Helping Children,Teenagers, and their Families Succeed

Individual and Family Counseling and Psychological Testing

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Dr. Lopez is a bilingual bicultural Clinical Psychologist specializing in working with children, youth, young adults (ages 18-25), and their families with their emotional and familial challenges. Dr. Lopez has over 27 years of experience providing individual and family therapy as well as psychological testing. Dr. Lopez has specialized experience in working with children, teens, and young adults with Depression, Anxiety, Parent-Child Conflict, Divorce, Bereavement, ADHD, and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

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About Dr. Jose A. Lopez

I earned my B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. at UCLA. After completing my Ph.D in Clinical Psychology at UCLA (one of the most highly rated Clinical Psychology programs in the nation), I completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harbor UCLA Medical Center focusing on Child and Adolescent clinical populations. Since becoming licensed in 1995, I have been working with children, adolescents, and their families in both private practice and within an HMO setting. I have been a senior manager of a large Child Psychiatry Department for more than 9 years and have familiarity with the treatment of a general clinical population as well as more specialized clinical populations like ADHD, ASD, Depression, and Divorce. I enjoy working with children and teenagers and their families, and I work using brief solution-focused clinical approaches.

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Easy Booking

We recognize the value of your time, which is why we make scheduling an appointment simple and quick.

Quality Care

Dr. Lopez has over two decades of experience as a Child Psychologist working with individuals and families dealing with a variety of mental health difficulties.

Client- and Solution-Focused

Dr. Lopez is dedicated to assisting families in helping their children and teenagers reach their full potential through psychological treatment.

Lending A Helping Hand

Nobody gets through life without encountering difficulties. Dr. Lopez wants you to know that you are not alone. He believes that children and adolescents at times need support to fully realize their full human potential.

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Collaborative Counseling

Psychotherapy is a collaborative process between children, teenagers, and their families with a well-trained and trusted clinician who is respectful of the family's values as therapy goals are developed. Psychotherapy optimally serves to help a person and their family navigate stressful situations, improves respectful communication within families, and enables people to access inner resources, develop new insights and work through self-destructive patterns.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why should I choose Dr. Lopez?

Choosing a Clinical Psychologist is a big decision, and often comes down to a clinician's training and experience, personal preference and preferred communication styles. Dr. Lopez offers a personalized approach to individual and family therapy as well as psychological testing and spends time to fully understand the clinical and/or diagnostic situation before starting therapy or psychological testing. As a bilingual-bicultural clinical psychologist, Dr. Lopez respects the importance of understanding the patient's ethnic, racial, cultural, religious background a well as the patient's sexual and gender identities.

Dr. Lopez is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of California and utilizes a range of methods from behavioral therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic, family systems, and solution-focused clinical approaches in working with patients and their families.
What concerns do you treat?
Some of the issues we deal with are:
- Grief & Loss
- Depression
- Mood Disorders
- Anxiety
- ADHD
- ASD
- Divorce
- And other common general psychiatric disorders
What age range do you work with?

Dr. Lopez works with parents, families, and children up to the age of 25. Please keep in mind that Dr. Lopez believes in family systems theory, which states that a child's conduct is often part of a bigger picture that often necessitates family therapy.
Do I have to be diagnosed with a mental health disorder to see Dr. Lopez?

Insurance companies do require there to be a primary diagnosis. With private pay, there is no need for a a psychiatric diagnosis.

Experienced Child Psychologist

Dr. Lopez has decades of expertise working with children and adolescents who are suffering symptoms that are commonly associated with Depression, Anxiety, ADHD, Bereavement, Parent-Child Relational Problems, Adjustment Disorders, Divorce, ASD, and other common psychiatric conditions. Dr. Lopez also provides psychological testing, parent consultation, and consults surrounding school 504 and IEPs.

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