Ben Kennedy, MA, MFA, AMFT

Before I trained as a therapist, I trained as an artist. That way of paying attention has never left me. I hold an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and bring art into the way I think about people and therapy. I'm originally from Oklahoma and love big skies and thunderstorms. I'm passionate about helping people become more fully themselves and build the best lives possible.

• MA Clinical Psychology · Pepperdine University · 2024
• MFA Fine Arts · Rhode Island School of Design · 2011
• Three years of clinical training at Southern California Counseling Center (SCCC), an innovative, low-fee community mental health clinic and training site serving communities across Southern California
• Trained in EMDR Therapy through the Institute for Creative Mindfulness
• Trained in the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)
• Provided school-based therapy to elementary and middle school students in Los Angeles · Selma Elementary (2024) and El Rio Community School (2025)
• Relational · Psychoanalytic · Existential · Jungian · Somatic · Expressive Arts

I work with individuals, couples, and families throughout the Los Angeles area, with offices in Los Feliz and Pasadena, and online across California.