Teela Allen, LMFT

Teela Allen is an integrative psychotherapist licensed in California, practicing as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). She brings 10 years of clinical and advocacy experience, having worked in roles that include psychotherapist and social worker as well as holding several specialized certifications such as Certified Mental Health Integrative Culinary Medicine Provider, Certified Yoga Instructor (RYT-200, a 200-hour registered yoga teacher credential), Certified Trauma-Informed Outreach Trainer, and Certified Peristeam (vaginal steam) Facilitator.

Her path to therapy was shaped in part by personal encounters with trauma, which she describes as experiences that can overwhelm the nervous system and leave people unable to fully process what happened. That perspective informs a practice focused on addressing the wide-ranging effects of unprocessed trauma - mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, behavioral, and biological - through compassionate, skilled care.

Teela uses a holistic, body-inclusive approach that blends traditional psychotherapy with somatic awareness, attention to culture and spirituality, and nutritional considerations such as gut health. Her counseling style emphasizes authenticity, non-judgment, collaboration, and empowerment. She aims to create a trauma-informed and supportive therapeutic environment that helps illuminate sensitive areas in need of attention, while tailoring dialogue and treatment plans to each individual and inviting ongoing feedback.

Committed to guiding people toward greater balance and functioning, Teela focuses on offering tangible tools to support healing and well-being. Her work centers on helping individuals, families, and children explore underlying patterns, build resiliency, and pursue meaningful change.