Dr. Serena Gupta

Dr. Serena Gupta is a devoted and skilled therapist, helping those in recovery achieve their goals and find purpose. Most addictions come along with other disorders like depression, eating disorders, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic pain. Dr. Gupta has over 15 years of experience helping clients from all backgrounds navigate through these challenges to find lasting recovery.Borrowing from Carl Jung, Dr. Gupta believes addiction is an attempt to ease deep emotional pain and seek inner-fulfillment. She doesn’t reduce her clients down to diagnoses–but seeks to understand how the presenting symptoms and complaints reveal their true struggles.Serena Gupta received her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and her Ph.D. in Depth Psychotherapy from Pacifica Graduate Institute.Dr. Gupta combines therapeutic approaches that address your thinking processes with other methods that reveal the deeper unconscious. In therapy, you work to uncover the internal messages that have …shaped your identity–even those working below the surface that you’re not quite aware of.Cognitive Behavioral TherapyDream interpretationBrief Solution-Focused TherapySand playEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Dr. Gupta previously served as co-owner and clinical director at a well-known treatment center but left to create a program where she can focus on providing strong clinical care working side-by-side with her clients. Dr. Gupta takes pride in her business acumen because she knows proper management means efficient care. This allows the client’s well-being to be the primary focus for the whole staff.