Individual psychotherapy
For trauma, shame, addiction, codependency, relational patterns, and the pain that can remain hidden beneath exceptional functioning.
Private psychological care · Pasadena + California
A private place
to tell the truth.
For people whose success, visibility, or responsibility can make honest help unusually difficult to find.
IndividualsCouplesFamilies
The person before the public identity
You do not need to be impressive here.
I am interested in the person in the room, not the public story surrounding them. Unless you ask and it serves the work, I do not seek out your press, performances, profiles, or social media. That boundary protects our relationship from fascination and assumption. It keeps the work grounded in what is real.
Where the work begins
Complex lives deserve clear thinking.
Warmth without avoidance. Directness without shame. Care that can hold the whole picture.
Couples in complex situations
For high-conflict relationships complicated by secrecy, affairs, sex or substance addiction, and patterns no one has been willing to name.
Family consultation
For families navigating wealth, succession, addiction, entrenched personality patterns, and decisions with consequences across generations.
A focused starting point
Sometimes you need clarity before commitment.
A one-time clinical consultation can help identify what may actually be happening, why previous efforts have stalled, and what kind of treatment is most likely to help.
Afterward, I prepare a detailed written treatment plan that you may use with me or take to another clinician. There is no obligation to continue.
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Formulation
Direction
Fallynn C. Cox, Psy.D.
California License PSY19993
About Dr. Cox
Direct enough to name it.
Caring enough to stay.
Dr. Fallynn Cox is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than two decades of experience helping people understand and change complex emotional and relational patterns.
My work is active, relational, and grounded in careful assessment. I listen closely for what may have been missed, untangle problems that have become fused together, and speak plainly about the patterns that continue to create pain, conflict, and distance.
I know from my own life what it is to grow up in a family that looked successful and intact from the outside while addiction, secrecy, and pain lived underneath. It taught me how easily suffering can hide behind competence, and how much courage it takes to tell the truth when shame has taught you to protect it.
Clinical psychologist in private practice
In person in Pasadena · Telehealth in California
Discernment
Complexity is assessed carefully, not reduced to a convenient label.
Depth
The goal is lasting change, not simply appearing functional again.
Discretion
Your public life does not enter the room ahead of you.
Begin privately
You can start with one honest conversation.
Contact Dr. Cox directly to ask about fit, availability, or a one-time consultation.
745 S. Marengo Avenue · Pasadena, California 91106