• Passion & Pressure: What now? Insight and Expertise.




    Due to the unique privacy and scheduling needs of high-profile and celebrity clients, Dr. Solano offers in-home visits and travel accompaniment, in addition to standard in-office and online appointments.

    If you're a creative professional, you’ve done what many only dream of—turned your passion into your livelihood. But when your art becomes your job, the thing that once brought joy and relief can start to feel like pressure. What used to be your escape becomes another source of stress. Through therapy, we help creative folx develop as people, lead thriving lives, run successful businesses, and generally feel greater freedom and inspiration in their creative endeavors.

    I often hear things like:
    “I used to write songs to feel better—now I dread opening my laptop.”

    “The stage was where I came alive. Lately, I just feel exposed.”
    These shifts can be disorienting and painful. When your art becomes your day job, where do you go to refill your creative tank? When your identity is wrapped up in your work, creative burnout can feel like a loss of self. When your inner world becomes clouded with anxiety, self-doubt, or exhaustion, it’s hard to know where to turn. And if your creative outlet is something you make time for and it's not your “day job,” this may mean you’ve stopped engaging with your creativity altogether.

    We can’t avoid difficult emotions. Even when we try to push them aside, they resurface. You don’t have to navigate this alone. My approach blends clinical depth with real-world understanding of creative lives. I’ve worked with clients across the industry—musicians, actors, writers, artists, and public figures—supporting them through everything from touring burnout to relationship strain, stage fright, and the emotional weight of visibility.

    We’ll work with evidence-based tools that reflect the direction modern psychology is moving—transdiagnostic, symptom-focused care that meets you where you are, and helps you move toward where you want to be.

    If your creativity is dimmed, your emotions feel overwhelming, or your work has become too heavy to carry alone, know this:


    🎙️📺Creative Lives Deserve Creative Support🎨

    Let’s talk about what that looks like in practice.

    ✨Deep Understanding of Creative Identity🎭

    I work with artists at every stage of their careers—from emerging voices to internationally recognized talent. My clients include musicians, novelists, screenwriters, playwrights, actors, performers, producers, full-band ensembles, and writers' rooms navigating conflict, burnout, or creative block. Whether you’re in the studio, on tour, on set, or somewhere between gigs, I bring more than surface-level understanding—I bring clinical expertise that honors the complexities of your creative life.

    Creative identity isn’t just about what you do—it’s about who you are. When your work or interests are rooted in self-expression, your sense of self is often inseparable from your art. That means professional struggles, criticism, or even creative dry spells can feel deeply personal. You might wonder: What does it mean if I’m not producing? Who am I if I’m not performing, writing, or creating? These aren’t just career questions—they're existential ones.

    In therapy, we can explore the nuanced emotional terrain of being a creative:

    • How your identity forms in the spotlight—or outside of it
    • How your work is both your passion and your paycheck
    • What happens when your creativity becomes commodified
    • How fame, rejection, or pressure shape your self-image
    • How substances are everywhere—and how they can become a way to self-medicate and change how you relate to yourself
    • How body image issues can take root in industries focused on appearance and performance
    • How to balance constantly evolving as an artist with your brand, project, or public identity
    • How to toggle between a desire to be seen and a need to protect your inner world
    We’ll also look at how your environment—agents, managers, collaborators, and audiences—impacts your emotional life and mental health. Whether you’re contending with the vulnerability of being “seen,” navigating self-doubt, or trying to stay grounded in a high-speed career, I help you stay connected to your core values and creative spark.

    Together, we can work to preserve your artistry while supporting your emotional resilience, helping you create not just from urgency or pressure—but from connection, authenticity, and renewed joy.

    🔐 Safe Space: Discreet Care for Public Lives🌈

    I’m experienced in working with high-profile and public-facing clients who may have unique concerns around visibility, privacy, and trust. Whether you're navigating the pressures of fame, managing your public image, or simply looking for a secure space to process and grow, I offer discreet, one-on-one care grounded in professionalism and deep respect. Your privacy is prioritized at every step—my in-person office is located on a secure film lot, and all communication is handled exclusively by me. You’ll never speak to a receptionist, answering service, intern, or associate. I don’t outsource your care—your therapeutic experience is entirely personal, private, and designed with your life in mind.

    My work with high-profile and A-list clients is rooted in discretion, attunement, and a clear grasp of how these experiences intersect with mental health.


    🌍 Global Accessibility for Artists on the Move🎬

    Through secure telehealth sessions, I provide consistent care to bi-coastal clients in California and New York—and coaching for creatives worldwide. This flexibility means your support doesn’t stop when you're filming abroad, touring between cities, or creating across time zones. The demands of global creative work are unique; your support should reflect that.
  • 🎵 Insight Into the Industry🎬


    Your work doesn’t follow a 9-to-5 schedule, and your challenges often don’t fit into traditional boxes either. Whether you’re on tour, in the studio, juggling multiple projects, or navigating the pressures of public attention, your experience is uniquely complex—and it requires care that understands that.

