NELSON ACOSTA
Addictions Counselor, ACSWI enjoy helping people who need support and emotional stability. I specialize in depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma, grief and loss, and past substance abuse.
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I provide psychotherapy to adolescents, young adults, adults, and couples online throughout California including but not limited to Los Angeles (West Hollywood, Brentwood, Venice, Santa Monica, Hermosa Beach. I have worked with adolescents, adults, college and graduate students, and people from marginalized communities. I also have extensive experience working with veterans and their families, first responders, musicians, artists, creative and entertainment industry professionals, and academics.
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Life can feel overwhelming when you're weighed down by unresolved trauma, relentless anxiety, or the pain of grief. You might find yourself stuck in ruminations that keep you from moving forward—whether you're a high achiever or someone just launching - mental health issues hold us back from reaching our full potential. Navigating a painful breakup or struggling with people-pleasing, humans can find themselves in patterns they can’t seem to break. But great therapy is transformational.
Many of the couples I work with feel stuck—arguing more, growing apart, or struggling to communicate in a way that feels connecting. I also support adults facing anxiety, self-doubt, and big life transitions, and teens who need a space to be heard, supported, and understood. If you're looking for real support from someone who’s down-to-earth, thoughtful, and easy to talk to—you’re in the right place.
I work with teenagers, adults, couples, and families that have experienced difficulties in relationships, chronic illness, and adjustments to daily challenges we may all experience including anxiety, depression, work stress, and relationship stress.
As a compassionate and accepting therapist, I strive to create a safe and supportive space where clients feel heard, valued, and empowered. Using a trauma-informed approach, I integrate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness techniques to help individuals navigate life’s challenges, manage emotions, and break free from unhelpful patterns. My goal is to foster resilience, healing, and personal growth with empathy, warmth, and understanding.
At Newport Academy, we address the root causes of self-destructive behaviors, not just the symptoms. We guide teens and their families to achieve long-term, sustainable healing by treating the underlying issues—such as trauma, depression, and anxiety—that catalyze substance abuse, eating disorders, and other co-occurring disorders. Incorporating clinical, experiential, and holistic modalities, our gender-specific treatment is family-focused and results-oriented.
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We determine our self-worth by comparing our lives and judging ourselves against unattainable or unrealistic standards (hello, Instagram). I'm here to say, "I get it" and to provide breathing room when you don't feel like you’re good enough, or when you have hit your capacity. I work with individuals who want to feel better about their bodies and their relationship with food, people navigating a little thing called motherhood, those those hoping to get the most out of relationships.
I am passionate about helping couples, families, individuals, and teens navigate life’s challenges to improve their quality of life, overall wellbeing, and interpersonal relationships. My work encompasses a wide range of mental health issues, including trauma, depression, and anxiety.
Newport Institute has youth male and female programs located in Southern California, with residential homes for men and women in San Francisco and Los Angeles. They incorporate experiential practices into their patient’s schedules. These include yoga, equine-assisted therapy, cooking classes, and martial arts. Newport strives to provide a well-rounded program, so they also have life skills programs, career counseling and spiritual programs.
Many of my clients learned to be independent, responsible, and hardworking at young ages, traits that have helped them be successful at school and work, but have made it difficult to ask for help, set boundaries, rest, and lean into joy. Along with anxiety, clients frequently struggle with guilt, low self-esteem, a need to be perfect, and often have insecure attachment styles in relationships. I also provide family therapy, friendship therapy, and psychological evals for immigration cases.
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Do you long for deeper connection, more clarity and peace. Or have you felt the tension of struggle in satisfaction of your relationships (friendships, romantic relationships or family of origin), or your relationship with your body, food or exercise? I want to help you thrive in your relationships, body and life.
Are you someone who feels everything deeply and struggles to navigate your emotions? Do you have a hard time trusting yourself or feeling at home in your body? I help highly sensitive teens and young adults get comfortable in their feelings, build self-acceptance, and regulate their emotions. As you learn to trust yourself, your relationships and overall well-being can grow, too. If this resonates with you, I’d love to support you on your journey.
My LGBTQIA2S+ clients are acutely in tune with authenticity. At times, this quality can cause life to feel heavy and overwhelming. The worry, stress or fear can cause folx to feel stuck. The things that once helped, no longer work. Many of my clients have experienced depression, anxiety and trauma. Our journey together can help navigate these things and create a map for what is next.
I specialize in trauma-informed, person-centered care, addictive disorders, gender issues, parenting, sociocultural trauma related to oppressive systems, fragmented self, abuse recovery, marital and family conflict using with an integrative, cooperative and multi-dimensional approach.
With extensive experience working with adolescents, young adults, and older adults, I help clients uncover the deeper roots of their struggles, heal, and take meaningful steps toward lasting change. If you're ready to break free from patterns that no longer serve you and gain a deeper understanding of yourself, I’m here to guide you.
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I’ve worked in community clinics, the LGBT Center in LA, and dual diagnosis treatment centers, facilitating 4,000+ psychodrama groups in IOP, PHP, and residential settings. Most recently, I spent two years at an adolescent residential treatment center providing individual therapy, family therapy, and parent coaching. In-person and virtual sessions available.
You put on a brave smile and say you’re fine when you know you’re not. You’re exhausted because you’ve been carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. You’re isolated because you don’t recognize the woman you see in the mirror. You’re confused because you’ve lost sight of who you are. Even the relationships you care most about are now draining you. All your duties just keep piling on and you’re forced to keep bearing through it. Therapy can help untangle life's messiness.
Do you constantly have thoughts swirling in your head and have a hard time staying present? Do you feel overwhelmed, burned out, and constantly anxious? Do you want healthy relationships in your life but struggle to allow these people in? Are you going through a life transition and need some support? Do you feel difficulty asserting your needs with others and struggle with people pleasing? I am here to help reduce overwhelm, stress, anxiety and difficult emotions that are preventing a full life.