Hello and welcome!  My name is Candice Sosa (Christensen) and I am an Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.  I have a private practice in Calabasas, CA.

I graduated cum laude from California State University, 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”

It was a long road of self exploration and growth for me to identify my passion. I have always been drawn to a career that would make a difference in the world and in people’s lives. This interest led me to study the field of Psychology with an emphasis on School Counseling and eventually to focus on Clinical Counseling for individual therapy for children and adults, couples and family therapy.

I am committed to the well being and personal growth of all of my clients and I go above and beyond to meet each person or family’s unique needs.

Despite the challenges in your daily life, therapy gives us the incredible opportunity to speak freely without judgement and to discuss those challenges in your life.

I grew up in the area and have lived here most of my life. It is an honor to be providing services here and working to make our community a stronger, safer, more comfortable place to live and raise our families.

I have experience working with:

Children, adolescents and teens
Young Adults
Adults
Families

I have experience working in the fields of:

Addiction, Anxiety and Depression, Co-parenting and blended families, Trauma, Grief and Loss, Codependence, &. Personal growth and fulfillment

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.