Providing premier therapy and resilience training in Los Angeles & online across California
Welcome!
Kanchi Wijesekera, Ph.D. (“Dr. Kanchi”) is a licensed clinical psychologist in Los Angeles who is committed to helping youth and adults acquire the tools necessary to be resilient in the face of adversity. Resilience is the ability to cope, adapt to challenges, and spring back from hardship, trauma, or other significant sources of stress. She utilizes evidence-based treatment for a range of issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, anger, grief, and medical trauma, to name a few.
Dr. Kanchi served as the Outpatient Director of Clinical Psychology at the UCLA Pediatric Heart Transplant Center, while also contributing to pediatric clinics such as kidney transplant, dialysis, and obesity. Moreover, she offered crucial support to medical students, residents, and fellows at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, assisting them in coping with a wide range of problematic symptoms while fostering resilience.
Using a compassionate and strength-based lens, Dr. Kanchi helps her clients to reduce burdening symptoms, heal, grow, and live a meaningful life.While in-person sessions are offered in Dr. Kanchi’s office located in Encino, CA, she is able to offer virtual/online sessions for clients residing across California.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful change in your life, you’re in the right place!
Specialties
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Resilience Training for Youth & Adults
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Resilience Training for Young Athletes
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Youth Mental Health
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Anxiety Disorders
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Medical Illness/Injury + Medical Trauma
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Physician Wellness
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Maternal Mental Health
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Entertainment Industry
“Dr. Kanchi is one of the best psychologists that I have worked with to date. As a psychologist, she is thoughtful in her approach, evidence-based in her management, and incredibly skilled in the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy and integration of other treatment modalities. Perhaps the greatest quality about her is that she truly cares about every patient she sees. I would trust Dr. Kanchi with a family member because she is that good!”
— Misty Richards, MD | Psychiatrist
Associate Medical Director of the Maternal Mental Health Partial Hospitalization Program | UCLA
Co-Founder and Medical Director of Perinatal Psychiatry for the Maternal Outpatient Mental Health Services (MOMS) Clinic | UCLA
Online & In-Office Sessions
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Online/Virtual Sessions
Online sessions offer excellent flexibility in accessing therapy in a timely manner from where ever the clients are. And yes, being able to skip the LA traffic is always a bonus! Online sessions are delivered on the popular Zoom platform, which is secure and HIPPA-compliant; Zoom can be accessed on a mobile device, iPad, laptop, or desktops with camera access.
Clients are welcome to do a combination of virtual + in-person sessions in a way that best suit their needs.
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In-Office Sessions
In-office sessions can be scheduled in Dr. Kanchi’s office located in Encino, CA. It is easily accessible from the 405 and 101 freeways.
The office suite offers a bright, airy, and cozy therapeutic space; it has a private waiting room, a kids play room, and breathtaking and serene views of the valley. Steps away is the Encino Place/Woodley Plaza, which has many restaurants, shops, as well as a fun kids’ carousel.
See below for pictures and location details.
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Phone Sessions
Per client requests, Dr. Kanchi is able to offer sessions over the phone when needed.
Office Location
16055 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436
The office is conveniently located off of the 101 and 405 freeways.
Parking Options:
Metered street parking
Valet parking in the building (entrance on Woodley Ave)
Park for a fee in the Woodley plaza, across the street from the office building (note- if you end up purchasing anything, ask for a parking validation).
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
— Dalai Lama