Concierge Therapist in Los Angeles – Personalized Executive-level Therapy Services for Professionals
Feelings are messy. Deadlines are real. And pretending you've got it together is exhausting. Let's strategize, organize, and build something that actually lasts.
In-person mental health care for professionals across LA. Online therapy throughout California. Built for executives, entrepreneurs, and driven individuals who don't have time to endlessly talk about their feelings.
Most therapists give you 50 minutes and a pat on the back till next week. I don’t do that.
With 23+ years as a licensed LMFT and PsyD, I run a concierge practice that moves at your pace: direct access between sessions, flexible scheduling, and zero insurance BS. This isn't the care that clocks out. This is care that stays in the trenches with you.
What Is Concierge Therapy And Why Does the Standard Model Fall Apart for High Performers?
Life happens in real time. Traditional therapy often doesn't.
Concierge therapy is a more personalized and responsive approach to mental health care designed for busy professionals, executives, physicians, attorneys, entrepreneurs, and other
high performers. While traditional therapy typically relies on a fixed weekly session, concierge therapy provides greater access, ongoing support, and guidance between appointments.
Anxiety, burnout, relationship conflict, and difficult decisions rarely wait for next Tuesday at 3 p.m. For people carrying significant responsibility, challenges often need attention when they're happening, not days later. Concierge therapy bridges that gap by providing support at the pace of modern life.
To make that possible, I intentionally maintain a small caseload. By working with fewer clients, I can stay closely connected to each person's goals, challenges, and progress. You are never just another appointment on the calendar.
This isn't endless therapy. It's a fundamentally different level of clinical engagement. As an out-of-network therapist in California, I answer to you, not an insurance company. When life throws something unexpected your way, you have a trusted professional who already knows your story, understands the context, and can help you navigate what comes next.
What Changes When Life Starts Working Again?
Most people don't seek therapy because they want more insight. They seek support because they're tired of feeling stuck.
You may be successful on paper, but overwhelmed behind the scenes. Constantly overthinking decisions. Carrying stress that never seems to turn off. Struggling in your relationships. Losing patience with the people you love. Feeling like you're holding everything together while quietly falling apart.
Whether you're dealing with anxiety, burnout, chronic stress, relationship challenges, or the pressures of a demanding career, the goal is not endless therapy. The goal is to help you build a life that works better for you and your loved ones.
Together, we'll identify what's keeping you stuck, address it directly, and develop practical strategies that help you move forward. Over time, many clients experience less anxiety, less overwhelm, stronger relationships, greater confidence, clearer decision-making, and greater resilience both at work and at home.
My goal is not to make you dependent on therapy. My goal is to help you build a life that works so well that you need me less and less over time.
What Is Business and Personal Coaching and Consulting, and How Is It
Different from Therapy?
Sometimes you don't need therapy. You need a sounding board, a strategy, and someone willing to tell you the truth.
You may be facing a difficult decision, a major life transition, a relationship challenge, professional burnout, or a problem that keeps showing up no matter how hard you try to think your way through it. You know something needs to change. You're just not sure what the next step should be.
Business and personal coaching and consulting are designed to help you get unstuck and move forward. While therapy focuses on diagnosing and treating mental health concerns, coaching and consulting focus on clarity, strategy, accountability, and action. Together, we'll identify what's getting in your way, develop a practical plan, and create momentum toward the life, career, business, or relationship you want.
Because coaching and consulting are not psychotherapy services, I can work virtually with high-performing professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, and individuals across the United States and around the world. Whether you're navigating a high-stakes decision, building a business, strengthening a relationship, or trying to figure out what's next, you don't have to do it alone.
Online Therapy Available Statewide Across California
You don't need to sit in LA traffic to get support from me.
I offer online therapy across California for professionals who need flexibility without cutting corners. Whether you're an executive in San Francisco, a physician in San Diego, or catching your breath in a Malibu home office, I bring the same clinical depth directly to you. Secure,
HIPAA-compliant virtual sessions. Private and discreet. On your schedule. Zero risk of running into someone you know in a waiting room.
