our team

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Rachel Jones Linn, MA, LMFT

Rachel (she/they) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™, & Clinical Supervisor at Miracle Mile Therapy. Rachel understands therapy as a collaborative process that allows trust and authenticity to foster insight and growth, exploring how the past informs the present. She specializes in LGBTQ+ identities, gender-affirming, and neurodivergent-affirming care, as well as individuals struggling with borderline personality disorder, trauma, anxiety, and addiction.

Rachel helps clients learn and practice skills for tolerating pain in times of crisis, responding instead of reacting, increasing self-respect, improving relationships, and participating fully in each moment. She tailors her sessions to most effectively fit each patient's unique needs, always meeting them with empathetic understanding and radical genuineness. As a queer therapist, she understands the importance of affirmative treatment where all the intersecting identities of each client are honored, recognized, and respected. She works mainly from a person-centered and relational perspective, using dialectical behavioral therapy to cultivate skills and inform ways to approach change. Her ultimate goal is to remind you of your own resourcefulness as you work together to create and enhance your life worth living.

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 119496) • California Board of Behavioral Sciences

    DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™ • DBT®-Linehan Board of Certification

  • Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, LGBT Specialization • Antioch University • Culver City, California

    Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology • Pepperdine University, Seaver College • Malibu, California

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy Training: Parts I & II
    Roshni Chabra, LMFT | The Institute for Creative Mindfulness

    Tailoring DBT to be more Effective and Affirming for Autistic Clients
    Amara Brook, Ph.D., ABPP & Rachel Leah Kraus, LCSW-C | Evidence-Based Practices of New England

    Eating Disorders and Diet Culture: Inclusive Care for Trans Communities
    Sand Chang, PhD | The Affirmative Couch

    DBT Supervision & Consultation Training
    Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD & Aditi Vijay, PhD | Center for DBT and Families, Consultation & Training

    Intensive Training in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Prolonged Exposure Protocol for PTSD
    Melanie Harned, PhD, ABPP, & Annie McCall, LMHC | DBT PE, Harned Consulting

    DBT with Parents, Couples, & Families
    Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD | Center for DBT and Families, Consultation & Training

    Back into the Book::Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
    Shari Manning, PhD | Treatment Implementation Collaborative

    DBT Skills Training for Trainers
    Patricia Gielseman, LMFT, DBT-LBC | Choices Counseling & Skills Center

    DBT for Adolescents & Families
    Drs. Alec Miller, Jill Rathus, & Marsha M. Linehan | Behavioral Tech – A Linehan Training Institute

    Prolonged Exposure for PTSD & Trauma
    Drs. Lata K. McGinn & Lauren Bonavitacola | Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants

    Oaklander Model of Gestalt Play Therapy
    Karen Fried, PsyD, LMFT | Violet Solomon Oaklander Foundation

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Anxiety Disorders
    Drs. Judith S. Beck & Aaron T. Beck | Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    Comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy
    Drs. Marsha M. Linehan, Tony DuBose, & André Ivanoff | Behavioral Tech – A Linehan Training Institute

  • Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist • Private Practice • Los Angeles, California

    DBT Therapist & Program Director • Comprehensive DBT Program • Beverly Hills, California

    Crisis Resource Associate • Center for the Study of Young People in Groups • Cheryl K. Eskin, LMFT • Cedars-Sinai Hospital

    MFT Traineeship and Practicum • Being Alive Los Angeles • Susan Holt, PsyD, LMFT • West Hollywood, California

    Resident Counselor • Promises Malibu• Addiction and Dual-Diagnosis Residential Treatment Center •Malibu, California

    Resident Counselor • Malibu Vista • Women’s Mental Health Residential Treatment Center • Malibu, California

    House Manager • Spero House • Women’s Transitional Home and Sober Living • Pacific Palisades, California

  • California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (CAMFT)

    Lesbian and Gay Psychotherapy Association (LAGPA)

    International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)

    Bisexuality-Aware Professionals

  • Jones Linn, R. (2023, November 3). Balancing Acceptance and Change with LGBTQIA+ Clients [Course]. The Affirmative Couch.

    Jones, R. (2023, August 21). Traumatic invalidation and its impact on LGBTQIA+ clients. The Affirmative Couch.

    Jones, R. (2023, June 26). 5 supervisor “green flags”. The Affirmative Couch.

    Timmins, J. (2022, August 30). 9 signs of borderline personality disorder (BPD). GoodRx.

    Jones, R. (2020). Fighting without fighting: DBT skills for addressing microaggressions [Course]. The Affirmative Couch.

    Jones, R. (2019, July 1). Hiding in plain sight: Why we need to pay attention to bi/pan erasure. The Affirmative Couch.

    Jones, R. (2019, August 26). Trans women ARE women. The Affirmative Couch.

    Jones, R. (2019, July 15). Who helps the helpers? 8 tips for therapists after client suicide. The Affirmative Couch.

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Lauren Smith, MA, LMFT

Lauren (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Miracle Mile Therapy, offering therapy for adults and adolescents. The foundation of her practice includes meeting clients with empathy, warmth, and authenticity. Lauren’s goal is to offer a non-judgmental space for clients to begin the process of personal exploration and growth. She is dedicated to creating a safe, affirmative, and inclusive environment for individuals with unique lived experiences.

Lauren’s primary focus is on helping clients struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, perfectionism, trauma, borderline personality disorder, and addiction. She uses evidence-based practices, including CBT and DBT, to teach skills that help challenge old thinking patterns and incorporate new tools to navigate life. Along with this, she incorporates a psychodynamic approach to help clients explore and gain insight around how the past impacts the present. At her core, Lauren is a humanistic therapist, focusing on developing a collaborative relationship that allows her clients to feel validated, respected, and honored in their own unique journey in life.

