Meet Your Trauma Therapist in Los Angeles

Alexia Holovatyk, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist, PSY32945

In person in West Los Angeles and online throughout California

Dr. Alexia Holovatyk, licensed psychologist and women's therapist in Los Angeles, CA

You’re the one everyone counts on. But lately you feel exhausted, wound tight, and disconnected from yourself.

Maybe your body is sending signals you can’t ignore anymore: pain, tension, nights you can’t sleep. Maybe you already understand your patterns, and you still feel stuck in them. You don’t need more willpower. You need a nervous system that finally feels safe enough to rest. That’s what we’ll work on together.

On paper, you’re doing fine. Inside, you’re running on empty.

We may be a good fit if you:

-Look calm on the outside, but feel anxious, on edge, or numb underneath

-Push through stress, pain, or exhaustion because stopping doesn’t feel like an option

-Live with chronic pain, illness, or health challenges that touch every part of your life

-Carry trauma or grief that still shows up in your body and relationships

-Feel burned out from taking care of everyone but yourself

-Are tired of “just talking” and want an approach that includes your body and spirit

-Feel unmoored by a big life transition

-Want to feel closer to yourself and / or your partner again

-Keep having the same fight with your partner and want to break the cycle together

Specialties

AnxietyTraumaChronic illnessCouples

Accepting new clients · Private pay only

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“What inspires me most is witnessing the moment when someone stops seeing themselves as broken and starts relating to their inner experience with curiosity and compassion.”

Dr. Alexia Holovatyk smiling at her laptop, offering online therapy across California.

How I can help

  • Through our work together, you can:

    • Feel calmer and more grounded in your day-to-day life

    • Understand your patterns with curiosity instead of judgment

    • Notice your body’s signals instead of overriding them

    • Work through painful experiences without having to relive them

    • Rest without feeling like you have to earn it

    • Set boundaries without the guilt

    • Treat yourself with the compassion you give everyone else

    • Break painful cycles with your partner and feel like a team again

  • I am committed to your growth and to helping you achieve your goals. I'm warm, curious, and honest with you, even when it's the harder thing to say.

    We’ll slow down, get curious, and work with both your mind and your body, especially when talking alone hasn’t been enough.

    With couples, I help you both untangle the conflicts that keep repeating, so you can understand what each of you really needs underneath and find your way back to each other.

    Approaches I draw from:

    • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

    • Somatic Experiencing

    • Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples (EFT)

    • Yoga Nidra, woven into sessions when it fits

  • Outside the therapy room, you’ll probably find me on a tennis court, out on a hiking trail, or hunched over a backgammon board (I’m competitive, I’ll admit it). Yoga has been part of my life for years, too. I’ve been a 200-hour registered yoga teacher since 2016.

    I believe the things that restore us matter, and I try to practice what I teach: moving my body, getting outside, and making room for play.

  • I’m a licensed psychologist in California (PSY32945), and I earned my Ph.D. at Nova Southeastern University. Over the years, I’ve sought out advanced training in approaches that work with both the mind and the body. That includes Internal Family Systems (IFS), which helps you understand and care for the different parts of yourself, and Somatic Experiencing (SE), which helps your nervous system release stress and trauma held in the body. For couples, I completed the ICEEFT Externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy, an approach that helps partners feel more emotionally safe and connected with each other.

    My path into this work has never been only academic. I’ve been a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher since 2016 and earned my Yoga Nidra certification in 2025, and both shape how I help clients feel calmer and more at home in their bodies.

    Before starting Live Well Psychology Group, I spent years in medical and integrative health settings, supporting people through chronic illness, pain, and grief. I also worked in a neuroscience lab at UCLA. That experience taught me how closely the mind and body are connected, and it’s at the heart of how I work today.

    • $300 per session for individual and couples therapy

    • Online sessions available anywhere in California or in person at my office in West Los Angeles

    • Not sure if we’re a fit? Book a free consult and let’s talk

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