Pilar Stein is a Los Angeles-based therapist who has been counseling individuals for more than 20 years. She received her B.A. in Communications, as well as her Master’s in Clinical Social Work, at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is licensed to practice therapy in the state of California by the Board of Behavioral Sciences (LCS # 21233). Additionally, she has postgraduate clinical training in the areas of trauma, including domestic abuse and sexual assault, and mood disorders.
After obtaining her Master’s degree, she received highly specialized training and experience in sexual assault at the nationally recognized Rape Treatment Center. In addition to providing direct services to victims and families in the immediate aftermath of assault, she researched, wrote, and presented curricula for law enforcement personnel.
She then went on to become the Assistant Director of the Family Violence Project of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles. In doing so, she provided individual and group therapy to survivors of domestic abuse, and was responsible for the daily oversight of both the emergency and the long-term, transitional domestic violence shelters operated by Jewish Family Service.
In addition to her private practice, she currently works with children and families at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, providing crisis intervention and supportive counseling around issues including new diagnoses, death and dying, traumatic injury, abuse, bullying, and school advocacy for neurodivergent children.
Finally, in private practice, Pilar works with individuals around a variety of issues. Her broad range of experience has prepared her to effectively assist clients with general relationship concerns, feelings of depression and anxiety, adjustment to early parenting, living with, and parenting children with ADD, and all forms of grief and loss.