Samer Fawaz, LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Los Angeles, CA — therapist at ThriveTalk

Samer Fawaz, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

6 yrs experience

Updated August 20, 2026 How we verify

About

Samer Fawaz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #149147) in Los Angeles, California, who came to therapy as a second career after more than two decades in the entertainment industry. He works with individuals and couples, with particular focus on gay men, entrepreneurs, entertainment professionals, and women in leadership.

Services

  • Self-esteem
  • Relationship issues
  • Career counseling
  • Gay men
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Entertainment professionals
  • Couples therapy
  • Women in leadership
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • LGBTQ+ issues
  • Entrepreneurial stress
  • Substance use
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Self-criticism and burnout
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Humanistic
  • Interpersonal
  • Narrative
  • Person-Centered
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational

State licenses

  • California · License #149147 · LMFT Active

In the field

Sources

The facts on this page are drawn from 11 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.

Psychology Today directory

  • Full name, LMFT credential, self-reported license #149147, primary location Los Angeles CA [redacted], phone [redacted], fees ($300 individual/$350 couples, sliding scale), specialties, issues treated, modalities, populations, years in practice (6), pronouns (he/him) (psychologytoday.com)
  • Secondary listed office location, Menlo Park, CA [redacted] (not corroborated by any other source) (psychologytoday.com)

provider website

  • Bio, education (M.A. Clinical Psychology, Antioch University; B.A. Studio Art/Art History, UC Santa Barbara), practice philosophy, phone [redacted], email [redacted], headshot photos, services offered (samerfawaz.com)
  • Practice tagline, services list, contact info, headshot image URLs (samerfawaz.com)

press feature (Voyage LA Magazine)

  • Career background (20+ years in entertainment industry before becoming a therapist), practice legal name Fawaz Family Therapy Professional Corporation, LinkedIn and Instagram handles (voyagela.com)

NPPES registry

  • NPI 1609592864, active status, sole proprietor, taxonomy 106H00000X Marriage & Family Therapist, CA license field listed as 135019, address [redacted], phone [redacted], enumeration date 2022-10-18 (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)

Healthgrades directory

  • NPI match confirmation (1609592864), address [redacted], phone [redacted], no patient ratings/reviews posted (healthgrades.com)

GoodTherapy directory

  • License #149147, listed fee range $225-250/session (differs from Psychology Today's stated $300/$350) (goodtherapy.org)

TherapyDen directory

OIG LEIE exclusion database

SAM.gov exclusions

  • No debarment/exclusion record found for Samer Fawaz in web search of SAM.gov exclusions (sam.gov)
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