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We believe healing is not a luxury — it's a necessity.

TrueMe® Counseling is a licensed therapy practice serving the greater California area, with offices in Culver City, Simi Valley, and Westlake Village — and virtual sessions available throughout California. Since 2016, we have been helping individuals, couples, families, and children navigate life’s most difficult seasons and find their way through them.

We built TrueMe® on a simple but deeply held belief: that everyone deserves access to care that is personal, compassionate, and grounded in evidence. Not cookie-cutter advice. Not surface-level support. Real, meaningful therapy that meets you exactly where you are — and walks forward with you.

Our story

TrueMe® Counseling was founded by Marina Edelman, LMFT, whose path to therapy was anything but conventional. Before earning her Master of Arts in Psychology from Phillips Graduate Institute, Marina spent years as a financial analyst in a Fortune 500 environment — navigating high-stakes pressure, complex power dynamics, and the kind of stress that doesn’t leave when you walk out the door.

That experience gave her something most clinicians simply don’t have: a firsthand understanding of what it feels like to perform under pressure while carrying things quietly on the inside. It shaped her clinical philosophy and ultimately led her to open her private practice in Westlake Village in 2006.

Nearly two decades later, Marina has grown TrueMe® into a multi-location practice with a team of licensed therapists who share her commitment to evidence-based, deeply human care. She is a Gottman Method Certified Therapist, trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and a CBT practitioner — and she brings the same analytical precision and genuine empathy to every client she serves.

How we work

Our approach is active, collaborative, and honest — from the very first session. We don’t just listen; we help you identify root causes, challenge the patterns that have kept you stuck, and build concrete tools you can use in real life.

Our therapists draw from a broad range of evidence-based modalities — including the Gottman Method, EMDR, EFT, CBT, somatic therapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, and more — tailoring each approach to the specific person, couple, or family in the room. Because healing is not one-size-fits-all, and neither is the path to get there.

At TrueMe®, therapy is never passive.

OUR CLINICAL APPROACH

How we treat you — and why it works

Most therapy fails because it’s generic. At TrueMe® Counseling, our licensed therapists use a structured, evidence-based framework built around your specific needs, history, and goals — not a one-size-fits-all program.Whether you’re across the street or across the state, we’re here — in person or virtually throughout California.

Clinical Assessment & Root-Cause Mapping

We begin with a thorough clinical assessment — identifying your specific challenges, personal history, thought patterns, and underlying triggers. This isn't a generic intake form. It's the diagnostic foundation that everything else is built on.

Cognitive Restructuring

Using CBT and other evidence-based modalities, we help you identify and challenge the distorted thinking patterns keeping you stuck — whether that's anxiety, depression, low self-worth, or relationship difficulties. You learn to respond to life differently, from the inside out.

Behavioral Intervention

Insight alone doesn't create change — behavior does. We use structured techniques to help you break the cycles, habits, and avoidance patterns that have been holding you back. This is where meaningful, real-world transformation begins.

Personalized Treatment Planning

No two people are the same — and neither are their treatment plans. Your therapist builds a roadmap tailored specifically to your needs, goals, and pace. Every session is purposeful, intentional, and designed to move you forward.

Progress Tracking & Plan Adjustment

Healing isn't linear — and your therapist knows that. Progress is regularly reviewed and your treatment plan is adjusted in real time to ensure you're always moving in the right direction at the right pace for you.

Resilience Building & Long-Term Independence

The final stage equips you with a personalized, lifelong toolkit — regulation strategies, early warning recognition, and sustainable coping skills — so that when life gets hard, you have everything you need to handle it. The goal is independence, not dependency on therapy.

Meet Our Therapists

TrueMe® Counseling is a team of licensed MFTs and PhDs with decades of combined clinical experience.

Where to find us

We offer in-person sessions at three Southern California locations and virtually throughout the state of California.

Thousand Oaks Office

32107 Lindero Canyon Rd Ste 202 Thousand Oaks, California 9136

Culver City Office

5183 Overland Ave Culver City, CA 90230

Simi Valley Office

2380 Shasta Way, Suite C Simi Valley, CA 93065

Still have questions? We'd love to talk!

Reaching out is the hardest part — and you've already done it. We're here to help you find the right fit, at your own pace. Book a 20 minute consultation for free!

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