Psychotherapy tailored to the unique needs of artists, creatives and creative executives.
Always confidential and discreet — in-person in Culver City, virtually, or on the road.
We’re here to help you thrive—creatively, emotionally and mentally.
Our Services
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Supportive Psychotherapy
The entertainment industry can be exhilarating. It can also be emotionally relentless.
Behind the premieres, releases, accolades, and opportunities are pressures that people outside the industry don't always understand: constant uncertainty, rejection, financial instability, creative vulnerability, competition, and the feeling that you're only as good as your last job.
For artists and entertainment professionals, these pressures can take a real toll. Anxiety, depression, burnout, creative blocks, relationship struggles, impostor syndrome, and performance anxiety aren't signs of weakness—they can be understandable responses to an industry that often asks people to keep creating, performing, and succeeding while living with extraordinary uncertainty.
Psychotherapist David Andreone understands this world from the inside. With decades of firsthand experience in the entertainment industry, he knows that you shouldn't have to spend the first months of therapy explaining what you do, how your industry works, or why certain challenges can feel so overwhelming. Whether you're a member of the Screen Actors, Directors, or Writers Guilds, a songwriter, producer, creative executive, or someone finding your way in Hollywood, David understands the landscape—and the emotional highs and lows that can come with building a life within it.
Therapy at ArtistServices offers a place to put down what you've been carrying. A place to slow down, make sense of what's happening beneath the surface, and explore the patterns that may be keeping you stuck.
Maybe you're struggling with depression or anxiety. Maybe your confidence has disappeared. Maybe you're creatively blocked, constantly comparing yourself to others, or wondering when—or whether—the next opportunity will come. Or perhaps, from the outside, everything looks fine, but internally, you're exhausted.
You don't have to navigate it alone.
Through compassionate, evidence-based psychotherapy, David helps clients better understand themselves, develop greater emotional resilience, and move forward with more clarity, confidence, and self-trust—not just in their careers, but in their lives.
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Artist & Executive Mentorship
Talent can open doors. But building a meaningful, sustainable creative career takes more than talent alone.
It takes clarity. Perspective. Strategy. The ability to make good decisions amid uncertainty—and to keep moving forward when the path isn't obvious.
Evidence-Based Coaching is designed specifically for artists, creatives, and creative executives navigating ambitious, high-pressure careers. It's a space to think strategically about where you are, where you want to go, and what's standing between the two.
David Andreone brings more than three decades of experience as an entertainment executive, artist advocate, and creative leader to this work. Having held senior positions at industry-defining companies including Warner/Chappell Music and Columbia Records, David has spent his career helping artists and creative people identify opportunities, navigate pivotal decisions, and build careers with intention. He has also created and produced acclaimed television—including Rough Draft with Reza Aslan—bringing both an executive's perspective and a storyteller's understanding of the creative process.
But mentorship isn't about David telling you what to do. It's about helping you see what you may not be able to see on your own.
Together, you'll clarify your goals, identify hidden roadblocks, challenge limiting assumptions, and develop practical strategies for moving forward. Whether you're at a crossroads, stepping into a larger leadership role, trying to break through creatively, or simply looking for a trusted sounding board, David offers something that's increasingly difficult to find: an experienced, independent perspective from someone who understands both creativity and the business surrounding it.
For decades, David has been a trusted behind-the-scenes resource for artists and creative leaders. Evidence-Based Coaching brings that same perspective, experience, and strategic partnership directly to you.
About You
We work with people just like you: composers, writers, actors, songwriters, singers, disruptors, directors, producers, managers, agents, creative executives and more.
The artist's life can look extraordinary from the outside. And sometimes, it is. But behind the accolades, opportunities and highlight reels, there can also be uncertainty, pressure, isolation and an emotional toll that few people truly understand.
Creative lives come with unique challenges: the vulnerability of putting your work—and often yourself—out into the world; the instability of an unpredictable career; the pressure to keep producing; the collision of art and commerce; and the fear that the thing you love most might not be enough to sustain you.
When things get difficult, anxiety, depression, burnout, addiction, relationship struggles, performance anxiety, creative blocks and imposter syndrome can take hold.
