"I love helping people create lasting change in all areas of their lives in my private practice. Relax with Ocean-Front views in my Malibu office, in the serene, private, Concierge medical spa, Cure.
I have been named one of the nation's top 50 relationship therapists in "The Complete Marriage Counselor". I am also the author of "Secrets To Keeping The Sparkle Alive"."
"I love helping people create lasting change in all areas of their lives in my private practice. Relax with Ocean-Front views in my Malibu office, in the serene, private, Concierge medical spa, Cure.
I have been named one of the nation's top 50 relationship therapists in "The Complete Marriage Counselor". I am also the author of "Secrets To Keeping The Sparkle Alive"."
"Are you or your child struggling with stress, depression, or anxiety? Do you want to have better relationships with your friends, children, or spouse? Do you feel frustrated, out of control, or hopeless? Located in the ultra private neighborhood of Serra Retreat Malibu, minutes from the Pepperdine campus, I specialize in psychotherapy for children, adolescents, couples, and individual adults. I am trained in short term treatment modalities (such as CBT and DBT) and offer more intensive psychoanalytic treatment designed for clients who require a high degree of therapeutic support. Treatment plans are customized based on your specific needs and resources."
"Are you or your child struggling with stress, depression, or anxiety? Do you want to have better relationships with your friends, children, or spouse? Do you feel frustrated, out of control, or hopeless? Located in the ultra private neighborhood of Serra Retreat Malibu, minutes from the Pepperdine campus, I specialize in psychotherapy for children, adolescents, couples, and individual adults. I am trained in short term treatment modalities (such as CBT and DBT) and offer more intensive psychoanalytic treatment designed for clients who require a high degree of therapeutic support. Treatment plans are customized based on your specific needs and resources."
"I work with adults and children struggling with depression, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD, usually without the use of medication. Intrusive and upsetting thoughts can be frightening and make us feel trapped inside our own minds. It is my goal to help you to regain comfort with yourself and confidence with others. I help many clients manage withdrawal effects from drugs, alcohol, and prescription medication, including antidepressants."
"I work with adults and children struggling with depression, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD, usually without the use of medication. Intrusive and upsetting thoughts can be frightening and make us feel trapped inside our own minds. It is my goal to help you to regain comfort with yourself and confidence with others. I help many clients manage withdrawal effects from drugs, alcohol, and prescription medication, including antidepressants."
"My practice focuses on helping individuals, couples, and families who are suffering from emotional or physical pain or the aftereffects of trauma. We help them resolve the traumatic experience, as well as its consequences (e.g. physical pain, stress, disability, depression, anxiety, insomnia, medication dependence, isolation, etc.)
Although most of our patients have not responded to prior therapies, we've had outstanding success in helping them move from feeling a severe loss to finding a new and positive beginning. We love to work with people who are ready to change and eager to learn how to do it."
"My practice focuses on helping individuals, couples, and families who are suffering from emotional or physical pain or the aftereffects of trauma. We help them resolve the traumatic experience, as well as its consequences (e.g. physical pain, stress, disability, depression, anxiety, insomnia, medication dependence, isolation, etc.)
Although most of our patients have not responded to prior therapies, we've had outstanding success in helping them move from feeling a severe loss to finding a new and positive beginning. We love to work with people who are ready to change and eager to learn how to do it."
"I offer support to individuals, children, and families who are trying to overcome some challenge in their lives. Whether it be an individual trying to overcome depression or anxiety, or a traumatic event; a parent wanting to find ways to deal with a struggle their child is having; a teen or young adult dealing with the difficulties of life transitions or destructive behaviors; my background, clinical training and experience can provide both support, as well as clinically effective solutions to help you achieve the goals you would like to achieve in therapy."
"I offer support to individuals, children, and families who are trying to overcome some challenge in their lives. Whether it be an individual trying to overcome depression or anxiety, or a traumatic event; a parent wanting to find ways to deal with a struggle their child is having; a teen or young adult dealing with the difficulties of life transitions or destructive behaviors; my background, clinical training and experience can provide both support, as well as clinically effective solutions to help you achieve the goals you would like to achieve in therapy."
"Dr. Smith's passionate, grounded and integrated therapeutic approach allows for a connection to her clients where there is a focus on insight and change, discovering and healing the core self, learning to regulate emotion and express needs in healthy ways, adapting internal self-dialogue and narrative,and building a wealth of internal and external coping resources allowing for a successful, evidence-based path to recovery, while creating a renewed sense of self, empowerment and hope. Dr. Smith believes in building a therapeutic relationship based on respect, genuineness, empathy, challenge and change.
