Welcome to North Star Families, a Los Angeles family therapy practice founded by Dr. Wendy Denham.
Helping Families, Children, Individuals & Couples find their way.
Dr Wendy Denham and team are a neurodiversity-affirming and gender-inclusive therapy practice offering child therapy, family therapy, adult therapy, couples therapy and EMDR.
Using a collaborative, reflective approach, we develop personalized plans that help individuals and families build stability, deepen connection, and experience more ease in daily life.
Therapy for Individuals and Families in Los Angeles
Years of specialized family therapy
Hi! I’m Dr. Wendy Denham (she/her), a licensed psychologist, supervisor, and researcher with over twenty years of experience supporting children, adults, couples, and families. I founded North Star Families to provide compassionate, neuro-affirming, gender inclusive, and culturally responsive therapy.
I carefully handpicked our team of therapists and provide ongoing clinical supervision, ensuring that each clinician receives support and guidance while bringing their own expertise to the families we serve. I also work as an on-set therapist for television and film, traveling for productions while continuing to oversee the clinical care and growth of our team.
At North Star, we believe every family’s path is different—and with the right support, each person can find their way forward.
The North Star Family Therapy Journal
As part of our commitment to advocacy, transparency, resourcing and education we will be posting articles and resources about our work, as well as the work of other pediatric specialists.
Divorce and family change can be hard on kids, but supportive relationships and steady routines help them adjust and thrive. Learn how to create predictability at home, ease transitions between homes, communicate well with a co-parent, and understand what your child’s behavior may be trying to tell you.
Loss changes a family. Whether a death is sudden or expected, each person experiences grief differently. Children, teens, and adults…
A Gentle Way for the Brain to Heal When something scary, confusing, or too big happens, a child’s brain can…
When Your Child Needs Help, But Words Are Hard When parents first hear the recommendation for play therapy for children,…
As a parent and child psychologist of 20 + years, I have seen rates of anxiety and depression in children and parents climb dramatically. What I have also found is that with mental health support, children can have profound shifts in well-being, learning to ‘sit beside’ their feelings with compassion, ask for help, and practice self-care.
Why the Back-to-School Transition Can Increase Stress for Families As the summer winds down, we know the changes that are…
Neurodivergent refers to individuals whose brain functioning differs from what is considered “typical.”
Though there are cultural frameworks for understanding transitions across the span of a child’s life — ‘terrible twos,’ teenage rebellion,…
I was 36 when I saw March of the Penguins, and this sweet documentary inspired some life force within me to bring…
One afternoon, I received an email from a doctor with a therapy request for a mother/daughter pair: “Self-esteem issues, anger, and resentment towards mother’s…
As a practice, we sometimes partner with a neuropsychologist when we feel like a there is more to understand about…
Working with a learning specialist is transformative for neurodivergent learners. Science based educational programming helps your child unearth their learning style and…