You don't have to explain any of this to us. We already understand the world you live in.
ArtistServices combines evidence-based psychotherapy with a deep, firsthand understanding of the creative and entertainment industries. We've lived and worked in these worlds, and we know that supporting a creative person isn't about making them less sensitive, less ambitious, or less themselves.
It's about helping you feel better, live more fully, and build the resilience to keep creating—and evolving—without losing yourself along the way.
About Us
David Andreone
LMFT Psychotherapist and Executive Mentor
David Andreone brings more than three decades of experience in the entertainment industry to ArtistServices. Before becoming a psychotherapist, David built a career as a senior music executive, holding leadership positions in A&R at Warner/Chappell Music and Columbia Records/Sony Music. Along the way, he signed and developed artists and songwriters including Disturbed, Michelle Branch, Hoobastank, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Remy Zero, and others—helping guide creative careers from their earliest stages through some of their most consequential moments.
David's work has always extended beyond music. He created and executive produced the critically acclaimed television series Rough Draft with Reza Aslan, and he continues to work in the entertainment industry as a talent manager and executive producer.
Today, David brings those two worlds together: a lifetime spent working alongside artists and creative people, and a deep commitment to helping them live healthier, more fulfilling lives.
As a therapist, David works with the community he knows best. He understands that artists and creatives often face challenges that can be difficult to explain to someone outside their world—the vulnerability of putting your work out into the world, the uncertainty between opportunities, the pressure to succeed, and the complicated relationship between creativity, identity, and self-worth.
With David, you don't have to explain the landscape before you can begin exploring what you're going through. He already understands it.
David's approach is warm, collaborative, and tailored to the individual. Grounded in the belief that every person possesses innate strengths and an inherent capacity for growth, he draws from evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), mindfulness, and other therapeutic modalities based on each client's unique needs.
His goal isn't simply to help people get through difficult moments. It's to help them better understand themselves, reconnect with what matters, and build lives in which they can thrive—personally, creatively, and professionally.
David lives in Culver City with his wife and two children. Outside of work, he's happiest traveling somewhere with a warm-water ocean, hiking, surfing, and sharing a great meal with family or friends. Learn more about David:
Variety article
Billboard article
Psychology Today articles (one, two and three)
LinkedIn profile
Video interview with MusicBusiness TV
Video interview with Dr. Olympia Papageorgieu
Friends and Allies
Christy Merriner, LMFT
Christy Merriner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in Los Angeles, CA. Christy felt called to become a therapist after spending 15 years in the music business as an artist manager and record label professional. Christy’s music career started at 13 when she bought a used Fender Telecaster. After playing in mediocre punk bands and working for three years as an indie record store clerk (think High Fidelity meets Empire Records), Christy landed her first label job at 19 as a Sony Music College Marketing Rep in Washington, DC. A year later, she moved to New York City to work for Warner Bros. Records and later, Sire Records before transitioning to artist management. Christy has toured with MGMT, Kings of Leon, Citizen Cope, The Drums, Robert Randolph, and others on international and domestic tours.
Christy’s approach as a therapist is solution-focused, reality-based, psychodynamic, and often blends coaching and therapy. Christy utilizes attachment theory, depth psychology, mindfulness, and coaching modalities to help her clients attain insight and breakthroughs. Christy believes that therapy is a collaborative process that requires both therapist and client to engage in the process of inquiry, discovery, and transformation. Christy enjoys working with passionate and creative individuals from all industries and she finds that many of her clients, in addition to being highly creative, are also spiritual seekers, wellness practitioners, and those yearning for deeper meaning in their daily lives.
Discover how ArtistServices can help you with your journey.
Contact
All are invited to reach out, especially those from marginalized populations.
ArtistServices is located in Culver City, a stones throw from Sony, Apple, HBO/Discovery, Amazon Studios, and more. Sessions can be scheduled in our Culver City bungalow, worldwide via Telehealth, at your home, office, on location, on-tour or even out in LA’s abundant nature (aka Walking Therapy) — up to you.
Call or text ‪(310) 951-8713‬, fill out the form below, or email us at david@artistservicestherapy.com