Mission Statement: To alleviate suffering and promote thriving."
"Dr. Smith's passionate, grounded and integrated therapeutic approach allows for a connection to her clients where there is a focus on insight and change, discovering and healing the core self, learning to regulate emotion and express needs in healthy ways, adapting internal self-dialogue and narrative,and building a wealth of internal and external coping resources allowing for a successful, evidence-based path to recovery, while creating a renewed sense of self, empowerment and hope. Dr. Smith believes in building a therapeutic relationship based on respect, genuineness, empathy, challenge and change.
Mission Statement: To alleviate suffering and promote thriving."
"I'm continuously astounded by the human being's capacity to hate and to love, to hurt and to heal. We are miraculous and complex creatures, and we need to create space for honoring that. I'm a licensed clinician, providing EMDR, individual, couple, and family therapy. I have specialized in eating disorders and co-morbid conditions (depression, anxiety, PTSD, and OCD), and previously worked as a DIR/Floortime Therapist for children and teens with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Additionally, I have a deep passion for exploring issues related to identity, transition, gender, sexuality, and, really, the daily human experience."
"I'm continuously astounded by the human being's capacity to hate and to love, to hurt and to heal. We are miraculous and complex creatures, and we need to create space for honoring that. I'm a licensed clinician, providing EMDR, individual, couple, and family therapy. I have specialized in eating disorders and co-morbid conditions (depression, anxiety, PTSD, and OCD), and previously worked as a DIR/Floortime Therapist for children and teens with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Additionally, I have a deep passion for exploring issues related to identity, transition, gender, sexuality, and, really, the daily human experience."
"The individuals, families, and couples I treat should expect to produce true fundamental change.I practice a brief systemic solution focused treatment. Be ready to work with me to construct a clear understanding of the problem/symptom in order to co-create an action plan. Clients should expect to practice new patterns of behavior both in and out of sessions. I prescribe strategic interventions such as tasks, rituals, enactments, and assignments. I have integrated my expertise as a psychotherapist with my life coaching skills.I see my role as a change agent. I specialize in high conflict relational challenges and divorce."
"The individuals, families, and couples I treat should expect to produce true fundamental change.I practice a brief systemic solution focused treatment. Be ready to work with me to construct a clear understanding of the problem/symptom in order to co-create an action plan. Clients should expect to practice new patterns of behavior both in and out of sessions. I prescribe strategic interventions such as tasks, rituals, enactments, and assignments. I have integrated my expertise as a psychotherapist with my life coaching skills.I see my role as a change agent. I specialize in high conflict relational challenges and divorce."
"Finding the right therapist to share your concerns with is a critical first step to your emotional growth! My practice includes adolescents, adults, couples and families. I especially enjoy assisting eating disordered individuals to develop a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. Whether it be teaching healthy coping or communication skills, reducing anxiety and depression or assisting one in improving self esteem, I utilize a variety of therapeutic techniques to assist each client in their therapeutic journey. Each client is unique and their journey to health is a joy to be a part of!"
"Finding the right therapist to share your concerns with is a critical first step to your emotional growth! My practice includes adolescents, adults, couples and families. I especially enjoy assisting eating disordered individuals to develop a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. Whether it be teaching healthy coping or communication skills, reducing anxiety and depression or assisting one in improving self esteem, I utilize a variety of therapeutic techniques to assist each client in their therapeutic journey. Each client is unique and their journey to health is a joy to be a part of!"
"I specialize in children/teens as well as parenting and support for parents including post partum depression and the challenges of special needs including assistance with navigating the regional center and IEP process. I create a nurturing and safe environment and enjoy empowering parents to be their children's advocate for life!"
"I specialize in children/teens as well as parenting and support for parents including post partum depression and the challenges of special needs including assistance with navigating the regional center and IEP process. I create a nurturing and safe environment and enjoy empowering parents to be their children's advocate for life!"
"Are you concerned about your child's developmental progress? Is your child having difficulty making friends or socializing? Is your child experiencing anxiety or fears? Is your family exhausted by the emotional impact of having a child with special needs? For the past 25 years I have worked with children and families in private practice, in school or at home. I specialize in helping families with children who have neurodevelopment disorders, behavior issues and children with anxiety."
