REDONDO BEACH THERAPY — IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Holistic, Integrative Psychotherapy + EMDR
Specializing in EMDR, trauma, anxiety, and mind‑body therapy for adults, teens, couples, and families. Serving clients in Redondo Beach and across California via secure online sessions.
Evidence-based, mind-body informed approaches to healing, with particular expertise in EMDR therapy, trauma recovery, anxiety disorders, and specific phobias.
Catherine Alvarado Therapy + EMDR offers trauma-informed, collaborative care tailored to each person’s needs and goals. We honor each person’s pace and provide compassionate support to help build lasting growth and resilience.
We blend evidence-based modalities with mind-body approaches to support clients in resolving trauma, easing anxiety, and moving beyond limiting patterns. Our work honors the whole person—thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and relational rhythms—so healing is thorough and sustainable.
While each therapist brings individual strengths and specialties, our practice is grounded in holistic, trauma‑informed care that honors the mind–body connection. Healing happens not only through insight but by creating safety—so you can slow down, process deeply, and reconnect with yourself.
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Hi, I’m Catherine Alvarado
My work honors the mind–body connection and fosters healing on both emotional and physical levels.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and EMDRIA Approved Consultant based in Redondo Beach. I serve as Clinical Supervisor for our practice and am co‑owner of Eunoia Wellness Studio.
My approach is holistic and integrative: I combine EMDR with somatic therapies and attachment‑focused interventions to help clients process trauma, reduce anxiety and panic, overcome specific phobias, and resolve persistent patterns that keep the nervous system dysregulated. I prioritize safety, nervous‑system regulation, and individualized treatment plans that honor each person’s strengths, pace, and capacity for healing.
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Monika Arana
Registered Associate MFT 140548
EMDR Trained TherapistMonika provides individual, couples, family, and EMDR therapy with an attachment-focused, trauma-informed approach. She specializes in anxiety, identity concerns, and nervous-system regulation, integrating mind-body techniques to promote safety, resilience, and lasting change.
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Arielle Harris
Registered Associate MFT 161691
EMDR Trained Therapist
Arielle provides integrative therapy for adults, couples, and families, with specialized EMDR treatment. She supports clients navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, boundary-setting, burnout recovery, and attachment concerns, using a compassionate, evidence-based approach to promote lasting healing. -
Have Questions?
Therapy • What to Expect • Scheduling • Getting Started • Insurance
Our FAQs are an excellent first step if you have questions before reaching out to us or beginning therapy, offering clear, concise answers and practical guidance to help you feel informed, supported, and more confident and ready to take the next step.
WHAT WE OFFER
Life inevitably brings challenges—stress, loss, anxiety, disruption, and painful memories. At Catherine Alvarado Therapy + EMDR, we offer compassionate, evidence-based support to help you navigate these difficulties and reclaim a sense of well-being.
✓ Anxiety, chronic stress, and persistent overthinking that interferes with daily life
✓ Specific phobias, fear-based avoidance, and panic symptoms that limit functioning
✓ Complex trauma, developmental trauma, and PTSD with lasting emotional impact
✓ Health-related anxiety, somatic distress, and medically unexplained symptoms causing real distress
✓ Distressing intrusive thoughts, rumination, and unwanted mental images that feel difficult to control
✓ Neurodevelopmental differences characterized by variable attention, sensory sensitivities, and divergent thinking (e.g., ADHD).
✓ Sleep disturbances, nightmares, and insomnia related to trauma, stress.
✓ Performance anxiety, perfectionism, and self-criticism
✓ Relationship difficulties, attachment wounds, and patterns of codependency
✓ Complicated grief, prolonged bereavement, and difficulty with loss processing
HOLISTIC, INTEGRATIVE THERAPY
Deep, lasting healing that brings real, everyday change.
At Catherine Alvarado Therapy + EMDR, we combine proven therapies with mind-body techniques to help clients heal trauma, reduce anxiety, and break unhelpful patterns. We treat the whole person—thoughts, feelings, body sensations, and relationships—so recovery lasts.
Our collaborative, compassionate approach empowers you to build resilience, regain safety in your body, and create meaningful, sustained change in your life.
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Compassionate, evidence-based EMDR therapy for healing trauma, easing phobias, and transforming distressing memories into manageable, integrated experiences—supporting you toward greater resilience and wellbeing.
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Integrative therapy for anxiety, attachment wounds, and life changes. I use evidence-based methods—EMDR, somatic and mindfulness techniques, and attachment-focused work—to heal past hurts, ease symptoms, and teach lasting self-regulation. Ideal for adults facing grief, relationship or career shifts, parenting changes, or ongoing anxiety. In-person in Redondo Beach and online across California. Flexible scheduling, confidential care, and compassionate, collaborative support.
→ Learn more about Anxiety Therapy
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Somatic- and mindfulness-informed interventions to soothe and regulate the nervous system, integrating body-based techniques, breathwork, and present-moment awareness to reduce arousal, interrupt stress patterns, and restore safety and groundedness.
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Individualized treatment plans that prioritize client safety, paced therapeutic progression, and measurable, outcome-focused milestones.
GETTING STARTED
Taking the first step doesn’t have to feel overwhelming.
If you’re unsure which therapist is the best fit, share a little about what you’re hoping to work on and we’ll help guide you toward the clinician whose experience and approach best align with your needs.
Our therapists offer individual, couples, family, and EMDR therapy, with both in-person therapy in Redondo Beach and online therapy throughout California.
To learn if we’re a good fit, reach out for a consultation. Healing that holds you — mind, body, and heart — is possible.
RESOURCES
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