Blanche McWane, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Valley Village, CA — therapist at ThriveTalk

Blanche McWane

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

20+ yrs experience

Updated August 30, 2026 How we verify

About

Blanche McWane is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Valley Village and Los Angeles, California, offering individual, couples, and family psychotherapy. She holds a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University (1989) and completed additional certificate training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and in EMDR at The EMDR Institute.

Services

  • Emotional disturbance
  • Depression
  • Self-esteem
  • Anxiety
  • Trauma/PTSD
  • Relationship issues
  • Grief
  • Addiction
  • Eating disorders
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Personality disorders
  • Marital conflicts
  • Work-life balance
  • Career concerns
  • Communication
  • Shame
  • CBT
  • EMDR
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
  • Family systems
  • DBT
  • ACT
  • Emotionally focused
  • Existential
  • Attachment-based
  • Relational
  • Mindfulness-based
  • Trauma-focused

State licenses

  • California · License #MFC27969 · LMFT Active

    expires 2026-08-31

Reputation

4.5 / 5 across 21 reviews Positive
  • Healthgrades Rated 4.4 / 5 7 reviews
  • Sharecare Rated 5 / 5 1 review
  • Yelp 13 reviews

What clients praise

  • Caring and compassionate
  • Non-judgmental and approachable
  • Insightful and skilled
  • Empathetic

Sources

The facts on this page are drawn from 9 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.

Psychology Today directory

  • Identity, credentials (LMFT), license number MFC27969, address, phone, fees, insurance, top specialties, years in practice (34), education, EMDR/psychoanalytic certificates, profile photo candidate (psychologytoday.com)

NPPES NPI registry

  • NPI 1972637924, taxonomy Marriage & Family Therapist (106H00000X), license number mfc27969 cross-referenced under California, practice address, enumeration date 2007-03-14, active NPI status (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)

NPI directory mirror (npiprofile.com)

  • Corroborates NPI, name, credential MFCC, and Los Angeles practice address (npiprofile.com)

provider website

  • Practice name (Blanche McWane Psychotherapy), bio, education (Antioch University, ICP certificate, California Graduate Institute training), fee ($150/45-min session), locations (LA, Studio City, Beverly Hills), modalities, profile photo (blanchemcwane-psychotherapy.com)

Healthgrades directory

  • Practice addresses (Valley Village and Los Angeles), phone [redacted], years in practice (25+), rating 4.4/5 from 7 reviews, review sentiment (healthgrades.com)

Sharecare directory

Yelp business listing

  • 13 reviews recorded; business name, address ([redacted]); star rating visible on page but not extractable via automated fetch (403 response) (yelp.com)

SpringHealth provider panel

OpenSanctions aggregator (OIG LEIE + SAM.gov exclusions)

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