"Are you concerned about your child's developmental progress? Is your child having difficulty making friends or socializing? Is your child experiencing anxiety or fears? Is your family exhausted by the emotional impact of having a child with special needs? For the past 25 years I have worked with children and families in private practice, in school or at home. I specialize in helping families with children who have neurodevelopment disorders, behavior issues and children with anxiety."
"Clients seek me 4 professional, emotional conflicts. Prior to hypnotherapy, I received a BA in International Business, owned companies & acquired a strong acumen relating to professional, medical & sports. Studied Psychology and obtained a CH.t with Honors. Worked with NAMI & obtained certification in disorders and mental illness. I work with men, women, teens, & children. My clients seek me 4 self esteem, trauma, abuse, stress, anxiety, behavioral &relationships. Have over 12 advanced certifications and psychological, health, and specialized hypnosis accolades including sports hypnosis, cancer, smoking cessation, NLP, MER, "
"Clients seek me 4 professional, emotional conflicts. Prior to hypnotherapy, I received a BA in International Business, owned companies & acquired a strong acumen relating to professional, medical & sports. Studied Psychology and obtained a CH.t with Honors. Worked with NAMI & obtained certification in disorders and mental illness. I work with men, women, teens, & children. My clients seek me 4 self esteem, trauma, abuse, stress, anxiety, behavioral &relationships. Have over 12 advanced certifications and psychological, health, and specialized hypnosis accolades including sports hypnosis, cancer, smoking cessation, NLP, MER, "
"My name is Megan Stevens and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I have experience working with children, adolescents and adults on the autism spectrum and with various forms of learning disabilities both individually and within a group setting. I understand the stressors that come from raising children with disabilities while also having a family member struggling with addiction. I additionally have worked for a residential treatment facility and conducted therapy with individuals, couples and families experiencing substance abuse addiction, eating disorders, and co-occurring disorders. "
"My name is Megan Stevens and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I have experience working with children, adolescents and adults on the autism spectrum and with various forms of learning disabilities both individually and within a group setting. I understand the stressors that come from raising children with disabilities while also having a family member struggling with addiction. I additionally have worked for a residential treatment facility and conducted therapy with individuals, couples and families experiencing substance abuse addiction, eating disorders, and co-occurring disorders. "
"I am a seasoned Clinical Psychologist with dual licenses: Psychologist & Marriage Family Therapist. I have been in practice 31 years in the Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica and Marina del Rey areas. I am also the author of many children's books. My specialities are Reunification Therapy, working with families, couples, children and adolescents. I am warm and interactive in my approach. I have an extensive educational and training background. I also specialize in meaningful Marathon Family Therapy for couples and families teaching them to communicate effectively in their relationship system."
"I am a seasoned Clinical Psychologist with dual licenses: Psychologist & Marriage Family Therapist. I have been in practice 31 years in the Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica and Marina del Rey areas. I am also the author of many children's books. My specialities are Reunification Therapy, working with families, couples, children and adolescents. I am warm and interactive in my approach. I have an extensive educational and training background. I also specialize in meaningful Marathon Family Therapy for couples and families teaching them to communicate effectively in their relationship system."
"I provide cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults, children, and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders (social anxiety, phobias, generalized anxiety, and separation anxiety), tic disorders, Tourette Syndrome (TS), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), behavioral difficulties, rage attacks, depressive disorders, and trichotillomania (and other body-focused repetitive behavior disorders). For more information about the treatments of these disorders, please refer to my website: www.drshawnewbank.com"
"I provide cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults, children, and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders (social anxiety, phobias, generalized anxiety, and separation anxiety), tic disorders, Tourette Syndrome (TS), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), behavioral difficulties, rage attacks, depressive disorders, and trichotillomania (and other body-focused repetitive behavior disorders). For more information about the treatments of these disorders, please refer to my website: www.drshawnewbank.com"
"I treat adults, couples, families, and children. I view treatment from a developmental perspective and will meet the client wherever they exist on the life span continuum, and whenever they have difficulty negotiating the next step. I have an expertise in disorders of attachment, as well as exposure therapy for trauma, and I've trained many classes of interns and psychologists, in the treatment of these disorders utilizing neurological correlates to psychological mechanisms. My focus is on training the individual to understand his/her own process, so that dissociated material can be integrated, bringing the individual into the present moment."
