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For people that are hesitant to try therapy, what do you wish you could tell them?

Meghan HammelM

Meghan Hammel

Psychologist, PhD
Online & In-PersonAccepting New Clients
I am Dr. Meghan Hammel, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PhD) dedicated to supporting women through life’s most pivotal transitions. With over 14 years of professional experience—including my tenure at the UC San Diego Health System—I specialize in providing high-quality, evidence-based therapy for clients in Arizona, California, and across more than 40 PSYPACT-participating states. My Specialized Approach to Therapy My clinical practice is centered on helping highly empathic young professionals and mothers navigate the pressures of modern life. I integrate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Mindful Self-Compassion to help you move from a state of constant reaction to one of intentional response. Perinatal & Postpartum Mental Health: I offer expert support for women navigating pregnancy, postpartum depression, and the complex "fourth trimester" transition. Anxiety & Burnout: I help clients manage the cycle of worry and rumination, particularly those in high-stress medical and professional fields. Parenting & Attachment: As a provider experienced in the Circle of Security® Parenting™ program, I help parents build stronger emotional connections and manage the stress of early parenthood. Life Transitions: Whether you are dealing with career changes, relocation, or relationship shifts, I provide a structured, validating space to process these changes and align your actions with your core values. A Supportive Partnership I believe that therapy should be an interactive and collaborative journey. My goal is to create a non-judgmental environment where we can explore your emotions and identify actionable strategies to improve your daily life. By focusing on self-compassion and mindfulness, we work together to "fill your emotional cup" so you can live a life that feels authentic and balanced. Are you ready to share the additional resources or specific details you have so I can better tailor my responses to our conversation?
Odaro OwenO

Odaro Owen

[email protected]
Online TherapyAccepting New Clients
Odaro Owen, DNP, MSN, FNP, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and the founder of Insight Psychiatry & Wellness, PLLC, a modern psychiatric practice dedicated to delivering compassionate, evidence-based, and personalized mental healthcare. With a strong commitment to helping individuals achieve emotional wellness and mental clarity, Odaro specializes in the evaluation and treatment of ADHD, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, stress-related conditions, women’s health, and burnout. Through a patient-centered and culturally sensitive approach, Odaro provides comprehensive psychiatric assessments, medication management, and supportive mental health care tailored to the unique needs of everyone. Her practice emphasizes accessibility, privacy, and high-quality telepsychiatry services designed for professionals, students, entrepreneurs, healthcare workers, and busy adults seeking meaningful mental wellness solutions. As the founder of Insight Psychiatry & Wellness, PLLC, Odaro is passionate about transforming mental healthcare by combining clinical excellence with innovation, technology, and holistic wellness principles. Her vision is to create a trusted psychiatric practice that empowers patients to gain insight into their mental health, improve daily functioning, and thrive personally and professionally. Odaro’s professional philosophy is rooted in empathy, collaboration, and evidence-based care. He believes that mental wellness is essential to overall wellbeing and works closely with patients to develop individualized treatment plans that support long-term success and healing.
Esther Lapite-GarrettE

Esther Lapite-Garrett

Licensed Psychologist
Online TherapyAccepting New Clients
Dr. Esther Lapite-Garrett is a licensed psychologist and the founder of Alafiora, a premium private practice offering depth-oriented, attachment-centered care for individuals navigating complex sexual trauma and the relational patterns that form in its aftermath. The clients Dr. Lapite-Garrett works with include survivors of rape, incest, sex trafficking, intimate partner sexual violence, and childhood sexual abuse. What followed that history is the center of her clinical practice: the love obsession, limerence, compulsive sexual behavior, hypersexuality, and emotional dysregulation that form in the aftermath of sexual harm, and that most generalist approaches were never quite equipped to treat. Alafiora is one of a small number of practices equipped to work with the full spectrum of how these patterns express themselves in contemporary life, including the migration of erotic and romantic attachment into AI companionship, parasocial bonds, fantasy-based intimacy systems, and the accelerating escalation that occurs when real-world connection no longer feels safe, satisfying, or possible. The clients who carry these presentations arrive having spent considerable financial, emotional, and psychological resources on experiences that brought temporary relief and deepening shame in equal measure. The clients Dr. Lapite-Garrett works with are not struggling with a lack of insight. They have read the books, tried the prior therapy, and understand their patterns with a clarity that has not been enough to stop them. They wake at 3am with a body that will not settle. They reach for sex or connection not from desire but from the need to feel something, or to feel nothing at all. They love with an intensity that outlasts what the relationship warrants, cycling through obsessive thought long after every rational part of them knows the situation has ended. They make choices in moments of emotional flooding that they do not recognize as their own afterward. They experience behavior escalation, spending elevations, and deepening secrecy. Even still, they find that the pattern repeats, each time carrying a little more shame and a little more distance from the person they understood themselves to be. What years of prior effort could not move, the work at Alafiora finally does. What changes in our work is structural. The clients who engage fully describe experiencing more than symptom management but a fundamental shift in the organizing patterns that formed them, patterns that prior treatment approaches could not reach. Alafiora is a private-pay practice offering sessions virtually, in person, and on location across multiple states. The practice maintains a small, intentionally limited caseload to ensure each client receives the full depth of care their history requires. Visit https://www.alafiora.com to learn more or inquire confidentially.
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