Areas of Expertise
Integrative Talk Therapy
A holistic approach to therapy with the goal of integrating your body, mind and soul so that you can be more aligned and connected with your Self. This type of therapy allows us to delve further into the past, to get to where you want to live your life in the present for a brighter future.
Free 15 minute initial consultation; followed by regular 1 hour sessions.
$300 USD p/h.
Integrative Life Coaching
Similar to therapy, yet based on active progress towards your current goals. We will use a variety of strategies to move through obstacles that you might be facing in your personal and professional life.
Free 15 minute initial consultation; followed by regular 1 hour sessions.
$300 USD p/h.
Belief Release
This type of work is focused on releasing beliefs that no longer serve you. We will use body awareness, your breath, and imagination to remove fears that are holding you back, aiming for you to feel more free.
This is a 90 minute session purely focused on removing single or multiple beliefs within the one session.
$300 USD per session.
Reiki Session
Reiki is a form of holistic medicine also known as energy healing. Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing through which a universal life force is transferred through the palms of the practitioner to the patient in order to encourage emotional or physical healing. The experience is relaxing, harmonizing and balancing.
Please allow 75 minutes for a Reiki session.
$150 USD p/h.
Breath-Body-Mind Coherence Breathing
This breath work allows one to feel calm or relaxed, very similar to alternate nostril breathing. Science has shown that it balances the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system which impacts the entire body. Well used by many athletes, this practice is optimal for regulating blood pressure and assisting with depression and anxiety, to name a few.
Please allow 60 minutes for a session - group sessions are available.
$150 USD p/h.
Vibrational Communication
Flower remedies have been used for centuries across the world. Every person is different and reacts in various ways to external influences. Body testing it utilized to see if a flower essence is the right option at this time and to customize it for you. I use two different types of vibrational communication - one for alleviating physical pain, the other for emotional.
Please allow 60 minutes for a session.
$150 USD p/h.
Reading the Heart of the Akashic Records
Your Akashic Record or soul book is like a living data base which contains not only current information about the life you are leading, details about the lives you have lived in the past, and what you intend for the future, but every alternative timeline, path not taken and every possible opportunity in between. Using your questions and biographical information I will sort through this to find the answers you seek.
Please allow 60 minutes for a session.
$200 USD p/h.
Want to make a change in your life?
My Approach
My Path...
"Being a mental health provider and using my skills to improve peoples lives is my ultimate goal. I love seeing what people can achieve as the best version of themselves."​
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As a holistic, intuitive clinical psychologist, Dr. Lara - pronoun she - blends western and eastern practices for an integrated mind body soul, heart-centered approach, and over twenty five years of formal training serving Individuals, Groups, Youth and Families. She is multicultural, trilingual, a dancer at heart, an LGBTQ ally, athlete, empath, brings JOY to mental health, and a guide for the Sacred Feminine.
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After completing her PsyD in Clinical Psychology in Los Angeles and received her Masters in Social Welfare from UCLA, Irene is a licensed clinical social worker that is also trained in Kid’s Yoga, completed Reiki training in the Usui method, and does Belief/Fear/Experience releases.
She is a certified Breath-Body-Mind clinician under Richard Brown and Patricia Gerbarg, MDs, authors, psychiatrists, (Richard is a yoga teacher, martial arts and Qi Gong Master).
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Dr. Lara may use customized Bach Flowers flower essences to support the body processing emotions, and teaches pain relief methods using Vibrational Communication.
Why Do I Do This?
Realizing early in life that I am a highly sensitive person and an empath was not easy for me. In a strict household where rules were key, as a child growing up I found that my feelings were dismissed as 'not important.' This was something I found very hard to cope with, and I found a deep seated purpose in my life to be of service to all people through my work to help people understand themselves, trust in the wisdom of their body and allow themselves to truly feel and deal with the stormy sea of emotions that is life. By using energy work, healing modalities, and Breathwork to heal old wounds, pain, and fear, I continually enhance my understanding and empathy for humankind and the world that surrounds us and I receive so much joy from changing peoples lives for the better.