Gina Davis is a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience specializing in trauma recovery, anxiety, relationship distress, attachment wounds, and the long-term effects of emotional or relational trauma. She frequently works with adult children of immigrants, biracial and multicultural clients, and individuals navigating complex family and cultural dynamics.

Originally from Japan, June is a licensed clinician for over 25 years who maintains a private practice in Los Angeles, California. She is certified in EMDR, serves as an EFT supervisor, is a registered play therapist, and is a certified AEDP therapist. She offers therapy in both English and Japanese.

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist practicing in Los Angeles, California. She specializes in helping Black women and other marginalized individuals navigate anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions, incorporating mindfulness practices into her collaborative approach.

Jessica Mifa Kim is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Los Angeles, California. She has been practicing since 2015, primarily serving children, teens, and adults of color using a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive approach.

Jaclyn Yuki Schlanger is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist in Irvine, California. Coming from a mixed race and cultural background, she has a personal understanding of growing up with varying identities and traditions, and specializes in working with clients of varied ethnic backgrounds, women seeking personal identity guidance, and individuals navigating trauma.

June Shigeno is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Southern California with over 25 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.

I am a Biracial Marriage and Family Therapist committed to assisting driven, self-determined women of color to learn how to trust their instincts, balance career goals with personal needs, and improve relationships with loved ones. My work focuses on using women’s strengths to be as successful personally as they are professionally.

Alisa Vincent is a psychotherapist based in Emeryville, California, who specializes in addressing the intersection of race, ethnicity, and mental health, advocating for representation and culturally competent care.

Dr. Alexandra Thurston is a biracial Asian American licensed clinical psychologist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She specializes in supporting clients from the Asian American/AAPI community, biracial/multiracial individuals, children of immigrants, pregnant & postpartum parents, and high-achieving perfectionists.

Dr. Patricia D. Johnson is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Consultant, and Lecturer based in Encino, California. She is a nationally recognized expert in biracial identity development and interracial issues, offering both in-person and telemental health psychotherapy sessions.

Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist (EFT) with advanced EMDR training who works with both individuals and relationships, specializing in trauma, codependency, communication, anxiety, self-esteem, and identity.

I am a bilingual (Spanish/English) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families.

Psychotherapist in San Francisco providing therapy for mixed Asian or multiracial individuals, children of immigrants, and those navigating multiple worlds. She incorporates gestalt and mindfulness-based approaches.

Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, Ed.D., is a clinical and cultural psychologist in the Stanford University School of Medicine's program in Medical Humanities, Center for Asian Health Research and Education, and Stanford Living Education.

A mixed-race woman based in Los Angeles, California, currently studying at Università degli studi di Palermo.

Victoria Vouloumanos is a writer and editor-in-chief of Mixed Asian Media who writes about mixed-race identity, language, and culture.