"I treat adults, couples, families, and children. I view treatment from a developmental perspective and will meet the client wherever they exist on the life span continuum, and whenever they have difficulty negotiating the next step. I have an expertise in disorders of attachment, as well as exposure therapy for trauma, and I've trained many classes of interns and psychologists, in the treatment of these disorders utilizing neurological correlates to psychological mechanisms. My focus is on training the individual to understand his/her own process, so that dissociated material can be integrated, bringing the individual into the present moment."
"I specialize in working with recurrent depression, anxiety, and trauma (including childhood trauma, such as physical, sexual or emotional abuse, and adult trauma such as rape, assaults, accidents, natural disasters, or war), including trauma-related conditions, such as PTSD, eating disorders, substance abuse, and cutting. I also specialize in infertility and alternative family-building, as well as separation and divorce, including negotiating and managing child custody arrangements. My background as a 20-year practicing attorney informs my work with clients building families in alternative ways, clients restructuring their families through separation/divorce, and clients involved with the legal system, as lawyers, litigants, or trauma victims."
"I specialize in working with recurrent depression, anxiety, and trauma (including childhood trauma, such as physical, sexual or emotional abuse, and adult trauma such as rape, assaults, accidents, natural disasters, or war), including trauma-related conditions, such as PTSD, eating disorders, substance abuse, and cutting. I also specialize in infertility and alternative family-building, as well as separation and divorce, including negotiating and managing child custody arrangements. My background as a 20-year practicing attorney informs my work with clients building families in alternative ways, clients restructuring their families through separation/divorce, and clients involved with the legal system, as lawyers, litigants, or trauma victims."
"If you're a high-achieving individual with frequent or intense anxiety, you may feel discouraged and frustrated by your symptoms. Constant worry, obsessions, disrupted sleep and sudden anxiety attacks can be debilitating, even for the most competent person. I work with successful professionals, including physicians, attorneys, executives, creatives and entertainers, and their family members; I know it can be hard to seek help when you are used to solving your own problems. However, anxiety symptoms are very treatable when you work with a professional who offers the most effective approach."
"If you're a high-achieving individual with frequent or intense anxiety, you may feel discouraged and frustrated by your symptoms. Constant worry, obsessions, disrupted sleep and sudden anxiety attacks can be debilitating, even for the most competent person. I work with successful professionals, including physicians, attorneys, executives, creatives and entertainers, and their family members; I know it can be hard to seek help when you are used to solving your own problems. However, anxiety symptoms are very treatable when you work with a professional who offers the most effective approach."
"One of the things that I love about being a therapeutic professional is having the opportunity to delve into each person and customize a plan for every individual that supports the best opportunity for growth. I appreciate being able to support individuals and families with wellness coaching, intuitive guidance and integrative counseling. I recognize that each individual has his or her own path of transformation and I love supporting others in moving through layers from their past to arrive in the present, and continue forward. I inspire clients to discover their inner strength, unique purpose and authentic gifts."
"One of the things that I love about being a therapeutic professional is having the opportunity to delve into each person and customize a plan for every individual that supports the best opportunity for growth. I appreciate being able to support individuals and families with wellness coaching, intuitive guidance and integrative counseling. I recognize that each individual has his or her own path of transformation and I love supporting others in moving through layers from their past to arrive in the present, and continue forward. I inspire clients to discover their inner strength, unique purpose and authentic gifts."
"As a client, it is important to find a therapist who understands your inner life and has the personal development, maturity and skill to identify and support changes that will alleviate emotional pain, dissatisfactions and suffering. Working together for your benefit is the basis of all therapies."
"As a client, it is important to find a therapist who understands your inner life and has the personal development, maturity and skill to identify and support changes that will alleviate emotional pain, dissatisfactions and suffering. Working together for your benefit is the basis of all therapies."
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Children (6 to 10) Therapists
If you're looking for help with children or for a Malibu child therapist these professionals provide help with child development, child learning and child education. They include child therapists in Malibu, child psychologists, child psychotherapists and child counselors. They can help with child abuse, mother child issues, child neglect, child behavior and child discipline. Child counseling in Malibu may include help with child behavioral issues, child family relationships and child sleep.
We often colloquially refer to our children as 'kids', and so may seek a Malibu therapist for kids' learning issues or help with a kid's education. Such child therapists can help with kid abuse, mother kid issues, kid neglect, kid behavior and kid discipline. Kid counseling in Malibu may include help with kids' behavioral issues, kid family relationships and kids' sleep.
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