Therapy that meets you where you are.
Pasadena Clinical Group is a Los Angeles outpatient psychotherapy practice. Our group programs are built for the kind of depression that doesn’t go away just because you told it to — and for the people tired of carrying it alone.
Same-day appointments
When openings allow. No three-week wait for a return call.
Most insurance accepted
All major Southern California carriers. Sliding scale case by case.
LGBTQ+ affirmative
Across every clinician and every modality. A baseline, not a checkbox.
Evening & weekend
Open until 8pm weekdays plus weekend hours. Telehealth all 7 days.
The first three steps, in plain language.
Most of what makes starting hard is not knowing what starting actually looks like. Here is the version we wish more clinics would just say plainly.
Reach out
Use the contact form, call (626) 354-6440, or email. A real person — usually our healthcare coordinator — gets back to you, asks a few questions, and helps figure out what kind of care fits.
Your first session
Sixty minutes, in person in Pasadena or via telehealth anywhere in California. There is no expectation that you have language for everything. You can say "I don’t know how to start" and that is a fine place to start.
Ongoing care
Together you’ll decide on a fit — individual, group, couples, family, or our outpatient program — and a cadence that works for your life. We adjust as you go.
"Do I really need therapy?"
You don’t have to be in crisis to deserve a place to put what you’re carrying. Most of the people who walk through the door here aren’t. They’re tired. They’ve been quietly not okay for a while. They’ve been telling themselves it isn’t bad enough to warrant making a fuss.
Therapy is not a verdict that something is wrong with you. It is a room where the things you’ve been holding alone get held with you for a while.
There’s no minimum bar of suffering. If a part of you keeps coming back to the question, the question is the answer.
Depression takes more shapes than people expect.
Here are the forms we work with most often. The pages don’t lecture — they describe what each one tends to feel like from the inside.
Major Depressive Disorder
When low mood, low energy, and a quiet flatness have settled in and stopped feeling like a phase.
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Persistent Depressive Disorder
When the low has been there so long you stopped expecting it to lift, and started calling it your personality.
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Postpartum Depression
When the season after birth feels nothing like what people said it would, and you can’t say so out loud.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder
When something heavy arrives every fall and lifts every spring — and you’ve started to dread the calendar.
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Bipolar Depression
When the depressive cycles of bipolar feel like a different country than the up-and-down most people describe.
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Anxiety with Depression
When you’re both wired and exhausted, and the worry and the flatness keep handing each other off.
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Grief & Bereavement
When loss has reorganized something in you and you’re not sure when, or whether, that returns.
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Burnout & Work Stress
When you used to care about the work and now you can’t remember when that changed.
Learn moreGroup is the anchor — and not the only thing we do.
The practice is built around group therapy because, for depression in particular, having other people in the room changes the math. Hearing someone else put words to an experience you thought only you had is its own kind of medicine.
We also offer individual, couples, family, and a structured intensive outpatient program for the weeks when ordinary life isn’t containing what you’re carrying. Many clients move between modalities as needs change.
Read about Group Therapy- Group Therapy — clinician-led groups for adults living with depression and related disorders.
- Individual Therapy — one-on-one care including CBT, ACT, IFS, EFT, and EMDR.
- Couples Counseling — for partnerships under the strain of one or both partners’ depression.
- Family Therapy — when a household is reorganizing around someone’s mental health.
- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) — structured higher-frequency care for harder seasons.
Composite reflections.
Illustrative composites, used to protect real client privacy until consented testimonials are gathered.
I’d been telling myself for two years it wasn’t bad enough to call anyone. The first group session was the first time someone described how I felt and I didn’t have to be the one explaining it.
Mariana R. · 34, first-time therapy clientWalking in I assumed group therapy meant I’d have to perform being okay. It’s the opposite. People here let each other arrive however they arrive that day.
Khanh N. · 41, second-time therapy clientMy family kept asking what was wrong and I didn’t have a word for it. The group did. That alone made the world less heavy.
Aarav P. · 28, software engineerI’d avoided therapy for fifteen years because of how I was raised to think about it. Nobody here ever made me feel weak for finally showing up.
Hovhannes K. · 52, returning to work after a long breakThe first time I cried in group I expected to feel exposed. I felt held. That’s the only way I know how to put it.
Giulia M. · 39, new parentI came in for what I thought was burnout. We figured out together it had been depression for a long time. I’m sleeping again. That alone has changed my marriage.
Layla H. · 47, hospital administratorAs a queer person of color I’ve been the “please educate us” client before. I haven’t had to explain a thing here. That has mattered more than I expected.
Daniel C. · 31, college studentI went to my first session at 3pm on a Tuesday because that’s when I could finally fit it in. I left thinking, I should have done this a year ago. Maybe two.
Rosa V. · 58, retired teacherThings people ask before they call.
Do I need to know exactly what’s wrong before I come in?
No. Most people who reach out can’t quite name what they’re feeling. Part of the first session is putting words to it together.
How is group therapy different from individual therapy?
Group therapy lets you hear other people put words to experiences that feel familiar. It softens the loneliness depression creates and gives you a place to practice being honest with people who get it. It is led by a licensed clinician, structured to feel safe, and confidential within the group.
Does my insurance cover therapy?
We accept all insurance and work with most major Southern California carriers, including Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Aetna, Cigna, Magellan, L.A. Care, Carelon, Elevance, MHN, Beacon Health, and TriWest. We also offer sliding-scale rates on a case-by-case basis. See the full list.
Can I see someone the same week I call?
Often, yes. We hold same-day and same-week openings when we can, and our coordinator will tell you honestly what is available before you commit.
Do you offer telehealth?
Yes — seven days a week. Telehealth visits are HIPAA-compliant and require that you are physically located in California at the time of session. Read the telehealth agreement.
What if my situation feels too small to bother a therapist?
It’s not. There is no minimum bar of suffering. If a part of you keeps coming back to the question, the question is the answer.
Whatever you’re carrying, we’ve almost certainly sat with someone holding something similar.
The first step is just a conversation — no commitment to keep coming, no requirement to know what to say.