A psychotherapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy studio tailored to the unique mental health needs of artists, creatives and creative professionals.
We’re here to help you thrive—creatively, emotionally and mentally.
Our Services
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Integrative Psychotherapy
We specialize in entertainment industry pressures that cause stress and anxiety, a common result from a highly charged industry. Whether you are a member of the Screen Actors’, Directors’ or Writers’ Guilds or have just started out your career and are trying to navigate your way through Hollywood, feeling anxious and depressed can be common. Entertainment industry stressors affect thousands of people each year — high anxiety symptoms and work stress are prevalent in the arts and entertainment field causing debilitating illnesses and consequences, which may halt many careers before they take off.
As talk therapists with experience in the entertainment industry, we help movie, television and music professionals face their fears and anxieties. Whatever your mental health needs, we are here for you. Suffering from Impostor Syndrome? Dealing with general or performance anxiety or depression? Wanting to overcome your writer’s block? Do you worry about when your next gig will come? Do you ruminate on how to make a living in the entertainment industry? We work with members of the Writers’, Directors’ and Screen Actors’ Guild regularly and can work with you to overcome your fears to help you land your next job, performance or script.
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Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies
Used clinically in tandem with psychotherapy, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT) can bring profound results for those struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD and some mood disorders. Psychedelic-assisted therapies can also help in enhancing emotional processing, fostering creative thinking, remove creative blocks and improve overall emotional well-being. Artists have reported experiencing increased energy, a boost in creative inspiration, and a reduction in anxiety and creative blocks after undergoing psychedelic-assisted therapies. Our network includes only the best, most experienced doctors and guides, ensuring that your psychedelic-assisted therapy experience is always safe, clinically sound, and goal-oriented. Reach out to learn more.
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Creative & Career Mentorship
With decades of combined experience in the entertainment industry and the arts (senior level A&R at record labels & music publishing companies, film and television studios, creative agencies, tech start-ups, restaurants, bars and non-profits), David Andreone and his network of entertainment-informed therapists offer tried-and-true roadmaps, and professional coaching, based on their own successful careers. Guidance on navigating touring, performance, production, and achieving/maintaining peak artistic output. Short, mid- and long-term goal maps are at the core of most of these sessions, creating pathways to success outlined in methodical, logical steps that always take into consideration the higher creative and strategic vision. Perfect for artists at all levels, and creatives executives too.
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 looks so shiny from the outside.
But scratch the surface just a bit and we see that the day-to-day life of most artists is marked by rollercoaster highs (awards, press and acclaim) and all-too-frequent lows (insecurity, creative lulls, loneliness). In short, the artist’s life is not always wine and roses.
It’s during the down times, these vulnerable adjustment times, that you can be unwittingly hijacked by anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship issues, stage fright/performance anxiety, creative blocks, imposter syndrome and more.
Being a creative can be mentally and emotionally exhausting for even the strongest among us. You are not alone. We’ve been there, and we understand. ArtistServices has the experience, strategies and interventions specifically aimed at supporting and reinvigorating creative spirits, getting you back to your joy, passion and resilience.
About Us
David Andreone
MA Clinical Psychology, AMFT
David brings more than 20 years of entertainment industry experience to ArtistServices. He held senior level A&R positions at Warner/Chappell Music and Columbia Records/Sony, where he signed and developed multi-platinum artists and songwriters (BRMC, Disturbed, Michelle Branch, Hoobastank, Remy Zero, among others). Additionally, David created and executive produced the critically acclaimed television show, Rough Draft with Reza Aslan. He continues to work in the industry as a music manager and executive producer.
As a psychotherapist, David works with the population he knows best: artists. Partial to Positive Psychology, which at its core believes that we all possess incredible qualities and strengths that can lead us back to a joy-filled, rewarding life, David also uses CBT, SFBT (Solution-Focused Brief Therapy), Mindfulness, and a creative mix of the best psychological interventions. Warm, smart and easy to talk to, David has helped countless artists and creatives over the years to not just survive, but thrive, personally, creatively and professionally (David Andreone, AMFT #144763, supervised by Christy Merriner, LMFT, #117143, Christy Merriner Psychotherapy).
David lives in Culver City with his wife and two children. In his free time, he loves traveling to locales with warm-water oceans, hiking, surfing, and eating well.
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.
Dr. Barry Goldstein, PsyD
Known fondly as “The Reality Shrink”, Dr. Barry Goldstein is widely recognized for his adept problem-solving skills, superior communication, and unwavering ethical standards, Dr. Barry has been an integral clinical psychologist for over a decade, working on-set with many high-profile TV productions including Project Runway, American Ninja Warrior, Nashville Star, Dancing With The Stars, Top Chef, Biggest Loser, Shark Tank, Vanderpump Rules, Sing Off, and more. He is in high-demand in LA and abroad (internationally), due to his track record of success, his profound understanding of human behavior, family and group dynamics, and his consistent ability to be a trusted ally in times of crisis for casts, crews, artists and shows. His expertise and insights make Dr. Barry an asset to any client combining production with complex emotional themes, as well as to artists, creatives and creative executives.
Angela Jones
MA, AMFT, CPC, RYT, Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner
Angela is a mental health clinician and founder of Professional Zen (www.professionalzen.org). Her experience in entertainment includes partnering with artists, as well as corporate functions on human capital strategies within the industry. Clients have included artists, creatives, creative executives, influencers, production teams, set designers, human resources and business leaders. Through her practice, she offers comprehensive therapeutic services including psychotherapy, coaching, mindfulness practices, trauma-informed therapies and business consulting.
As a wellness advocate and associate psychotherapist, Angela understands both the challenges and opportunities of taking the first step to mitigate the effects of emotional distress. She takes a holistic and objective approach grounded in mindfulness partnering closely with you to enhance therapeutic outcomes. Through this process, interventions are tailored to the client's individual needs, enhancing creativity and unblocking barriers to your success. Angela also specializes in couples, families and sex therapy to close the gap on interpersonal relationship issues that may arise given the complexities of the entertainment industry.
Angela’s well rounded experience provides client's an opportunity to enhance their work-life balance as their authentic self. (Angela Jones, AMFT # 141855, supervised by Janet (Bayramyan) Generales, LCSW, CA #88575).
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 310.951.8713, fill out the form below, or email us at info@artistservicestherapy.com
