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Individual

Maybe you’re struggling. Maybe you’re curious. Maybe you’re in pain. Maybe you’re in a difficult place, and holding more than you can name. We can work through this together.

This is a journey of healing.

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Couples

All relationships go through difficult times. And all are strained under burnout and systemic stress. It’s safe if yours has become hard too, whether you’re going through a sharp rift or just a rough patch.

This is a journey of discovery.

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Healers & Activists

Caring deeply for others leaves marks over time. Let us build a radically healthier culture of care now, one that heals us so we can remain present and loving with others (and most of all, ourselves).

This is a journey of mutual support.

For Those Processing

Traumatic Childhoods & Life Events

Traumatic Oppression

Worker & Class Oppression

Colonization Stress & Trauma

Romantic Relationship Difficulties

Divorce

Coparenting

Family Stresses

Third Culture Issues

Climate Anxiety & Fears

Self-Esteem Development

Shadow Work

Grief and Death

Physical Violence

Sexual Abuse

Anticapitalism & Anticapitalist Healing

Societal Abuse

Emergence to Anarchy

Economic Abuse

Transitions and Integrations around LGBQ+ Orientation

Transgender, Intersex, and Non-Binary Gender Support

Ancestral/Intergenerational Trauma

Existential Fear

Emergence into the Self

Decolonization Stresses

Abolitionist Stress and Trauma

Protest/Revolutionary Trauma

Transitions to a Radical Culture

Sensitivities Related to IQs Measured Above 130 (WAIS-IV)

about tony

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, sociologist, activist, comrade, and brother in our global recovery. I will support your freedom, safety, and boundless growth in the world. I do this by bringing integrity, depth, and radical compassion into my practice.

“Today’s Reader” on Substack

Daily Readers have helped me personally throughout life, and I’d love to offer my own reader as a practice on Substack at https://tonychaviralmft.substack.com/.

My Instagram of Meditations on Ecology, Revolution, and Radical Healing.

Click on any to be taken to @TonyChaviraLMFT

I know this firsthand, I’ve lived with the message that I am a bad person, deep down, for most of my life. Maybe you have too. We were taught to doubt our goodness. A culture this focused on solely our productivity tells us that our worth come
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There’s a lot of charge in 2026, most of it scary, disarming, or exciting. I’m a psychotherapist for other therapists, and a trainer for therapy practices and healing organizations in anti-racism and radical self-compassion… and wh
Recommendations
Dr. Barbara Ingram, Ph.D

“Tony combines exceptional mastery of the methods of psychotherapy with an outstanding capacity to empathetically connect with clients and create a safe, nonjudgmental space for them."

DR. BARBARA INGRAM. | Psychologist & Pepperdine Graduate Professor, Malibu, CA

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Janaki Neptune

As a therapist Tony combines insight with cultural humility to really be present with his clients. I’ve seen Tony support people through incredibly difficult situations and I’d highly recommend him.

JANAKI NEPTUNE | LMFT, Santa Monica, CA

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Sinamariam Demsash

If I had two words to describe Tony, it would be radical openness. If you spend time with Tony, you are sure to walk away considering new possibilities for things you once decided had “no way out.” Thank you Tony for your radical openness and the non-judgmental space you willingly provide.

SINAMARIAM DEMSASH LMFT, Los Angeles, CA

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Melody Gunadi

I worked with Tony at a county contracted residential treatment center supporting forensic adult males. Tony has an astute ability to guide his clients in developing insight. He thinks outside the box and can easily adapt to anything thrown at him. Tony has great empathy, is easy to work with, and is most of all down to earth.

MELODY GUNADI LCSW, Pasadena, CA

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Dr. Faye M.

Tony is gifted with insight and empathy, but most importantly he holds a sacred space for unlimited compassion.

DR. FAYE M. | Clinical Psychologist, Pasadena, CA

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