Our Staff

SUPERVISORS

Bruce Brodie, Ph.D. provides individual, couples, and family psychotherapy as well as supervision and consultation in Santa Monica. He is a Clinical Supervisor and also  leads the Process Group. He was adjunct faculty at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University for over 20 years. He is the author of Adolescence and Delinquency: an Object Relations Theory Approach and his second book, Object Relations and Intersubjective Theories in the Practice of Psychotherapy. License # PSY6574

Zena Darwish, Psy.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with a private practice in Glendale. She spent several years as a program manager and therapist within the CalWORKs mental health program. For eight years, she worked in the juvenile justice mental health program while maintaining a small private practice. Currently, she has a full-time private practice providing individual therapy to adults experiencing trauma related symptoms, mood disorders, anxiety, and relationship struggles. License #PSY24283

Judith Davenport, Ph.D., LCSW, Co-Founder of The Saturday Center and Clinical Supervisor. She is a published author on clinical supervision and the impact of environment on women’s roles. For many years, she was the leader of the Case Conference group. Dr. Davenport provides psychotherapy and consultation in her private practice. License # LCS6682

Monica Farassat, Psy.D., LMFT, CGP is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Group Therapist in Santa Monica, CA.  She is The Director of Education at The Saturday Center, supervises interns, and up until recently lead the interns’ process group at the Saturday Center. She formerly served as The Director of Admissions to The Saturday Center for over 15 years. She has special interest and passion for leading groups, and continues her clinical focus in the field of individual, couples and group psychotherapy. For more information visit her website at drmonicafarassat.com. License # MFC24491

Susan Frankel, Ph,D., J.D. received her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and  is a psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst with a private practice near Century City. She is one of the Executive Directors at the Saturday Center as well as the Clinical Director.  She has been a clinical supervisor at the Saturday Center for more than ten years.  In her private practice she sees individuals, children, families and couples.  She has presented nationally on “Infant Observation and its impact on Working with Adults”.  Additionally she uses “sandplay” as an adjunct to psychotherapy.  License # PSY14552

Steve Kadel, LMFT, M.A. attended Wittenberg University, received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in psychology from Antioch University, and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.  He is a clinical supervisor at The Saturday Center and formerly lead the Process Group. He has supervised interns at both The Maple Counseling Center in Beverly Hills and The Saturday Center in West Los Angeles. He is a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in Los Angeles.  License # MFC38588

Vanessa Katz, Psy.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with a private practice in Santa Monica and in the Beverly Grove area of Los Angeles. She is one of the Executive Directors at the Saturday Center as well as the Director of Admissions. She works with individuals and couples in psychotherapy as well as supervises interns at the Saturday Center. Her work focuses on treating adults experiencing depression, anxiety, relationship & family issues, parenting difficulties, life transitions, loss and trauma. She is fluent in Spanish. For more information visit her website at www.drvanessakatz.com.  License # PSY22231

Niaz Khani, Psy.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with a private practice in Santa Monica and works as a supervising Psychologist at  Los Angeles Pierce College Health Center. Niaz is one of the Executive Directors at the Saturday Center, the Director of Marketing as well as  a Clinical Supervisor.  She practices from a Psychodynamic lens, with a specific focus on Intersubjectivity and offers Individual & Couples therapy with  a special interest in trauma, loss & grief, identity development & life transitions, and relationship struggles. For more information visit her website www.drniazkhani.com. License # PSY23715

Emily Posta, Psy.D is a Clinical Psychologist who is licensed in both Arizona and California. She currently serves as a supervisor at the Saturday Center for Psychotherapy in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Posta has taught Mindfulness in Education as well as graduate courses in Clinical Psychology. She also earned her MA in Education while teaching in the NYC public school system and worked for the non-profit, StoryCorps. License # CA PSY33962  AZ #4225

Cynthia Speich, Psy.D. has been a clinical supervisor at The Saturday Center since 2005. She treats adolescents, adults, and couples in her private practice in Beverly Hills. Her practice is general, commonly working with individuals struggling with the aftermath of childhood trauma, mood disorders, loss/grief, addiction, eating disorders and relationship issues. License #PSY18015