This isn't a downgrade from in-person care. For high-functioning adults dealing with anxiety, burnout, or cognitive overload, virtual sessions deliver identical quality, often better, because you're not sitting anxiously through traffic just to get to me. You get the same direct access and between-session support.
The real advantage? Consistency. When your schedule shifts – flights, board meetings, family emergencies– your care doesn't drop off. You maintain momentum instead of starting over every time life gets chaotic.
Secure Telehealth – Real Support, Wherever You Are in California
Some people have reservations about virtual therapy, but I assure you it is as effective as in-person therapy.
Every "WTF do I do now?” I keep tabs. Every email you send at 10 PM because you can't sleep? It lands with me. I've got a running mental playbook on your anxiety, your patterns, what sets you off, so you never have to remind me of what has been.
I'm here, in the trenches with you, connecting the dots, tracking your progress, and calling you out on your BS when you need it, whether you're in Pacific Palisades, Pasadena, or halfway through a conference call in San Diego.
You'll learn to handle more on your own. But until then, I'm accessible and present. Virtual therapy, California-wide. No compromises. No shortcuts. No fluff. No BS.
Private Mental Health Care for Professionals in Los Angeles – Built for the Way You Actually Live
You carry decisions that affect hundreds of people. You manage performance, revenue, and outcomes without flinching. And somewhere between the board meetings, the inbox, and the 2 AM spirals, nobody asked how you were doing, because you give off the signal that you've got it covered.
You do. On the outside.
But on the inside? You are exhausted, wired, and quietly wondering if any of this is worth it. You are replaying conversations at midnight and snapping at people you actually care about. You are the one who's fine – until you're alone, and you're not.
I've been in this game for 23+ years. I've sat across from the executives, the physicians, the founders – the ones who built empires and lost themselves in the process. I don't need you to explain the pressure. I don't need you to justify why you can't take a week off. I already know what that weight feels like.
Private mental health care for professionals in Los Angeles isn't a luxury for high-net-worth individuals, entertainment industry clients, or leaders. It's a necessity. Standard therapy wasn't
built for you. It was built for a system that clocks out at 5 PM. My concierge practice? It moves when you move. It shows up when you show up. And it sure as hell doesn't ask you to start from scratch every Tuesday.
You Carry More Than Most – Your Care Should Reflect That
Your calendar doesn't respect 50-minute slots. Your crises don't wait for Tuesday. And your therapist sure as hell shouldn't need a recap every time you sit down.
I work with a small, deliberate caseload. That means when we meet, I'm not flipping through a file wondering where we left off. I'm tracking the arc, the shift in your voice from last week, the thing you almost said but didn't, and the pattern that's starting to crack.
You won't spend twenty minutes re-explaining your world to someone who forgets it by Friday. You'll spend that time going deeper, because I'm already there with you. This isn't therapy that clocks out. This is therapy that shows up when you need it, not just when the calendar allows.
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“Therapy with her has irrevocably changed my life.”
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“Sharona, you are a wizard.”
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“Going anywhere else is a waste of time and money.”
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Personalized Support for Mental Health in California – Built Around You, Not the System
The standard model hands you a form, assigns you a slot, and hopes you fit into their protocol. I don't operate that way.
My concierge process is designed for professionals whose lives refuse to be standardized. No intake paperwork that goes to the billing department. No treatment plans copied from a manual. No waiting until next Tuesday to address what happened last night.
I work your schedule and your pace. A clear path from where you are to where you want to be. And I walk it with you.
When you reach out, I don’t just listen and move on.
Every meltdown, every “WTF do I do now?” moment? I keep tabs.
I’ve got a whole mental playbook on your anxiety, your freak-outs, what triggers your spirals—so that when we meet, we’re not starting from scratch.
I’m here, in the trenches with you, connecting the dots, tracking your patterns, and calling you out on your BS when you need it.
You’ll learn to handle more on your own, but until then, I’m here to keep you moving forward with unwavering support.
Concierge vs. Insurance
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Concierge Model
Care that adapts to you
✓ Fast Appointments — Initial consults in 48 hours or less
✓ Flexible Support Access — Reach out between sessions via text/email
✓ Private Records — No insurance means greater confidentiality and control over your information
✓ Tailored Treatment — No restrictions from diagnosis codes
✓ Extended Sessions — 60+ minutes when clinically needed
✓ Transparent Pricing — No surprise bills
✓ Built for High Performers — Designed for your lifestyle and needs
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Traditional Therapy (Insurance-Based)
You have to adapt to it.
