Individual Therapy
For adults navigating anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, identity transitions, relationship patterns, perfectionism, shame, substance use concerns, or questions of meaning.
Integrative Therapy
A space for healing, insight, and connection.
Compassionate, evidence-based, mind-body psychotherapy for adults and couples seeking connection, healing, and deeper meaning.
I'm a licensed clinical psychologist and physician assistant offering therapy that brings together psychological depth, medical insight, mindfulness, and mind-body awareness in an integrative, relational approach.
Telehealth across California · Currently accepting new clients
Welcome
Welcome, I'm Dr. Aileen Kucsera. I'm glad you're here.
Reaching out for therapy can feel vulnerable, and you don't have to have everything figured out before beginning. Therapy with me is a space to slow down, listen inward, and meet yourself with curiosity and compassion.
You may be navigating anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, or relationship difficulties, or moving through a major life transition, such as becoming a parent, facing fertility challenges, or redefining who you are after loss or change. No matter what brings you here, you are welcome. My hope is that when you arrive, you feel less alone and more able to exhale.
Practice
Online therapy for adults and couples across California.
Sessions are offered by secure video to clients physically located in California. Wherever you're starting from, a free consultation is a low-pressure way to ask questions and see if working together might be a good fit.
Services
Integrative care for the whole person.
Couples Therapy
For partners who want to understand their patterns, soften recurring conflict, rebuild emotional safety, and strengthen connection, informed by Emotionally Focused Therapy and attachment theory.
Brief Therapy
Short-term, focused therapy (typically 4–6 sessions) for a specific concern, transition, or decision point, a space to clarify what matters and move forward with awareness.
Maternal Mental Health
Support for the full spectrum of reproductive and maternal experience, including postpartum depression and anxiety, infertility, pregnancy loss, identity shifts, and the complex emotions of becoming and being a mother.
Psychedelic Integration
Reflection, meaning-making, and embodied integration of psychedelic or non-ordinary experiences. Grounded, trauma-informed, and open to questions of meaning and inner life.
Wondering if we might be a fit?
Reach out →What colleagues say
"A gifted clinician whom I would trust without hesitation."
Dr. Kucsera has a rare ability to help people feel deeply seen while offering thoughtful, incisive clinical insight. Her presence is calm and grounding, her curiosity is sincere, and she approaches each person with humility and respect for the complexity of their experience.
Training & Credentials
Doctoral training at the PGSP–Stanford Psy.D. Consortium.
More than a decade of clinical experience across psychology, medicine, trauma, substance use, and psychedelic-assisted care.
More about my training and credentials →Licensed Clinical Psychologist · California #36257Board Certified Physician Assistant
A path inward
"Like walking a labyrinth, therapy invites us inward, to follow the path as it unfolds. The path is rarely linear, but no step is wasted. Over time, the journey itself becomes a practice of listening, trusting, and returning to what is most true within you."
A consultation is a place to begin.
A brief, no-pressure conversation to see whether working together may be a good fit.
Request a free consultation