Pasadena Healing
Professional psychotherapy for adults, children, and families.
Our mission is to improve your mental health, strengthen your relationships, and build a life worth living.
Who do we treat?
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Depression, anxiety, trauma, addictions, personality disorders, difficult life transitions, relationship problems, impulsive behavior, and men’s & women’s issues.
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Communication problems, cultural challenges, infidelity, high conflict, and barriers to intimacy.
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Behavior problems, trauma and attachment issues, anxiety, neurodevelopmental disorders, sleeping problems, and difficulties with eating.
Clinical Services
Individual Psychotherapy
Individual therapy offers an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of yourself while working to address any problems you bring forward. Therapy can enhance awareness of your feelings, thoughts, and behavior patterns; resolve inner conflicts that prevent you from reaching your goals; and empower you to live an authentic and meaningful life.
Couples Counseling
Couples counseling offers an opportunity for you and your partner to feel heard and understood by one another while working through impasses, difficulties in communication, or infidelity. The goal is to empower you to take responsibility for your behaviors and feelings, communicate honestly and respectfully, and support one another effectively.
Dyadic Child-Parent Therapy
Dyadic interventions for infants and children offer parents the opportunity to better understand their child’s emotional world and the relationship between feelings and behavior. Parents learn strategies to help their child regulate strong emotions and reduce problematic behaviors, with the goal of strengthening the parent/child relationship.
Comfort & Convenience
In-Person
The traditional way to experience a safe therapeutic space. Meet with your therapist in our private, comfortable, and quiet office suite in downtown Pasadena, CA.
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Telehealth
For those located farther away or with tight schedules, our clinicians offer virtual sessions as well. Our video chat service is secure, confidential, and effortless to use.
Meet Our Team
Child Psychologist
Genevieve specializes in treating infants, young children, and their families. She helps parents and children deepen their relationships and overcome challenging behaviors via play therapy, skill building, and processing shared trauma.
Clinical Psychologist
Kenneth specializes in the treatment of addiction, personality disorders, and men’s issues. He believes successful therapy requires both self-acceptance and self-improvement, and he enjoys helping clients find this balance.
Child & Adolescent Psychologist
Rhea specializes in treating children, adolescents, and young adults. Rhea provides talk therapy, play therapy, family therapy, and caregiver sessions to help her clients overcome emotional and behavioral challenges and improve family relationships.
Clinical Psychologist
Laura specializes in perinatal mental health, trauma, and couples therapy. She provides psychoanalytic therapy and EMDR to adults, Emotion-Focused Therapy for couples, and Parent-Infant Psychotherapy to help parents connect with their young children.
Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, EMDR
Marica specializes in working with couples and people facing anxiety and trauma. She enjoys working with clients from diverse backgrounds who seek to collaborate with their therapist in creating a more fulfilling lived experience.
Finances
Session Fees
Genevieve Skale, Psy.D.
Kenneth Skale, Psy.D.
Rhea Wagle, Ph.D.
Laura Ruaro, Psy.D.
Marica Thomas, AMFT
45-minutes | $250
45-minutes | $230
45-minutes | $250
45-minutes | $230
45-minutes | $160
Sliding Scale
We are fortunate to be able to offer a sliding scale fee structure to those who need it. We reserve a limited number of spaces in our practice for reduced fee sessions to accommodate those who are in need of help and are experiencing financial hardship.
If you are interested in entering psychotherapy but feel the cost is prohibitive, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We are happy to discuss a flexible fee with you or, if our sliding scale availability is full, refer you to another competent professional who can accommodate a reduced rate.
Insurance
The clinicians at Pasadena Healing are considered ‘out-of-network providers’. This means we are not contracted with any insurance companies; however, session fees may be covered in-full or in-part by your heath insurance or employee benefit plan.
This process involves us providing you with receipts (called ‘super bills’) for your appointments. You can then submit these super bills to your insurer for reimbursement. Check with your insurer to verify that your health plan covers ‘out-of-network’ behavioral health services.