Abundant Life Therapy

2001 S Barrington Ave, Suite 215
Los Angeles, California, US
90025

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Practice Specialties

  • Abuse and Trauma
  • Adolescence and Children Counseling
  • Career Counseling
  • Couples Counseling
  • EMDR
  • Grief and Bereavement Counseling
  • Individual Counseling
  • Marriage and Family Counseling
  • Spiritual Counseling
  • Stress and Anxiety
  • Teen Christian Counseling
  • Trauma and or PTSD

About

Abundant Life Therapy is a practice of Christian therapists dedicated to providing empathic and effective care. Our clients come from all walks of life, but they tend to have one thing in common when they reach out to set up an initial appointment: they’ve realized they want more out of life. More joy, more freedom, greater emotional and relational health—in short, a more abundant life.

In your first few sessions with us, it’s typical to breathe a sigh of relief as you sink into a comfy couch and realize that there’s finally a space where you can be completely, authentically yourself.

We start by processing your story: where you’ve been, where you are now, where you want to be. Being invited to be a witness to your story—in all the pains and triumphs and tragedies and victories… this is not an honor we as therapists take lightly.

As our work together progresses, we unpack what hasn’t been working: self-defeating beliefs, unprocessed events and emotions, stale relational patterns… and we explore and process and practice new ways of being.

Over time, as we reflect on your journey toward healing and abundance, the “ah-ha” moments start to add up into the “I can’t believe how far I’ve come” moments.

My Christian Faith and My Professional Practice

We all have narratives we've developed from an early age - stories we tell ourselves about who we are, what other people are like, and how the world works. Sometimes these beliefs are true and working for us, but what usually bring us to therapy are the stories that are not. As we start to explore what you've believed about yourself, others, and the world, it is so powerful to be able to replace any lies with God's Truth.

Client Payment Information

  • Accepts insurance
  • Client rates are on a sliding scale

Therapists on Staff

Elise Stark
Elise Stark

Elise Stark

MA, LPCC, CEDS-C
I’ve had the privilege of providing therapy for the past eleven years, since graduating from Regent University with a master’s degree in counseling. I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the State of California and a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist - Supervisor, and I have specialties in eating disorders, Christian-informed therapy, depression, anxiety, and trauma.

My mission in life is to be a catalyst for others’ hope and healing. I’ve seen life be messy, painful, chaotic, hilarious, ironic, confusing… dark and light and everywhere in between. I don’t believe in clichés or easy answers. I believe in the hard (but rewarding!) work of courageous vulnerability, authentic connection, feeling the feelings, rewriting old narratives, unconditional self-compassion and other-compassion, and wild, unrelenting hope.

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