Mike Arteaga
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, AMFTStruggle with anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, or navigating life transitions. I enjoy helping individuals and couples grow and connect.
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Do you feel like your body has betrayed you—constantly exhausted, in pain, or struggling with symptoms no one seems to understand? Maybe grief has left you unmoored, or heartbreak has you questioning what comes next. The weight of it all can feel relentless, making even small tasks overwhelming. In therapy, we’ll create space to process your emotions, build coping tools that truly fit your life, and help you move forward with more ease, self-compassion, and a renewed sense of control.
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Many clients come to me dealing with things like anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, work stress, and feeling stuck. I use techniques like EMDR and other approaches to help clients explore their thoughts, emotions, and experiences in a way that feels safe and comfortable.
With extensive experience working with adolescents, young adults, and older adults, I help clients uncover the deeper roots of their struggles, heal, and take meaningful steps toward lasting change. If you're ready to break free from patterns that no longer serve you and gain a deeper understanding of yourself, I’m here to guide you.
Neurodiverse-informed couples counseling often brings relief after years of misunderstandings. Neurotypical partners may feel invalidated or "gaslighted," while neurodiverse partners feel overwhelmed. Key communication differences include logical vs. emotional, concrete vs. abstract, absolute vs. relative, and avoidant vs. insistent styles. Recovery involves recognizing how neurological differences affect interactions and then working through structured steps to rebuild acceptance and love.
Do you constantly have thoughts swirling in your head and have a hard time staying present? Do you feel overwhelmed, burned out, and constantly anxious? Do you want healthy relationships in your life but struggle to allow these people in? Are you going through a life transition and need some support? Do you feel difficulty asserting your needs with others and struggle with people pleasing? I am here to help reduce overwhelm, stress, anxiety and difficult emotions that are preventing a full life.
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I work with individuals who are struggling with emotional overwhelm, self-doubt, and challenging relational dynamics. If you feel disconnected from your true self, find yourself overextending in relationships, or feel stuck in unhelpful patterns, I can help. My clients are people who want to break free from limiting beliefs, heal from past experiences, and create more fulfilling, authentic lives and relationships.
My clients are adults and families with anxiety, depression, learning differences such as dyslexia and ADHD, and those who are questioning possible neurodivergence/learning differences. I also work with partners/spouses who are navigating different neurotypes, infidelity, the decision to have a family, addiction, or conflict due to differences in sexual desire or political beliefs. In my 15 years in my silver lake practice I truly have helped people in many different situations.
Everyone has the potential to make positive changes in their lives by building resiliency through motivation and self-awareness. My goal is to create a non-judgmental environment, with an emphasis on cultural awareness, while guiding clients to achieve their personal goals, development, and desired outcomes. I work with adults 18 years and older.
My clients are artists and creatives- neurodivergent, highly sensitive "black-sheep" healing from complex trauma and longing to live authentically in a toxic culture. You may find yourself stuck in distressing patterns that are affecting your relationships, self-worth and health. Together we can explore how these patterns actually make sense given your lived experience. We will reduce shame making space for compassion & healing.
My LGBTQIA2S+ clients are acutely in tune with authenticity. At times, this quality can cause life to feel heavy and overwhelming. The worry, stress or fear can cause folx to feel stuck. The things that once helped, no longer work. Many of my clients have experienced depression, anxiety and trauma. Our journey together can help navigate these things and create a map for what is next.
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My clients want someone who will meet them where they are at and sometimes, that's a complicated space and that my friend is Ok! Life did not give any of us a handbook and a manual with clear directions for how to handle things, and to be honest the books out there seem to be created with someone else's vision. You can write your as you go! My clients will appreciate the safe space and gentle challenges that arise in therapy.
Are you ready to take action today? I am based in Long Beach, California. I maintain a small private practice and provide secure online therapy for adults (18 and older) throughout California. Here are the life areas that I focus on in my practice: managing anxiety, overcoming chronic worry, coping with life stress, thriving in high-demand careers, depression, healing from grief and loss, LGBTQIA+ identity and relationships, improving relationships, and developing effective communication.
Have you suffered the trauma of being betrayed by an intimate partner? The act of betrayal can shatter your confidence and rattle the very foundation that you have built over time. You can feel like you are constantly on edge and overwhelmed, not know what step you need to take next. These can be post-traumatic stress. The overwhelming emotions it brings up are difficult to manage alone, but with someone who understands what you are feeling by their side, they become easier to work through.
Are you afraid you will lose your relationship to the impact of sex or porn addiction? Are you tired of living the double life? Are you facing the implications of your addiction? I know it can feel overwhelming at this moment, and you may not even be sure you want to reach out for help. I want you to know that I understand what you are going through and that this is a nonjudgmental place to start healing yourself and your relationship. Reach out to me today!
Feeling stuck? Struggling to identify goals? Feeling as if your body image and relationship to food has become overwhelming? Whether you are having a hard time answering these questions or the answers are ingrained in you, I am here to support you! Authenticity and empowerment are the focus of my therapeutic style. Together, let's take a look at what is and is not serving you in life right now. I work through story, tools and feedback to help clients realign with their true self.
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I approach this work from a psychoanalytic lens collaboratively with the goal to help people gain a deeper understanding of their suffering and identify meaning and methods to alleviate pain. I love providing care to students, artists, athletes, healthcare practitioners, first responders, farmers, academics, service industry workers, people who work within the environmental sustainability sector, tech, and people who identify somewhere along the LGBTQ+ continuum.
Many of my clients come to me frustrated with their relationships, their career, or patterns they feel stuck in, and are feeling pretty powerless. The source of their pain is often contributed to being mistreated, not feeling fully seen, heard, and acknowledged by family, peers, society, and culture. My clients have a desire for personal growth, to find connection, and to build confidence.
I have worked with a wide range of clients including artists, musicians & creatives, folks in the tech and business industries, & those in professional care-giving roles, including therapists in training. I have a great deal of experience & interest in working with the children and partners of those who exhibit traits of narcissism & borderline personality disorder. I am queer-identified & affirmative, sex-positive, poly & kink-friendly. I work with adults, adolescents, couples & families.