Los Angeles therapy & counseling for couples, families & individuals.

About Clarity Family Therapy

We are here to help you on your healing journey.

Meet our team of talented therapists, social workers, & counselors based in Los Angeles.

Tina Besimanto

Clinical Director, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 86962

Tina is a LMFT who has been practicing since 2012. She specializes in providing individual counseling for adults struggling with anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. She uses an eclectic approach, incorporating cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques and solution-focused strategies with a humanistic background. Tina is the Clinical Director of Clarity Therapy, where she strives to provide a safe and non-judgmental space for clients to express and work on themselves.

Shannae Hart

Associate Clinical Social Worker

Shannae is an ACSW with four years of experience working with a variety of diverse populations, including adults, children, and families. Her clinical approach emphasizes client empowerment through mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Shannae is licensed to diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders, and has a deep-rooted passion for her work and an unwavering commitment to the mental well-being of all of her clients.

Melissa Regan

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Melissa is a LMFT treating adults suffering from anxiety, depression, stress related issues, and relationship problems, with experience in eating disorder treatment. She has experience with individuals, children, adolescents, and families from diverse backgrounds and in a number of settings. Melissa’s therapeutic approach incorporates elements of art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), person-centered therapy, family systems therapy, and mindfulness.

Marla Carbonell

Associate Clinical Social Worker

Marla is an ACSW close to licensure. She has three years of clinical experience with a variety of populations and clinical institutions contracted with the LA County Dept. of Mental Health Services. She is a first generation Guatemalan-American specializing in childhood trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, and mood disorders. She looks forward to building rapport and guiding treatment with each client collaboratively. Her hobbies include gardening, listening to music, art, and tech.

Asha Wilburn

Associate Professional Clinical Counselor

Asha is an APCC with four years of clinical experience and is soon to be licensed. She is certified in clinical evidence based practices Seeking Safety and Managing and Adapting Practices (MAP). Asha has a history of working with youth and families, specializing in areas of mood disorders, anxiety/stress related disorders, behavioral disorders, relationship issues, and crisis intervention. She enjoys building rapport with her clients and utilizes a client-centered approach to formulate and guide treatment.

Melissa Behrends-Gelfman

Marriage and Family Therapist-Associate

Melissa has served in the mental health field for over 20 years working with a range of populations from birth to adults up into their late 80s. Melissa takes a trauma-based approach and believes that most pathology comes from trauma responses due to trauma experiences. Melissa has a strong desire to help others re-write their own narratives by reframing the catastrophic thinking dominant in today’s society. Melissa encourages clients toward a more conducive and vital to growth mindset that all humans are capable of achieving through reframing of personal negative cognitions. The human brain is geared towards healing and health, rather than pathology as Melissa would posit from her learning experiences in EMDR training. Melissa has found her genuine and authentic purpose in Private Practice where most of her clients are benefiting from her main modalities: EMDR, Solution-Focused brief therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, and Brief Narrative Therapy. Melissa takes a holistic approach to meeting her clients where they are because she feels each client is unique and wholly different, requiring different and innovative interventions and strategies, not just some cookie-cutter interventions out of a book.

Charlene Pech

Associate Clinical Social Worker

Why therapy?

Talk therapy can be an integral part of a healthy, balanced life.

At Clarity Family Therapy Services, your therapist will provide you with the observations, tools, and guidance you need to feel more confident and secure in how you approach and manage the challenges you face.

Our providers will address a variety of concerns including, but not limited to:

Trauma-focused therapy & healing

Anxiety & depression therapy

Family counseling

Couples & relationship counseling

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Addiction & substance abuse counseling

Psychotherapy for everyone.

Is your insurance accepted?

Check to see if we are in-network with your insurance plan.

We are partnered with MHN Health Net, Aetna, Anthem, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, LA Care, Lyra, and Cigna, and work with some Medi-Cal services. We also use a sliding scale on an as-needed basis.