You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward.

Therapy for teens, young adults, adults & families in Calabasas and throughout California.

Sometimes you know exactly what’s wrong. Other times, you simply know that something isn’t working anymore.

Maybe you’re worried about your teenager and nothing you say seems to get through. Your young adult may be struggling to find their direction or independence. Addiction may be affecting your entire family. You may be grieving a loss, navigating a complicated family transition, or realizing that you’ve spent so much time taking care of everyone else that you’ve forgotten how to take care of yourself.

You don’t have to figure it out alone.

I help teens, adults, parents, and families better understand what is keeping them stuck, reconnect with their strengths, and create meaningful change in their lives and relationships.

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Therapy That Feels Human

Therapy doesn’t have to feel overly clinical.

I’m Candice Sosa, LPCC, and my approach is warm, genuine, collaborative, and honest. I believe people are much more than their symptoms or diagnoses, which is why I use a person-centered, strength-based, and holistic approach to therapy.

We’ll look at the whole picture—your experiences, relationships, patterns, strengths, values, and the things that may be getting in the way of where you want to be.

I’ll support you, but I’ll also be honest with you. Sometimes growth comes from feeling deeply understood. Other times, it comes from recognizing patterns that aren’t working anymore and having the courage to do something differently.

I graduated from Long Beach with a B.S. in Psychology.  I graduated magna cum laude with my M.S. in Psychology at California State University, Northridge, where I completed my professional thesis project titled: “Building connection in a broken system: how addressing shame and disconnection increases student achievement and belonging” 

What is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC):
Pathways to licensure for Licensed Professional Clinical
Counselors (LPCCs) and Licensed Marriage and Family
Therapists (LMFTs) are very similar. 

In order to qualify for licensure for either career in California, you must have earned a Master’s degree from a program that integrates the principles of mental health recovery-oriented practice and features training in multicultural values, human growth and development, psychopharmacology and substance abuse counseling. 

LPCCs have a wider scope of practice and operate more generally in the field of mental health. They are able to see a variety of clients including individuals of all ages, families, and couples. When treating clients, they approach problems from an individual developmental standpoint, examining a patient’s psychological and social development. LPCCs have the ability to examine and target specific struggles but also focusing on a client’s overall ecological systems, which, in addition to the microsystem, takes into account aspects such as cultural context, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, just to name a few.