Specialties
Counseling and Psychotherapy for Individuals, Couples and Families, Children, Adolescents and Adults.
Preferred Provider for most health insurance plans.
Career and Life Coaching for Individual Adults.
Management Consulting Services for Mental Health and Addiction Issues, as well as Diversity and other Human Relations issues.
History
Established in 1990.
Mr. Garren has been licensed as an MFT (Marriage, Family Therapist, CA Lisc.#MFC27181) since 1990. In addition to private practice work, he has provided direct services in a number of inpatient and outpatient Alcohol & Drug Treatment agencies, Mental Health agencies and Child Welfare and Protective Services.
In addition he has provided management consulting and training for local government agencies, including the Los Angeles and Long Beach Police Departments.
He has been an adjunct instructor at Santa Monica College, Marymount Palos Verdes Weekend College, as well as Miami Dade Community College.
Mr. Garren has helped a lot of people, from very diverse backgrounds, sort through their issues and come to more productive and satisfying life outcomes. He is a preferred provider for most insurance plans (HMO and PPO) and can also work out sliding scale payment arrangements for persons with limited incomes.
Meet the Business Owner: Ed G.
Mr. Garren is originally from Tampa Florida. He grew up just north of Tampa in Dade City, the county seat of Pasco County. He lived in Tampa ten years, Miami five years, and has lived in Los Angeles since 1983, except for a side trip to Portland Oregon from 2005 to 2011 when he returned to Los Angeles.
He is comfortable with many diverse cultures, including "Southern", Caribbean Islanders, Central and South Americans, Middle Easterners, African Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders.
Mr. Garren has worked with many clients from the entertainment industry, both in front of and behind the camera. He is familiar with the issues that people who work in the arts and other creative endeavors are dealing with. He also has experience working with "High End" clientele.