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Therapy for the parts of you that want to be found.

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Insurance we accept

  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • United / Optum
  • Headway
  • Alma

Coverage varies by clinician. Fees and insurance

Welcome

Unhurried, depth-oriented therapy for people who want more than symptom relief.

Perhaps this is familiar

You may find yourself…

  • Comparing yourself to others.
  • Putting everyone's needs before your own.
  • Holding yourself to impossible standards.
  • Trusting other people's opinions more than your own.

How we work

Orient, explore, integrate

  1. Orient

    Building trust and understanding where you are and how you got here.

  2. Explore

    Working with the patterns, relationships, and feelings that have stayed out of view.

  3. Integrate

    Carrying new understanding into your choices, relationships, and everyday life.

More about our approach

What we help with

The concerns people most often bring to us

Book a free consultationA few questions, then pick a time that works. The consultation is free and takes 15 minutes.

Services

Ways to work with us

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Individual Therapy

For adults who want to understand themselves more deeply.

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Couples Therapy

For partners ready to look honestly at what happens between them.

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Adolescent Therapy

For teens finding their footing, with care for the family around them.

Explore our groupsNot sure where to start? Find your fit
Portrait of Nora Katz, LCSW

Founder & Clinical Director

Hi, I’m Nora.

I started Inner Compass Psychotherapy because I believe people deserve therapy that takes the time to understand them.

In our work, I pay attention to what you say and also to what has been hard to say.

I draw on psychodynamic, relational, and attachment-based thinking, along with EMDR, IFS, and somatic approaches when they fit.

I’m glad you’re here, and I’d be glad to hear what brought you.

Nora Katz, LCSW #112300

Read more about Nora

Words from Colleagues

“I highly recommend walking alongside Nora in your journey of well-being. She is a thoughtful, effective, warm and caring clinician who has a natural ability for therapy.”
Matthew Kijak, LCSW
“I have had the pleasure of working alongside Nora in two different consultation settings over the past few years, and she persists to be a singularly honest, genuine, curious and thoughtful mental health practitioner and colleague.”
Kelsey Milano, LMFT

Our therapists

Inner Compass Psychotherapy is a group practice. Each therapist brings her own training and focus, and in your free consultation we help you find the one who fits.

Meet the whole team

“It is a joy to be hidden, and a disaster not to be found.”

D. W. Winnicott

How to begin

Three quiet steps

  1. 1Meet our therapists
  2. 2Book a free 15-minute phone consultation
  3. 3Begin therapy

Fees, insurance, and sliding scale options

May I be curious about what I feel.

May I meet old patterns with patience.

May I make room for who I am becoming.

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Start with a free 15-minute consultation.

Teletherapy for individuals, couples, and adolescents throughout the state of California.

In-person sessions available in San Diego.

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