Scott D. Gilliam, PhD, LMFT

Soultender

Scott D. Gilliam, PhD, LMFT

Psychotherapy & Counseling Services
for Individuals in L.A. & Orange County, CA
"For two personalities to meet is like mixing two different chemical substances: if there is any combination at all, both are transformed." ~ C.G. Jung

Psychotherapy can lead to greater insight, happiness, and satisfaction.

Clients come to me for many reasons: grief, depression, anxiety, life transitions or loneliness and existential angst. I offer depth and eclectic psychotherapies which are psychodynamic in nature, which means they go deep into the roots of our issues, into the soul or unconscious.
 
In therapy we tend the soul together, in our sacred container, the therapeutic relationship to help transform your life. Our therapeutic relationship will orient around your healing and therapeutic goals and will be uniquely tailored to your needs. I take an integrative approach, with a Depth Psychological perspective which means I use all the tools at our disposal, including my other services such as:  Ketamine assisted Psychotherapy, and Intuitive Counseling.
 
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and Intuitive Counseling can become a part of your integrated therapy plan if you desire.
 
Some of the conditions I treat are: Bereavement, Recovery from Child Abuse, Depression, Anxiety, Life Transitions, Recovery from Spiritual Emergencies, and Finding a Spiritual Path in Life.
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Services

Our therapeutic relationship will orient around your healing and therapeutic goals, your recovery from past trauma, your change process, and your well-being. Our Services are offered remotely and in person on a limited basis in our L.A. office.

Depth Psychotherapy

Depth Psychology works towards individuation, the achievement of genuineness and wholeness in one's life. Within a safe and non-judgmental space, the sacred container of the therapy relationship, we work the alchemy of transformation. We delve beneath the surface to the roots of your problems, and the source of inner wisdom. I help you to listen to your subconscious or soul, by paying attention to Symbols, her language that speaks through our dreams, synchronicities, and even our difficulties or wounds in Depth Psychotherapy the jewel is the wound, because the wound calls us on this deep transformative journey to become more fully ourselves.
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Intuitive Counseling Services

Utilizing my skills and experience in meditation, yoga, tarot and astrology, I provide metaphysical and spiritual guidance. Intuitive Counseling and Coaching ranges from a tarot or astrology reading, to guided meditation or work towards helping one develop their spiritual practice. The Mystical Life within us has immense healing power. Carl Jung felt that the mystical, or numinous experience was healing. Intuitive Coaching is not psychotherapy, but it can be part of our work together in psychotherapy if you'd like.
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Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

I offer a therapeutic modality called Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), the use of ketamine as a complement to Depth Psychotherapy. I deliver KAP in my practice in partnership with an organization called Journey Clinical, which has a specialized medical team that determines eligibility for KAP, prescribes the ketamine, & supports us in monitoring outcomes. If you would like to explore the possibility of working with me on KAP, please e-mail me at drscott@soultender.com to discuss eligibility and next steps.
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Psychedelic integration therapy

is a non-judgmental, collaborative process that supports individuals in reflecting on — and making meaning from — non-ordinration:ary states of consciousness. It is an essential way to safely metabolize the emotional, cognitive, and somatic material that arises during altered states. Integration is the process of bringing what has been encountered in non-ordinary states of consciousness into meaningful relationship with everyday life. Whether arising through Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, psychedelic experience, spiritual practice, or spontaneous mystical opening, these encounters often touch dimensions of the psyche that ordinary awareness cannot fully contain. Psychedelic integration is the process of translating insights, emotions, and experiences from a non-ordinary state of consciousness into lasting, positive changes in your daily life. It is a vital, ongoing bridge between an intense psychedelic experience and sustainable personal growth. Integration work provides the container — the sacred space — in which these experiences can be metabolized slowly and carefully, at the pace the soul requires.
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Why People Come To Therapy

anxiety

Depression and Anxiety

empowerment

Self-esteem and Empowerment

addiction

Habits and Addictions

spiritual

Seeking Happiness and Spiritual Crisis

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Life transitions come in many forms; some forced such as the loss of a loved one and some voluntary when you know there’s a better life waiting and you simply need help and guidance in getting there.

If you’re going through a life transition and finding it rough going or need clarity, I can help!

Client Testimonials

"I have a son with an intellectual disability. Scott Gilliam is the best and knows exactly how to communicate with Jon. I have asked Jon if we could see someone else closer to our home, but it was out of the question because Jon is very comfortable with Scott."
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Kathy S.
“Scott is a great therapist and has been a wonderful influence on my mental state. I've been seeing him for over a year now and I always look forward to our sessions. I would highly recommend him.”
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Jonathan O.
“Scott has been the best therapist I've had. There was a time in which I wished I could see him more than once a week, but as we progressed, a lot of his words of wisdom had stayed with me, and I decided to use those as my guidance to reduce anxiety.”
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Charlotte M.