About TLC Therapy and Counseling Services

Welcome to The Lotus Counseling Center!

Just like the lotus flower, you, too, have the ability to rise from the mud, bloom out of the darkness, and radiate into the world.

The Lotus Counseling Center (TLC), offers a variety of therapeutic services designed specifically for each individual. We offer individual therapy via Televideo or Telephone in the states of California and Arizona. We serve adolescents, adults, and older adults.

TLC offers desirable hours for many individuals. We are open Tuesday-Thursday in the evenings. We discovered that many individuals and families struggled with the standard 9am-5pm business hours, due to work, school, and other time constraints. TLC wanted to reach those who would not otherwise be able to seek treatment therefore we designed our services to meet these demands.

Our Goal

Our goal is to provide you with a safe and supportive environment for learning and growth. We have a warm, comfortable style which allows our clients to feel safe and connected.

We believe that providing you with awareness and understanding in the context of empathy, caring and positive regard, it is possible to replace negative thoughts and feelings with a more positive self-image and more personal satisfaction. 

We can work together to identify negative thoughts and feelings that are causing you distress and affecting your quality of life. We can explore and practice effective tools and techniques that may assist you in regaining balance and restoring control in your life.

Dr. Marci Kyle (she/her)DSW, LCSW, founder and executive director of The Lotus Counseling Center is a California and Arizona Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Marci received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from San Diego State University and then received her Masters in Social Work with an emphasis in clinical psychotherapy from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Kyle went on to pursue her Doctorate in Social Work from the University of Southern California. 

Dr. Kyle has had extensive experience working with teens, families, adults, and older adults. Dr. Kyle's specialty is providing gender affirming care for transgender or gender expansive individuals as well individuals that identify within the LGBTQ+ community. Dr. Kyle has also received training to assist the transgender community with documentation required for gender affirming surgery. Dr. Kyle has proficient knowledge in the fields of addiction, emotional distress, trauma, crisis management, adolescent issues and aging adults. 

Dr. Kyle has worked in inpatient and outpatient settings, supervising clinical teams throughout her career. Some of her best experiences have been working with the transgender community providing gender affirming care. Dr. Kyle also has a background in medical social work, assisting patients and their families needing organ transplants as well as oncology patients facing end of life challenges. Dr. Kyle has opened a counseling center in both Arizona and California .

Her counseling approach emphasizes treatment modalities that integrate best-of practices and are based on sound scientific models of human behavior. Dr. Kyle believes in focusing on client’s strengths rather than pathology and guiding clients to create the right condition for themselves to reach their goals and make positive changes in their relationships and their lives.