Lauren Stevenson

From the first conversation, Lauren Stevenson works to make the room feel less clinical and more human — asking questions, listening carefully, and building the kind of trust that makes real change possible. Her style is warm and direct, grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy and backed by rigorous scientific training, and she believes that fit between client and clinician matters enough to offer a free phone consultation before anything else begins.

Dr. Stevenson is a licensed clinical psychologist based in Pasadena, California, who works with children, teenagers, and adults navigating anxiety, depression, OCD, panic disorder, substance use, addiction, and self-esteem challenges. She also conducts comprehensive psychological assessments — including ADHD evaluations, learning disability testing, neuropsychological testing, and psychoeducational evaluations — bringing the same emphasis on clarity and individualized planning to every evaluation she completes. When a client’s worry follows them from the therapy hour straight back to their phone — refreshing, scrolling, unable to quiet the noise — that’s exactly the kind of pattern Dr. Stevenson is trained to work through.

Dr. Stevenson completed her doctorate at Azusa Pacific University, an APA-accredited internship at the Federal Medical Center in Boston, and a post-doctoral fellowship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. She is the founder and director of Capstone Psychological Services. Online sessions are available.