California Psychotherapist and Mental Health Coordination for Film/TV

03/26/2025

Standing in solidarity with my mental health therapist/MSW brothers and sisters who are being denied pensions and being exploited by Kaiser Permanente while their patients go without treatment. Mental health is just as important as physical health.

03/25/2025

Girlies gone wild on Hollywood Blvd.

03/18/2025

Picasso said art washes away the dust of everyday life.

02/21/2025

First year of Slamdance in LA! World Premiere of Clementine and Alice-Heart… two incredible films. In these topsy turvey times we need quality cinema and art more than ever. Indie film is surging ✨🎬.

02/20/2025

We all need to play! ✨🌈

02/02/2025

I would like to see the Hollywood studios make movies again. When DVD's were replaced by streaming the industry adapted to create films for the international market with one thing in mind - money.

But Hollywood has lost its heart and soul and is in crumbling ruins. Su***de, substance abuse, mental health issues abound and abuse of power and every form of interpersonal violence courses through Hollywood's veins.

To rebuild Hollywood and bring filmmaking back home to where it started, the whole way the Hollywood machine is run needs to transform. It needs the very thing that it abhors - tenderness and vulnerability. Vulnerability does not make money but it is an unavoidable aspect of the human condition. Kindness is not the same as weakness. Vulnerability does not have be associated with danger that requires shark like instincts to defend against.

We all need to make money of course, but we can do it without iron fists and a culture that is complicit to violence.

12/29/2024

www.safesetsmovie.org

Safe Sets delves into the health risks and dangers associated with working in the motion picture industry. From stunts, stress, chemical exposures, long hours and sleep deprivation & accidents, formulations for recognizing and improving workplace well-being on-set are introduced.

11/22/2024

https://www.brainzmagazine.com/executive-contributor/mary-starks

Mary Starks MA, LPCC has an enduring interest in the intersection between early relationships, trauma and adult personality. Following graduation from Gonzaga University, Mary Starks worked in Seattle, WA as a Forensic Mental Health Clinician assessing mentally ill criminal offenders. At the same ti...

11/03/2024

10/31/2024

For those of you in the film industry, if the set is evocative, such as a run down house or dark dank hospital, would you appreciate if the Producer, in his safety speech, acknowledged the affect that such a setting may bring out in people as they go about the day?

10/06/2024

I am an LPCC in Santa Monica specializing in adults with childhood trauma. I am also taking courses from the Association of Mental Health Coordinators to promote psychological safety and well being in the Film and TV industry.

If you are also in this space or intrigued in this exciting new role, this page is for you. Bring your experiences, thoughts, questions, resources and connections.