INTERNS

Natalie Badawy, M.A., AMFT.,APCC (she/her), is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles specializing in Spirituality and Depth Psychology. She believes at the core of her work that the body has an innate energy towards healing and wholeness. She enjoys working in-person and remotely with couples, individuals, children, and families. Natalie’s psychodynamic approach is rooted in transactional analysis, internal family systems (IFS), intersubjective, and depth psychology theories with a primary purpose of building meaningful safe connection within the body. She believes that renewing a consistent relationship with yourself is essential to healing our communities, and our planet. Her areas of specialty include couples, sexual trauma, grief, coming of age, and personality disorders. Natalie is supervised by Cynthia Speich, PsyD. License # PSY18015 

Bram Barouh, AMFT, is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles. He is long-time meditator and certified Mindfulness teacher who integrates what he knows about buddhism into a western psychodynamic and relational approach. Bram helps individual clients explore their lives, develop a more compassionate and connective relationship to self and others, and deepen their capacity for insight. He specializes in psychodynamic group therapy where he helps clients create better, more meaningful relationships in their lives. Bram is supervised by Bruce Brodie, Ph.d. License # PSY6574

Elizabeth Francis, AMFT, received her master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Elizabeth’s work focuses on the unconscious material within each client and she welcomes the use of imagery, metaphor, fantasy, and dreams within sessions. It is important to Elizabeth to create a safe container and build trust with her clients while maintaining an environment where clients feel able to truly be themselves and release the tensions of everyday life. Elizabeth has worked with adults, adolescents, families, and couples on issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief, and her research and interests include the bicultural and/or immigrant experience, transgenerational trauma, cultural complexes, and more. Elizabeth is supervised by Monica Farassat, PsyD.,LMFT, CGPLicense # MFC24491

Hazel Moore, M.A., AMFT, APCC, (she/her), is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles specializing in Spiritual and Depth Psychology. She has ten years experience advocating for families who have children in special education, was a volunteer mentor for five years paired with a teenager in foster care, and is now a co-chair in LA-CAMFT’s Diversity Committee: White Therapists Fighting Racism group. This group aims to help white-identified therapists become effective allies in support of decolonization and racial justice in both communal and clinical spaces. She believes that therapy can be a place of personal transformation and interpersonal growth and healing. She works from a heart-centered space and finds using compassion, non-judgment, and humor are foundational to the therapeutic journey. Her work is largely rooted in a psychodynamic approach using internal family systems (IFS), mindfulness, is polyvagal and trauma informed, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC affirming, and is actively practicing being an antiracist and anti-oppressive clinician. She currently enjoys working with families and individuals who desire to live more meaningful lives both in relationship to themselves and within the world around them. Hazel specializes in cancer, grief and loss, life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship and interpersonal issues. Hazel is supervised by Zena Darwish, Psy.D., License #PSY24283.

Audrey Moreno, AMFT, is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Her work focuses on analyzing the relationship with the unconscious and conscious within each client. She welcomes working in-person and remotely with individuals, couples, children, and families. She is fluent in Spanish. Audrey’s psychodynamic approach is rooted in depth-psychology with a focus on helping others cultivate awareness within themselves. She aims to encourage and challenge clients to meet themselves throughout their work with kindness, love, curiosity, and devotion to long-term treatment. Hazel is supervised by Emily Posta, Psy.D, License #PSY33962

Dr. Palōmi Sheth, MD, MA, PhDc received her Masters in Clinical Depth Psychology from Pacifica University and is currently pursuing her doctoral degree. With original training as an MD, Palōmi focuses on the body-mind-psyche connection in working with her patients. She believes firmly in the intersubjective therapeutic relationship as a powerful place for significant growth, change and meaning. Through a consistent psychodynamic approach, Palōmi’s work affirms significant cultivation of self-awareness, new behavioral patterns, meeting personal blocks/limitations with a capacity to implore and shift one’s relationship to self, others and life. Through the lens of working with the unconscious, Palōmi strives towards illuminating the drivers and motivations for the way one behaves, lives and relates with others and one’s life. She focuses on complex trauma, BIPOC and cultural issues, couples and the LGBQT+ population. Palōmi is under supervision with Susan Frankel Ph.D., J.d., License #PSY14552.