Therapy for Echo Park Residents

Blackburn Clinical Services sees Echo Park adults, young adults, teens and families in person at 12326 Venice Blvd in Mar Vista, about 12 miles from central Echo Park in a straight line, or by secure video for anyone located in California. Psychiatric care and medication management can be arranged. No diagnosis or referral is needed. Call (888) 870 7405 or email info@blackburnclinical.com.

Therapy for Echo Park residents at a glance

• How: in person at our Mar Vista office, 12326 Venice Blvd, or by secure video. We do not have an Echo Park office. Most Echo Park clients keep weekly sessions by video.
• How far (straight line): about 12 miles from central Echo Park to our office in Mar Vista, across downtown and Mid-City.
• When: Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM.
• Who we see: Echo Park teens and adults, whole families, and parents who want sessions of their own.
• Starting: no diagnosis or referral is needed. Call and we schedule an assessment.
• Psychiatry: psychiatric care and medication management can be arranged. We explain how when you call.

Services for Echo Park residents

• Individual therapy: weekly one-on-one work with Echo Park clients, drawing on CBT, DBT, ACT or EMDR as they fit. Brainspotting is offered in our office only. Echo Park clients often bring anxiety, depression, creative burnout and substance use.
• Psychiatric care: psychiatric care and medication management can be arranged. For Echo Park clients it is coordinated with your therapist.
• Teens and families: therapy for teens, family sessions and parent-only sessions. Either parent can consent for a teen. High school seniors who have turned 18 can be seen too. Echo Park parents of a high schooler can read teen therapy for Mid-Wilshire, Hancock Park and Los Feliz families.
• Career coaching: strengths-based coaching for young adults, people in recovery and anyone stuck with school, work or independence, including Echo Park residents with ADHD or executive functioning challenges. Echo Park clients can do career coaching by video or at our Mar Vista office. Echo Park creatives use it to turn scattered projects into a plan.
• Concierge Outpatient Program: an individualized, one-on-one alternative to IOP for Echo Park teens and adults, with no groups. It typically runs 3 to 5 hours a week. Teens typically stay in school, with sessions inside weekday hours. Some Saturday therapy appointments are available.

Starting by video, or getting here from Echo Park

By video: Echo Park sits just northwest of downtown, on the far side of the city from Mar Vista, so video is how most people here keep a weekly session. Join from a private room and come to the office when you want to.

By car: from Echo Park the usual route is the US-101 toward downtown, the I-110 south and the I-10 west. Try the trip once at your usual hour; crossing downtown can add a lot of time.

By transit: Echo Park is close to downtown, where the Metro E Line heads west toward Culver City, and Metro Line 33 runs along Venice Blvd near our office. Check Metro’s maps and schedules.

Echo Park: local context and resources

Echo Park is a City of Los Angeles neighborhood just northwest of downtown, with hillside homes around the lake park and many young adults and creative workers. Echo Park is not a Census place, so we do not quote a population. Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health places Echo Park, along with nearby Angelino Heights and Elysian Park, in Service Area 4 (LA County DMH), and the county Department of Public Health lists Echo Park in SPA 4, Metropolitan Los Angeles (LA County Public Health). Downtown county clinics are a short trip away, and the 24/7 Help Line can point you to them.

People from Echo Park often describe lives built around creative work, gig income and shared housing. In therapy that can look like anxiety about rent and the next project, a sense of being behind friends, drinking or cannabis use that has become routine, or a relationship tested by tight quarters. Others have lived in Echo Park for decades and are dealing with grief, aging parents or change in the neighborhood around them.

Who we help in Echo Park

• Writers, artists and musicians. See therapy for writers and creatives and therapy for musicians.
• People whose substance use and mental health overlap. See dual diagnosis treatment.
• Long-time residents facing loss or change; see grief counseling.
• Young adults and college students in Echo Park. When clinically appropriate, we provide leave of absence and return letters.
• Families working with a trustee. With written permission, we can share attendance and general progress.

In the office or by video: which fits you

For Echo Park residents, video usually fits weekly therapy best, since the office is on the other side of the city. The Mar Vista office fits Brainspotting, which is office only, and anyone who wants a session away from a shared home. Career coaching works either way. Some Echo Park clients come in once a month and use video in between.

Questions from Echo Park residents

Do you have an office in Echo Park?

No. Our only office is at 12326 Venice Blvd in Mar Vista, about 12 miles from central Echo Park in a straight line. Most Echo Park clients see us by secure video.

Can I do therapy by video from Echo Park?

Yes. Therapy by secure video is available to clients located in California, so you can join from home in Echo Park or anywhere else in the state.

My drinking or cannabis use in Echo Park has crept up. Can you help?

Yes. We treat substance use and mental health together, one-on-one, and psychiatric care and medication management can be arranged. No diagnosis or referral is needed to start.

I have lived in Echo Park for years and the neighborhood has changed around me. Is that something to bring to therapy?

Yes. Loss of community, grief and the stress of change are common reasons people start therapy, and we see adults of all ages.

Is career coaching available to Echo Park residents?

Yes. Echo Park clients can do career coaching by video or at our Mar Vista office. It can stand on its own or be combined with therapy.

Get started

Echo Park residents can start by phone or email. Email info@blackburnclinical.com or send us a message. Blackburn Clinical Services, 12326 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066. See every area we serve on our Areas We Serve page.

Nearby pages: therapy for Silver Lake residents, therapy for Downtown Los Angeles residents and therapy for Los Feliz residents.

In a crisis: call or text 988. Call 911 in an emergency. The county’s 24/7 Help Line is (800) 854-7771. Echo Park is in county Service Area 4.

Sources

• Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health: Service Area 4
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: SPA 4, Metropolitan Los Angeles
• LA Metro: system maps and schedules
• Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health: Get Help
• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline