About Us

Who we are

Safe & Supportive Community
Based Treatment

The Life Adjustment Team offers in-home structure and support, enabling clients to lead stable, active, and productive lives with evidence-based treatment. Our one-on-one psychosocial rehabilitation programs have reduced hospitalizations over 45 years. Our experienced clinicians hold advanced degrees and create personalized plans based on comprehensive assessments to stabilize clients.

In-Home Support
Expert Clinicians

LAT offers one-on-one psychosocial rehabilitation programs in the home and community, reducing hospitalizations and promoting independent living. Our team consists of Master’s or Doctorate-level clinicians with years of experience in mental health, ensuring high-quality, effective treatment.

Honest, Respectful Care for Every Client

Discover calmness & balance in all of our sessions & therapies

We are committed to interacting with everyone who works with our Team in an honest, courteous and respectful manner.

Our Mission

Our Mission is to provide intensive outpatient psychiatric rehabilitation using a community outreach model that brings supportive, evidence-based treatment practices to our clients at home and in the community.

Our Philosophy

We provide an environment where people feel safe. We believe each client should be encouraged to identify their personal goals and partner with our Team to develop a unique and achievable rehabilitation plan.

Meet The Life Adjustment Team

Take a Virtual Tour of LAT

Explore Life Adjustment Team (LAT) through our virtual tour. Our skilled clinicians use a structured approach to recovery, teaching, mentoring, and coaching each visit. Discover how we help clients and families manage mental illness and regain meaningful, enjoyable lives.

Our Team

Meet the Experts Behind Your Recovery

Our  at Life Adjustment Team consists of highly qualified clinicians with advanced degrees and extensive experience in mental health. They are dedicated to providing personalized, evidence-based treatment to help you achieve stability and independence.

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Cynthia Sampson

Chief Executive Officer

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Eric B. Carlson, LMFT

Clinical Director

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Cari Coulam, LMFT

Clinical Director, Clinical Case Management

Medical Director

Domains of Functioning

Expert Clinicians Delivering High-Quality, Effective Mental Health Care

The Life Adjustment Team helps clients manage their illness and improve their quality of life by addressing the Seven Domains of Functioning. This approach fosters self-confidence, direction, and satisfaction through social networks, recreational activities, personal business, and family ties.

Psychiatric / Medical

The Life Adjustment Team was built on the principle that we all have certain needs that must be met to live happy, healthy lives. When one’s ability to meet these needs is impaired, relationships, employment, and one’s quality of life suffers.

Social / Interpersonal

Appearance, attitude, and confidence have a major impact on how one gets along with other people. The Team offers support and training in social problem solving and basic conversation skills.

Recreation

Using leisure time to recreate adds balance to life. Inactivity often results in boredom, which produces stress and negatively impacts stress-vulnerable illness. The Team uses recreation to motivate people to become active, enhance social networking, improve physical and mental health, and build self-confidence.

Self-Management

Planning, budgeting, and tracking are essential skills for independent living. The Team teaches organizational skills and systems for time management and money management and can also address all activities of daily living.

Family

Family relationships often become strained, even when family members offer to help. The Team can assist with communication and problem solving within the family and can assume the management role in treatment.

Education / Vocation

The overarching goal of recovery is to enjoy a useful and productive life. The role of The Life Adjustment Team is to help define our client’s abilities and talents, provide direction to create short, medium, and long-term goals, and implement the plans to carry them out in a supportive, respectful and empowering manner.

Belief System

Our belief system is a combination of our experiences, knowledge and insights. When faced with a difficult situation in life, we tend to focus on the problem and not the solution, which leads us to fear-based decision making. What we focus on determines our state of mind and attitude. It is essential to teach clients to focus on solutions by developing a positive attitude toward rehabilitation based on believing in themselves and the treatment team.

Let Us Help You

At LAT, we provide top-notch, evidence-based care. With 45 years of success and a team with 160+ years of combined experience, we’ve helped thousands get their lives on track. Trust our outpatient treatment and rehabilitation. Schedule a meeting today and let us help you make the right treatment choices.

4551 Glencoe Avenue, Suite 255
Marina del Rey, CA 90292

The Life Adjustment Team provides effective in-home structure and support systems that empower patients to live stable, active and productive lives using evidence-based treatment concepts for successful rehabilitation and recovery.

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