Psychodynamic Therapy in Los Angeles
Overcome the patterns that keep getting in your way—in relationships, in work, and in the way you see yourself.
Some difficulties persist even when you can explain them. At Beacon Psychotherapy, the work explores what keeps those patterns in motion, with sustained attention to your history, emotional life, and relationships.
Work directly with Jack Irmas, LCSW, in person near Carthay Circle or online throughout California.
A 15–20 minute phone conversation. No commitment to begin therapy.
Private-pay practice. Fees and scheduling are discussed before starting.
Jack Irmas, LCSW · Founder, Beacon Psychotherapy
About Jack Irmas, LCSW
USC, Masters of Social Work
Two-year psychodynamic fellowship
Core Faculty · Wright Institute Los Angeles
When Understanding Isn’t Enough
You can see the pattern. It still happens.
You may know why you pull away, criticize yourself, or feel responsible for everyone else. Knowing can help—and still leave you repeating something you want to change.
The work begins with your particular experience, including the parts that are difficult to explain or hard to let someone else see.
The same conflict returns, even in a different relationship.
You are capable in public but feel uncertain or disconnected in private.
Achievement brings relief, then the feeling of falling short comes back.
You want closeness and find yourself protecting against it.
Previous therapy helped, but something important still feels untouched.
The approach
Paying attention to what keeps the pattern alive.
Psychodynamic therapy explores how earlier relationships, feelings, and ways of protecting yourself shape life in the present. The aim is to understand those patterns as they happen, including in the relationship with your therapist.
Sessions are collaborative and open-ended. Jack listens for what repeats, what becomes difficult to feel or say, and where your experience differs from the explanation you have learned to give it. Together, you can begin to recognize choices where a response once felt automatic.
The work can be supportive and challenging. There is room for uncertainty, disagreement, and feelings that do not fit neatly into a plan.
Attachment-focused EMDR may be integrated when clinically appropriate. Psychodynamic psychotherapy remains the foundation of the work.
Getting Started
A conversation before commitment.
01 / REQUEST
Reach out.
Use the consultation form to get in touch. You can share a brief sense of what you are looking for; you do not need to have it fully worked out.
02 / TALK
Discuss the fit.
A free 15–20 minute phone call is a chance to ask questions and discuss your goals, scheduling, and fees before deciding whether to begin.
03 / BEGIN
Find a working rhythm.
Sessions are 50 minutes. Frequency is decided collaboratively, with regular weekly or more frequent work depending on your needs and the treatment.
About Jack Irmas, LCSW
A practice built around depth and continuity.
Jack Irmas is a licensed clinical social worker who completed his MSW at USC and a two-year psychodynamic fellowship at the Wright Institute Los Angeles. He is Core Faculty at WILA, where he teaches and supervises clinicians.
His individual work includes men, young adults, and gay men, with attention to the particular person behind the presenting concern.
Practical Details
What to know before reaching out.
Location
6310 S. San Vicente Blvd., Suite 425
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Near Carthay Circle
Online therapy
Telehealth is available to clients located in California.
Fees and insurance
This is a private-pay practice. Fees are discussed during the consultation. Superbills are available for possible out-of-network reimbursement; coverage depends on your plan.
Session frequency
Regular weekly or more frequent sessions, agreed together. Frequency is based on clinical needs and discussed before treatment.
The next step
You don’t need to have it figured out before reaching out.
A brief phone consultation gives us a place to start. Talk about what is bringing you in, ask questions, and consider whether this work feels like a fit.
You’ll receive a response within one business day.