Leona Fallas is a Primary Therapist at Center for Healthy Sex. She is passionate about guiding clients and couples on their journey of managing feelings of shame and cultivating deeper connections with themselves and others. Leona specializes in helping individuals who are healing from relational trauma and those with histories of surviving abuse. She is heavily influenced by the work of Pia Mellody and Richard Schwartz. Her previous experience includes conducting therapy with individuals at Beit T’Shuvah, a residential addiction treatment center, where she also led group therapy for Sex and Love Addiction. She served as a therapist at Airport Marina Counseling Service, working with clients coping with depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Her educational background includes a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Southern California. She is an active member of the Los Angeles California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. AMFT #141292 Supervised by Robert Mendelsohn, MFT #39142