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 150475)
    California Board of Behavioral Sciences

  • Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology
    Antioch University | Culver City, California

    Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies – Psychology
    Antioch University | Culver City, California

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Basic Training
    Andrew M. Leeds, PhD | Sonoma Psychotherapy Training Institute

    DBT for Substance Use Disorders
    Nick L. Salsman, PhD, ABPP | Behavioral Tech

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy Foundational Training
    Marsha Linehan, PhD, ABPP, et al. | Behavioral Tech

    DBT with Reactive or High Conflict Couples
    Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD | Centre for MindBody Health

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills
    Nick L. Salsman, PhD, ABPP | Behavioral Tech

    Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
    Gloria Kamler | UCLA

    Fierce Self-Compassion Workshop
    Kristin Neff, PhD | Insight LA

    Implicit Human Motivation Study (Research Assistant)
    Barnard College of Columbia University

  • Crisis Resource Associate | Center for the Study of Young People in Groups (“Teen Line”)
    Cedars-Sinai Hospital

    Marriage & Family Therapist Trainee | The Center for Professional Counseling
    North Hollywood, California

    Resident Advisor | Transcend Recovery Community
    Los Angeles, California

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Lyndsey Doolen, MA, LMFT

Lyndsey (she/they) is Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Miracle Mile Therapy, with a background in gender & sexuality exploration & internalized oppression through an intersectional & culturally sensitive lens. Lyndsey firmly believes in each client’s inherent worth, power, and self-determination to facilitate the shift they are seeking. Her approach to therapy is collaborative & relational – as she believes there is much to be learned by exploring our internal experience with a compassionate and informed collaborator. She tends to be engaged and curious in the therapeutic space, offering observations, asking questions, and sharing any noticeable patterns or connections.

Lyndsey works with individual adults and adolescents, with a special focus on LGBTQ+ and gender affirming care, trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, and life transitions. Her treatment approach includes a thoughtful combination of narrative, feminist, person-centered, relational, and cognitive-behavioral therapies. Lyndsey works to establish the relational safety needed to examine barriers to clients’ goals, previously adaptive behaviors that may no longer serve them, and new perspectives on existing beliefs while increasing the connection to sense of self and developing ways to communicate boundaries more effectively. She knows therapy can be challenging and finds great benefit in balancing difficult topics with levity and warmth.

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 151218)
    California Board of Behavioral Sciences

  • Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, LGBTQ Affirmative Specialization
    Antioch University | Culver City, California

    Bachelor of Fine Arts
    Stephen F. Austin State University | Nacogdoches, Texas

  • Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Parts I & II
    EMDR Institute, Inc.

    Helping Couples Heal Workshop
    The Center for Relational Healing

    Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
    Los Angeles LGBT Center

    CPR Certification
    Los Angeles LGBT Center

  • Brave Trails
    Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

    Los Angeles LGBT Center
    Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee

    Addiction Recovery Counseling Center
    Intake Coordinator

    Resisterhood LA
    Volunteer

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Chandler Green, MA, AMFT

Chandler (he/him) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who works with individuals and couples to achieve freedom and find relief from both external pressures and internal conflicts. He believes therapy should embody the "3 Cs": compassion, curiosity, and clarity. He adopts a holistic and personalized method in therapy, focusing on creating a secure, collaborative environment where clients can safely explore their thoughts and emotions. Chandler is committed to always approaching therapy from an LGBTQ+ affirmative, compassionate, and non-judgmental place. He encourages clients to develop the highest level of compassion for themselves while navigating uncomfortable and painful feelings such as shame, confusion, guilt, anger, regret, hopelessness, and feeling “not good enough.” Curiosity is a fundamental part of his work, as he encourages clients to ask questions like, ‘Why do I feel this way?’ and ‘Why do I engage in this behavior?’ By staying curious and seeking answers, clients gain insight and clarity, while learning practical skills to enhance self-awareness and self-empowerment.

Chandler’s orientation in psychodynamic therapy enables him to explore unconscious patterns and past experiences that influence current behaviors and emotions, fostering a profound self-understanding essential for transformative change. He complements this with DBT skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, all of which are vital for managing intense emotions and nurturing healthy relationships. Chandler helps clients on their paths to self-discovery and improved well-being, addressing a myriad of issues such as anxiety, relationship issues, personality disorders, and life transitions.

Chandler aims to reduce suffering as much as possible while acknowledging that some level of suffering is inherent to life. He hopes to create a sacred and welcoming space for therapy — a warm, safe, and collaborative environment where clients can comfortably step in and out each week, with him supporting them every step of the way.

  • Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
    AMFT 144074 | California Board of Behavioral Sciences
    (Supervised by Rachel Jones Linn, LMFT #119496)

  • Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology
    Antioch University | Culver City, California

    Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training: Introduction
    Donna Pattie, MSW,LICSW & Sami Saghafi, PsyD | Behavioral Tech Institute

    Evidence-Based Treatment and Eating Disorders: A General Practitioner's Guide
    Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED & Cindy Pikus, PhD, CEDS-C | Center for Evidence Based Treatment

    Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy
    UC San Diego Health Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research

    The Psycho-Dynamics of Diagnosis, Case Formulation, and Supervision: A Clinical Workshop
    Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D. | Los Angeles Institute & Society for Psychoanalytic Studies

    Sisyphus On The Couch: Is There Meaning in Suffering?
    Valerie von Raffay, Ph.D. | Los Angeles Institute & Society for Psychoanalytic Studies

  • Managing Partner | Key Collective
    Los Angeles, California

    Marriage & Family Therapist Trainee | Valley Community Counseling Clinic
    North Hollywood, California

    Program Director | Key Housing
    Los Angeles, California

    Resident Advisor | Key Transitions
    Los Angeles, California

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