zena rice-sarantiS, LMFT

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Zena provides therapy to clients across California, offering a grounded, supportive space for self-exploration and growth. With experience spanning community mental health, residential treatment, and eating disorder care, she brings a deep understanding of the challenges people face. She currently balances her work between a teen residential program and private practice, and her background in business development, marketing, and photography informs her dynamic, relatable style.

Zena specializes in life transitions, self-discovery, and emotional healing, blending trauma-informed, somatic, and mindfulness-based approaches — always with room for humor and lightness. Her sessions are tailored to honor the unique experiences of each client, help them feel genuinely seen and heard. LMFT 162340

areas of expertise

  • ADHD

  • Anxiety & Stress

  • Attachment Wounds

  • Body Image & Diet Culture Recovery

  • Boundaries & People-Pleasing

  • Career Transitions & Creative Blocks

  • Identity Development

  • Life Transitions

  • Relationship & Family Dynamics

  • Trauma & Emotional Processing

Clinical Endeavors

  • Psychotherapist in Private Practice 

  • Primary Therapist at Paradigm Treatment Center Malibu (Adolescent Program)

Education

  • Antioch University of Los Angeles - Master of Clinical Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy

  • University of Kentucky - Bachelor of Psychology

Certifications & Trainings

  • Trauma Resiliency Model

  • Crisis Prevention Institute - Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Certification

  • Reiki Master Level 3