Dr. Viviana McKenney, Psy.D
Dr. Viviana McKenney is a licensed psychologist who earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from California Southern University and her M.A. in Legal and Forensic Psychology from the University of California, Irvine. She provides psychotherapy to adults and adolescents, specializing in anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and trauma.
Dr. Viviana helps clients navigate challenges such as OCD, social anxiety, health anxiety, sleep anxiety, and traumatic experiences. She is also interested in helping individuals living with chronic pain improve their quality of life and develop a different relationship with their symptoms. Her compassionate, collaborative approach helps clients understand their experiences, develop practical coping tools, and work through perfectionism, self-doubt, and difficulty tolerating uncertainty. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), tailoring treatment to each client's needs and goals.
Dr. Viviana strives to create a therapeutic space where clients feel safe, understood, and accepted while building confidence and making meaningful changes. Originally from Chile, she appreciates how culture, identity, and lived experiences shape mental health. She provides services in English and Spanish and is committed to offering culturally responsive, LGBTQIA+-affirming, and neurodivergent-affirming care.
Outside of work, Dr. Viviana enjoys yoga, staying active, traveling, reading, exploring new restaurants, and spending quality time with her family.
Viviana excels at working with adolescents and adults to overcome:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Trauma/ PTSD
Anxiety, including social anxiety, panic, health anxiety, and sleep anxiety
Chronic Pain
Her Specialties Include:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness
Sessions offered online or in person in Redondo Beach. I also offer extended session times which are often appropriate for clients seeking relief from OCD, as it allows for enough time to practice behavior change strategies in session. Typically, meetings are weekly or bi-weekly.
Therapy with Viviana, Psy.D
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