    With lived experience in artistic communities and a specialized background in working with talent, I understand the nuances of life in “the industry.” I’ve seen the behind-the-scenes tension and triumphs that don’t make the headlines. I know the difference between a manager and an agent—and why your manager can feel like a lifeline or become a source of distress and disillusionment. I have had A-List clients come to me with frustration about their past providers because they spent more time with their therapist convincing them that something happened and being believed, than actually working on their mental health.

    As a Ph.D.-level psychologist, I blend clinical depth with creative fluency. I don’t just understand the pressures of visibility, the silence between gigs, the allure of the after- or release- party, or the isolation on tour—I’ve built my practice around supporting the real emotional experiences behind them and how they are treated in current research with gold-standard interventions. Creative careers are extraordinary—and so are the challenges they bring. This isn’t therapy you have to explain around; I already speak the language of creative work, so you won’t have to translate your world to be understood.

    ✈️Navigating Life on the Road🎤


    Extended time on tour, overnight shoots, long hours in dark studios—all of this can impact your mental and physical health. Common challenges include disrupted routines, substance use, nutritional concerns, and frayed personal relationships. I help clients stay grounded, reconnect with what matters, and make meaningful progress—even while moving at the speed of creative life.

    💡 Therapy with Learned Expertise🧠


    Psychology is shifting. Instead of rigid diagnostic categories, the field is moving toward transdiagnostic, symptom-based approaches that recognize the shared underlying processes across many emotional challenges. As a Ph.D.-level psychologist, I specialize in this cutting-edge direction—particularly the Unified Protocol and related evidence-based models—because they consistently yield better outcomes for people navigating complex, overlapping concerns.

    This is especially relevant for creatives. The emotional landscape of artistic work—intensity, sensitivity, perfectionism, burnout, relational stress—doesn’t always fit neatly into one label. These experiences are real, impactful, and require an approach that’s flexible and personalized.

    In our work, we’ll go beyond diagnoses to address what’s really happening beneath the surface—how you respond to emotion, navigate uncertainty, cope with internal criticism, and stay connected to what inspires you. This is modern psychotherapy: grounded in research, designed for complexity, and responsive to the unique demands of a creative life—from the nuanced relationships between agents, managers, and collaborators to the emotional weight of performance, exposure, or writer’s block.

    Are you a band member who would like to learn how to communicate more effectively with members of your group or management?


    🎨 Expert Support for Struggles Within Artistic Partnerships🤝


    Not all important relationships are romantic. We recognize the diverse and deeply personal nature of creative partnerships—and how conflict or disconnection with your artistic collaborators can affect both your work and your well-being. Whether you're navigating tension with bandmates, co-stars, creative business partners, or teammates in a collective project, relational stress can cloud the creative process and strain connection.

    If you're feeling stuck, misaligned, or emotionally distant from the people you create with, we’re here to support you in rebuilding trust, improving communication, and finding a shared rhythm again—so you can get back to making meaningful work together.


    ✍️ The Artist’s Emotional Landscape: Creativity & Big Feelings🌊


    Artists often experience the world through a more sensitive and vivid lens. That emotional depth—the very thing that fuels your creativity—can also feel overwhelming when you’re not in the middle of a project or performance. The world’s beauty inspires you, but its cruelty can hit just as hard.

    I understand the weight of feeling deeply. Whether you're burned out, emotionally flooded, or just trying to be a person outside your art, therapy can help. Therapy can support you in making space for your emotions, finding balance, and turning those big, bold feelings into creative power without letting them take over your life. Let’s help you thrive as an artist and as a whole human being.
  • Together we can...

    • Improve work/life balance
    • Maintain your creative edge
    • Challenge perfectionism, doubt & imposter syndrome
    • Balance personal aspirations vs public expectations
    • Rekindle your passion & seek inspiration again (in old & new ways)
    • Explore how you remain impactful
    • Overcome the fear of failure and feeling irrelevant
    • Overcome patterns of people pleasing
    • Reduce the pressures of being in the Public Eye
    • Address physical stress & help you to relax
    • Examine your schedule, environment & lifestyle for ways to promote creativity
    • Direct your energy toward positive communication in your work relationships
    • Explore your relationship with control & feeling like you don't have control
    • Deepen the connection to your authentic self
    • Improve coping with the pressure to maintain a high level of performance & production
    • Define boundaries between your personal & professional life
    • Explore the dark side of creativity (wrestle inner demons)
    • Untangle identity, worth, & performance
    • Heal from stalking or intrusive fans/family
    • Improve your assertiveness - learn to say no
    • Explore how deadlines & contract clauses work for or against you
    • Clarify your current vision
    • Overcome barriers, beliefs & habits that hold you back
    • Ease financial stress
    • Decrease Anxiety and Depression
    • Let go of old strategies that don't work anymore, & most importantly-- learn ways to steer clear of them happening again!
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