Culver City Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department is pleased to welcome Valerie “Billie” Klayman, M.A., Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist as an additional team member available for community support.

Residents are invited to come in and say hello to Billie. She is available Wednesday and Friday afternoons at the Senior Center located at 4095 Overland Avenue. Nonmembers should park across the street at the Veterans Memorial Building.

Ms. Klayman may also be reached by phone and receives messages at (310) 253-6717.

For over seven years Billie served as a volunteer where she was instrumental in creating a partnership with Antioch University Counseling Center to make mental health support available at the Senior Center.

She began while interning as a support group leader for groups focusing on the difficulties incurred as we age and how to create meaning during this process.

Ms. Klayman also volunteered as a drop-in counselor and this program is still offered on the first and third Saturdays of each month from noon to 2 pm. Billie is also well-versed in working with diverse populations including youth, veterans, LGBT and people of color.

In practice of therapy for 11 years, Billie has been fully licensed since July 18, 2012. She identifies herself as a Meaning Centered Therapist and believes that all of us can create happiness in our lives. .

Regarding PRCS Department and Senior Center programs please visit the Culver City Senior Center at 4095 Overland Avenue, call (310) 253-6700, or visit the City’s website at http://www.culvercity.org. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Daniel Hernandez, Director of Parks, and Recreation & Community Services at (310) 253-6682.