What we mean by "outpatient mental health."
We are talk therapy. We are weekly sessions, sometimes twice-weekly during a hard stretch, sometimes a six-week sprint to get past one specific thing. We are not medication management, and we are not an emergency service — if you're in crisis right now, call or text 988, or go to your nearest emergency room.
What we are is the place a lot of people come to first, before they're sure if they need anything at all. About a third of the people who reach out to us have never been in therapy before. They're often surprised by how ordinary it feels. That's the point.
Our specialty: social anxiety in adults.
Most of our clinical hours are spent with people whose anxiety lives in other people's eyes — in meetings, dating, parties, classrooms, the school pickup line, the moment before unmuting on a video call. Social anxiety is one of the most common mental health conditions in the United States, and one of the least likely to get treated. People wait, on average, more than ten years between when symptoms start and when they ask for help. We're trying to put a smaller dent in that number.
That said, social anxiety almost never travels alone. We also work with the things that come with it: generalized anxiety, panic, depression, performance and public-speaking fear, and the long-running patterns that get clinically named avoidant personality or, in severe cases, agoraphobia.
Care in eight languages.
Los Angeles is genuinely multilingual, and most of the people we work with would rather not translate the inside of their head into a second language. The practice serves clients in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hindi, Italian, Arabic, and Armenian. Not every clinician speaks every language — when you reach out, our coordinator matches you with someone who fits.
LGBTQ+ affirmative care, across every service.
We work with everyone. Queer adults, trans and nonbinary adults, families navigating a coming-out, partners in queer relationships — affirmative care is not a separate program here, it's how we work, full stop.
Insurance, fees, and access.
We accept all insurance and contract directly with the major Southern California carriers — Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Aetna, Cigna, Magellan, L.A. Care, Carelon, Elevance, MHN, Beacon Health, and TriWest/VA among others. For uninsured clients or those whose coverage is too narrow, we offer sliding-scale fees on a case-by-case basis. See the full insurance page →
We do everything we can to make money the smallest reason someone doesn't get help.
Hours, telehealth, and how to reach us.
The office is open Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 8 PM, and Saturday and Sunday from 8 AM to 4 PM. Telehealth is available seven days a week to anyone physically located in California. Most of our clients use a mix of in-person and video — whatever fits their week.
You can reach the practice at (626) 354-6440 or office@pasadenaclinicalgroup.com, or send a note through the contact form.
What we don't do.
Honesty is part of EEAT. We don't offer medication management — when prescribers are needed, we coordinate with a network of psychiatrists. We're not equipped for psychiatric emergencies, court-mandated treatment, or forensic evaluations. We don't replace primary care. And we won't take you on as a client if a different practice would serve you better; we'll help you find the right place if that's the case.