Whit Brown, AMFT

How I work

I provide trauma-based, relational therapy for adults and couples using EMDR, Internal Family Systems-informed therapy, attachment-based work, and nervous-system-oriented approaches. I specialize in working with people who identify as fawners, adult children of narcissistic or emotionally immature parents, and those living with CPTSD or relational trauma. I also have a particular passion for working with creatives, actors, artists, and performers. Before becoming a therapist, I trained at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and spent ten years working as an actor, giving me a personal understanding of rejection, visibility, comparison, performance pressure, creative blocks, and the challenge of maintaining a stable sense of self in an unpredictable field.

My areas of focus include:

• Complex trauma and CPTSD
• Adult children of narcissistic or emotionally immature parents
• Fawning, people-pleasing, and self-abandonment
• Anxiety, depression, shame, and perfectionism
• Relational trauma and attachment wounds
• Couples and relationship difficulties
• Creative identity, performance anxiety, and career transitions
• Boundaries, self-trust, and nervous-system regulation

Let’s Connect!

My approach is warm, collaborative, and deeply relational. Together, we can explore the protective patterns keeping you stuck, process unresolved experiences, and help you build greater regulation, self-trust, and connection. Therapy can become a space where you no longer have to perform, over-function, or carry the weight of your pain alone.

I see clients in person in Valley Village on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and online throughout California.

Call (310) 626-4789 or fill out the form below to schedule a free 20-minute phone consultation and find out how my therapeutic approach can help you.