✕ Waitlists Common — Often 2–6 weeks or longer
✕ No Contact Between Sessions— no emails or texts
✕ Shared Records — Insurance billing reduces confidentiality
✕ Insurance-Limited Plans — Care must match billing rules
✕ Strict Time Limits — Capped at 45–50 minutes
✕ Hidden Fees — Copays, deductibles, and billing gaps
✕ System-Driven Care — Built to serve the insurer, not you
Dr. Sharona’s Specialties
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Anxiety
Brain stuck on "what if?" at 2 AM? Replaying meetings that ended hours ago? We'll map your triggers and shut down that noise.
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Depression
Heavy. Flat. Numb. You're still showing up, but you're running on fumes. Let's dig out what's actually underneath.
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Professional Burnout
Pressure cooker job? Sunday dread? Your drive built this career, and now it's eating you alive. Time to take it back.
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High Performers
You don't need another strategy session. You need someone who sees the blind spots you can't outthink. Clinical depth meets real-world leadership.
What healing looks like:
Actually, sleeping through the night
Fewer “WTF am I doing with my life?” moments
Not losing your sh*t over an email
Finally, setting boundaries without the guilt hangover
Calling out your own bullsh*t
Ditching the “I’m fine” act
Laughing and actually feeling happy
Finally relaxing—and liking it
Meet the Clinician
Over twenty years in, and I'm still the one who says the thing nobody else will. Hi, I’m Dr. Sharona Cohen, LMFT, PsyD. – an actual, legit psych doc who knows her sh*t.
I don’t do handouts; I do hand-ups, and I believe in the hard work it takes from both of us to get you where you want to be. Think of working with me as a dance—it takes two to tango, and I’m right there with you. But you're the one who has to show up. On time. Every time. Be brutally honest, even when it stings. Because sitting with the hard feelings and working through them — that's where the magic actually happens.
If you’re ready to commit, I’m ready to go all in with you. I’ll call out the stories holding you back, challenge the excuses, and take your wins and failures as seriously as you do — because they're mine too.
Anxiety, depression, burnout, high-performance coaching: these are the battles I help people win. If you're tired of therapy that costs a lot and changes nothing, let's do something that actually moves the needle.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Think of regular therapy like a gym membership you barely use. You book a slot, talk for 50 minutes, then you're back in the chaos alone till next week. Concierge therapy? That's having a clinician in your corner who actually knows your patterns, and your BS. Priority scheduling. Direct access between sessions. Extended appointments. Fully private records. Treatment built around you and not an insurance code.
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Yes. Dr. Cohen is licensed in California and offers secure, HIPAA-compliant virtual therapy across the entire state – Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Malibu, Beverly Hills, and beyond. Virtual sessions offer the same clinical depth as in-person sessions. The only difference? You don't have to sit in traffic to get there.
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Executives, entrepreneurs, attorneys, physicians, entertainers, all high performers who look fine on the outside and are running on empty internally. People whose schedules, stakes, and privacy needs don't fit the standard model. If you've tried therapy before and walked out thinking, "I am not sure what the point of this is," then you're in the right place.
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Dr. Cohen's practice is private-pay only with no insurance billing, which means your records stay private and your treatment isn't restricted by what a billing code allows. Session rates and concierge membership details are fully transparent on the Investment page. No surprise bills. No hidden fees.
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Yes, because there's no insurance company involved, there are no third-party record-sharing requirements. Your treatment stays between you and Dr. Sharona. Period. All telehealth sessions run on HIPAA-compliant platforms with end-to-end encryption. For high-profile clients, executives in regulated industries, or anyone who can't risk exposure, this isn't optional. It's the baseline.
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Straightforward. Reach out via the contact page or call (424) 246-8869. Dr. Sharona responds directly – no front desk, no runaround. You'll typically hear back within 24-48 hours to schedule your private initial consultation. In-person at the Sherman Oaks office, or telehealth from anywhere in California. Real support, starting now.