Identity and life transitions therapy in Beverly Hills
Some of the hardest questions are about who we are: where we belong, whose expectations we're living by, and who we're becoming as life changes. Our Beverly Hills therapists offer a place to work those questions out, in person and online throughout California.
Our team has lived and worked across Turkey, England and wider Europe, Southern Africa, and the United States, and we offer therapy in English and Turkish.
People come to us when
- They feel pulled between two cultures, or between family expectations and their own life
- They’re building a life in a country that still doesn’t feel like home
- They’re exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity
- Coming out, or not coming out, is weighing on them
- A major change like retirement, a move, or an empty house has shaken their sense of self
- They’ve achieved what they were supposed to want and feel empty
- They’re asking bigger questions about meaning and what comes next
How we can help
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Retirement, relocation, an empty nest, a health change, or a loss of control, and the existential questions that come with them.
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The longer work of figuring out who you are underneath everyone else's version of you.
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For immigrants, expats, and children of immigrants living between cultures, carrying family expectations from one place and daily life in another.
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Affirming therapy for exploring identity, relationships, coming out, family reactions, and simply having a place where you don't have to explain yourself first.
How therapy helps
We don't treat identity as something to resolve quickly so you can get back to normal. These questions deserve room. Our clinicians draw on existential therapy, psychodynamic and attachment-based work, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and culturally affirming, trauma-informed care.
Much of this work is about separating what's genuinely yours from what you absorbed: from family, culture, or the version of success you were handed.
Clinicians who focus on this
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Mo Mokgobu, MA, APCC
Perinatal and maternal mental health, parent-child connection, and family dynamics.
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Liz Doyle, MA, AMFT
Life transitions, identity shifts, and existential questions about meaning and values.
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Maria (Mimi) Newman, MA, AMFT
Intergenerational values, individuation, retirement and aging
Common questions
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Yes. We welcome clients of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and relationship structures, and affirming care is the baseline here rather than a specialty add-on.
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Yes. Several of our clinicians have built lives across multiple countries themselves, and we work with the specific strain of belonging to more than one place.
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Yes. Plenty of people come to us functioning well and quietly unsure who they are anymore. That's a good use of this work.
What to expect
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A free 15-minute call.
You tell us what’s going on in your own words. We answer questions about how we work, insurance, and scheduling, and suggest the clinician who fits best.
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Your first session.
During the intake, get the fuller picture: what brought you here, what you’ve already tried, and what you want to be different.
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Ongoing therapy.
Most clients meet weekly at first. We check in regularly on what’s helping and adjust together.