Locations
Therapy services are provided by the team at Nido Individual & Family Therapy in-office in Manhattan Beach, CA, and Irvine, CA, and telehealth sessions are available by phone or video to residents in California, Utah, and Florida.
In-person support
Nido Individual & Family Therapy
806 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Surrounding Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, El Segundo, Torrance, Hawthorne, Lawndale, Gardena, Inglewood, Palos Verdes Estates, Westmont, and Carson, California
19712 MacArthur Blvd, Irvine, CA 92612
Surrounding Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, Tustin, Orange, Westminster, Lake Forest, Fountain Valley, Aliso Viejo, and Laguna Beach, California
Outdoor Therapy
Ask about outdoor or walking talking therapy.
Accommodations
Animal Support
Both of our offices are ESA, service animal, and pet friendly.
Face Masks & Air Quality
As part of our commitment to disability justice and accessibility, Nido supports COVID-conscious and immunocompromised clients by providing optional face masks for therapy visits and maintaining air purifiers in every office. If you would like to work with a therapist in person wearing masks we can absolutely make that possible.
Telehealth sessions
Nido Individual & Family Therapy offers HIPAA compliant video or phone sessions to all California, Utah, and Florida residents.
Virtual therapy sessions can be just as effective as in-person sessions for many individuals, and research has consistently shown that teletherapy provides similar outcomes to in-person therapy for a variety of concerns, including anxiety, depression, and trauma.
Benefits of virtual therapy
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Virtual therapy eliminates the need for commuting, making it easier to schedule sessions, even with a busy lifestyle.
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Engaging in therapy from the comfort of your own space can promote openness and reduce anxiety.
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Therapy can continue uninterrupted during travel, illness, crisis intervention, or other circumstances.
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Clients in rural or underserved areas can access highly skilled therapists who may not be available locally.
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Virtual sessions allow for greater discretion and privacy, as there is no need to visit a public office space.
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Staying home for sessions minimizes the spread of infection for immunocompromised community members and limits regular gas use.
In a similar way to how the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, conducted his sessions with clients facing away from him while they reclined on a couch — in a setup that was said to encourage free expression and free association without self-consciousness — virtual therapy can foster introspection and help clients focus more on their internal world.
Ultimately, virtual therapy can be just as impactful as in-person sessions. At Nido, our therapists are skilled at fostering meaningful connections and creating a supportive environment — whether online or in-person. Choosing the format that works best for you depends on your individual preferences and needs, and we’re here to guide you through that process.
Decolonizing care
The Nido Individual & Family Therapy offices in Manhattan Beach and Irvine, California, are located on the unceded ancestral lands shared by the Gabrielino-Tongva Nation and the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians/Acjachemen Nation, who have been the traditional caretakers of this geographic region. Tongva and Acjachemen peoples maintain a strong presence throughout Southern California, protecting their homelands, knowledge systems, and cultures.
Nido Individual & Family Therapy acknowledges the ingenuity, survival, resilience, and strength of their descendants and relatives — past, present, and emerging. We also acknowledge the labor of those who work on and care for these lands, both in the past and today, and all those who act in solidarity with Indigenous struggles. We invite the mental health community to decolonize our ways of being and to dismantle colonial systems, and all of us who occupy unceded lands to recognize our own indebtedness to their stewards and ancestors.
Learn whose land you stand on and join us in our commitment to consider the roles and responsibilities we each have in the liberation and restoration of land, language, and culture for Indigenous Peoples.