Kate Truitt, Ph.D

My current therapist referred me to dr Truitt for treatment following a terrible car accident that left me feeling scared to drive. The fear, according to my therapist, was generalizing into being scared of all sorts of other things. It was weird. It was also weird that my therapist referred me to another therapist! I’ve done therapy for years but never had a therapist refer me to someone else for a single issue. I called dr Truitt, she had already spoken with my therapist, I gave them a release, and she had a good understanding of what was going on. I ended up seeing her four times and using her Havening technique she cured my fears about driving. CURED. I’m driving free as a bird, easy please, no anxiety at all! I also had pain after the car accident that wasn’t going away — following working with Dr. Truitt, it’s gone! I’m so happy I saw her. Game changer and in only 4 sessions! Her knowledge about the brain and fear is incredible. She explained everything that was happening in my brain in a way that was easy to grasp and made me feel not crazy. She’s really funny and super nice. If you have fear, call her. It’s worth it.

Dr. Truitt is amazing! She is extremely intelligent and very knowledgable about her field. I like how she offers brief therapy such using havening to get rid of phobias and panic attacks after just a few sessions.
I also like how she’s a neuroscience expert and explains what’s going on in your brain so you understand what’s happening.
She genuinely cares and it shows. I think she’s one of the best therapists in the country.

Dr. Truitt is the best! She extremely intelligent, compassionate, and insightful. I appreciate that Dr. Truitt did more than just analyze my patterns in our visits. She equipped me with techniques to use between sessions — ones that really worked! I use the techniques she taught me regularly, more than a year after our last session (I moved far away). I found Dr. Truitt to be a wonderful combination of «east meets west.» She knows a lot! I have been to many practitioners in this field, and Dr. Truitt is absolutely top-​notch.
I’ve been dealing with chronic health issues for a few years and have found people through Unilocal myself — its worth noting that for Dr. Truitt’s page, all reviewers but one have written VERY few reviews — that speak volumes for the reviews written here! This indicates that they aren’t regular Unilocalers, but that they found Dr. Truitt to be so helpful that they stopped to write a review. Just something to note.

The reason why I choose dr. truitt mostly because Unilocal review, of course I could not over judgment without face by face. The appointment was very smooth, and very detail. It was 3 months ago, my life just sucked by my bad experience when I first came to Los angeles, feeling like lost myself. during the treatment, she touched my heart as a sister more than a doctor to understand what I am feeling, also gave me some advices by how to get ride of bad memory, make me calm down and teach me how to be positive to be live here. She is very patient and talked friendly, always give me confidence and make me heal better and better. After 4 session I do feel different and recovered pretty well. Now I enjoy yoga eat heathy and always smile. I highly recommend anymore if they need a professional mental doc. Please consider about dr. truitt, really she can be trusted. Appreciate dr. Kate again!

Dr. Truitt’s tremendous brilliance and compassion are put to great service whether in therapeutic practice to remove the blocks of old traumas that shape our present lives or in helping people achieve incredible aspirations through emotional guidance. Of particular note is the ‘havening’ technique she practices that is a simple, essential, and wonderful force of healing that I hope more people get to experience.
The innovative applications of cutting-​edge, drug-​free methodologies like havening are emblematic of Dr. Truitt’s constant striving and devotion to the well-​being of the people she serves and a huge part of her continued and growing success. I only wish she had a book available to share what she knows with a broader audience!

