Nancy B Arkin, MA

I saw Nancy over the better part of a three-​year period from 2008 – 2011 and she help me to save my own life. I came to her as a completely broken man, who alienated himself from friends, family and the rest of the world. I was so stupid for wasting time because I was the only person to blame. It took a lot of humility to admit to myself that I was going to get nothing out of my sessions with Nancy if I wasn’t putting in the work on my end. There is no miracle cure for the issues I was dealing with and to think that somebody else was going to magically fix me, was naïve. I didn’t feel good about therapy until I took responsibility and started working my butt off to get better. Nancy told me this at my very first session and I wish I had listened. I listen now!
I started with issues of depression and after finally digging into myself, I found out that I had massive anxiety and embarrassment issues, as well as problems with family, friends, relationships, drugs and life in general. It took some time, a lot of tears and emotion and a ton of work. I now have a wonderful career, my friends and family back in my life, I’m sober and most importantly, I’m no longer scared to take on anything life throws at me. Just for kicks, Nancy also helped me to quit smoking.
Nancy Arkin is a great therapist and an even better person. She is genuine, caring and she still calls to check on me. Thank you Nancy! The world could use more like you.

I can’t agree enough with some of the other comments people have made — you absolutely get out of therapy what you put into it. However, working with Nancy makes getting the most out of your therapy sessions pretty easy. She is incredibly intuitive, very kind, and makes talking about difficult things seem not so hard.
I came to Nancy about 4 years ago when I felt as if I had exhausted my options. I had gone through a very traumatic rape the year before, and was suffering from severe panic attacks, depression, and substance-​abuse issues. I had gone to four different therapists who all wanted to tell me how sorry they were, but all seemed to come up empty handed when it came to an actual solution to the issues. I felt angry, broken and, frankly, hopeless.
Nancy helped me overcome my panic disorder/​PTSD, and just to no longer have to deal with that in my life is an enormous blessing! But in so many more ways, my life is worlds different from what it was. With both Nancy’s help and the care of a good psychiatrist that she referred me to, I was able to tackle my Bipolar II issues (that I wasn’t even aware that I had!). I got on a stable cocktail of medication, no longer felt the need to self-​medicate, and everything started clicking into place.
I don’t know what would have happened to me had I not found Nancy, and I don’t really want to think about it. Today, I see her once a week, to help me process general things about everyday life, and if there is ever a crisis, if I’m ever upset, I know I can call her. But every visit isn’t a crisis anymore. My life isn’t a series of crises anymore. And Nancy singlehandedly ended that.

She spent 6 weeks 2 – 3 xs a week with me and she changed nothing with my panic disorder. I’d give her a 1 out of 5 stars. Nice lady with an expensive car but not worth the money.

«We resist what we need most.»
I feel that statement applies heavily to therapy. Therapy is about getting to the root of it all, exploring yourself and being honest. It can be painful but luckily, while Nancy is helping you figure out why your relationships don’t work, she does it in a way that’s constructive, not self defeating.
I’ve had the pleasure of being a patient for 7 years. I have followed Nancy from Encino to now Woodland Hills, and if she moved out of the country, I’d schedule regular phone sessions with her. Nancy is articulate, knowledgeable, sensitive, diplomatic, comforting and extremely easy to talk to about anything. She’s helped me throughout the years with a variety of specialties from weight loss and nutrition to Hypnotherapy for severe anxiety.
There is no subject that she does not know anything about. Nancy is a jack of all trades and will work with you to help whatever you need help with. I highly recommend her to anyone.