MEET THE TEAM

FOUNDER &

Clinical Director

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Melissa (missy) beck,

lmft

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist / Founder / Clinical Director

As the founder of Beck Therapy Group, Missy brings a thoughtful, relational, and deeply human approach to therapy. She works with individuals and couples navigating anxiety, life transitions, communication struggles, and the quiet overwhelm that can come from holding everything together on the outside. Her work helps clients better understand themselves, shift long-standing patterns, and create more authentic, fulfilling connections in their lives.
MEET MISSY
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ariel spagnoletti,

amft

Associate Marriage & Family Therapist

Ariel works with individuals, couples, parents, and teens navigating anxiety, trauma, attachment wounds, divorce recovery, parenting stress, and difficult relationship dynamics. She offers a steady, thoughtful, and supportive space where clients can find relief, reconnect with themselves, and begin to move through life with more clarity and confidence.
MEET ARIEL

Missy beck, Lmft

Founder
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Melissa “Missy” Beck is the founder of Beck Therapy Group and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Los Angeles. She created the practice from the belief that therapy should be more than a place to manage symptoms — it should be a space where clients feel deeply understood, thoughtfully challenged, and guided toward meaningful, lasting change.'

Missy works with individuals and couples who may appear high-functioning on the outside but feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward internally. Many of her clients are navigating relationship challenges, communication issues, life transitions, self-doubt, or recurring patterns that continue to show up despite their best efforts to change.

Her approach is relational, insight-oriented, and collaborative. In therapy, Missy helps clients slow down, make sense of what feels hard, and better understand the emotional patterns, protective strategies, and relational dynamics shaping their lives. Her work draws from psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness-based, EMDR, and Gottman-informed approaches, always tailored to each client’s needs and goals.

Clients often appreciate Missy’s ability to be both compassionate and direct. She brings honesty, presence, and real engagement into the therapy room, helping clients feel less alone in what they are carrying and more able to connect with themselves and the people who matter most.

As the founder of Beck Therapy Group, Missy is committed to creating a practice where clients and clinicians feel supported, respected, and known. Her leadership is grounded in clinical depth, thoughtful care, and the belief that good therapy begins with a strong, trusting relationship.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Missy continues to call LA home. Outside of her work as a therapist and practice founder, her greatest joy is being a mother to her young son. She also enjoys yoga, live music, good food, and finding moments of deep connection, creativity, and balance in everyday life.

My Education

M.A. in Clinical Psychology
Antioch University, Los Angeles 
B.S. in Political Science
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Training and Certifications

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT #102947
Board of Behavioral Science
Sacramento, CA

ariel spagnoletti, amft

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Ariel offers a steady, compassionate, and grounded approach to therapy. She works with individuals, couples, parents, and teens navigating anxiety, overwhelm, burnout, trauma, attachment wounds, relationship struggles, parenting stress, divorce recovery, and major life transitions.

She has a particular interest in supporting clients through complicated relational experiences, including partners of addicts or narcissistic individuals, those healing from painful relationship dynamics, and parents or single parents carrying the emotional weight of caregiving.

In therapy, Ariel helps clients tend to what feels most pressing while also making room to understand the deeper roots of their pain. Her work supports clients in building tools for relief, emotional steadiness, and healthier connection — while exploring the past experiences, relationship patterns, and internal beliefs that may be influencing the present.

Ariel brings presence, intuition, and real-life understanding into the room. Clients can expect a space that feels supportive, honest, and attuned, where they can feel less alone in what they are carrying and more capable of taking meaningful steps forward.
Outside of her work as a therapist, Ariel enjoys traveling, hiking, exploring local restaurants, and saying yes to a good weekend adventure. She and her partner share a full and active blended family life with five children, an experience that continues to shape her warmth, perspective, and appreciation for the complexity of relationships.

MY EDUCATION

Master of Arts - Marriage and Family Therapy (MA-MFT)
Touro University Worldwide
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Pepperdine University

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) #156141
Supervised by Melissa D. Beck, LMFT#102947
Our clinicians draw from evidence-based and research-informed approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, mindfulness-based practices, EMDR, Gottman-informed couples work, and relational therapy. We tailor treatment to each client’s needs, goals, and lived experience rather than using a one-size-fits-all model.

Our Team

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