I met Dr. Truitt through a recommendation a year ago.
Here is my life-​saving (literally) experience with her:
I am not a drug abuser but I did, at one point, accidentally take acid at a party. Turned out to be far too much dosage. I was drooling on the floor for 10 hours, screaming on the top of my lungs while everyone worried if they should call an ambulance. Eventually I realized none of it was real a day later, and collected myself. Yet, I felt disconnected from my body, and life felt like an illusion. Suicidal thoughts (totally out of character for me, as I had never thought of it before) came about simply because I thought life was a video game. Simply a tv-​screen in front of our eyeballs, and depth was non-​existent. Illusion of choice, life, etc. I was an observer in my own head, and this life was a lie. It created intense panic, insane paranoia, insane stress, and my heart rate was at a constant high. Sleep would come only if I abused my body with exercise and over-​eating so much that I would be exhausted and also have a food-​come, enough to knock me out. I refused to take any new drugs since I knew that a drug was what had done this to me. A week passed, two weeks, then three. I was sleeping at about an hour a night, when my body was fully exhausted. once the hour was in, I’d be jarred awake and feeling disconnected from my mind and body once again. Suicidal thoughts ensued «why not end this? if it’s just an illusion? Why not walk out the door and wake up?»
Again, it had NOTHING to do with depression or childhood problems. It was an entirely different psychological ballpark. I was convinced that my terrible acid trip who’s effects were now still in full effect two months later, would never ever end. It was so unbearable that I knew I could not go on like this anymore and seriously needed good, professional, expert help.
I tried some other psychologists who could not help me whatsoever. They simply did not understand the problem. They kept trying to diagnose me with childhood issues, and weekly meetings led to them forgetting what we talked about the previous week. They did not understand that I was 100% fine just a few weeks before. Every meeting with them was «catchup». «Oh, i’m sorry, what did we talk about last week? can you walk me through again»? «Do you think it’s because of your mother’s abuse as a child? let’s talk about that». They would all constantly try to diagnose me with MORE problems, rather than listening to the actual problem I already had. I figured it was because mental health is harder to self diagnose and if someone tells you that you are crazy, you aren’t sure if you are. I felt, on my journey to find an actual caring psychologist, that most are simply trying to peddle you classic textbook psychology to make sure you come in for a lifetime of sessions to keep them employed.
But not Dr. Truitt!
HERE, I FOUND DR. TRUITT. This was a momentous, life-​changing and life-​saving event that really changed a person’s life. She had a huge impact that without her existence, things might have gone seriously seriously wrong.
I found Dr. Truitt online and called her office. I got a hold of her quickly and setup an appointment and she asked me the problem right then and there. She quickly walked me through breathing steps, and stayed on the phone for a half hour as she could sense how dangerously urgent this was. Told me everything I needed to hear temporarily between then and the meeting. That this was fine, that people who have done way worse are all good now. That it isn’t permanent.
That night, a 30 minute phone call later with Dr. Truitt, I finally let me sleep after 3 months for a full 8 hours! I was shocked.
The problem got worse the next night once more as I still had a few days to go before our set appointment. But I had seen that it COULD improve. It was all in my head. And that gave me a lot of hope. I downloaded a meditation App she told me to use. Put me to sleep for a few hours. Anytime I panicked, I tried her breathing techniques. Went out for
Since then, I went to see Dr. Kate a few times, and her knowledge was astounding. but more importantly, her attention to detail– ESPECIALLY to the client. It wasn’t a job. She was genuinely concerned, genuinely cared, and actually remembered my dilemma and what we talked about!
I would recommend her to anyone in a heartbeat. She doesn’t know it, but she was at a very pivotal moment in my life. In retrospect, I sincerely believe that if Dr. Kate had not been as knowledgable and understanding, and did not care for her job, and if this experience had been like the other psych experiences before her, I would have done something very very very stupid that first day I called to setup an appointment. Months of the hopelessness had caught up!
I was better a few weeks after starting with Dr. Truitt! She got to the heart of the problem instantly using the power of Listening, and pulled the mess apart. That was it.
Thank you, Dr. Truitt.

A review is in order after my time with Dr. Truitt as I found her to be delightfully helpful for my business! From her previous reviews, I wouldn’t have typically known to see her for the reason I did…
I met Dr. Truitt at a small social function many years back. Almost immediately, I was impressed with her advocacy towards women’s empowerment. We kept in contact and when I discovered she provides Business Coaching, I was very interested in learning more.
I’m self employed, so like many, I know the amount of work put out typically equals the amount of rewards reaped. My business was on it’s way but there were a few areas I knew I needed improving on.
I made my first appointment with her back in February and haven’t regretted a day since! I’ve garnered so many great techniques from my time with Dr. Truitt. Extremely knowledgeable, she helps walk you through your current mindset patterns to direct you in a more positive approach to being productive in daily life and the abundance of business tasks that come with it. It’s truly genius the way she makes it all seem to just… make sense! Through various exercises and flow charts, I’m left with practical know-​how that’s not overwhelming to implement and has revitalized my daily time management.
I’m happy to say my business is finally at a place where it’s thriving! I’m very grateful to have a trusted confidant on my side in Dr. Truitt. She’s nothing short of amazing and I’ve already thrown several close female friends her way for expert business guidance!

Dr. Truit was warm and kind. She provided an atmosphere where I felt I could be open and unashamed. She helped me get down to bare bones of issues that have held me back for so long. She’s great.

Dr. Truitt is an extremely knowledgable & thorough therapist. She & I did several sessions of ‘havening’ treatments and wow — amazing results. The treatments are meant to help relieve the stress of traumatic experiences… and I have to say they worked! I would recommend this treatment to everyone.
Dr. Truitt herself is warm and professional, knowledgable and kind. I felt welcomed, safe and understood. A really good person and a great resource for those in need of a great therapist! 5 Stars!

I worked with Dr. Truitt as my primary therapist at an outpatient eating disorders clinic for approximately one year. In the time I spent working with her I was able to make immense progress in my recovery from bulimia, depression, and anxiety. Dr. Truitt uses different types of therapies, but primarily focuses on CBT. I greatly appreciated her focus on the cognitive part of recovery, as she was able to help me understand more about my eating disorder and why it developed. This is something that no other therapist had been able to help me with in the past. Dr. Truitt reintroduced me to my younger self and walked alongside me as I worked to heal my inner child. She uses innovative therapeutic techniques that did more for me than all the years of talk therapy I’ve been through.
Dr. Truitt truly meets her patients where they are at and engages them by tapping into their personal strengths. She is one of the most compassionate therapists I have ever met. She approaches everything in therapy with compassion first. She is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about eating disorders. I would recommend Dr. Truitt to anyone, especially those suffering from an eating disorder.