Anna Selena Cho, M.A., Psy.D

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #99936
Registered Art Therapist (ATR) #17-259

“Utilizing the resources of the Mind, the Body, the Creative Process, and archetypes, I utilize methods that reach into the abstract concepts of what we yearn and strive for, while guiding through the resistance of the emotional process. I am a student of the ocean & earth, creative arts, martial arts, and the community; looking within and beyond to continue challenging and expanding the individual and team potential.”

Anna was traditionally trained in visual arts in her early developmental years and eventually obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Roski School of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California. Upon her personal exploration into the effects of creativity and the mind, she obtained her M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy and Art Therapy at Phillips Graduate University; thereafter completing her Doctoral degree at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Applied Clinical Psychology. Dr. Cho completed her post-doctoral fellowship training at the Reiss Davis Child Study Center specializing in pediatric neuro-diagnostic testing, wherein she continued working with young adults in treatment and addiction programs. Currently Dr. Cho leads the OCD Anxiety Treatment Center as Program Director in Westlake Village. Dr. Anna has been trained in trauma-informed ocean therapy practices and eco-based expressive-arts modalities and continues to build upon her scope of practice in integrated methods. She has developed Hydro Theory, an OCEAN+SURF therapy program and established agency as a practicum site for graduate studies, to empower the workforce and serve the community, intersecting recreation and mental health to create sustainable change, healing, and connection.

Dr. Cho focuses on emotion-focused therapy as an overarching gateway into and through the work. She works with individuals, couples and families helping them navigate through past traumas, symptoms of need, and developing a meaningful process through conceptualizing the problem story.

All clinicians at Heart Theory Inc. are clinically supervised and trained by Dr. Anna to promote creative integrative skills and empower our clients.

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