MEET ARIEL ROSENBLOOM, LCSW
GET UNSTUCK AND reconnect WITH YOUR true self.
I’m a Los Angeles-based IFS therapist specializing in trauma, attachment wounds, and burnout. Through IFS therapy, I help clients move beyond intellectual understanding and create deeper, transformative change.
YOU’RE HERE BECAUSE YOU WANT SOMETHING deeper.
You can talk about your attachment patterns all day, and pinpoint the childhood traumas that shaped you, but when it comes to disrupting negative cycles, you feel stuck.
My work is designed for people who are ready to move beyond understanding their patterns and experience real internal change. As an IFS therapist, our work will focus on connecting with and befriending the parts of you that feel stuck in order to shift unhelpful patterns and increase clarity, confidence, and harmony in your relationship with yourself and with others.
Together, we’ll work to…
Slow down, notice, and understand how parts show up in your body
Build trust with your parts instead of fighting them or pushing them down
Help parts to update and shift so you can feel more present and grounded
Move beyond intellectualizing and rewire ingrained beliefs
Help you feel more empowered in your relationships and take up more space in your life
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO work with me:
I don’t shy away from difficult or taboo topics
Got shame around sex, identity, intrusive thoughts, or suicidal ideation? Wrestling with questions about life, death, or existential dread? Nothing is off-limits — all parts of you are welcome here.
I am a feminist, neurodiversity and queer-affirming, sex-positive, culturally-inclusive, and social justice-oriented therapist
This means we’ll actively acknowledge and explore the ways in which larger systems (racism, patriarchy, capitalism) have directly impacted your emotional and physical well-being — because therapy is political.
I believe there are always reasons why we feel the way we do
As a trained IFS therapist, I view the patterns we want to change as originating from an adaptive place of survival. I’ll help you to shift what’s no longer working while understanding the good intentions that were there all along.
My Story:
I've been a practicing psychotherapist for over 10 years, but my path to becoming a therapist wasn't entirely straightforward. I studied photography and creative writing in college and worked in photography and the art world for several years before pursuing my Master's in Clinical Social Work. My creative work always centered on psychosocial themes—sisterhood, family of origin, existentialism, and the complexity of the human psyche—and I eventually found that psychotherapy gave me a way to explore those questions while helping others develop a deeper understanding of themselves and the world.
I spent the first several years of my career in community mental health settings, providing psychotherapy to folks transitioning out of prison and to individuals experiencing homelessness, chronic health conditions, substance use, and complex PTSD. These experiences taught me a great deal about resilience, survival, and the tenacity of the human spirit.
Over time, I became increasingly interested in the deeper layers underneath the patterns people wanted to change. That curiosity eventually led me to Internal Family Systems therapy and advanced training through the IFS Institute, where I completed Levels 1 and 2. I was drawn to IFS because it offers a compassionate way of understanding our protective patterns, rather than treating them as problems to be fixed or eliminated.
Today, I primarily do long-term, depth-oriented work and enjoy supporting creatives, entrepreneurs, therapists, and people in alternative fields. I have extensive experience working with complex and relational trauma, attachment wounds, sexual assault and emotional abuse, anxiety, perfectionism, and burnout.
Originally from upstate New York, I now live in Northeast Los Angeles with my husband and two children.
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Clients often tell me they feel deeply heard in our work together — that they can bring the full intensity of their experiences without feeling like they are “too much.”
If you’ve learned to hold everything inside so you don’t feel like a burden, therapy with me can be a space where you don’t have to carry it all alone. You’re invited to show up as your fully authentic, messy, real self, without filtering or feeling pressure to always be strong.
MY APPROACH TO DEEP, LASTING CHANGE:
Many of my clients come to me after years of self-reflection and insight, yet still feel stuck in the same emotional and relational patterns.
Through IFS, we’ll move beyond understanding your story and begin working directly with the parts of you that hold these patterns. As those parts are heard, understood, and supported, many clients experience moments of clarity that feel both powerful and relieving — the sense of finally understanding what has been driving a pattern for so long.
As a seasoned, Level 2–trained IFS therapist with a diverse clinical background, I bring both structure and compassion to this work. I’ll meet you where you are, without judgment, while offering steady guidance as we explore your internal system together.
This process can be deep and vulnerable, and I believe it should also feel collaborative and grounded. At times, I’ll gently challenge you or ask questions that help bring something important into focus. My goal is to help you stay connected to the work that matters most to you.
Clients often tell me they appreciate the balance of warmth, authenticity, and candor I bring to sessions, along with my ability to ask questions that go deep. I strive to honor and cultivate our therapeutic relationship so that you can safely and deeply explore your goals in a collaborative, warm, and radically nonjudgmental space.
My Specialties
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My Background
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IFS Certification - in progress, 2026
Ongoing IFS Clinical Consultation, 2026
IFS Level 2 Training, IFS Institute, 2025
IFS Level 1 Training, IFS Institute, 2022
Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, and Addiction, Dr. Richard Schwartz & Dr. Frank Anderson, 2020
Complex Trauma Certification Training Levels 1 & 2, Janina Fisher, 2020
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW #86208) in CA, 2018
Master of Social Work, Simmons University School of Social Work, Boston, MA, 2016
Bachelor of Arts in Photography and Creative Writing, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2009
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Prior to opening my private practice, I worked for years in a variety of outpatient settings as a clinical social worker. I found this work to be invaluable, and it has deeply informed my approach to therapy.
My experience included providing individual and group therapy, crisis-intervention, and suicide-prevention services to youth and adults experiencing homelessness, chronic medical issues, and co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions. I also worked in (and hold a deep fondness for) the re-entry field, providing individual therapy to folks transitioning out of prison.
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