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Kindman & Co. is a relational psychotherapy practice located in Highland Park. We're real, messy, humans, first. and are LGBTQIA+ affirming.

is a group of skilled, compassionate psychotherapists in Highland Park. We specialize in helping people deepen & improve relationships, heal trauma, manage big feelings like anxiety & distress, and cultivate purpose & joy. We provide social justice-informed, feminist therapy to the diverse folx of L.A. As relational therapists, we are transparent about who we are, our values, & what we stand for.

We offer individual therapy, relationship & couples therapy, and group therapy. We work with poly, kink, creative relationship structures, blended families, & families-of-choice. Let us help you better understand your distress and build tools to get the support and connection that we all need!

04/18/2026

“For many people living with chronic illness, the most painful part of their experience isn’t only the symptoms. It’s the healthcare system meant to help them.”

Living with chronic illness or chronic pain often means navigating more than just physical symptoms.
Many people describe years of being dismissed, questioned, or told that nothing is wrong despite persistent pain or medical concerns.

Experiences like this can leave people feeling exhausted, isolated, and unsure of where to turn for support.

Our co-founder Kaitlin Kindman, recently wrote a blog exploring medical trauma, medical gaslighting, and the impact these experiences can have on people living with chronic illness. In the piece, she discusses how these patterns can affect mental health and why relational, validating care matters so much.

If this blog resonates with your experience, you may also be interested in our therapy group "Chronically Human".

This group was created for chronically ill folks who are ready to move from barely surviving toward building a fuller, more connected life while navigating illness.

Sometimes the most powerful part of healing is being in a room with people who understand what you are carrying.

You can read the blog and learn more about our group, Chronically Human, through the link in our bio, or sending us a DM.

04/13/2026

Enrollment for the 2026 How to be a Relational Therapist: Level One is now open.

This training is designed for therapists who want to deepen their relational therapy practice and explore how relationship itself becomes the foundation of meaningful clinical work.

This is a 4-module workshop series that meets once a month on Sundays, giving participants time to integrate ideas and reflect on their clinical work between sessions.

Training Schedule

Part One: Relational Therapy 101 (The Basics of Relational Therapy)
September 27, 2026 | 10:00am–1:30pm
October 18, 2026 | 10:00am–1:30pm

Part Two: Taking a Stance in the Therapy Room
December 6, 2026 | 10:00am–1:30pm

Part Three: Therapist as Human First
January 24, 2027 | 10:00am–1:30pm

Rather than approaching relational therapy as purely theoretical, this training is built around a cohort model. This reflects the heart of relational work itself. It is not only about learning concepts, but about building relationships and community with fellow clinicians.

Because relational work is largely experiential, the connections formed within the training can become an important part of the learning process. We hope that participants will plan to attend all four training days, as each module builds on the previous one and the group process becomes an important part of the experience.

Our hope is that this training not only deepens your understanding of relational psychotherapy, but also expands your community of relationally minded clinicians who continue to support each other long after the training ends.

If you are a therapist interested in practicing relational therapy with greater depth and intention, we invite you to learn more.

You can find details and register through the link in our bio.

04/08/2026

We’re often taught to think about stress as something personal.

Something we should manage better.
Something we should push through.
Something that means we’re not coping well enough.

But stress doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

For many people, the nervous system is responding not only to personal challenges, but to the environments we move through every day.

Systems, policies, discrimination, financial pressure, uncertainty about safety or stability, and barriers to care.

When these stressors are ongoing, the nervous system can remain in a state of heightened alert for long periods of time.

This might show up as anxiety, hypervigilance, exhaustion, irritability, difficulty sleeping, or feeling like your body never fully relaxes.

It’s easy to interpret these responses as personal shortcomings.
But often, they are very normal nervous system responses to chronic stress.

Part of healing can involve slowly shifting the question from
“What’s wrong with me?”
to
“What has my body been navigating?”

Recognizing the role of systemic stress doesn’t mean giving up personal agency. Instead, it can create space for more self-compassion and a more realistic understanding of what your nervous system has been carrying.

When we understand stress in context, we can begin to support our bodies differently.
Through rest, boundaries, community support, and sometimes therapy that acknowledges the full context of our lives.

Your nervous system is always trying to protect you, and sometimes the most powerful step is simply recognizing that it makes sense your body feels the way it does.

If this resonates, save this post for when you need the reminder.

04/06/2026

April is National Minority Health Month, which focuses on the health disparities experienced by many marginalized communities in the U.S.

But conversations about minority health often stop at statistics.

Behind those statistics are real experiences: navigating bias in health care systems, struggling to find culturally competent providers, or carrying the chronic stress that comes with discrimination.

Research increasingly shows that systemic stressors affect both physical and mental health.

Mental health care that acknowledges identity, culture, and lived experience is essential to building more equitable care.

If this resonates with you, you’re not alone.

Saving and sharing posts like this helps keep the conversation going.

04/03/2026

Did you know we have a community calendar you can explore for upcoming events at Kindman & Co.?

Our calendar includes therapy groups, clinical trainings, consultation offerings, and public community events, all rooted in the relational, inclusive care that guides our work. It is a place where you can stay connected to what is happening in our practice and in the broader community we are building together.

We especially wanted to highlight two FREE community events we are hosting at our office in Highland Park:

📍 Kindman & Co.
109 N. Avenue 56, Suite B
Los Angeles, CA 90042

These gatherings are open spaces for learning, reflection, and connection with others in the community. Whether you are looking for meaningful conversation, support, or simply a place to show up and be around others who care about relational and inclusive healing, these events were created with you in mind.

