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Helix Neuropsychiatric Center (Helix NPC) is a psychiatry treatment center that offers cutting-edge, evidence-informed, holistic mental health care for children, teens, and adults across the lifespan living in and around El Segundo, South Bay, Los Angeles, California, in person, and by telepsychiatry across California. 

Gil Hoftman, MD, PhD, is our founder and lead psychiatrist, double board-certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry, and a PhD in developmental and molecular neuroscience with specialized postdoctoral training in neurobehavioral genetics.

With expertise in neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g. autism and ADHD), psychosis, schizophrenia, transcranial magnetic stimulation using NeuroStar, and motivational interviewing, he is passionate about building relationships to better the lives of those who are suffering. He devotes his time and expertise to providing comprehensive mental health care to those who feel confused, afraid, or vulnerable about their mental fitness. Fighting stigma is a key component of the treatment approach.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Hoftman continues to serve as a Faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA, which allows him to continue investigating adolescent psychosis risk and contribute to the scientific community’s understanding of the neuropsychiatric basis of psychosis and schizophrenia. Dr. Hoftman is also active as a psychiatrist at PAND Health's CA OnTrack comprehensive program for treating early psychosis, where he provides psychiatric services to individuals experiencing early psychosis: https://pandhealth.com/

Helix Neuropsychiatric Center’s mission is to build strong, therapeutic relationships and use every tool available to prevent illness, fight illness, restore health, and maintain health.

Our office offers a safe, nonjudgmental environment for people to begin restoring their health from conditions like depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. We also provide compassionate care for those with neurodevelopmental conditions like autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Call us at Helix Neuropsychiatric Center to schedule a consultation with Dr. Hoftman, or request an appointment online today. 

Diagnoses and treats clients across the lifespan. Registered and qualified prescriber and psychotherapist specializing in child and adolescent and addiction. Proficient in medication management and individual, couples, family, and group therapy.

Dr. Stephanie Sabra, MD, MPH is a board-certified psychiatrist, who treats child, adolescent and adult patients using a wholistic approach that incorporates lifestyle modifications, psychotherapy, and medications into their treatment plans.

She was raised in the South Bay of Los Angeles, CA. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Molecular & Cell Biology, with an emphasis in Neurobiology as well as a Master’s degree in Public Health, which equipped her with a broader perspective of health and preventive medicine. She completed her medical training at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine and Adult Psychiatry residency at the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center. Her interest in child development and early intervention for mental illness led her to pursue fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Sabra integrates multiple pillars of health to support her patients using the biopsychosocial model. She is attentive to her patients’ diet, movement, sleep, community, and sense of purpose. She additionally incorporates psychotherapy modalities into their treatment, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and Play Therapy for children. She helps patients with broad forms of psychiatric illness, including ADHD, autism, depression, anxiety, OCD, trauma, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and women’s mental health (peripartum and postpartum illness).

Dr. Sabra is a wife and mother, who enjoys healthy eating and physical activity, Fine Arts, and connecting with the community around her.

Wenqi Feng, MD is a cofounder of Regeneration Psychiatry. She is a board-certified psychiatrist who has extensive experience treating the full scope of mental health disorders and she practices in Redondo Beach, California.

She has a special interest in reproductive psychiatry and women’s mental health and has helped many women navigate their psychiatric care during pregnancy and postpartum. She also has experience treating premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and peri-menopausal psychiatric disorders. 

Dr. Feng was born in Nanchang, China, and immigrated with her parents to the United States when she was a child. She attended medical school at Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, where she discovered her love of connecting with patients and listening to their stories.

She continued her training at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in Los Angeles, California, completing a general adult psychiatry residency at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior in Los Angeles, California. 

While there, Dr. Feng trained in highly specialized clinics treating psychotic and mood disorders, anxiety disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and addiction.

Dr. Feng is also a clinical instructor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is involved in mental health research at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

When Dr. Feng isn’t with patients, she enjoys traveling, reading, and hiking. She is fluent in English and Mandarin.

 

冯文奇医生，Regeneration Psychiatry精神科医师兼联合创始人、UCLA医学院临床讲师、洛杉矶退伍军人医院（West Los Angeles VA）精神疾病研究员，中英文双语精通。

冯医生出生于中国南昌，6岁时随父母移民至美国定居，在美国波士顿大学求学期间即对心理学以及医学产生了浓厚的兴趣，于是最终选择精神科作为其主攻方向，并于2017年取得了美国波士顿大学医学博士学位。毕业后，冯医生前往美国加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）进行精神科住院医生培训。得益于此次宝贵的经验，冯医生在抑郁症、焦虑症、 躁郁症，以及精神分裂症疾病相关的医疗技法得以进一步精进。与此同时，冯医生对产后抑郁症的专业疗法和研究，也帮助了许多孕期及产后心理疾病患者得以康复。

正如救助病患需要专业疗法一样，旅行、阅读和爬山也是冯医生在工作之余用以慰藉心灵的独门秘方，帮助排解压力与疲惫的同时，也让生活得以继续并充满希望。