Meet Our Therapists

Karen Chambre, LCSW, PSY.D abd

It has been a pleasure over the last 37 years to help clients get through their internal and external challenges. I greatly appreciate all the training from teachers, mentors, and supervisors who helped Ms. Chambre learn. about the science of psychotherapy and the art of assisting people to achieve their goals.

Ms. Chambre's experience includes Treating, Adults, Couples, Families, Adolescents, and Children who have experienced a wide variety of emotional and psychiatric problems. These struggles have included working with childhood, military, and adult trauma: mood disorders, eating disorders, relationships, and family problems. In addition, she has had experience with children in foster care and blended and divorcing families who are challenged with custody issues.

 Ms. Chambre has been employed by, Children's Home Society, South Bay Mental Health, a LA.DMH Outpatient Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Psychiatry Department, has been in Private Practice for twenty-six years. Karen Chambre is Licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. (License # LCS-1221)

Ms. Chambres's education includes a BA from California State University at Northridge, CA .in child development, a master's degree in Social Welfare from the University of California at Los Angeles. During that time, she earned a certificate from UCLA Medical School in working with children and families coping with neurodevelopmental challenges. She has finished her classes for a Doctoral Degree in psychology and is working on her dissertation at California Southern University. She expects to receive her doctoral degree in psychology in 2022.

Carol R. Bernstein, LCSW, MPH

California License #: 12814 MSW,  Columbia University, New York MPH- Health Education/Administration, Columbia University, New York.

Individual, Couple and Group Psychotherapy and Behavioral Health Education programs Carol’s therapeutic approach is infused with a passion for creating and providing open and interactive dialogue, empowering adults of all ages to meet life’s problems, transitions, and tough decisions with greater confidence and awareness.  

Carol’s 30 plus years of experience includes working with individuals, couples, and groups who are struggling with stresses related to: life transitions, illness, weight management, grief, sleeplessness, as well as depression and anxiety.

 Utilizing techniques from evidence based Cognitive-Behavioral, short term problem solving therapy, and mindfulness practices,  Carol can assist you to identify challenges and unhelpful patterns, learn new ways of coping, and increase your capabilities to move out of unhealthy habits and empower you to make clear and meaningful choices and changes you desire.

 In addition to traditional therapy, Carol also offers Walk and Talk therapy for those who prefer to be active. For many individuals, talking while physically walking provides a feeling of freedom of sharing thoughts that is less constraining than an office setting.

 Carol recognizes each person can benefit from a unique blend of best practices and enjoy engaging effectively and energetically with clients to find that mix. She believes very strongly in the mind-body-heart connection, the power of supportive relationships and networks, and has consistently been able to align with a great diversity of personal styles  to offer a much needed boost, help uncover new talents and resources for moving forward, experiencing greater self-acceptance, satisfaction, and focus for what matters most to you.