Amalya Tagakchyan, LCSW

For women navigating the changes,
emotional weight of modern life, motherhood, and identity

Who We Work With
Expectant Mom

You're pregnant and the anxiety arrived before the baby did. Fear of what's coming, questions about who you're becoming, a life that feels bigger and more uncertain than you expected. This part doesn't come with a guide.

New Mom

You became a mother and somewhere in the joy, you lost track of yourself. You love your baby, and you're not okay, and you don't know how to say that out loud.

The Career Mom

You are a full-time professional and, in most hours outside of it, a full-time mother. Quietly overwhelmed. You feel like you should be handling it all and, somehow, you mostly do. But keeping up isn't the same as being okay.

The High-Functioning Woman

You have a demanding career and you're good at it. On the surface, everything is in order. But anxiety has been running underneath all of it for longer than you can remember, and burnout isn't something you can keep pushing through. You function well and feel terrible, and you've gotten very good at the distance between those two things.

Couples

You and your partner love each other, but something has shifted. You're managing a household, not building a life together. The same fights keep happening and neither of you knows how to stop.

If you recognized yourself in any of that, this practice was built for you.

Amalya Tagakchyan, LCSW — Untangled Path Therapy
“The goal of therapy is not to make you feel better. It is to make you feel more.”
— Irvin Yalom
Meet Your Therapist

Amalya Tagakchyan,
LCSW, PMH-C

I’m Amalya Tagakchyan, LCSW, PMH-C, founder of Untangled Path Therapy. Over the past decade I’ve worked with women navigating the moments that quietly reshape everything: new motherhood, anxiety that hides behind competence, relationships under pressure, and the slow loss of identity that happens when you’ve been putting everyone else first. I became a perinatal mental health specialist because that particular season deserves clinical depth, not just empathy. And as a first-generation Armenian-American mother, I understand what it means to carry the weight of cultural expectations alongside everything else.

I built this practice for the woman who has been managing well on the outside for a long time, and knows it isn’t the same as being okay. My goal is simple: to help you untangle what’s gotten heavy, see it clearly, and find a path forward that feels like yours.

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
  • Bilingual — Armenian & English
  • Gottman Method & EFT Trained
  • In-person (Pasadena) & Telehealth
  • PMH-C — Perinatal Mental Health Certified
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What to expect

New to therapy? Here's how it goes.

If you've never been to therapy, we know it can feel intimidating. Here's how the process works:

  1. Contact us

    Connect with us. We want it to be as easy and accessible as possible to hear from you. Click Contact Us to reach out with any questions you may have.

  2. Set up a free 15-minute consultation

    We will reach out via email and set up a time that works best for you. This gives you the chance to ask any questions and get a feel for whether we're a good fit.

  3. Fill out some electronic paperwork (don't worry, it's straightforward)

    If you agree to move forward, we schedule your first appointment and you'll be sent documents to complete via a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform.

  4. Attend your first appointment

    All that's left is either logging into your portal for a telehealth session or meeting in-person at the office. The intake appointment is all about getting the most comprehensive picture of you and what brings you to therapy.

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