You can find the full details for both events on our Community Events Calendar, along with other upcoming groups, workshops, and trainings.

Community care matters, and none of us were meant to navigate life alone.

If you know someone who could use a little more connection right now, share this post with them and invite them to join us.

04/02/2026

Today is recognized as World Autism Day.

For many years the conversation around autism focused on awareness. The idea was that autism simply needed to be recognized or understood as a diagnosis.

But many autistic advocates have asked for something more.

Awareness on its own does not change the experiences autistic people have when navigating a world that was not designed with neurodivergent people in mind. What is often needed is deeper understanding, acceptance, and meaningful shifts in how we think about difference.

Autism is part of neurodiversity. Human brains process and experience the world in different ways. Differences in communication styles, sensory processing, routines, and social interaction are not inherently problems that need to be corrected.

What can become difficult is the expectation that autistic people must constantly adapt themselves to environments and social norms that were built around neurotypical experiences.

Many autistic individuals learn to mask in order to move through the world. Masking can look like forcing eye contact, rehearsing conversations, suppressing natural reactions, or pushing through sensory overwhelm to meet social expectations.

While masking can help someone navigate certain spaces, it can also come with significant costs. Over time it may contribute to exhaustion, burnout, anxiety, and a sense of disconnection from one’s own needs.

At Kindman & Co. we believe days like this should be more than acknowledgment. They are an opportunity to continue educating ourselves and our communities about neurodiversity, acceptance, and the importance of mental health care that recognizes different ways of experiencing the world.

Understanding autism means moving beyond awareness and toward environments where people can exist as they are without feeling pressure to hide or change who they are.

Real support begins with understanding, and understanding begins with listening.

04/01/2026

Our Latinas Therapy Group in Los Angeles, Chillona Is Chingona, is relaunching April 7th 2026 to create space for Latina women who are carrying a lot emotionally, culturally, and relationally.

The group will meet in person every other Tuesday from 6:00–7:30pm at our office in Highland Park, Los Angeles.

This group is facilitated by Dani Marrufo, LMFT (she/her/ella), a therapist at Kindman & Co. who specializes in supporting Latine, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ communities while navigating identity, culture, and systemic stress.

Chillona Is Chingona is open to Latinas of marginalized genders, including women, trans women, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people who feel comfortable in a space that centers Latina experiences.

Many Latina women grow up learning to be strong, composed, and selfless, even when feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or torn between cultures. This group offers a place where those experiences can be spoken about openly with others who understand the cultural context behind them.

Group therapy can create something powerful that individual therapy sometimes cannot. It offers shared understanding, reflection, and the reminder that you do not have to carry everything alone.

If you are interested in learning more about the Chillona Is Chingona Latinas Therapy Group, you can find details and sign up through the link in our bio.

03/30/2026

Searching for a “therapist near me” hits differently in 2026.

After the pandemic, everything went virtual.
Therapy included.

And for a lot of people, that shift was helpful. Access expanded. Barriers dropped. More folks found support who previously couldn’t.

That matters.

But here’s the question we’re sitting with:

What happens to therapy when bodies disappear?

When the room disappears.
When eye contact is pixelated.
When the nervous system is trying to read safety through a screen.

And now, another layer:
People are turning to AI for something that looks like therapy.

Insight? Sure.
Reflection? Sometimes.
Co-regulation? No.

Therapy is not just good advice.
It’s not just pattern recognition.
It’s not just coping strategies.

It’s two nervous systems sharing space.
It’s rupture and repair in real time.
It’s being seen while you say the hard thing — and not falling apart because of it.

We wrote a full blog post about why in-person relational therapy still matters, especially in a city like Los Angeles where convenience is king.

If you’ve been wondering whether it makes a difference to sit in a room with someone… this one’s for you.

Read the full post at the link in our bio.

03/27/2026

You were trained to be neutral, but what if your humanity is the tool?

Level One is for therapists ready to practice relationally, take a clear stance, and build a sustainable, connected practice.

Fall 2026 enrollment is open.
12 CEUs. Limited spots.

Join us. Link in bio.

03/25/2026

We are so quick to notice physical signs of someone's pain.
We are much slower to notice chronic stress, quiet despair, and emotional depletion.

Just because you are functioning does not mean you are okay.
Just because you are smiling does not mean you are not struggling.
Just because you are showing up does not mean it is not costing you.

You deserve support before you hit a breaking point.
You deserve proactive care, not emergency-only.

Invisible does not mean insignificant.
If this question landed, that might be your sign to check in with yourself.

03/23/2026

We're here for the big moments, the small moments, and everything in between 💙

03/19/2026

Group therapy can sound intimidating.

You might picture sitting in a circle, being put on the spot, or having to share more than you are ready for.

That is not what we are doing here.

Group therapy is about relationship.

It is about noticing what happens between people in real time.
It is about hearing someone name an experience you thought was uniquely yours.
It is about realizing you are not too much, too sensitive, or the only one.

In group, you do not just talk about your life.
You experience new ways of relating.

You practice vulnerability.
You receive feedback.
You take interpersonal risks.
And you learn through lived experience that connection can feel different from how it used to.

That kind of healing does not happen in isolation.

If you have been craving community, deeper insight into your relational patterns, or a space where your full humanity is welcome, group therapy might be worth exploring.

You were never meant to do this alone.

Link in bio to learn more.

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109 North Avenue 56, Suite B
Los Angeles, CA
90042

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Monday	8am - 9pm
Tuesday	8am - 9pm
Wednesday	8am - 9pm
Thursday	8am - 9pm
Friday	8am - 7pm
Saturday	9am - 4pm

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+12137938223

Website

http://www.kindman.co/

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